Yes He Did! Congratulations to Barack Obama…
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The Westbrook Singers Live (2008)
The Westbrook SingersLive(Independent Release) 2008www.thewestbrooksingers.comBilled as the “Quad Cities’ First Family of Gospel,” the Westbrook Singers – Brenda, Delores, Gary, Cynthia and Larry Jr. – hail from East Moline, Illinois and Community Outreach COGIC. Their lineage includes five living generations, including their father, Bishop Charles B. Westbrook, who is 91 [...]
TBGB Pick of the Week – November 3, 2008
“Victory is Mine" (Obama Mix)Dorothy NorwoodFrom the forthcoming CD Fifty Years – It’s Been Worth it All (to be released in early 2009)Malaco Recordswww.malaco.com“This is for you, Obama,” gospel legend Dorothy Norwood exclaims as she launches into an exuberant rendition of the beloved congregational song, “Victory is Mine.” Ms. Norwood, [...]
Flashback 1997: Brenda Lowe – Waiting (Alpha 7 Ministries)
Brenda LoweWaitingAlpha 7 Ministries 1997www.alpha7ministries.comTBGB reviewed Brenda Lowe’s 2002 project, Somebody Somewhere Was Praying for Me, which preceded V.O.W.’s current hit version of the song. But that wasn’t Lowe’s first solo project; in 1997, she released Waiting, also on Minister Randall Ogans' Alpha 7 Ministries label.Waiting is a nine-track CD [...]
“Nobody Cared” – Canton Jones (Arrow Records 2008)
“Nobody Cared”Canton Jones From the Arrow Records CD Kingdom Business www.cajointernational.comThis year, we’ve experienced Canton Jones as upbeat and optimistic (“My Day”) and as a humorous social observer (“Hater Day”). “Nobody Cared,” another single from the Kingdom Business CD, explores the singer’s vulnerable side. “I really messed up this time…embarrassed,” [...]
November 2 “Gospel Memories” Marks 45th Anniversary of JFK Assassination
Tune to 88.7 WLUW Chicago this Sunday morning, November 2, 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. NOTE: Don't forget to set your clocks back one hour Sunday at 2:00 a.m.!Not in Chicago? No [...]
Down in New Orleans – Blind Boys of Alabama (Time/Life 2008)
The Blind Boys of AlabamaDown in New OrleansTime/Life 2008www.blindboys.comSince its organization nearly seventy years ago, the Happyland Singers (aka Blind Boys of Alabama) has developed from one of many professional quartets appearing at country churches and high school auditoriums for a slice of the widow’s mite to a top gospel [...]
Florida’s Stars of Harmony Say Farewell
In the Miami Herald, Margarita Sweeting writes:"For over six decades, gospel group Stars of Harmony gave audiences a look back at gospel music birthed in the old churches of the south. Now, they said goodbye, giving their last performance recently at the Church of God by Faith in Miami Gardens."Read [...]
He Reigns – William Smith Jr. & The Renewed Voices for Christ
He ReignsWilliam Smith Jr. & The Renewed Voices for ChristSelf-released 2008(312) 409-4782You can take the choir out of the church, but you can’t take the church out of the choir.That’s certainly true for Chicago choirs, anyway, which have always had a Sunday morning vibe even when they aren’t trying to [...]
“Something Got a Hold of Me” – GI (BGA Music Group 2008)
“Something Got a Hold of Me” GI (God’s Image) BGA Music Group 2008 www.gods-image.com Vocoder meets B3 in this modern cover of James Cleveland’s 1960 classic, “Something’s Got a Hold On Me.” Back in James’ day, with Rev. Charles A. Craig and Detroit’s Voices of Tabernacle, the arrival of the [...]
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