Gospel Music

Reverend John Wilkins – You Can’t Hurry God

2020-10-16T00:59:27-05:00January 16th, 2011|

Reverend John Wilkins You Can’t Hurry God Fat Possum Records/Big Legal Mess (2010) http://www.biglegalmessrecords.com/ Talk about old school. On You Can’t Hurry God, Reverend John Wilkins takes us way back into the North Mississippi Hill Country for sacred music, guitar evangelist style. The result is an album with the simple [...]

Kevin Gray – The Comeback

2014-07-21T21:54:32-05:00January 14th, 2011|

Kevin GrayThe ComebackGoldstreet Gospel (2010)http://www.goldstreetgospel.com/A sonic blast smacks you in the face, like a bracing wind, in the first seconds of Kevin Gray’s The Comeback, his third and latest project. Sneering guitars, booming bass and roaring drums attack you like Batman, whose dual life as Caped Crusader/Bruce Wayne becomes Gray’s [...]

TBGB Pick of the Week: January 10, 2011

2014-07-21T21:54:32-05:00January 11th, 2011|

“You Can’t Hurry God”Rev. John WilkinsFrom the CD You Can’t Hurry God (Big Legal Mess/Fat Possum Records 2010)www.biglegalmessrecords.comRev. John Wilkins’ unhurried drawl, his soulful doo-wop guitar picking, and the soft purr of Adam Woodard’s organ make "You Can’t Hurry God” sound like Toussaint McCall produced by Willie Mitchell.The comparison is not [...]

Arthur Lee “Bob” Beatty, Gospel Quartet Pioneer, Dead at 96

2014-07-21T21:54:32-05:00January 9th, 2011|

Matthew Knights Willams informed TBGB today that Arthur Lee "Bob" Beatty passed away.  Michele LaLand added (below) that Mr. Beatty passed away yesterday evening, January 8th, in Spartanburg, SC. He was 96. Beatty was a member of legendary quartet groups the Heavenly Gospel Singers, Violinaires, Trumpets of Joy and Four [...]

Bishop Manning and the Manning Family – Converted Mind

2014-07-21T21:54:32-05:00January 9th, 2011|

Bishop Manning and the Manning FamilyConverted Mind – The Early RecordingsBig Legal Mess Records/Fat Possum Records (2010)http://www.biglegalmessrecords.com/Reviewed by Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel Blog.On “If You Miss Me,” Bishop Dready Manning delivers his life testimony while firing off sparkling rockabilly licks from his electric guitar. Between riffs, he quips, [...]

Todd Dulaney – Pulling Me Through

2014-07-21T21:54:34-05:00January 6th, 2011|

Todd DulaneyPulling Me ThroughGoldstreet Gospel (2010)www.goldstreetgospel.com Reviewed by Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel Blog. As a background vocalist for Smokie Norful, former professional baseball player Todd Dulaney studied the Stellar Award-winning singer’s melismatic runs and adopted some as his own, all the while maintaining a smooth, crooning style distinct from [...]

Sullivan Pugh, 85, of the Consolers Died Dec. 30

2014-07-21T21:54:35-05:00January 6th, 2011|

Anthony Heilbut informed TBGB this evening that Sullivan Pugh of the Consolers passed away.Here is the obituary (note that viewing starts tomorrow, Jan. 6):Brother Sullivan S. Pugh, 85, gospel recording artist best known for such hits as “May The Work I’ve Done,” “Give Me My Flowers,” “Waiting For My Child” [...]

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