From a press release:ATLANTA, GA -- rolling out Urban Style Weekly, a Steed Media Group property and the only African American owned national chain of weekly newspapers, is proud to announce the integration of a Design and Dialogue Producers and Songwriters Series to complement Verizon Wireless' How Sweet the Sound [...]
Gail FlyWho Will Worship?Raising the Standard Music, LLC 2007www.RTSMusicLLC.comNew Orleans singer-songwriter Gail Fly may have received the 2009 Rhythm of Gospel Award for Best Traditional Female Vocalist, but on her CD Who Will Worship?, she also demonstrates a proficiency in singing contemporary gospel, P&W, and even dips her feet into [...]
Jill Joseph Johnson, Founder and Editor In Chief of Inside Black Hollywood Magazine, talked with sisters Tina and Erica Campbell -- aka Mary Mary -- about their new book, Be U, which is available at online and retail booksellers nationwide.Read the interview here: Inside Black Hollywood: Mary Mary
Lucinda MooreBlessed, Broken & GivenTyscot Records 2010www.tyscot.comTo the listener, Lucinda Moore’s Blessed, Broken & Given is a praise and worship experience. For Moore, however, her sophomore release seems to be a personal catharsis.A survivor of childhood abuse, depression and a dissolved marriage, Moore puts it all out there on this [...]
“Mary Don’t You Weep”Elliott Chavers feat. Lisa SinkfordFrom the Hi Desert Records CD Elliott Chavers Plays and Sings Electrifying Gospelwww.cdbaby.com/cd/chavers3Originally recorded in 1997 and released two years later, “Mary Don’t You Weep” is a two-part, nearly thirteen-minute slow jam session based on the Caravans’ classic version of the quartet standard. [...]
The Rev. Derrick E. Roberts, newly elected chairman of the National Convention of Gospel Choirs and Choruses (NCGCC), aka the "Dorsey Convention," is only the third person to hold the top position in the organization's 77-year history. He succeeds founder Thomas A. Dorsey and current chairman Bishop Kenneth Moales. Read [...]
“Last Days”Da KeyFrom the CD Convicted (2010)www.da-key.comHouston-born author and Christian hip hop artist Reginald “Da Key” Blanks has been “through the hell gates,” and he tells his story in “Last Days.” It's a piece about the end of days that, as he relates, is coming sooner than you think. "Last [...]
From a press release: a new chapter for Max Siegel, former Zomba Gospel prexy and better yet, a fellow Domer...LOS ANGELES, CA, April 23, 2010 – Universal Music Christian Group (UMCG), a division of Universal Music Group Distribution, the award-winning sales and marketing arm of Universal Music Group, has partnered [...]
Toni RackardUnconditional LoveBehind the Veil Records (release date: April 27, 2010)www.tonirackard.comYou can see it in Toni Rackard’s welcoming but no-nonsense eyes on the jewel case of her national debut CD, Unconditional Love. This lady is a worship warrior. She makes it plain throughout the album, too, with references in the [...]
“To Be Faithful”Betty LesterFrom the CD To Be Faithful (2000)In the early 1960s, Betty Lester, then a soloist with Chicago’s New Friendship Baptist Church Choir, recorded “To Be Faithful.” It was a song she wrote after experiencing a particularly anxious time as a young mother and wife trying to make [...]
