Gospel Music

GMWA Quartet Division Honors Living Legends

2014-07-21T21:52:37-05:00July 14th, 2012|

By Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel Blog.The leadership and staff of the Gospel Music Workshop of America Quartet Division honored several gospel legends at its banquet Wednesday, July 11, at Nashville's Gaylord Opryland Hotel.Among the honorees were:Evelyn Turrentine-Agee ("The Queen of Quartet")Dr. Andrew Cheairs and the SongbirdsThe Fairfield FourAmbassador [...]

“Bless the Name of the Lord” – Bishop K.W. Brown Presents Earl Bynum & The Mount Unity Choir

2014-07-21T21:52:38-05:00July 11th, 2012|

“Bless the Name of the Lord”Bishop K.W. Brown PresentsEarl Bynum and The Mount UnityChoir – LIVEwww.themountunitychoir.comEarl Bynum leads The Mount Unity Choir on an anthemic mid-tempo worship selection that draws lyrically from Isaiah 9:6 and Psalm 103.  Bynum’s expressive tenor is a fine companion to the rich-voiced choir, which has the [...]

Leona Daniels – Free To Be Me

2014-07-21T21:52:38-05:00July 8th, 2012|

Leona DanielsFree To Be MeLe’Core Records and Entertainment (2012)www.leonadanielsministries.orgTalk with Houstonians who grew up in the African American church and you will hear them speak nostalgically of a local pastor named Rev. W. Leo Daniels.  Daniels was a talented preacher, singer, television host, and recording artist who died way too [...]

Apostle J.L. Cash & Praise – I Need to Hear from You

2014-07-21T21:52:38-05:00July 6th, 2012|

Apostle J.L. Cash & PraiseI Need to Hear from YouMCG Records (2007)www.mcggospel.comApostle J.L. Cash evokes the soulful delivery of Teddy Pendergrass, James Brown, and a host of hard-singing quartet leads on his 2007 CD, I Need to Hear from You.The Pendergrass comparison occurs, naturally, during the ensemble’s gospelization of the [...]

“Lord You’ve Been So Good” – Amber Bullock

2014-07-21T21:52:38-05:00July 3rd, 2012|

“Lord You’ve Been So Good”Amber BullockFrom the forthcoming CD So In Love(available July 12, 2012)www.musicworldgospel.comBut for the grace of God, “I could have been dead, sleeping in my grave,” sings Amber Bullock, BET Sunday Bestchamp and Music World Gospel recording artist.  Death, and a litany of lesser ills, could have been [...]

“I Give You My Praise” – Angie Hall

2014-07-21T21:52:38-05:00July 3rd, 2012|

“I Give You My Praise”Angie HallFrom Beyond Expectations…Thoughts from an Unspoken MindAngie Hall Music (2011)www.angiehallmusic.com“I Give You My Praise” is a brisk, mid-tempo praiser with power pop propulsion, featuring steamy electric guitar licks and pounding drums.  Hall’s shouting vocals come from gospel while the melody and musicianship sound rooted in CCM.  [...]

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