TBGB congratulates its good friend, Rev. Joe Williams (Sons of the Birds, Dixie Hummingbirds) on being chosen to receive the Paul Robeson Freedom Fighter Award from the West Philadelphia Cultural Alliance & Historic Paul Robeson House, in partnership with the Parkside Historic Preservation Corporation.Information on the August 9 event at [...]
Gospel enthusiasts will recognize Renee Credle as the only directress among three directors of the New York State Mass Choir, the group that sang alongside GMWA Chairman Bishop Albert Jamison on the Light Records album Show Yourself Mighty.On September 8, 2009, wider audiences will also learn that directress Renee Credle [...]
The Gospel Music Workshop of America concluded its annual convention in Cincinnati yesterday evening and will be returning to the "Queen City" for next year's gathering. Although the following is not meant to be a comprehensive survey of Cincinnati's gospel music heritage, here are some tidbits to whet your appetite:Queen [...]
Every year at the Gospel Announcers Guild meetings during the Gospel Music Workshop of America, one artist takes the room by surprise.So far this year, that artist is Pastor Seon Thompson.This tall, bespectacled, mild-mannered gentleman preacher from Flint, MI got in front of the gospel announcers Wednesday afternoon and tore [...]
"In Me"Eunice WrightFrom the CD Wait On Me 2009Joyful Noyze EntertainmentBorn, raised and living in Delaware, Psalmist Eunice Wright is a "PK" - born to Bishop David and Evangelist Ella Purnell. Of course, being a PK is a good thing, because true to her lineage, Wright knows how to minister [...]
Here are photographic highlights from Monday and Tuesday, July 27 & 28, of the Gospel Announcers Guild of the Gospel Music Workshop of America - in host city Cincinnati, Ohio (photos by TBGB). Bishop Larry Trotter and the Sweet Holy Spirit Combined Choirs of Chicago, directed by James Lott, tear [...]
"Working My Faith"Letita MartinFrom the I-66 Entertainment album Take Me Somewhere Unexpected(Single available on iTunes August 18, 2009; full album in stores Fall 2010)Letita Martin of Rapid City, South Carolina delivers a song about finding and hanging onto faith despite life's challenges, and she does it with such an intense [...]
Marjane’ Won’t Let Go J Jane Music Group (release date: July 29, 2009) www.marjanemusic.com Earning a first round Stellar Award nomination for Best New Artist for her debut album, Keys to My Heart, Marjane’ (pron. Mar-jan-AY) offers a second helping of her breezy west coast sound on Won’t Let Go. [...]
“I Need You Lord”Curtis WashingtonOverBoard Recordswww.myspace.com/thecurtiswashingtonGospel artist and “PK” Curtis Washington of Houston, Texas was once a member of the R&B group “Reality” and the gospel group “God’s Creation.” He is known to many as the late Gerald Levert’s unofficial twin, given the two singers’ vocal similarities.Today, Curtis is going [...]
TBGB is saddened to report the death of Horace Clarence Boyer, gospel music singer and historian. From WNCU:http://www.wncu.org/jazz-news/horace-clarence-boyer-1935-2009/
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