Gospel Music

“With You Always”Troy SneedFrom the Emtro Gospel CD In Due Season (street date: June 30, 2009)www.emtro.comFloridian praise and worshipper and record label owner Troy Sneed delivers Minister Omega Forbes’ composition “With You Always” with an unhurried expressiveness that fits musically with the song’s message of patience, hope and faith in [...]

It is with heavy heart that TBGB reports the passing of Margaret Aikens-Jenkins. She transitioned from labor to reward on March 6, 2009 in Hawthorne, California.Her daughter, Marie Wakefield, said that Ms. Jenkins' funeral service will be held on Tuesday, March 17th at 11:00 AM at the West Angeles Church [...]

Doris Stokes & Praise UnlimitedPraise and Worship…Unleashed!Black Pearl Enterprises 2008http://www.dorisastokes.com/Dayton, Ohio has made a considerable mark on music history, and the Stokes Family seems to have played a role in many of the Gem City’s top groups.The late Otha Stokes, Jr. was with the Ohio Players and the Sugarhill Gang [...]

Rev. Stanley Keeble turned 72 on March 8. He celebrated by bringing some of his gospel singing friends together for a musical on Monday, March 9 at Logos Baptist Assembly at 108th and Halsted in Chicago. Rev. Dr. Donald L. Parson was host pastor.Sitting in the audience, one felt transported [...]

Gospel Legacy Series:Sandra CrouchLight Records 2008www.lightrecords.comReleased in February 2008, this collection of twelve 1980s-era tracks by Sandra Crouch is the best in Light Records’ ten-CD “Gospel Legacy” series. It focuses on Sandra's bright, energetic and engaging tracks as a solo artist. Five of the selections were culled from Sandra’s debut [...]

Congratulations to Pastor Karl and Angela Adair, and the New Beginnings North Shore Church community of Evanston, Illinois on their first year of ministry.Many churches don’t make their first year, so the Adairs had plenty to celebrate. They did by organizing the “Back Home Musical,” a combination of traditional and [...]

“Wait on the Lord”Donnie McClurkin feat. Karen Clark-SheardFrom the Verity Records CD We All Are One (Live in Detroit) – release date: March 31www.donniemcclurkin.comTime will tell, but “Wait on the Lord,” from Donnie McClurkin’s forthcoming live CD, We All Are One, has the goods to be his most popular hit [...]

“Ain’t Gon Get Mine”Euclid GrayFrom the CD Unleashed (Malaco 2008)www.malaco.comEuclid Gray is a different kind of gospel artist for Malaco, a record company whose stock-in-trade is typically the southern-hewn, soulful quartets and traditional groups. Gray, who was part of R. Kelly’s Public Announcement and played Rev. Henry Oliver in Tyler [...]

New York, NY - National recording artist LaShell Griffin will perform at The American Women in Radio & Television 34th Annual "Gracie Awards Show." The event celebrates the biggest names in radio/television from across the country and brings together the who's who within the industry. The impressive list of nominees/guests [...]

“I’ll Make It Someday”Luther Barnes & the Sunset JubilairesFrom the CD The Barnes Family Reunion IIAIR Gospel 2008www.malaco.comOne of gospel quartet’s finest gentlemen, Luther Barnes leads his Sunset Jubilaires on a slow-paced and melancholy but optimistic testimony to living a life of grace. Doing so will ensure that the eternal [...]