Gospel Music

Various ArtistsWOW Gospel 2010Verity Records www.wowgospelonline.comI have been an ardent follower of the WOW Gospel series since its debut in February, 1998. Back then, I was not as heavily involved in the gospel music industry as I am now, so the collection was a way to keep current on who [...]

Marvin Lyles, who invited me to be a guest on his "Gospel Sunrise" program this past Sunday (WGVE 88.7 FM - Gary, IN), lent me this photo to share with you.The photo was taken at the American Gospel Quartet Convention in Birmingham, Alabama on January 22, 2010, and shows Lyles [...]

“The Great I Am”Donnie McClurkinFrom the Verity Records CD We All Are One (Live in Detroit) - 2009www.verityrecords.comDonnie McClurkin laces up his shouting shoes and leads his energetic vocalists and the live audience in Detroit through a rollicking, hand-clapping old-school sounding praise workout that is actually one of his own [...]

Paulis SanchezSeguro En TiOxygeno Musica 2007www.paulissanchez.comIt’s evident that gospel music is an international phenomenon when a Colombian-born Latina living in Toronto, Canada sings a Walter Hawkins song in Spanish. And it works.Meet the lovely and talented Paulis Sanchez.Sanchez, who for years has led the bi-lingual worship services at her home [...]

From a press release:BLIND BOYS OF ALABAMA TO PERFORM AT WHITE HOUSE FOR PRESIDENT AND MRS. OBAMAConcert Airs on PBS February 11thAlso Features Bob Dylan, John Legend, Seal, Jennifer Hudson, John Mellencamp, Natalie Cole and Smokey RobinsonFairfax, VA (January, 2010) -- The Blind Boys of Alabama have been invited to [...]

Various Artists Shoutin’ Down the AislesTime Life/Sony Music Entertainment 2009www.timelife.comOn the two-CD version of Time Life’s Shoutin’ Down the Aisles, the effervescent Donnie McClurkin declares to the congregation: “We talk a lot about gospel music but I come to find out the things that we’re singing really nowadays aren’t really [...]

“Try”Charise MilesFrom the Bajada Records CD Charise Miles (2009)I heard Smokie Norful say recently that gospel is the music of hope and encouragement. If so, then “Try,” the single by Detroit’s lovely Charise Miles, is literally by the book. Here, amidst relentlessly bouncy, high-energy R&B, Miles provides a litany of [...]

A press release from Urban Roundup:NORWALK - One of the local legends of Gospel Music and an internationally recognized top songwriter, Shawn Brown died Sunday night (Feb. 1) after a long illness.Brown was born January 29, 1967 and died just days after his 43rd birthday. His manager Germane Miller was [...]

PettideeRace 2 NowhereSoldier Sound Records 2010www.soldiersound.comRace 2 Nowhere is the sixth album from Pettidee (aka Dewayne Petty), a Christian hip hop artist from Florida who is now based in Nashville. His dirty south sound is gritty, tough-as-nails, unflinchingly honest and musically intense. At the same time, the album is compellingly [...]

"Running Back to You”Lowell PyeFrom the Miralex Records CD Finally (2010)www.miralexrecords.comTeam an experienced vocalist (Lowell Pye) with a top gospel producer (Asaph A. Ward), have him sing something from the catalog of a successful songwriter (Fred Hammond) and voila! You have “Running Back to You.” A former member of the [...]