Kim Burrell The Love Album Shanachie Entertainment (2011) http://www.shanachie.com/ By Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel Blog. It’s all you need. A many-splendored thing. According to Mickey and Sylvia, it can even make you fail in school. It’s arguably the most written about emotion in all of popular music. Love. [...]
The Gillian Grannum ProjectPerfect PeaceRain Down Melodies (2010)www.gilliangrannum.comPerfect Peace is a collection of sacred songs written by Gillian Grannum over the past decade and performed with panache by a team of singers and musicians. I say sacred songs because the selections cannot be classified as gospel, although some of the vocalists clearly [...]
By Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel Blog.The saints sure know how to have church.But it wasn’t just members of the Church of God in Christ who gathered Monday night, May 16, to kick-off the 95th anniversary year of Chicago’s historic Roberts Temple COGIC.A multi-denominational service, chaired by Rev. Eric [...]
“Victory”Syreeta ThompsonFrom her forthcoming CD In His Presence (2011)http://www.trumpetlady.com/Gabriel handed down his silver trumpet – or in this case, two trumpets, a white and a red – to Syreeta Thompson, who uses them to tumble down the walls of Jericho. Thompson is a rarity as a female trumpeter but she’s [...]
Pastor David Wright Presents theRev. Timothy Wright Memorial ChoirThe Legacy Continues… (2011)www.gracetabernaclecogic.comDid the late Rev. Timothy Wright imagine, in the early 1970s when he was laying down his contemporary choral sounds for the forward-gazing Glori label, that his music would someday be labeled “traditional?”Hard to say, but everything old is [...]
“Ignited”Jessica RuizFrom the forthcoming CD Ignited (release date: Fall 2011)http://www.jessicaruiz.com/Strong and persuasive from the moment the laser hits the disc, “Ignited” lives up to its title. Jessica Ruiz (“Condition of the Heart”), worship leader for West 58th Street Church of God in Cleveland, Ohio, sings with energy and muscle, as [...]
“Jesus Praise Break”Trish StandleyFrom the forthcoming CD Redemption(single available on iTunes)http://www.jansjoy.net/From Conyers, Georgia by way of Kokomo, Indiana, where as a youth she attended Grace Memorial Church of God in Christ, Trish Standley organized the Atlanta-centric gospel ensemble AHAVA and has one solo CD behind her, Introducing Trish. Standley's new [...]
Alisa Cameron Rainbow After the Storm Alisa Cameron (2011) http://www.alisacameron.com/ By Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel Blog. Just south of Milwaukee is the city of Racine, Wisconsin, home to gospel singer Alisa Cameron. We first met Ms. Cameron in January 2010, when we reviewed her debut album, Seasons. She’s [...]
By Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel Blog.For some time, singer, songwriter and gospel artist manager Bridget Price had been toying with the idea of starting a gospel music podcast.“My family’s background is very musical,” Price explained. “My cousin, Christopher Wiley, is a musician and producer and he is also [...]
“I Hear the Sound (of Victory)”Maurette Brown ClarkFrom the forthcoming AIR CD The Sound of Victoryhttp://www.malaco.com/Recorded live at Calvary Revival Church in Norfolk, Virginia, “I Hear the Sound (of Victory)” is a playful, self-assured presentation by Maurette Brown Clark. Clark feels it in her bones: victory is just around the [...]
