“I Want to Say Thank You”Lisa Page BrooksFrom the Habakkuk Music CD Strongwww.habakkukmusic.com“I Want to Say Thank You,” by Lisa Page Brooks, is a plaintive but comforting ballad that plays out as part thanksgiving for blessings bestowed and part apology for not always deserving them. If you listen closely, towards [...]
Angelia RobinsonLessons in LoveThe TFD Music 2010www.angeliarobinson.comGrowing up in the Maryland suburbs of the Nation’s Capitol, singer-songwriter Angelia Robinson soaked up all types of music. She has wrung out all of these influences onto her debut album, Lessons in Love. Lessons in Love mixes hefty helpings of neo-soul with R&B, [...]
“Mercy”LaShell GriffinDetroit’s LaShell Griffin is well-known for wringing every ounce of emotion from an inspirational ballad. On her latest single, “Mercy,” she shows that she can shout just as effectively. At the conclusion of “Mercy,” a praise song that ranks close to “Free” and “Dreams are Possible” as among her [...]
Half Mile Home Change My Lyfe God Made Millionairze Ent./IMG Recordings/ Bungalo Records/Universal Music Group www.HalfMileHome.com On “Testimony,” Akron, Ohio’s Half Mile Home sings, “Can’t nobody tell my testimony for me/How somebody else gonna try to tell my story?” This could be the mission statement of Half Mile Home's distinctive [...]
HeeSun Lee and SeDaThe Lost LPJahRock’n Productions 2010Available for download at http://jahrockn.bandcamp.comReligion and science fiction/fantasy have been mates for several decades, thanks to groundbreaking, thought-provoking books by authors such as Robert Heinlein, C.S. Lewis, Arthur C. Clarke and Roger Zelazny. Gospel music and science fiction/fantasy…well, not so much. However, that [...]
Shirley WahlsBorn to SingShirley Wahls Music 2009www.shirleywahls.comNot only can Shirley Wahls sing, she was born to sing.Her earliest vocal experience was with the junior choir of Chicago’s Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church, under the direction of a young Ruth Jones (aka Dinah Washington). Wahls went on to join some of gospel [...]
“Best Friend”T’JuanFrom the No Compromise Records CD 29:11www.101distribution.com/artist/?id=8205&srh=sHoly hip hop artist T’Juan (“Crank Dat Church Boy”) received accolades and awards for his mix-tape, The Arrival, hosted by Bigga Rankin. He recently toured with the BET Wrap It Up team to generate a greater awareness of HIV/AIDS. The Jacksonville, Florida-born artist’s [...]
JAIAJust As I AmJAIA 2010www.jaia2.comwww.cdbaby.com/Artist/JaiaJAIA (signifying Just As I Am) is the gospel team of Lisa Davis and Lynda Knox. These songbirds from Oklahoma City are not sisters but they certainly could be, because they play off one another vocally as if they have been harmonizing together since preschool. On [...]
“Serve the Lord”Leanne Faine & FavorFrom the CD Serve the LordPowerhouse Chicago gospel singer Leanne (“The Conqueror”) Faine cut her musical teeth singing under the direction of Dr. Mattie Moss Clark and Rev. Milton Brunson, so it’s no surprise she can tear up a church with the ferocity of a [...]
Marvin SappHere I AmVerity Records 2010 (CD and DVD release date: March 16, 2010)www.verityrecords.comIt is unfair to do what we reviewers are wont to do: compare Marvin Sapp’s newest CD, Here I Am, to his multi-Stellar Award-winning Thirsty and its mega-hit, “Never Would Have Made It.”Following Thirsty with an album [...]
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