TBGB: At the Stellar Awards taping last weekend, it was noted during a special tribute to Rev. Timothy Wright that the pastor and singer's health had recently taken a turn for the worse. Here's an update, as reported by The Belle Report's Sheilah Belle (1/25/09):The Rev. Timothy Wright, the Grammy-nominated [...]
Hazel Henderson, 79, pianist and composer of gospel musicShe worked for the city of Long Beach as a librarian for years, but her passion was writing, arranging and composing music.By Pamela Hale-Burns, Staff Writer Press-Telegram of Long Beach, CAJanuary 22, 2009Music was her life, and Hazel Henderson showed it by [...]
Perfect PeaceJesus is a Sure ThingSelf-produced 2006(256) 329-2258Husband and wife gospel singing duos have been active at least since the 1920s. Prominent examples include Memphis evangelists A.C. and Mamie Forehand, who recorded “Honey in the Rock” (Victor, 1927), complete with Mrs. Forehand’s ringing finger cymbal percussion. William and Versey Smith’s [...]
Phil TarverDraw NearerKingdom Records 2006www.kingdomrecordsinc.comOn his solo project, Draw Nearer, praise and worship meister Phil Tarver offers up more of the graceful songs with simple melodies and singable lyrics that have transformed Shekinah Glory Ministry from a church-based troupe into a Stellar Award-winning recording artist.Recorded on Watch Night 2006 and [...]
“I Wish”Heather HeadleyFrom the EMI Gospel CD Audience of Onewww.emigospel.comThis may seem a little early to predict, especially since her “Jesus Is Love” with Smokie Norful is the current chart riser, but Heather Headley’s “I Wish” has the potential to be one of the top inspirational songs of 2009. Shoot, [...]
Heather Headley performed Roberta Martin Singer Eugene Smith's "I Know the Lord Will Make a Way." Ricky Dillard was part of the program and, with New G, was a Stellar Awardee for Choir of the Year and Contemporary Choir of the Year.Shekinah Glory Ministry received a Stellar for Praise & [...]
Pastor Marvin Sapp of Grand Rapids, Michigan was the top winner at the 24th Annual Stellar Awards, taped at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, Tennessee Saturday evening, January 18.Sapp, whose song "Never Would Have Made It" was an enormous gospel hit in 2008, walked away with eight awards, including [...]
From Saguaro Road Records:(Fairfax, VA) January 15, 2009 – The Blind Boys of Alabama will be honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award by The Recording Academy as part of the 51st Annual Grammy Awards this February. The prestigious honor comes just weeks after the quartet was nominated for a Grammy [...]
Candi StatonI Will Sing My Praise to YouEmtro Gospel/Beracah Records 2008www.emtro.comAs a teenager, Canzetta “Candi” Staton sang gospel with her sister Maggie and the Harrison girls Naomi and Nettie Mae as the Jewell Gospel Singers. They recorded for Aladdin in 1953, and two years later shifted to the mid-South’s Excello [...]
The following information, summarized from an AP article by John Gerome, comes from Marc Lindy via Lindon Jones:Dolly Parton, Michael W. Smith, Dr. Bobby Jones, the Dixie Hummingbirds and producer Lari Goss will be inducted into the Gospel Music Association Hall of Fame next month. The ceremony will be held [...]
