Gospel Music

TBGB Pick of the Week: August 23, 2011

2014-07-21T21:53:27-05:00August 23rd, 2011|

“I’ll Go”Eddie Ruth BradfordFrom the album Jesus is Coming Backwww.eddieruthbradfordmusic.comEddie Ruth Bradford moans a simple, old-fashioned gospel as piano, organ and female vocal group accompany in wordless, antiphonal assent. When she sings, “I may be weary/I’ll go…send me,” you feel every ounce of exhaustion, every body-ache, in her tone. You [...]

Rev. Dr. Charles Walker Dies in Philadelphia (HOMEGOING UPDATE)

2014-07-21T21:53:27-05:00August 23rd, 2011|

Rev. Joe Williams informed TBGB that pastor, musician, composer, professor and author Rev. Dr. Charles Walker passed away Sunday, August 21 in Philadelphia.A relative of Mahalia Jackson, Dr. Walker was among the early musician leaders of Rev. Dr. Clay Evans' Fellowship M.B. Church in Chicago.  He was a professor at Southern University in [...]

Kim Burrell Wants to Share her “Love” with You! = WE HAVE OUR WINNERS!

2014-07-21T21:53:27-05:00August 21st, 2011|

The first three persons to email TBGB at bob@gospelmemories.com with the correct answer to the following question will win superstar Kim Burrell's The Love Album, courtesy of Shanachie Entertainment.Q: What’s the name of the fellowship in Houston, Texas where Mrs. Burrell is pastor? THE CONTEST IS OVER! CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR THREE WINNERS:- Tammy Carpenter- Keith [...]

Eddie Robinson – This is My Story, This is My Song

2014-07-21T21:53:27-05:00August 20th, 2011|

Eddie RobinsonThis is My Story, This is My SongThe Sirens Records (2011)www.thesirensrecords.comBy Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel Blog.Eddie Robinson isn’t a household name in gospel music, but he should be.For decades, his keyboard work has supported a chapel full of Chicago gospel singers, most notably the first Queen of [...]

GI – The Next Dimension

2014-07-21T21:53:27-05:00August 17th, 2011|

GIThe Next DimensionBGA Records (2011)http://www.giforever.com/The youthful harmonies of GI (God’s Image) call to mind the early work of Boyz II Men and a techno-fueled version of New Edition. This Virginia-based group has been singing together for more than a decade, and although it was once a quartet (in number, not [...]

Syreeta: Gospel’s Gabriel(le)

2018-01-23T03:08:56-06:00August 15th, 2011|

By Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel Blog. Syreeta Thompson is in a class by herself. Literally. The Chicago-born artist is the only female gospel singer who plays trumpet. Even the trumpets she carries are distinctive: one is white, the other red. Syreeta picked up the trumpet at age twelve, she [...]

Deitrick Haddon – Anthology: The Writer and His Music

2014-07-21T21:53:28-05:00August 15th, 2011|

Deitrick HaddonAnthology: The Writer and His MusicTyscot Records (street date: August 23, 2011)http://www.tyscot.com/Deitrick Haddon is among a legion of fellow Detroit artists – starting with the Rance Allen Group in 1970 and including the Winans and Moss-Clark Families and wife Damita Haddon – who have ensured that gospel music remains in synch [...]

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