If you liked the artwork that accompanied the Texas Monthly's Blind Willie Johnson article, check out artist Marc Burckhardt's description of how he created it.Read the story on Marc's blog: http://www.drawger.com/marcart/?article_id=11623
“Rebuild – The Remix” J Moss Original from the Gospocentric CD Just James http://www.verityrecords.com/ The critical line in J Moss’s “Rebuild” – “we’ve taken what you’ve made and thrown it's value away” – is a cry skyward to reestablish a broken life. In some respects, however, the lyric also applies to the remix. [...]
Blind Willie Johnson was one of the greatest slide guitarists ever. Musicians from Bob Dylan to Eric Clapton have taken cues from Johnson’s music. Despite his influence, little is known about the man who spent his life roaming Texas, making music on the streets. TEXAS MONTHLY senior editor Michael Hall [...]
“I Will Praise & Worship You”Just FriendsFrom the Lacy Boys Music album Fulfillment (2010)www.myspace.com/justfriendsjfEarlier this month, I chanced to hear this praise and worship song performed live by the vocal ensemble Just Friends. I was among dozens of people who were charmed by the song's brisk, bubbly tempo and the group’s [...]
The Chicago Music Awards announced that legendary gospel singer Leanne Faine will receive a Lifetime Achievement Award during the CMA's 30th Anniversary awards ceremony.The 30th Anniversary Chicago Music Awards will be held on Sunday, January 16, 2011, at the historic Excalibur, located at 632 North Dearborn Street, Chicago, Illinois. For more information call 312/427-0266 or visit [...]
TBGB thanks Anna Miller of Online Degree for sharing their picks for top ten gospel singers of all time. Check out the videos associated with each artist.http://www.onlinedegree.net/top-10-gospel-singers-of-all-time/Readers: who would you add to the list?
Aaron NevilleI Know I’ve Been ChangedEMI Gospel 2010http://www.emigospel.com/Reviewed by Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel Blog.While listening to Aaron Neville's latest religious release, I Know I've Been Changed, I decided that one thing hasn't changed at all: his unmistakable voice. Neville's distinctive vodel and vibrato are as bright and musical as they were on his 1966 [...]
“Blessings”John P. Kee feat. Rance AllenFrom the forthcoming Verity album The Legacy Project(available January 11, 2011)http://www.verityrecords.com/What better day than Thanksgiving to review a song called “Blessings!”Here, John P. Kee hangs with the loping ostinato riff while Rance Allen all but steals the show. Kee is thinking about, and patiently waiting [...]
Micah StampleyRelease Me - EPMusic World Gospel/Interface Entertainment (2010)http://www.musicworldentertainment.com/Reviewed by Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel Blog.Contemporary gospel balladeer Micah Stampley joined forces recently with Mathew Knowles’ Music World Gospel imprint. The EP Release Me is a product of the partnership and an expeditious way to introduce Stampley to gospel [...]
Various ArtistsBishop Morton Celebrates 25 Years of MusicLight Records/Tehillah Music Group (2010)http://www.lightrecords.com/Reviewed by Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel Blog.If imitation is the highest form of flattery, Bishop Paul S. Morton must be feeling ten feet tall. Some of gospel’s most popular artists gathered in Atlanta to celebrate the pastor’s [...]
