Claude Deuce Claude Deuce, the Young Elder Livin’ It Productions 2009 (scheduled for release July 14, 2009) www.myspace.com/claudedeuce After listening to “It Ain’t Over,” the opening track on Claude Deuce’s eponymously titled studio debut CD, I shook my head in wonder. “Where on earth has this guy been?” The answer, [...]
Clarence Fountain, Sam Butler and the BoysStepping Up and Stepping OutTyscot Records (release scheduled for August 25, 2009)www.tyscot.comThe story is well known among gospel quartet enthusiasts. Clarence Fountain has left the Blind Boys of Alabama. For the second time. This time, however, it seems final. In a 2008 article written [...]
Chicago is proud of her daughter, Jennifer Hudson, who sang for the late Michael Jackson's memorial service today in Los Angeles. She gave his song, "Will You Be There," even more of a gospel feel than it already had.TBGB mourns the loss of Michael Jackson, a life cut short way [...]
“Hold On”Minister Sean Hardin & ObadiahFrom the Nu House Records CD Been Goodwww.nuhouserecords.comSean Hardin is a product of Detroit’s active and multi-faceted gospel scene. An alumnus of the Deitrick Haddon camp, Hardin cut his gospel teeth singing background for Haddon and then worked in A&R for the artist’s ManHaddon Entertainment [...]
Jerry Zolten informed TBGB that Edward Hall, current member of the Fairfield Four, passed away in Nashville, Tennessee.Zolten noted that Hall was "a pioneering African American radio personality," and sang formerly with the "Fireside Singers, the Fairfield Four’s auxiliary 'juniors.'"Photo: Keith Case
Listen to the "Gospel Memories" radio program on Chicago's 88.7 WLUW Saturday morning, July 4, from 10:00 to 11:00 a.m. Central Time for a special treat:Before They Were Famous!Enjoy rare, early recordings by... Gospel legends, such as James Cleveland (Gospelaires), Mahalia Jackson (1937), Alex Bradford (Willie Webb Singers) and the [...]
Current scholarship suggests that the lithe, celestial, tinkling notes Washington Phillips played to accompany his singing on 1927-29 Columbia recordings were not produced by a dolceola.What, then, did he play? Was it a phonoharp? A celestaphone? Was it a homemade instrument, as some claim? Possibly an amalgam of two fretless [...]
Calvin BridgesGospelphyedPneuma/Spirit Recordings 2009www.calvinbridges.orgIf you don’t think you know who Calvin Bridges is, I’ll bet you know his songs. “I Can Go to God in Prayer.” “So Much to be Grateful For.” The list goes on.In his hometown of Chicago, Bridges is a fixture, known for gospel music composition and [...]
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