Gospel Music

J MossJust JamesVerity Gospel Music Group 2009www.verityrecords.comJames “J” Moss is one of the most exciting gospel artists of the decade. Of course, he hails from the Moss/Clark dynasty, as prodigious a musical family as there is, and from Detroit, no less, a city that knows a thing or two about [...]

“Inna the Ghettio”Papa SanFrom the Habakkuk Music/Beloved Records album Higher Heights (in stores July 28) www.habakkukmusic.comBorrowing from Dave Withers’ 1971 hit single “Ain’t No Sunshine,” former Jamaican dance hall hitmaker, Stellar Award-winner and ordained minister Papa San raps reggae on “Inna the Ghettio.” The song is about the trials of [...]

Special thanks to Shane Steward for passing along this article from Greg Garrison of the Birmingham News, and for making available these photographs.Mildred Howard, a member of the Original Gospel Harmonettes of Birmingham, died Sunday [July 12] in Cincinnati.She was believed to be about 89 years old, although a family [...]

“No Turning Back,” “Righteous Highway,” “Carolina,” and “Carry Me”Danny BrooksFrom Live at the Palais Royale' / Soulsville 3 (release scheduled for September 2009)www.dannybrooksmusic.comTBGB has reviewed several projects by Canada’s Danny Brooks over the years, having first heard him when he appeared on the 2002 Northernblues Music compilation Saved! Northernblues Gospel [...]

As TBGB reported earlier, John "Boots" Carter, member of Troy Ramey and the Soul Searchers, died last Sunday, July 11. Read Steve Visser's lovely article in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution below. It also includes information on Mr. Carter's homegoing service, which is today:John Carter, 73, 'Music was his life'

From a press release:Mandela Day www.MandelaDay.com was created to inspire people to embrace Mr. Mandela's values and make an imprint through service to their communities. Aimed at bringing together people around the world to fight poverty and promote peace and reconciliation, Mandela Day celebrates the idea that each individual has [...]

“Lord Keep Me,” “I Can’t Give Up,” and “Fall Fresh”Monica Lisa StevensonFrom the Puretonez Productions CD Finally…In God’s Time 2009http://www.monicazmuzik.com/Monica Lisa Stevenson is a firebrand of a gospel singer. I saw it for myself while watching her no-nonsense performance at a taping of a Bobby Jones television program earlier this [...]

“Leak in this Old Building”Eddie Ruth BradfordFrom the CD Reflections (street date: July 14, 2009) www.eddieruthbradfordmusic.comClarksdale, Mississippi is a great address for a blues singer and apparently for a traditional gospel singer, too, because that’s where Eddie Ruth Bradford lives. The Stellar-nominated Bradford, with her deep, expressive alto, is a [...]

Delandria MillsManifestationDemi Music 2008www.myspace.com/kingdomflutistDespite her youth, inspirational jazz artist Delandria Mills sounds like a product of the 1950s and 1960s era of the small jazz combo. As a result, Mills’ new album Manifestation has a timeless quality, as if it could just as easily have been recorded in 1960 as [...]