VaShawn Mitchell in the Chicago Tribune
Downbeat editor and gospel music contributor to the Chicago Tribune Aaron Cohen offers an excellent portrait of gospel singer and composer VaShawn Mitchell. Read it here: VaShawn Mitchell
Kevin Gray – The Comeback
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 [...]
Trip Lee: The Journey (Thus Far)
By Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel Blog.This coming weekend, Trip Lee will learn whether his third album, Between Two Worlds, earns a Stellar Award for Rap Hip Hop Gospel CD of the Year.Whether or not Lee wins, the Stellar nomination is the latest milestone in the journey of the young [...]
TBGB Pick of the Week: January 10, 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
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
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
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
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” [...]
The Provo Gospel Choir Wants You!
Rehearsals are held at Wilkinson Student Center (WSC) at Brigham Young University. For more information, email provogospelchoir@gmail.com.
Gospel Music Center and Museum Planned for Birmingham
Joseph Bryant of the Birmingham News writes about the development of a new center and museum to honor Alabama's gospel music history. If everything goes as planned, it will be housed in a ninety-year-old church, the former McCoy United Methodist Church, on Eighth Avenue West.Learn more here: Alabama Gospel Center.Photo [...]
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