Brian Courtney WilsonJust LoveSpirit Rising Music/Music World Entertainment 2008www.musicworldentertainment.comFrom Matthew Knowles, father and manager of world-famous daughters Beyonce and Solange, and producer of gospel superstars Trin-I-Tee 5:7, comes Just Love, the debut album by soulful gospel balladeer Brian Courtney Wilson. Wilson, a Chicagoan now living in Houston, and not to [...]
Bishop Paul S. Morton presents the Full Gospel Baptist Church Fellowship Mass Choir Cry Your Last Tear Tehillah Music Group/Light Records 2008 www.lightrecords.com Browsing through the music bins, one might think Cry Your Last Tear, with a photo of Bishop Paul S. Morton dominating the front cover, is a new [...]
Pastor Gregg Patrick (currently moving up the charts with his hit single "I Am A Witness"), celebrates at his home with friends Clifton Davis, Felicia Young (Tennesse Titans Quarterback Vince Young's mom) and Shawn McLemore.Earlier in the day, Patrick made a large donation to the NFL Mother's Association to feed [...]
“Did It All For Me”Aaron SledgeFrom the CD Da LightSky High Entertainment 2007www.myspace.com/skyhighdalightAs I mentioned in my review of Chicagoan Aaron Sledge’s full project Da Light, “Did It All For Me” is a fine piece of pop-gospel songwriting. It’s so good, you’ll swear you’ve heard it before...a sure sign of [...]
Kersten StevensThe Giftwww.kerstenstevens.comAll I had to hear was that gospel/hip hop/jazz violinist Kersten Stevens was putting out a Christmas album, and I knew it would be superb. Sometimes you just know these things.And of course I was right.On The Gift, the versatile Kersten brandishes her bow like a magic wand, [...]
"Arise Medley"AriseFrom the CD God's Got My BackStile Records 2008While "God's Got My Back" is very likely the plug song on Arise's CD of the same name, to my ears "Arise Medley" is the real treat. Electrifying Afro-Caribbean handclap rhythms and a Latin acoustic guitar propel the group's sweet harmonies [...]
Aaron SledgeDa LightSky High Entertainment 2007http://www.myspace.com/skyhighdalightAt first blush, Chicago’s Aaron Sledge seems a contradiction: an urban inspirational artist whose album is covered in photos of the singer in street-smart clothes, posing tough next to a Lexus, showing off a top-shelf shoe collection, and hanging out on Chicago streets. But listen [...]
Odetta (Holmes) Gordon, known to the world as simply "Odetta," died of a heart attack in New York yesterday, December 2. She was 77 years old.Odetta sang folk songs, ballads, blues, Civil Rights anthems, spirituals, showtunes, gospel...really just about any style of music was fodder for her straightforward delivery. Her [...]
Just in time for the holiday season, the Johnson Family is back! Christmas is upon us and as the family comes together many spirits will be lifted and lives renewed. Family conflicts erupt again and major drama ensues.Produced by hot urban filmmaker/actor/director/writer Jean Claude LaMarre (Color of The Cross, Basquiat, [...]
Tune to 88.7 WLUW Chicago this Sunday morning, December 7, 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 [...]
