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 [...]
Okay, gospel enthusiasts, historians, artists, industry people! Test your knowledge of gospel music history.Q: What early group that recorded for the HOB label included the late Jessy Dixon?The first person to email TBGB at bob@gospelmemories.com with the correct answer will receive a copy of Platinum Gospel: Greatest Hits of Black [...]
“The One I Need”3b4jHoyFrom the forthcoming FatherjHoy Records album The One I Need (release date: early 2012)www.official3b4jHoy.com3b4jHoy (pronounced “three before joy”) is Heather, Dominique and Claudette Farquharson. Although each was born in different states, the sister trio now hails from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, where their parents are pastors of Just [...]
Rev. Dr. Emory Andrews & the Oxon Hill High School Choir(self-titled)SOV Ministries (2011)www.emoryandrews.comBy Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel Blog.Having been married to the late Patricia Andrews Marovich, a Chicago high school choral director par excellence who departed this earth eleven years ago in December, I was intrigued to discover [...]
