Gospel Music

“The Power of God”Bishop Samuel R. Johnson, Sr.From the forthcoming CD The Sounds of Living WaterRoyalton Records/In Season Records/Universal Music Christian GroupSingle available on iTunes.When Bishop Samuel R. Johnson, Sr. sings “The Power of God,” he seems to be having a good time. As if to prove it, Johnson, his [...]

“Unmerited Favor”Rhonda ThomasFrom the CD Listen (2010)Rhonvocals Productions/HNL Records www.rhondasings.com“People sometimes ask me, do I have a problem with the music that I sing?”When Rhonda Thomas posits this question at the outset of “Unmerited Favor,” you know she’s heard it plenty of times before.The Atlanta-based soul songstress uses the selection [...]

Totally DedicatedQuarTemporary http://www.totallydedicated.net/Available on iTunes (2010)The name of Totally Dedicated’s new album, QuarTemporary, is evocative of the music within. The members of this Louisville, Kentucky-based group are Charles "Noo" Simmons, Ben "Black" Bush, Raymond "Three" Noah, Steve "Stuff" Frazier, Demarcus Everett and Ricky Wiggington. Like Commissioned and the Soul Seekers, [...]

Julien Crue', a radio announcer and journalist in France, alerted TBGB to the sad news below.LOS ANGELES (AP) — Gospel and R&B singer James Phelps, who performed with soul greats including Lou Rawls and Sam Cooke, has died in Los Angeles. He was 78.Elder Lee M. Harris, who co-wrote an [...]

Greetings, readers!The first five individuals to email TBGB at bob@gospelmemories.com with the correct answer to this question will win a copy of Shekinah Glory Ministry’s new CD, Refreshed By Fire, courtesy of Kingdom Records and The Black Gospel Blog.Q: What Shekinah Glory Ministry song title is also the name of [...]

Jai ReedJai ReedTLR Entertainment (2010)www.tlrentertainment.comNear the conclusion of his recently-released sophomore project, the New Orleans native and Stellar-nominated Jai Reed sings “Everything Must Change.” It’s a lyrically imaginative evocation of change as the one constant in life, but a constant to inspire optimism and wonderment, not fear or anxiety. Indeed, [...]

From a press release:Nashville, TN - Signaling the countdown to Gospel music's biggest night of the year, the Stellar Gospel Music Awards returned to Music City with a first-ever special one-hour live telecast of this year's nominations, "The Stellar Awards Nomination Concert and Announcements Hosted by Donnie McClurkin" on Atlanta-based [...]

Kevin LeVar & One SoundLet’s Come Together – Deluxe EditionHabakkuk Music (2010)http://www.habakkukmusic.com/Another deluxe edition is due out tomorrow: Kevin LeVar & One Sound’s Let’s Come Together.  The enhanced version of LeVar’s fine praise and worship project from 2008 includes all the songs from the original CD plus four new songs.  The [...]

“You Hold My World”Israel HoughtonFrom the Columbia CD Love God. Love People. (2010)http://www.israelhoughton.net/The first single from P&W star Israel Houghton’s new Abbey Road-recorded CD, “You Hold My World” is a super-sized praise and worship song about God’s constant care. A one-song sampler of sounds, it fuses a wind-chime world music [...]

Mary AlessiPressing OnMiami Life Sounds (2010)http://www.maryalessi.com/Having experienced the flowing, atmospheric praise and worship style of her twin sister, Martha Munizzi, I was totally unprepared for, but pleasantly surprised by, the opening moments of Mary Alessi’s fourth release, Pressing On.On the first few tracks of her fourth album, released last month, Mary [...]