Gospel Music

“Encore”James Fortune & FIYABlack Smoke Music Worldwide (in stores January 26, 2010)www.jamesfortune.usReleasing a string of hits that took up long-term residence on the gospel singles charts during the past two years, James Fortune & FIYA have a winning formula. “Encore,” from the group’s upcoming third CD, is the latest example [...]

From a press release:Gospel Music All-Stars Record An Inspiring Song to Aid Relief Efforts in Haiti“Are You Listening” features performances by GRAMMY, Stellar and Dove Award Winners CeCe Winans, BeBe Winans, Yolanda Adams, Mary Mary, Donnie McClurkin, Shirley Caesar, Fred Hammond, Smokie Norful, Marvin Sapp, Karen Clark Sheard, and many [...]

“Like This”Jamie SimondGold Street RecordsJamie Simond began his professional career as a member of Walt Whitman’s famous Soul Children of Chicago and later served as a singer/songwriter for the Stellar-nominated male group Fortitude (aka NuWave). He penned their hit, “He’s Alright.”“Like This” is Simond’s solo single, a song about making [...]

The Mighty Clouds of JoyAt the RevivalEMI Gospel (release date: January 26, 2010)www.emigospel.comThe Mighty Clouds of Joy have come full circle in the past half-century: from the raw-shouting Southern California quartet scene of the late 1950s to the funky-disco sound of the ‘70s and ‘80s, and back to their traditional [...]

G.O.L.D.ChoicesGold Ministries 2009www.goldministries.netG.O.L.D. (God’s Other Living Disciple) aka Rob Howze, is an emerging artist from Buffalo, New York who blends rhythm and praise and holy hip hop seamlessly to get his life-affirming message across. His debut album, Choices, is an auspicious introduction, chock-a-block with brisk tunes and bracing energy.The title [...]

by Bob Marovich, The Black Gospel BlogAt last year’s Stellar Awards ceremony, Marvin Sapp needed a U-Haul to cart his multiple awards back to Michigan.This year, Hezekiah Walker and the Love Fellowship Choir and Mary Mary could use some assistance lugging their hardware home.Walker and his choir claimed five Stellar [...]

The live music went from traditional to contemporary and back again during the Stellar Awards Radio Station of the Year Awards Ceremony, January 16, 2010, in Nashville. Dr. Al “The Bishop” Hobbs, chairman of the Gospel Announcers Guild, served as master of ceremonies. The radio awards celebration, sponsored in part [...]

From a press release:Former Brooklyn Tabernacle Lead Vocalist Presents a Benefit Concert For Earthquake-Stricken Haiti At The Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall on Friday, February 26, 2010 at 8 PMEvening Of Gospel Music Aims To Raise Funds For The Caribbean Grace Children's Feeding ProgramHaiti has just experienced the worst [...]

“Your Reflection in Me”Eddie Ruth BradfordFrom the CD Reflections (2009)www.eddieruthbradfordmusic.comIn a world-weary alto, Eddie Ruth Bradford is “bowed down on bended knee,” thanking the one who saw her through life’s torments and pains, even the ones heaved upon her shoulders by so-called Christians. But what did God see in Eddie [...]

Jonathan BlanchardFreedom’s SoulBlanchard Music Group 2009www.jonathanblanchard.comIn 2005, classically-trained bass vocalist Jonathan Blanchard recorded And the Spirit Moved, a live recital of spirituals rendered with all of the pomp and gravity of a William Warfield or Paul Robeson program. The young man has even portrayed Robeson in a one-man show.Turn the [...]