Gospel Music

After All These Years – Chuck & the Guiding Clouds

2014-07-21T21:58:25-05:00January 11th, 2009|

Chuck & the Guiding CloudsAfter All These YearsQuartet Boyz Records 2008www.myspace.com/chuckandtheguidingcloudsEver wonder where the sweet soul sound of the seventies went? It’s being preserved by some gospel quartets.Proof positive: Chuck and the Guiding Clouds’ release After All These Years offers up hearty helpings of quartet spirit wrapped in the bright, [...]

Breakthrough – Pilgrim M.B. Church Choirs “Live”

2014-07-21T21:58:25-05:00January 10th, 2009|

BreakthroughPilgrim Missionary Baptist Church Choirs “Live”Independent release 2008(708) 237-3779I’m not certain exactly when churches recognized the fundraising, membership development and public relations potential of producing records of their gospel choirs, but my guess is it took hold in the early 1950s.The earliest known progenitor of this practice was the St. [...]

S.C. pays tribute to gospel great Tommy Ellison

2014-07-21T21:58:25-05:00January 8th, 2009|

From The State, Thursday, January 8, 2009:Viewing, funeral to celebrate life of Tommy EllisonBy OTIS R. TAYLOR JR. - otaylor@thestate.com Like James Brown, Aretha Franklin and Sam Cooke, Tommy Ellison got his start as a singer in church. But unlike them, he stayed there.The Salley native was lead vocalist of [...]

Try Jesus – Reverend Wesley Woods & the Hebrews Gospel Singers (G.C. Productions 2008)

2014-07-21T21:58:26-05:00January 5th, 2009|

Reverend Wesley Woods & the Hebrews Gospel SingersTry JesusG.C. Productions 2008www.hebrewsgospelsingers.comTry Jesus, the latest release (April 2008) from the Houston-based and Stellar-nominated Reverend Wesley Woods & the Hebrews Gospel Singers – their seventh, if I’m counting correctly – blends Southern-fried traditional quartet singing with the fiery, keyboard-accompanied mixed voice gospel [...]

No Grammy for Marvin Sapp?

2014-07-21T21:58:26-05:00January 3rd, 2009|

From EURweb.com:Grammy Awards official explains the reason 'Never Would Have Made It' wasn't nominated.By Mona Austin/mediamindedpro@yahoo.com(December 31, 2008) A Brooklyn street vendor is standing in 30 degree weather peddling Hip Hop mix tapes and DVDs from a six-foot table. Encircled by a variety of CDs of Black motivational speakers and [...]

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