“He Keeps His Promise”Angela SpiveyFrom the forthcoming Innovative Records CDHe Keeps His Promise (available April 2012)“Princess of Gospel” Angie Spivey hails from Chicago’s west side, where you have to possess some serious gospel lungs to be heard above the urban din. Her latest single, “He Keeps His Promise,” is as [...]
“Getting Us Ready”Memphis Harmonizerswww.myspace.com/thememphisharmonizersTornadoes, earthquakes, tsunamis, even “hijacking at the gas pump” are signs of the coming of the Great Day, sing the Memphis Harmonizers. It’s Jesus getting us ready, the quartet adds, and not everyone is going to think the Great Day is so great. That means you, liars and gamblers.The [...]
By Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel Blog. Myron Butler is an award-winning singer, songwriter, worship leader and producer. He spent time with TBGB recently to talk about his latest CD, Worship, released last month on EMI Gospel. Born in Bradenton, Florida, the Baptist-bred Butler’s first taste of gospel music came, naturally, in church. [...]
“Let God Do It”LeJuene ThompsonFrom the forthcoming CD The Evolution of Me (spring 2012)(Universal Music Christian Group/Fontana)It’s a family affair on “Let God Do It,” the lead single for LeJuene Thompson’s forthcoming CD The Evolution of Me. The singer and her husband, Cedric Thompson, wrote the song together, and Cedric [...]
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Dorinda Clark-ColeI SurvivedLight Records/eOne Entertainment (2011)www.eonemusic.comBy Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel Blog.The strongest voice of the Clark Sisters and an artist whose vocal assist has vaulted more than one gospel single up the charts, Dorinda Clark-Cole scores with her latest solo release, I Survived. Throughout the album, the stylish and [...]
By Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel Blog.TBGB received the astonishing news that singer and actor Whitney Houston is dead at the age of 48. Houston comes from a gospel singing family. Her mother, Emily "Cissy" Houston, was a member of the Drinkard Singers, a gospel group from Newark, New [...]
“I Love You”Damita HaddonTyscot Records 2012www.tyscot.comDamita Haddon’s languorous love ballad to the Most High has a Trin-i-tee 5:7 electric, multi-layered sound and a breezy melody suitable to its message of thanksgiving for bringing her through the rough patches of life.For those used to Damita’s muscle-twitching polyrhythmic-centered music, the performance presents [...]
Fred Hammond God, Love & Romance Verity Gospel Music Group (2012) www.verityrecords.com By Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel Blog. Just as many male gospel singers credit Fred Hammond as their musical inspiration as female gospel singers cite Kim Burrell as theirs. Burrell recently built an entire CD around the [...]
“Sing Your Name"Ocie JacksonFrom the Behind the Cross Music Group CD My Heart, My Song(available February 17, 2012)“Sing Your Name” is Milwaukee-born Ocie Jackson’s prayer-song of praise. It’s her first single as a solo artist and also the first song she committed to tape, under the tutelage of producer Chris [...]
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