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 [...]
By Bob Marovich of The Black Gospel Blog.You will want to respond with, “No doubt, Dick Tracy,” when I say that gospel music is changing once again, but when the Stellar Awards gives a “grand old man” tribute to John P. Kee and features gospel hip hop during the program, [...]
“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 [...]
The Tennessean offers an excellent recap of the Stellar Awards.Read it here: Stellar Awards.
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