Gospel Music

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 [...]

“All Is Well”Troy SneedEmtro Records 2012www.emtro.comGospel singer-songwriter Troy Sneed always has a nice, easy way with a song.“All is Well” is the Emtro Records label owner’s latest effort. In a conversational singing style with occasional launches well above the stave (a la Earnest Pugh), Sneed relates the many troubles that [...]