"Jump"Rev. Harvie J. Cody, Sr.Sharper Brothers Records (2012)Mississippi-born Rev. Harvie J. Cody, Sr. might just have himself a grassroots gospel hit on his hands. “Jump,” from his Sharper Brothers EP of the same name, is a simple, catchy, and eminently fun gospel novelty about how the spirit can make you [...]
Dottie PeoplesI Got This – Live!DP Musik Group (2012)www.dottiepeoples.comBy Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel BlogDottie Peoples and live performance go together like biscuits and gravy. The Ohio-born and multi award-winning gospel singer’s light shines through on her latest CD, I Got This – Live! Recorded in April 2012 at [...]
Original musical 'The Reed Singers,' the story of a 1960s KC gospel group, debuts next Saturday
By Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel Blog.Linda Clark is a self-proclaimed “old head.” A devotee of many types of music but particularly the soul and R&B artists of the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s, Clark has fashioned herself into an able gospel singer. Her latest single, “New Beginnings,” was TBGB’s Pick [...]
“Right There” Monica Lisa StevensonFrom the forthcoming CD Live in Atlanta (in stores May 14, 2013)www.monicazmusik.com“Right There” is one of those bold gospel ballads that gives a singer something to sink her vocal cords into. More than up to the task is Monica Lisa Stevenson, who gives the song an [...]
Rev. Victor JonesCommon Christian Sharper Brothers Records (2013)www.sharperbrothersusa.comBy Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel BlogYou wouldn’t expect to hear reggae emanating from a pastor living in the snow belt city of South Bend, Indiana, but that’s what you get on two tracks from Rev. Victor Jones’ album, Common Christian.Evoking the early [...]
“I Need You”Lowell PyeOverflow Entertainment (2013)Opening with an acoustic piano riff that gives way to a full band, the andante-tempo “I Need You” is Lowell Pye passionately pleading for the Lord to help His people in their time of need. Throughout, Pye evokes Fred Hammond with his elastic and soulful vocal [...]
"One of These Mornings”The New ChristianairesFull Circle Records (2012)www.fullcirclerecords.usThe New Christianaires were formed in 2010 by George Carter, a member of the Stellar Award-winning Christianaires (Paul and Tyrone Porter, Arnold and Ronald Brown). Signing with Full Circle Records in 2011, the New Christianaires graced 2012 with the traditional-flavored “One of These [...]
“Use Me”David SpencerFrom the CD Focused (2012)Available from online merchantsThe “musical melting pot” David Spencer encountered while studying music at North Carolina Central University is evident on “Use Me.” His song about wholehearted discipleship—“You’re the potter, I’m the clay” / “Whatever you say, I’ll obey”—has a indie pop sensibility, complete with [...]
Sho BarakaTalented XthLions & Liars Music (2013)www.lionsandliars.comBy Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel BlogStellar Award-nominated Amisho Baraka Lewis, known as Christian hip hop artist Sho Baraka, tosses a cold bucket of needed reality on the public with his third studio album, Talented Xth (Talented 10th).Blend the indignant frustration of Stokely [...]
