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 – The Early Recordings Big 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 [...]
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 [...]
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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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 [...]
Here is The Black Gospel Blog's "Best Of" for 2010.As in prior years, the lists are not necessarily based on a song or album's popularity or sales but on the sound, vision, talent and feeling. Also, only projects serviced to TBGB during the year are considered.Singles:1. "The Best in Me" [...]
The quartet community needs your prayers:Mama Curtis contacted TBGB with the news that Rev. Charlie Brown of the Violinaires was put on life support at a hospital in Conyers, Georgia. He went into the hospital last Friday night.Meanwhile, Rev. Andrew Cheairs was hospitalized after he was in an automobile accident just [...]
“My Heart Says Yes”Troy SneedFrom the forthcoming Emtro CD My Heart Says Yes(estimated release: 2nd Qtr, 2011)http://www.emtro.com/On “My Heart Says Yes,” Emtro Records owner and gospel artist Troy Sneed reaches up into an off-the-stave falsetto to express his complete love for Jesus.Supporting Sneed is a simple, delicate ostinato melody with a Brazilian [...]
Pierre Walker and Various ArtistsProject: SanctifiedReunion Communion: A Celebration of 19th StreetAdmatha Records (2009)http://www.myspace.com/projectsanctifiedReviewed by Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel Blog.Speaking of the Walker Family…In 2002, Pierre Walker, Rev. Clay Evans' organist and St. Sabina's associate minister of music, paid tribute to the family's Chicago roots on Rev. Clay Evans Presents [...]
