On Sunday, February 8, 2009 at 4:30 p.m., ‘The Anointed Voices’ of New Friendship Missionary Baptist Church will be celebrating BLACK HISTORY MONTH with a salute to BLACK GOSPEL QUARTETS in SOMETHING TO SING ABOUTfeaturing:• Heavenly Heirs of South Bend, IN• Wings of Harmony of Gary, IN• Rev. Lewis and [...]
“Great Things”The Church Boyzwww.myspace.com/thechurchboyzchicago“This is for everybody going through…great things are coming your way!” So exhorts The Church Boyz, Chicago’s new, young quartet with the old-time sound. Their uptempo number “Great Things” is a local hit with national legs. No surprise. Has there ever been a better time for “Great [...]
“Keep Blessing Me”Golden Wings Quartetwww.goldenwingsquartet.com Since 1970, the Golden Wings Quartet of Tupelo, MS have kept the gospel quartet tradition alive while at the same time reminding us that Tupelo is known for more than the birthplace of Elvis Presley. Since most of the singing members been with the group [...]
“So Blessed”Cynthia Turner & Heartspeak (feat. Melonie Daniels)From the CD ‘Til God Says So SeeSon Records/Marina Park Music 2008www.marinaparkmusic.com Hailing from various parts of Illinois but mostly from Champaign, where leader Cynthia Turner and her husband, Stellar-nominated producer Kevin Turner reside, Heartspeak is a ten-person mixed vocal group and ‘Til [...]
Young men with old souls.That’s how one might describe the Church Boyz. Like Keith “Wonderboy” Johnson, the Church Boyz blend youthful energy with the gusto of classic male gospel quartet singing. The combination gives today's listeners a feel for what it was like hearing the classic groups in their heyday [...]
Tune to 88.7 WLUW Chicago Sunday morning, February 1, from 3:00 to 7:30 a.m. Central Time for the monthly live broadcast of “Gospel Memories” – the soundtrack to That Old Time Religion.Not in Chicago? No problem. Go to http://www.wluw.org/, click the Listen Live button, and enjoy “Gospel Memories” from wherever [...]
Frontlynaz Game Over Frontlynaz, Inc. 2008 www.frontlynaz.com Say what you will about Holy Hip Hop, but the Stellar-nominated HHH group Frontlynaz spits rhymes and drops beats with the power and urgency of a brakeless freight train. Their Game Over grabbed my attention and held it with clenched fists from beginning [...]
“Get Up”GIFrom the group’s forthcoming album, scheduled for release April 7, 2009www.gods-image.com“Get Up” is a bright and bouncy wake-up call to arise, shake off the winter doldrums and its emotional residue, and get your praise on. It’s a new day. The spirit is moving. Change is in the air. “Get [...]
From Dennis Cole, President of the Chicago Area Gospel Announcers Guild:Our office was informed today of the homegoing of gospel great Ethel Holloway. She passed at the Alden Manner Nursing Home on Austin, in Chicago.Ethel is known/loved all over the world through her travels with the Jessy Dixon Singers, the [...]
From gospel quartet expert Min. Donnie Addison:It is with sadness that I report the loss of another Quartet Music Pioneer. As we all know, New York was a hotbed for quartet gospel in the 1950s and 1960s. One of the great groups to rise to prominence was The Mighty Gospel [...]
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