The Barrett Sisters -- DeLois, Billie and Rodessa -- have a new website: http://www.barrettsistersonline.com/. The site includes information on how to order their most recent concert DVD as well as a teaser for their soon-to-be-released documentary. Check it out!The Sweet Sisters of Zion have pleased audiences and congregations for many years. They are gospel [...]
“Don’t Let Go”Gerald Scott & Co.From the CD Don’t Let GoKollective Music 2010DC’s Gerald Scott & Co. takes the traditional theme of “hold on to God’s unchanging hand,” and gives it a blast of brass and some powerfully strong vocals. Scott punctuates the melodic stream like a preacher, weaving positive [...]
TBGB just learned that Bishop Kenneth H. Moales passed away yesterday evening at the age of 65. Bishop Moales was Presider of the Pentecostal Churches of Jesus Christ, Pastor of Cathedral of the Holy Spirit, gospel recording artist, and President of the National Convention of Gospel Choirs and Choruses (aka "The Dorsey [...]
By Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel Blog.Cheneta Jones is on her way. Winner of the KATZ Hallelujah Praise Alive Talent Search in 2008, the St. Louis native is a singer, songwriter and recording artist with a new single, "My Everything." “Growing up in the church, I sang in the church and that’s all I [...]
“YRM (Your Righteous Mind)"Donald Lawrence & Company feat. Dorinda Clark-ColeVerity Records 2010http://www.verityrecords.com/A lesson wrapped in gospel song. Backed by strong singers and pumping musicians, Donald Lawrence instructs the listener to “let go your natural thinking and embrace your righteous mind” and miracle things will happen. The always-effervescent and hard-shouting Dorinda [...]
Those listening to the radio or attending gospel programs in Chicago during 1955 would have been treated to the Little Lucy Smith Singers (right) rendering their gospel hit, "Somebody Bigger than You and I," in soulfully rich, sweet harmonies.Anthony Heilbut, author of The Gospel Sound, informed TBGB that Little Lucy Smith Collier [...]
Bishop Simon White; his wife, Minister Zelda White (photo, right); and four others from Joy Fellowship Christian Academies in the Bronx were killed yesterday afternoon when a rear tire on their van ruptured en route to a church event in Schenectady. The van spun out of control and turned over [...]
“Believe”Donneshia “DC” ClarkGus Music Group 2010www.myspace.com/donneshiaclarkTBGB readers will recognize Donneshia “DC” Clark as the guest voice on Chris Fields’ “My Joy.” On her R&B-infused “Believe,” complete with wah-wah guitar, the New Orleans singer directs her message to those who have become couch potatoes when it comes to their dreams. “Believe [...]
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De-Ann LottReturn to the CenterDeAnn Lott Music 2010http://www.deannlottmusic.com/Last year, TBGB reviewed the sampler of De-Ann Lott’s forthcoming CD, Return to the Center:Oakland and the surrounding Bay Area have been wellsprings of contemporary gospel music for decades, and De-Ann (pronounced Dionn) Lott is among the artists who are helping the area maintain its [...]
