Gospel Music

“So Proud”Brian Courtney Wilson From the forthcoming Music World Gospel CD So Proudwww.musicworldgospel.comThe autobiographical title track from Brian Courtney Wilson’s forthcoming CD finds the robust crooner reflecting with humble admiration on all those individuals, especially his father, who sacrificed sun-up to sundown so he could live his dreams. The message [...]

Congratulations to music director/announcer Brodric Purvis and WLOU 1350 & 104.7 FM Louisville for their recent Stellar win for Medium Market of the Year!

By Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel Blog.The Harold Washington Cultural Center was the site of the first-ever Chicago Black Music Awards, which honored the city's home-grown gospel talent of today.  Dr. Rick Warren and his team produced the event, which took place Saturday evening, January 21, 2012.  Kalamazoo television [...]

Singing legend Etta James has died at the age of 73. While she is best known for her R&B classics, "Dance with me Henry" and "At Last," James received her early musical training from gospel singer and choir director J. Earle Hines and her participation, as a young girl, in [...]

“My Everything”Cheneta JonesFrom the forthcoming CD Transformed (release date: April 3, 2012)http://www.chenetajones.com/Cheneta Jones is making a touchdown run by gathering marketing muscle and enlisting the great Percy Bady to produce her latest single, “My Everything.”The follow-up to the breezy, feel-good “Be Like You” finds the St. Louis singer in similar [...]

Ricky Dillard and New GKeep LivingLight Records (2011)http://www.eonemusic.com/By Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel Blog. Bursting on the scene in 1990 with the explosive and vocally aerobic “More Abundantly,” a song every choir subsequently learned to sing, Ricky Dillard and New G continue to inject contemporary lit with old-fashioned church spirit [...]

Dr. Bobby Jones presents Dorothy Norwood with the Ambassador Dr. Bobby Jones Legends Award at the 27th Annual Stellar Awards Saturday, January 14.Photo Credit: Moses Robinson / Courtesy of Central City Productions & The FrontPage Firm

“Right Where You Are”Kersten Stevens feat. Alicia OlatujaFrom the forthcoming CD Inspire Mehttp://www.kerstenstevens.com/Violinist Kersten Stevens, gospel’s answer to Jean-Luc Ponty, ran a successful campaign to fund her latest CD, Inspire Me. She has released a couple of preview tracks, one of which is “Right Where You Are.” It is a gentle, [...]

James A. Willis, Jr. & Nu PrazeI’ll Praise HimW.M. Music, Inc. & Assurance Ministries (2011)By Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel Blog.If you hear a big sound coming out of Oklahoma City, it’s James Willis & Nu Praze. On its new CD, I’ll Praise Him, the energetic mixed ensemble sings [...]