Forever Jones Get Ready EMI Gospel (release scheduled for early 2010) www.emigospel.com In gospel music, family groups are as plentiful as singing preachers and go back just as far. Most gospel artists will tell you that their first singing experience was with their siblings, whether professionally, for their home church, [...]
Congratulations to the following gospel artists who have been nominated for a GRAMMY Award!The 52nd Annual GRAMMY Awards ceremony will take place on Sunday, January 31, 2010 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. For more information, go to http://www.grammy.com/.Best Gospel Performance • Free To Be MeFrancesca Battistelli[Fervent Records/ Word [...]
Steve ArringtonPure ThangGod Factor Records 2009www.stevearringtonministries.comOn the title track of his latest release, Pure Thang, funk meister Steve Arrington declares, “Just like Thelonious [Monk], I’m known to be different/It’s just the way I am, in this I’m consistent. No time for foolishness ‘cause I’m on a mission.”Truer words were never [...]
Check out Charlie Horner's illustrated article on the Swan Silvertones. It can be found on the Classic Urban Harmony website, an excellent resource Charlie and his wife Pam have created:Swan Silvertones
"Emmanuel"Norman Hutchins From Norman Hutchins & JDI Christmas (JDI/Universal Music Group, 2009)www.cdbaby.com/cd/jamesroberson“Next time you’re riding down the road in your car, sing this to the Lord. You’ll get where you’re going much faster.”JDI Records hitmaker Norman Hutchins makes this declaration at the opening of “Emmanuel,” a full-throated choir outing with [...]
Chris BryantAll I Need to Knowwww.chrisbryantmusic.comInspiration is a funny thing. You never know where or when it will strike.Just ask Chris Bryant. The Durham, North Carolina artist tells this story on his website:“A couple of months ago, I woke up singing a song that I don't remember hearing before. The [...]
Ariel Prater & the Notes of HarmonyI Will Praise Thee Oh LordArielSoul LLC 2009www.arielprater.comThough their name sounds like that of a quartet, Ariel Prater & the Notes of Harmony is actually a six-member mixed voice gospel group from Georgia. Ariel Prater started out in the Prater Brothers singing group with [...]
“Nobody Like You Lord” Fred HammondFrom the CD Love Unstoppable (2009)Verity Gospel Music Group 2009www.verityrecords.com“Nobody Like You Lord” is another infectious, joyous and tuneful praise party from Fred Hammond. He calls and background vocalists respond like they’ve been friends since knee pants.I don’t know whether “Nobody” has been tagged to [...]
“Ready fi da War”JProjekwww.crossrootsrecords.comJamaican gospel artist JProjek spits lines with machine gun persistence in “Ready fi da War.” The video, directed by Simon YOSETH Thompson, finds JProjek, clad in shirt and tie, rapping in the midst of the Riverton City Dump, a part of Jamaica the tourist commercials conveniently exclude [...]
Cadillac JamesIt Must Be ChristmasThe major label gospel artists are not the only ones releasing holiday albums this year. “Cadillac” James Cotton is a member of the famed Cotton Brothers singing family from Macon, Georgia. This year he has released his first Christmas album, It Must Be Christmas. To give [...]
