“Lord Keep Me,” “I Can’t Give Up,” and “Fall Fresh” Monica Lisa Stevenson From the Puretonez Productions CD Finally…In God’s Time 2009 http://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 [...]
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” kittylunaxx simpcity angieMighty 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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
