Gospel Music

A ground-breaking new music site aimed at helping artists thrive financially as well as artistically has announced the launch of its first original Song Contest.The contest features cash prizes totalling €28,000 ($37,250) and a judging panel to be led by the iconic Bob Geldof (Boomtown Rats, Band Aid), legendary music [...]

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“All Hail King Jesus”The Wilmington Chester Mass ChoirFrom the Emtro CD He’s Been Good (2010)www.emtro.com“Come on, make some noise for Jesus!”This exhortation opens “All Hail King Jesus,” the Stellar Award-winning Wilmington Chester Mass Choir’s first single from its new album, He’s Been Good. Making noise for Jesus has never been [...]

Prophetess Juanita Bynum is starting over.She has a new record deal and a series of projects coming out. Her book, No More Sheets: The Truth About Sex, was just re-released as No More Sheets: Starting Over. She will be hosting a conference next month based on the book.Most importantly, those [...]

“Soul Cry (Oh, Oh, Oh)”Dr. Juanita Bynum IIFrom the Music World Gospel/Son Flower Records EP The Diary of Juanita Bynum: Soul Cry (Oh, Oh, Oh) (release date: June 22, 2010)Gospel songs with staying power are soul cries. Created or birthed rather than written, they burst forth from the artist during [...]

"Self Righteous"His Namewww.hisnameonline.comOn the loping, mid-tempo “Self Righteous,” contemporary quartet His Name takes umbrage with “Christians” who turn up their noses, look down on others and point fingers. They sing, “We don’t want to be self righteous, thinking we’re the only ones blessed.” Rather, they want “to do like the [...]

“Just Say a Thing”Donna McAfeewww.donnamcafee.comQ: what do Donna McAfee, R. Kelly and Chaka Khan have in common?A: They all studied under Thomas A. Dorsey's niece, Dr. Lena Johnson McLin, Chicago’s legendary music teacher.Today, Donna is a television and film producer, on-air personality, jingle writer and singer who recently released the [...]

“What He’s Done”Dayna CaddellFrom the forthcoming album Overjoyed www.cdbaby.com/Artist/DaynaCaddellWith all the unemployment and financial distress swirling around, it’s easy to forget that not everyone is feeling low. On her new single, “What He’s Done,” Grammy and Dove Award nominee Dayna Caddell thanks God for what she has received in the [...]

DeWayne Woods & When Singers MeetMy Life’s LyricQuiet Water Entertainment/Verity Gospel Music Group (release date: June 22, 2010)www.verityrecords.comSinger-songwriter and multiple Stellar Award-winner DeWayne Woods has made such a mark on gospel music that it’s remarkable to learn My Life’s Lyric is only his second CD. Nevertheless, this sophomore offering from [...]

“Simply Redeemed”Isaac CarreeSovereign Agency 2010www.sovereignagency.comMen of Standard co-founder Isaac Carree just released his version of the lovely “Simply Redeemed,” the Tommy Sims/Marc Harris composition that has already racked up solid readings by Heather Headley and Bryan Courtney Wilson. Carree’s single, already moving on radio, is a guitar-led ballad alternately delicate [...]