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 [...]
Bernd Grimmel from Germany provided this sad news to TBGB:"Gloryland Gospel announced the passing of Mildred Miller Howard, former member of Birmingham's great Gospel Harmonettes. Mildred Howard joined the Harmonettes before Dorothy Love Coates did and stayed with them until 1969. Maybe Evelyn Starks Hardy now is the only surviving [...]
“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 [...]
From a press release:July 14, 2009 - (New York, NY) Central South Distribution, Inc., which has been the number one independent faith based record distributor in the world for the past decade, has formed a partnership with Lataillade Entertainment, headed by independent contemporary gospel label/publishing/marketing guru Vicki Mack-Lataillade, and her [...]
“Give U Praise”AlkendriaSGR Music Group 2009www.sgrmusicgroup.comMy, my, my! Houston is certainly producing a significant number of gospel artists these days. Here’s another: Alkendria.On her latest single, “Give U Praise,” the lovely Alkendria praises God during tough financial and emotional times, all to a tick-tock beat and the I-VIm-IV-V chord progression [...]
“Sing, Sing in Glory” and “Hello, Y’all”Mighty Sincere VoicesFrom the OverBoard Records CD Sing, Sing in Glory (album release date: Sept. 1)www.overboardrecords.comFrom Navasota, Texas, home of country bluesman Mance Lipscomb, comes the Mighty Sincere Voices. Brothers Tyrone, Terrance and Tremayne Creeks founded the group under the tutelage of their father, [...]
From a press release:Detroit, MI - Bishop T.D. Jakes, Bill (The Mailman) Martin, Willie Mae Ford Smith, Myrna Summers, Wyatt T. Walker, and BeBe Winans are this year's inductees to the International Gospel Music Hall of Fame and Museum© (IGMHFM). The 2009 inductees, nominated from around the world and selected [...]
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