By Bill CarpenterCleotha ‘Cleedi’ Staples, a founding member of the pioneering folk-gospel group, The Staple Singers, has died at the age of 78. She had gracefully battled Alzheimer’s disease for the last decade and passed away peacefully at her Chicago home on the morning of February 21, 2013. Staples was [...]
Half Mile HomeChurch Musik & InspirationSelect-O-Hits/Church Boy Musik (2012)www.halfmilehome.comBy Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel BlogLast November, Ohio-based trio Half Mile Home released Church Musik & Inspiration, an album showcasing two sides of their musical style.Member Terence Burton described that style as “Rhythm & Light. We definitely have rhythm, and [...]
Moses Tyson, Jr.Music 2 Remastered & Sacred Organ MusicTYMO Gospel Music (2012)www.facebook.com/OfficialMosesTysonJrBy Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel BlogGrowing up in his father’s Vallejo, California church, Moses Tyson, Jr. absorbed the sanctified sounds of the Church of God in Christ worship service and exudes them on the Hammond B3. He [...]
Check out the Chicago Gospel Music Timeline, written by yours truly, for ChicagoMusic.org. Chicago Gospel Music Timeline.
“Tell the World”Lecrae feat. Mali MusicFrom the CD Gravityhttp://reachrecords.com/artists/show/Lecrae“Tell the World” is the latest single from Christian rapper Lecrae’s GRAMMY Award-winning CD, Gravity. To a melodic backdrop and dramatically sung chorus, Lecrae and Mali Music rap that they’ve been saved, been made brand new, by a God who loved them before [...]
The Barrett Sisters sing at thepremiere of their documentaryBy Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel BlogThe faithful, many adorned in Valentine’s Day red, gathered at Chicago’s Life Center COGIC yesterday, February 16, for the premiere of Regina Rene’s documentary, The Sweet Sisters of Zion: Delois Barrett Campbell and the Barrett [...]
Andrea Williams contributed a thought-provoking article on Lecrae and gospel rap to Breathecast. Last week, Lecrae became the first Christian rapper to earn a GRAMMY for Best Gospel Album. Historic stuff!Read the article here: Lecrae.
The Lee BoysTestifyEvil Teen (2012)www.LeeBoys.comBy Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel Blog.The sacred steel tradition developed out of the Church of the Living God, the Pillar and Ground of the Truth, the Keith and Jewell Dominions. In the hands of the right musician, the pedal steel as a gospel instrument [...]
“Blessed to be a Blessing”Eddie Ruth BradfordAvailable on iTunes and CDBaby.comEddie Ruth Bradford’s husky voice is like a postcard from the Mississippi Delta. On her new single, “Blessed to be a Blessing,” Bradford extols the virtues set forth in Acts 20:35: it is better to give than to receive. She [...]
Speak LifeExposedSpeak Life Productions (2012)www.iwillspeaklife.comBy Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel BlogSpeak Life is a vocal quintet from Ohiowhose album, Exposed, finds the members glorifying God for having delivered them from an unsaved life. The passion seems genuine; the young adults who comprise the group seem as squeaky clean as [...]
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