Gospel Music

“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 [...]

Various ArtistsShall We Gather at the RiverState Library & Archives of Floridawww.floridamemory.com/Collections/folklife/folklife_cd3.cfmThe Florida Folklife Digitization and Education Project has made available an audio CD called Shall We Gather at the River. It is a fascinating collection of African American sacred recordings captured at various festivals and special events in the [...]

Register to attend The Gospel Trade's Gospel Music Symposium this Saturday, June 19. The 1:00 p.m. session Saturday afternoon will feature TBGB's Bob Marovich, Professor Reggie Miles of Howard University and symposium organizer Pastor Mack C. Mason discussing the history of gospel music in Chicago.The program will be held at [...]

“Send the Praise Up”William Smith, Jr. & The Renewed Voices for ChristFrom the Psalms Music Group CD Send the Praise Up (release date: June 2010)www.psalmsmusicgroup.comThe title track of William Smith, Jr. & The Renewed Voices for Christ’s Send the Praise Up is a church-shaking, pew-emptying, relentless hand-clapping gospel chorus workout, [...]

"My Daddy" (aka "Daddy's Song")Evelyn Turrentine-AgeeFrom the WOS Records CD Double Exposure (2008)www.amazon.comGospel radio programmers know there are volumes of sacred songs about mother: praying, loving, going to church, singing, teaching, denied, on her sick bed, gone on home. The list goes on.But outside of the Heavenly Father, are there [...]