Michelle BonillaIn Spite of MeRockSoul Productions (Digital Release: April 13, 2010)www.myspace.com/michellebonillamusicwww.michellebonilla.comOn the opening track of her sophomore album, In Spite of Me, Michelle Bonilla declares to the heavens, “This is your show.” If life is a show, Bonilla is a superb MC.Blend Damita Haddon with Selena and you have Michelle [...]
More love for the Black Gospel Music Restoration Project, this time from St. Louis, home of Willie Mae Ford Smith, Brother Joe May, Martha and Fontella Bass, Rev. Cleophus Robinson (although he also lived in Chicago), and many others. TBGB's Bob Marovich is interviewed as part of the story, from [...]
The Gospel True Tones of Lexington, MSNo Friend Like JesusSharp Records 2009www.sharprecordsusa.comNo Friend Like Jesus by the Gospel True Tones of Lexington, Mississippi, is another recent release from Sharp Records, an independent label out of Atlanta that, among other things, serves the gospel quartet community: singers, musicians, fans and radio [...]
“Save Me”Christawn feat. Micah StampleyFrom the forthcoming CD Life StoryAbundant Harvest Entertainment/Universal Music Christian Group (release date: May 18, 2010)Guitars snarl and growl like demons unleashed during the introduction of Christawn’s autobiographical single, “Save Me,” a power rock piece about dumping the thug life of chasing “cars, cribs, cash” once [...]
I Remember Gospel and I Keep On SingingMinister Gene D. VialeBloomington, IN: AuthorHouse, 2010257 pp. with Illus.www.geneviale.comGene Viale has quite a story to tell. His is a unique perspective on the gospel music business during and after the golden age, and he chronicles it in his recently published autobiography, I [...]
“You Pulled Me Through”Toni Rackard feat. Marvin Winans, Jr.From the Beyond the Veil Records CD Unconditional Love 2010www.tonirackard.comA chance encounter (or was it?) with Marvin Winans, Jr. in Tampa enabled Floridian Toni Rackard to get some of that Detroit sound on the first single from her forthcoming debut album, Unconditional [...]
By Bob Marovich of The Black Gospel Blog.To say that much has happened to Brian Courtney Wilson since he sat down to talk with TBGB in September 2008 would be an understatement.Wilson's debut solo album, Just Love, was released on Matthew Knowles’ Spirit Rising Music imprint in January 2009, and [...]
Various Artistsilovegospelmusic TraditionalILG Records 2009www.ilovegospelmusic.comWe’ve been reviewing a number of various artist reissue compilations recently, and here’s another. ilovegospelmusic Traditional is a collaboration between ILG Records, Central South Distribution and several record labels, most prominently MCG and Blackberry.The twelve track CD includes previously issued tracks from the stoic Lee Williams [...]
“I’m Free”Rafeal RossFrom the R2 Music CD New Creation – Live 2010www.rafealross.comRafeal Ross’s “I’m Free” is an ideal selection for anticipating the joy of Easter Sunday. This song, written by Ross and Tifani Wilson, is about the personal freedom gained from Christ’s death and resurrection. It is accompanied by an [...]
Chicago’s Regal Theater resounded with the sounds of local gospel music Saturday evening, March 27, as choirs, groups, a Christian comedian, praise dancers and soloists participated in the first ChiTown Tonight: the Gospel Hour Series. ChiTown Tonight was created to provide a regular, affordable, family-friendly gospel program featuring emerging and [...]
