Willing Four 60th Anniversary
Here are the Willing Four performing their 1967 hit, "Love of Jesus," at their 60th anniversary tonight at Acme M.B. Church in Chicago.
Adrian Murray – My Life Your Words
Adrian MurrayMy Life Your Wordswww.adrianmurraymusic.comBy Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel Blog.Originally from Des Moines, Iowa, and now living in Florida, singer-songwriter, instrumentalist, and inspirational speaker Adrian Murray is formerly of N-Unity, whose 1997 CD, Mind, Body and Soul, made the Billboard Gospel Album charts.My Life Your Words is Murray’s [...]
The Black Gospel Blog Nominated for a Rhythm of Gospel Award
The Black Gospel Blog is honored to be nominated for the Fifth Annual Rhythm of Gospel Awards in the category of Internet Print/Press Group of the Year.The Rhythm of Gospel Awards is an annual event filled with a variety of innovative and exciting showcases, choir competitions, pageants and achievement galas, bringing in more [...]
Verizon’s How Sweet The Sound Finale Postponed
After careful consideration and deliberation, producers and promoters of Verizon's How Sweet The Sound have decided to postpone the national finale scheduled for this Sunday, November 4th at Barclays Center in Brooklyn. The finale will take place at a time that allows for the safety, travel and enjoyment of the participants [...]
“We’ve Come A Long Way” – Dorothy Norwood
“We’ve Come A Long Way”Dorothy NorwoodFrom the Malaco CD God’s Been Just That Good (2012)www.malaco.com“Let’s go down old school boulevard,” declares Dorothy Norwood at the opening of “We’ve Come A Long Way.” The choir/congregation joins her on the journey, clapping to a Baptist backbeat.It’s the kind of song a deacon [...]
Together In Unity: DC Gospel Artists United
Various ArtistsTogether In Unity: DC Gospel Artists UnitedSounds of Victory Ministries (2012)By Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel Blog.Next week, all eyes will be on Washington, DC, and the impending presidential election, but in September, all ears were fixed on the Nation’s Capitol as Phillip Carter and his Sounds of [...]
Jonathan McReynolds – Life Music
Jonathan McReynoldsLife MusicLight Records/Tehillah Music Group (2012)www.lightrecords.comBy Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel Blog.What strikes you immediately upon hearing singer-songwriter-keyboardist Jonathan McReynolds for the first time is his high tenor. Gospel music is chock-a-block with men who can loft a few above the stave but are more comfortable maintaining a tessitura a couple [...]
The “World’s Greatest Storyteller” Launches New Record Label
Alpharetta, GA—With more than thirty-six years in the gospel music industry, the legendary Dorothy Norwood, known worldwide as the World’s Greatest Storyteller, launches her new record label: Dorothy Norwood Music Group (DNMG).Spreading the gospel of Jesus Christ for the majority of her life has been the mandate placed upon the [...]
Shanon Harris – Faith First
Shanon HarrisFaith FirstAshro Records (2012)www.ashrorecords.comBy Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel Blog.For her debut album, Faith First, Shanon Harris from the Second Baptist Church of Joliet, Illinois, delivers a baker’s dozen of love songs to the Almighty with a rhythm and praise sensibility underpinned by electronic dance music beats.Harris, whose mother [...]
Le’Andria Johnson – The Experience
Le’Andria JohnsonThe ExperienceMusic World Gospel (2012)www.musicworldgospel.comBy Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel Blog.Grammy Award-winning Le’Andria Johnson returns with a vocal vengeance on The Experience, a live performance at St. Stephen’s Baptist Church in Houston, Texas. Her oversized voice—more than twice the size of her sinewy frame—possesses the two-ness, the combination of ecstacy [...]
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