"Smile”Yvette GreenAvailable on iTunes (2011)Yvette DeLane Green is a coloratura soprano from Chicago’s historic Fellowship M.B. Church, founded in 1950 by civil rights leader Rev. Dr. Clay Evans.In addition to her work at the ‘Ship, Yvette has recorded with a number of choirs, including Chicago Mass Choir and the AARC [...]
"Don't Rush, Just Wait" Michael Anthony JohnsonFrom the CD Don't Rush, Just Wait (2011)www.michaelanthonyjohnson.comLed by a steadily thumping R&B groove, the title track of gospel singer-songwriter Michael Anthony Johnson's latest album is a tough-love plea to practice sexual abstinence before "you wish you had the power to rewind.""There's a time [...]
Tim Spady & InspirationSongs From My HeartTspady Music 2011tspadymusic@gmail.comBy Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel Blog.We first met musician, songwriter and sociology student Tim Spady last July, when he introduced “I’ll Forever Praise Him,” a touching ballad sweetly sung by Nneka Best.As promised, “I’ll Forever Praise Him” is available on [...]
“Determination”Ami RushesFrom the ARM CD Testify (2010)http://www.amirushes.com/“Determination” is not only the subject of gospel singer Ami Rushes’ single: it’s who she is. Rushes has done everything but scale the Eiffel Tower to gain visibility for her ministry in the gospel music marketplace. Coming out of the James Cleveland tradition, Rushes’ [...]
Darrell Jay Jones, CEO of OverBoard Records, shares information about a new networking group:The "Quartet Meet and Greet Network" is for quartets and traditional gospel artists, announcers, promoters, events, conferences, showcases and all things pertaining to the traditional and quartet genres. Darrell asks all quartets to join the Quartet Meet and [...]
J. Matthew Cobb of Hi-Fi Magazine alerted TBGB that disco and soul star Loleatta Holloway died after a brief illness March 21, 2011 at the age of 64.Before pursuing a career in pop music, Holloway, a native of Chicago, was a gospel singer, having worked at one point with the [...]
“Promise Land”Shaddie SwagFrom the album No Cross, No Crown (2008)http://www.shaddieswag.com/Shape notes meet thick beats on “Promise Land.”Using as his music backdrop a chorus singing what sounds like a shaped-note version of “Bound for the Promised Land,” Christian hip hop’s Shaddie Swag (aka Rashad Howard) – known as the “Hardest Rapper [...]
Kirk FranklinHello FearVerity Gospel Music Group (release date: March 22, 2011)http://www.kirkfranklin.com/Reviewed by Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel Blog.The title of Kirk Franklin’s twelfth CD, Hello Fear, could just as easily be Goodbye Fear. Straightaway, in the opening title track, Franklin and his impressive body of top-notch singers bid a [...]
To launch its new 10-piece 10 Buck Sunday Bucket deal, Kentucky Fried Chicken is offering 11 struggling choirs across the country $1,000 grants to help keep their harmonies alive. Members of The St. Louis Children’s Choirs kicked off the program at a KFC restaurant in St. Louis on Sunday, singing [...]
“I’m Gonna Make It”Markise Hicks and the MO Bandwww.cdbaby.com/cd/markisehicksthemobandFor their debut single, "I'm Gonna Make It," Markise Hicks and the MO Band (Melchizedek Order) of singers and musicians offer a mid-tempo new-age gospel song with a simple lyric message or, more realistically, an affirmation. Over and over they sing, “I [...]
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