Apostle Ronnie “Diamond” HoardAll About Hymn – Guitar Jazz (2012)By Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel BlogIn the liner notes to All About Hymn - Guitar Jazz, Apostle Ronnie “Diamond” Hoard writes that he “finally stepped from behind the mic to infuse traditional hymns with smooth contemporary jazz.”That is exactly [...]
“So Good”Half Mile HomeFrom the forthcoming CDChurch Musik & Inspiration (release date: November 6, 2012)Billy Preston may be gone but his spirit lives on in “So Good,” the latest single by Ohio’s own gospel ensemble Half Mile Home. The group takes Preston’s 1974 “Nothing From Nothing” and, while retaining its funkiness, [...]
nud India Love Pastor Van D. Roberson All the Days of My Life (2012) www.cdbaby.com/cd/pastorvanroberson3 By Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel Blog Pastor Van D. Roberson’s CD All the Days of My Life could easily be subtitled Pastor Van D. Roberson and Friends. The Texas-based minister summons an army [...]
Harriet VanderpoolI Can…Tate Music Group (2010)www.tatemusicgroup.comBy Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel Blog.Virginia-born Harriet Vanderpool is a praise and worship leader for Victory Life Ministries in Chesapeake, Virginia. She has also spent time directing choirs and singing on the stage. I Can... is her latest solo project.The album opens with [...]
“Gotta Praise Him (Sing Hallelujah)”Laird Sillimon & CovenantFrom the Sillimon Sound CD The One Godwww.sillimonsound.comLaird Sillimon & Covenant offer an uptempo choir number like they used to do ‘em: a class-A tambourine-shaker and hand-clapper, with the vibrant Nichole Evans on lead vocals. When Evans lets out a “Whew!” at the end, [...]
Gregory Gay of GOSPELflava.com reported this morning on the passing of Rev. Benjamin Cone, Jr. Rev. Cone was the road pastor and director of the spiritual advisory council for the Mississippi Mass Choir.Read more here: Rev. Benjamin Cone, Jr.
In September 1932, Thomas A. Dorsey wrote "Take My Hand, Precious Lord" to express the profound grief he felt over the loss of his wife Nettie and day-old son Thomas Jr. the previous month.Dorsey's gospel song was embraced from the first time he introduced it at Chicago's Ebenezer Baptist Church. [...]
“Turn It Around”Tim Rogers & the Fellas, feat. John P. KeeFrom the Blackberry Records CD Realwww.blackberryrecords.comWhile Blytheville, Arkansas’s Tim Rogers & the Fellas are considered “the next generation of quartets,” they appreciate the deep southern traditional quartet sound. In the past, they have featured members of the Williams Brothers and [...]
“Smile”The Lee BoysFrom the forthcoming CD Testify (available October 23, 2012)www.leeboys.comThe sacred steel tradition is not as prominent in today’s gospel music scene as it should be, but if the Lee Boys had their way, it would be.Born and raised in Miami, the Lee Boys grew up in the House [...]
Bishop L. Spenser Smith PresentsThe Impact Nation ChoirThe IN Timeswww.theimpactnation.orgBy Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel Blog.Although Bishop L. Spenser Smith has been in gospel music for more than 30 years, the Stellar Award-nominee is best known for his work as L. Spenser Smith & Testament. He now pastors ImpactNation [...]
