Holy BoyOut of TimeNext Era Music Group/Universal Music Christian Group 2009www.nexteramusic.comAn artist who not only sings about going to church but is so enthusiastic he “can’t wait to get to church” has most definitely earned the title “Holy Boy.”On the upbeat “Church Tonight” from his debut CD Out of Time, [...]
Click on the link below to hear a seven and a half minute NPR "Fresh Air" feature on Detroit label owner Armen Boladian. Boladian started Westbound Records, where the Clark Sisters hit it big with their surprise club hit, "You Brought the Sunshine."http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=103775879In addition to Westbound, Boladian also launched the [...]
From a press release:New York, NY – May 4, 2009- Verity Gospel Music Group is the first label in Gospel music history to hold the top four song positions on the R&R Gospel charts: #1 - "Souled Out" (Hezekiah Walker & LFC)#2 - "Back II Eden” (Donald Lawrence & Co)#3 [...]
The Supreme AngelsReloadedMalaco 2009www.malaco.comWhen legendary quartet leader Rev. Howard "Slim" Hunt of Slim and the Supreme Angels made his transition from labor to reward in 2007, the inevitable question was: what will happen to the Supreme Angels? Hunt was the heart and soul of a group that was active for [...]
A mover and shaker in the gospel music industry, and particularly in the quartet field, Zadella "Mama" Curtis of Chicago can now add "Doctorate" to her list of accomplishments.This past February in Birmingham, Alabama, Dr. Curtis received a Doctorate in Christian Broadcast Communications from the Global Evangelical Christian Seminary. Curtis [...]
Dennis Cole informed TBGB and the Chicago Area Gospel Announcers Guild that Essie Johnson-Lane, long-time Chicago Chapter Representative of the Gospel Music Workshop of America, has passed away. Dennis says: "Please keep Essie's daughter, Faye (Wanda), Essie's twin sister Bessie and the entire family, along with our Chicago Chapter of [...]
On Monday, May 4 from 1:30 to 4:45 p.m., TBGB editor Bob Marovich will join a panel of experts at the Gospel Complex for Education and Preservation Annual Conference to discuss "The Chicago School of Gospel." The program will be held at Nova Southeastern University in Davie/Fort Lauderdale, FL. THE [...]
On the eve of its eighth anniversary on the air, “Gospel Memories” goes from a monthly to a weekly program!Starting May 2, you will be able to hear "Gospel Memories" live on 88.7 WLUW Chicago every Saturday morning from 10 to 11 a.m.Not in Chicago? No problem. Go to http://www.wluw.org/, [...]
Various ArtistsOh Happy Day: All-Star Music CelebrationEMI Gospel/Vector Recordings 2009www.emigospel.comIn the spirit of T Bone Burnett’s Grammy-winning coupling of bluegrass queen Alison Krauss and rock icon Robert Plant (Raising Sand), a cadre of producers pair rock and pop artists with gospel singers on Oh Happy Day: All-Star Music Celebration. The [...]
“Mr. President”Janelle MonaeFrom the album Metropolis (Bad Boy Records/Wondaland 2008)www.jmonae.comAlthough this song was not meant for the gospel market, its message is not out of place for an urban inspiration station that takes chances. From her science fiction concept album Metropolis, which she produced with Sean “P Diddy” Combs and [...]
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