“Once in a Lifetime”Smokie NorfulFrom the EMI Gospel CD Once in a Lifetime(CD available April 3, 2012)www.emigospel.comAfter a decade in the gospel music spotlight, Smokie Norful looks back and wonders how he got over. He articulates his autobiography on “Once in a Lifetime,” a delicate song beautifully and wonderfully made. [...]
“Search Me”Minister Kevin Lemons & Higher CallingFrom the ParExcel Entertainment Group CD Destined for Greatness (2010)www.cdbaby.com/Artist/KevinLemonsHigherCallingIt’s nice to hear male-led ensembles cover vintage gospel classics. In live performance, Minister Kevin Lemons & Higher Calling give Edwin Hawkins’ “Search Me” a full-throated, no-holds-barred treatment. Driving, rock-infused percussion and the screaming of [...]
City of Chicago :: Chicago Gospel Music Festival Announces Headline Acts And New Festival Site
Voices of PraiseI Give My AllVoices of Praise (2012)http://www.nyvoicesofpraise.com/By Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel Blog.Organized in 2000 by Delmark Joseph out of the First Wesleyan Church of Brooklyn, Voices of Praise is now a sextette that represents several different churches and whose members write original songs. I Give My [...]
Rev. Addie Wyatt of Chicago died Wednesday at the age of 88. Among her many accomplishments (listed in the article below) was the founding of one of the city's first community choirs, the Wyatt Choral Ensemble, in the late 1940s. An amazing lady!Rev. Addie Wyatt, 88, labor leader fought for [...]
J.J. Hairston & Youthful PraiseAfter ThisLight Records/Entertainment One (2012)http://www.youthfulpraise.org/By Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel Blog.It’s hard to be more musically energetic than J.J. Hairston & Youthful Praise. Their high-octane, intense and dramatic full-throated singing packs more punch than a container load of Red Bull. On the group’s latest CD, [...]
Actor, singer and pastor, Godz MessenGer of Atlanta delivers a message of hope in the midst of the storm.
Mary Mary, Blind Boys coming to Chicago Gospel Music Festival - Chicago Sun-Times
Gospel announcer Vee Edwards spins gospel music from independent artists and interviews gospel legends such as Inez Andrews and Dorothy Norwood on "Gospel Music at Its Best," WYCB Spirit 1340. Listen live March 28, 2012 as Vee interviews the Soul Messengerz, a group signed recently by Malaco Records: http://www.myspiritdc.com/.
“Awesome”Pastor Charles Jenkins & the Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church ChoirFrom the forthcoming CD: Pastor Charles Jenkins Presents Fellowship Chicago Livewww.fellowshipchicagomusic.comIt couldn’t have been easy for Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church Senior Pastor Charles Jenkins to step into the shoes of the Chicago church’s iconic founder, pastor and Civil Rights leader Rev. [...]
