Gospel Music

By Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel Blog.A week from today, gospel artist Micah Stampley will release his new album, One Voice, on Matthew Knowles’ Music World Gospel imprint. Recorded in four days, the album explores a variety of musical realms. Micah told TBGB that his audience may not be as [...]

“Declaration of Praise”Angela HearnsFrom the CD Arise (2011)www.angelahearns.comSampling a preacher to an electric beat: I often thought that would sound cool. Then Paul Simon did it, and now Angela Hearns. And it does sound cool.Hearns’ “Declaration of Praise” opens with a minister intoning the opening lines of Psalm 34 (“I [...]

PHILADELPHIA (October 3, 2011) – Sister Rosetta Tharpe (1915-1973), the pioneering gospel musician, will be honored by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission with the dedication of an Historical Marker at her former North Philadelphia home (1102 Master Street) on Monday, October 24, 2011 at 1:00PM. In addition, on this [...]

Wintley PhippsMy Greatest RomanceCoral Records (2011)By Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel Blog.For Trinidad and Tobago native Wintley Phipps, his greatest romance is with his God.That statement sets the mood for his latest album, My Greatest Romance, which consists of love songs to God, or as he infers on the [...]

Dr. Andrew Cheairs & the SongbirdsMakeoverEmmanuel Records (2011)http://www.drcheairs-songbirds.com/By Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel Blog.On his new CD Makeover, Dr. Andrew Cheairs sings with the gut-wrenching intensity of a man given a second chance.And he was.Shortly before Christmas 2010, Rev. Cheairs was involved in an automobile accident and suffered a [...]

“It’s Amazing”Kenny AndrewsFrom the New Creation Records CD New Creature (2011)http://www.kennyandrews.com/From Spokane, Washington, Kenny Andrews is the son of First Lady Doris and Rev. Dr. Chester Andrews, the latter a member of the Golden Echoes quartet. In 2007, after a career singing pop music, Andrews rededicated his singing to God and, [...]

By Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel Blog.Think of Judith Christie McAllister and chances are "praise and worship" comes to mind.  After all, she's known as the "First Lady of Praise & Worship."But as McAllister explained to TBGB shortly after the release of her new CD, Sound the Trumpet (Shanachie), her musical roots are [...]

“Magnify Him”Rev. Timothy Wright & Michelle PratherFrom the Tymo Gospel Music CD: The Gospel Music Celebration Pt. 2: Tribute to Bishop G.E. Patterson (available October 4, 2011)“Magnify Him” is the last recorded performance of Rev. Timothy Wright, but any tears of sorrow are wiped away when Wright and Michelle Prather [...]