“Rescue Me”The James’From the Needle Gate Records CD Rescue Mewww.needlegate.comNo, this is not a gospelized version of Fontella Bass’s 1965 soul smash. The title track of the James’ CD is hypnotic and bracing, a praise and worship melody given a marching tempo and all but overshadowed by performance techniques straight [...]
Various ArtistsThis May Be My Last Time Singing:Raw African-American Gospel on 45 RPM 1957-1982Tompkins Square 2011http://www.tompkinssquare.com/By Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel Blog.Imagine yourself diving head first into a crate packed with dusty 45 rpm vinyl records of gospel music.Not the hits of the day – not the Gospel Harmonettes, [...]
The Sounds of Blackness (self-titled) Malaco Records 2011 http://www.malaco.com/ By Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel Blog. On its latest, self-titled CD, the Sounds of Blackness underscores its optimistic message of healing, unity and hope with dramatic flourishes of theatricality. The sound is so tight, the theme so on point, [...]
ASONThe Future is NowSonnyWorld Music (2011)www.bigsonny.comBy Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel Blog.Having just released his fourth album, The Future is Now, gospel rapper ASON (aka Big Sonny, aka Thurman Custis) is getting his first real taste of national exposure. As he told TBGB during our interview earlier this month, [...]
Los Angeles, CA--The founder and president of Born Again Records, Barnett Williams, who gave the world Christian comedian Broderick E. Rice, James Grear and Company, Mary Floyd, 5 A.M. Praise, Tim "Bishop" Brown and Sonya Barry to name a few has died, it was announced Friday, November 11, 2011.Barnett Williams, [...]
Shekinah Glory MinistryRefreshed By Fire (DVD)Kingdom Records 2011http://www.kingdomrecordsinc.com/By Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel Blog.Directed by Joel Kapity (Blessed & Cursed), the DVD companion to Shekinah Glory Ministry’s two-CD set, Refreshed By Fire, captures the award-winning praise and worship ensemble in its tenth year. The DVD is more compelling than the [...]
“Simply Amazing”Todd Dulaney feat. Michelle WilliamsTodd Dulaney Ministries (2011)Available at amazon.com and iTunes.Here is a brand new and “simply amazing” recording that teams Stellar Award-nominated Todd Dulaney with Michelle Williams, a Destiny’s Child alumna who released a couple gospel albums of her own several years ago.The uncomplicated and tender worship [...]
Gregory Gay of the GOSPELflava.com Blog informed TBGB that the National Convention of Gospel Choirs and Choruses (The Dorsey Convention) announced the selection of Marabeth Gentry as President during their post-convention meeting, held in Washington, DC. Gentry becomes the third president of the NCGCC and its first female president. Read more [...]
Cynthia WilliamsBlessed Speechless(self-release 2011)By Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel Blog."You soar with love and caring."That's what poet Nikki Giovanni had to say about Cynthia Williams, a fine contemporary gospel vocalist who is now based in Atlanta but was once a member of R&B groups in the Chicago area. Williams' [...]
DVD:Classic Moments in Jubilee Showcasewww.jubileeshowcase.comBy Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel Blog.“Jubilee…jubilee…jubilee!”The singing of those words was the familiar intro of “Jubilee Showcase,” one of the longest running gospel music television shows in history. From 1963 to 1984, “Jubilee Showcase” producer and host Sid Ordower introduced Chicagoans to some of [...]
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