Gospel Music

The Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir – Love Lead the Way

2014-07-21T21:49:58-05:00May 27th, 2013|

The BrooklynTabernacle ChoirLove Lead the WayBrooklynTabernacle Music (2013)www.brooklyntabernacle.orgBy Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel BlogThe Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir notches its second five-star CD in a row with Love Lead the Way.I have always considered the six-time Grammy Award-winning Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir the hipper, cooler sibling of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, [...]

Review: A Piece of My Soul (The Anthology of Gospel) – Christ Universal Temple

2014-07-21T21:49:58-05:00May 25th, 2013|

A Piece of My Soul (The Anthology of Gospel)Christ Universal Temple, ChicagoMay 24 and 25 By Bob Marovich of The Black Gospel BlogLast night, A Piece of My Soul opened as a musical and ended as church.Faith Howard (r) sings a tribute to Albertina WalkerEvoking Jackie Taylor’s Black Ensemble Theater presentations in [...]

“Heaven” – Bishop Neal Roberson & the Macedonia Mass Choir

2014-07-21T21:49:58-05:00May 24th, 2013|

“Heaven”Bishop Neal Roberson & the MacedoniaMass ChoirBroken Chains Entertainment (2013)www.BrokenChainsEntertainment.orgGospel music is chockablock with evocations of the hereafter, from wistful and melancholy to out-and-out celebratory.  Bishop Neal Roberson and Josh Hicks join the mass choir of Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church of Flint, Michigan on a sample of the latter.  In [...]

Various Artists: Top 25 Gospel Songs – 2013 Edition

2014-07-21T21:50:04-05:00May 22nd, 2013|

Various ArtistsTop 25 Gospel Songs – 2013 EditionMaranatha Music/EMI Music CMG Distributionwww.maranathamusic.comBy Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel BlogIf it were not for a couple of traditional-leaning selections, Maranatha Music’s Top 25 Gospel Songs – 2013 Edition could easily be titled Top 25 Praise and Worship Songs – 2013 Edition.Whether [...]

TBGB Pick of the Week: May 20, 2013

2014-07-21T21:50:08-05:00May 21st, 2013|

“Just What He Said”Joel BrileyClark Music Group (2013)www.cdbaby.com/cd/joelbrileyTwenty-two-year-old Joel Briley may be a praise and worship singer for The Love Center Church in Dunn, North Carolina, but on “Just What He Said,” he demonstrates the vocal prowess of a hard quartet lead. This single about God making a way out [...]

Pastor Charles Jenkins and Fellowship Chicago: Inspiring People

2014-07-21T21:50:08-05:00May 20th, 2013|

By Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel Blog.Much has happened since TBGB last checked in with Pastor Charles Jenkins of Fellowship Chicago a year ago.  Along with the choir’s performance at the 2013 Stellar Gospel Music Awards last January, the group was one of the two most honored artists at the [...]

Mr. Del – Faith Walka

2014-07-21T21:50:08-05:00May 19th, 2013|

Mr. DelFaith WalkaDMG/Universal Christian Music Group (release date: June 18, 2013)www.mrdel.comBy Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel BlogMemphian Mr. Del, born Delmar Lawrence, is a former member of the Three 6 Mafia, the first African American rap group to win an Oscar for Best Original Song (“It’s Hard Out Here [...]

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