RokBorn 2 SingTestimony Records (2011)www.natselmanagement.com/rokBy Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel Blog.With a head full of dreadlocks and Rok as his professional name, you would anticipate that Rokeem Pough is a Christian hip hop artist.You’d be wrong. He’s a smooth contemporary gospel singer-songwriter and a pretty good one at that. [...]
Our good friend Ducky in Detroit informed TBGB of the passing of Lawrence Goudy, the long-time manager of the Trumpelettes. She attached the photo below, taken circa 2007:Alberta Parren (second row)Lawrence Goudy (front row) Willie Harris ( front row)Neta Westbrook (next to Alberta)Victoria Hawkins-Westbrook (third row)Big Joe Louis “BJL” (sitting [...]
The first rounds of votes have been counted and these are your finalists for the Chicago Black Music Awards - Gospel Jubilee Awards.The awards program will be Saturday, January 21, 2012 at the Harold Washington Cultural Center Theater. Red Carpet begins with a VIP show at 6:00 p.m. and the [...]
"Still Able" is the single from the forthcoming James Fortune & FIYA CD Identity, available January 17, 2012 from Light Records/Entertainment One Music.
“Just That Good (The Albertina Walker Tribute)”Dorothy NorwoodMalaco 2012http://www.malaco.com/Caravan alumna Dorothy Norwood teams with Monica Lisa Stevenson and Bishop J.D. Means from Atlanta on a traditional-flavored tribute to the late Albertina Walker, whom the Storyteller refers to as “my best friend, my mentor.”Rather than delivering a retrospective or weepy remembrance, Norwood [...]
Check out Bainbridge, Georgia's Karen Washington singing "The Storm is Passing Over" to an oh-so-smooth quartet backing.
Michael MartinlifeStories vol. 1Remaining Days Music (2011)www.remainingdaysmusic.comBy Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel Blog. “This is the soundtrack for your life” is a tagline for Pastor Michael Steven Martin’s music. It’s certainly an apt tagline for his lifeStories vol. 1, an EP of vignettes reflecting on the drama of daily [...]
DrewI SurrenderDrew Music Publishing (2010)http://www.facebook.com/DrewBaxter.NIPBy Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel Blog.On I Surrender, singer-songwriter Drew Baxter of Orlando, Florida is supported by a quintessentially East Coast-sounding praise and worship ensemble called New Inspiration of Praise.There’s nothing subtle about Drew and New Inspiration of Praise, from their energetic singing to [...]
A Chicago Tribune photo gallery takes you to the DuSable Museum's new exhibit, "Spread the Word: The Evolution of Gospel from Chicago to the World." The exhibit runs through May 20. Check out the photo gallery here: DuSable Museum. For more information, visit http://www.dusablemuseum.org/.
Vincent Tharpe and KenosisLive in MemphisOne Voice Media www.facebook.com/pages/Vincent-Tharpe-and-Kenosis/137387076492By Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel Blog.Memphis-based Vincent Tharpe and Kenosis was formed from a high school gospel choir and brings that same youthful spunk to its current iteration as a P&W choir-ensemble. On Live in Memphis, the group’s ministry runs [...]
