“His Mercy”Called II WorshipFrom the CD Foreverwww.myspace.com/called2worship“His Mercy” is a delicate and hypnotic worship song delivered passionately and reverently by Cincinnati’s Called II Worship, a male group whose harmonies and soaring tenor leads bear no slight resemblance to the work of Commissioned and Boyz II Men (the use of II [...]
Al "The Bishop" Hobbs, Chairman of the Gospel Announcers Guild, announced that Apostle Arvetra Jones, Sr. made his transition from labor to reward Saturday, April 10, 2010, in Chapel Hill, NC. Among other things, Apostle Jones, Sr. was a gospel recording artist and father of Pastor Arvetra Jones, Jr., president [...]
Keep gospel artist Monica Lisa Stevenson ("So Glad He Saved Me") and her family lifted in prayer. She and two members of her team were en route to Washington DC this weekend when they were involved in a major automobile accident.Monica and the team suffered injuries but are doing okay, [...]
Rafeal RossNew Creation “Live”R2 Music 2009www.rafealross.comRafeal Ross’s debut CD, New Creation, is a praise and worship experience in a jewel case, the whole greater than the sum of its parts.Earning a bachelor of music degree in vocal performance from George Mason University, Ross serves as director of music and arts [...]
In today's Chicago Tribune, journalist Mark Guarino writes about the effort to establish the Chicago Gospel Music Heritage Museum and how gospel music was born on the city's south side. TBGB's Bob Marovich was interviewed for the piece, along with museum founder Rev. Dr. Stanley Keeble, Prof. L. Stanley Davis, [...]
Jevon D. Brock & RestorationUrgent MessagesBrock Music Group (Release Date: April 13, 2010)www.myspace.com/restorationfansChanneling the sonic energy of second generation Detroit choirs, Milwaukee's Jevon D. Brock & Restoration will release their fourth album, Urgent Messages, on April 13, 2010.Urgent is not only a fitting description of Restoration’s lyrical objective on the [...]
Here is the Evangel Celebration Choir, directed by Dr. Ray Allen Berryhill, in the 2009 How Sweet the Sound competition finals. The choir, from Chicago's Evangel World Outreach Center, was awarded "Chicago Overall/ Large Category/Verizon Wireless V CAST People's Choice Award Regional Winner - Chicago, IL." You've heard Richard Smallwood's [...]
Gregory Gay and Anthony Heilbut informed TBGB that the beloved Geraldine Gay Hambric, the last surviving member of the famous Gay Sisters, died Tuesday, April 6.In 1951, Geraldine, Evelyn and Mildred Gay went from local gospel sensations in Chicago's Church of God in Christ community to national stardom with the [...]
“God Loves the Hood”F1 Diamond feat. B. JacksonFrom the CD Pastor of the Traphousewww.f1diamond.comMemphis-based Christian hip hop artist F1 Diamond, dubbed the “Pastor of the Traphouse,” offers an alternative portrait of the hood, one where people love God and not everyone is a player or a thug, as the media [...]
Soul of the ChurchHollywood Select Video/Infinity Entertainment Group (2010)The early Sixties were a particularly tumultuous time for African Americans. Marches in cities such as Birmingham and Selma were met with fire hoses, snarling dogs and wooden clubs. Freedom riders, voter registration volunteers and peaceful protesters were knocked down by insanely [...]
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