From the Longview (TX) News-Journal's website, www.news-journal.com:Friends remember Templeton as mentor to area musiciansBy CHRISTINA LANEThe Longview chapter of the Texas Mass Choir has postponed a concert indefinitely as friends and family mourn the death of the chapter president, the Rev. Eddie Templeton."He was a Godly, loving man," said his [...]
Tune to 88.7 WLUW Chicago Sunday morning, October 5, from 3:00 to 7:30 a.m. Central Time for this month’s live broadcast of “Gospel Memories” – the Soundtrack to That Old Time Religion.Not in Chicago? No problem. Go to www.wluw.org, click the Listen Live button, and enjoy “Gospel Memories” from wherever [...]
Music Is My Way of LifeDwight & the Sweet Singing SoulsQuartet Boyz Records 2008Dwight Gordon is a quartet singer and guitarist who in the past three decades has worked with the likes of the Mighty Clouds of Joy, the Williams Brothers, and with his own group, the Racy Brothers. He [...]
Brenda LoweSomebody Somewhere was Praying for MeAlpha 7 Ministries 2002www.alpha7ministries.comAfter the recent release of the heartwarming “Somebody Somewhere” by V.O.W. (JDI Records) and our review of the choir’s single and full album, Minister Randall Ogans of the Alpha 7 Ministries label in Fairfield, California contacted TBGB. Had I known about [...]
Talk about a testimony.From 1996 to 2006, former Christianaires member Paul Porter fought the battle of his life. Developing a blood clot on his brain at age 34, the singer lost much of his physical functioning. “I lost my vision, I couldn’t walk,” Porter told The Black Gospel Blog. “I [...]
"Serve Nobody But You"Nathaniel & NecyFrom Truly Anointed (WOGG Records 2008)http://cdbaby.com/cd/nathanielnecyFrom Denver via Chicago, Minister Nathaniel and Evangelist Lucille “Necy” Drinkard are a singing couple known simply as Nathaniel & Necy. Their single, "Serve Nobody But You" from Truly Anointed, the duo's debut CD on WOGG Records, sounds like it [...]
Anointed for PurposeJai ReedTLR/Fontana 2007www.myspace.com/jaireedtheartistIt takes a really gusty artist to start a solo project with an acappella track. It’s the aural equivalent of the dreaded Hollywood close-up, exposing every imperfection.But Jai (Jabial) Reed has nothing to worry about. There are no imperfections on his exceptional album, Anointed for Purpose. [...]
It's no secret that former RCA artist and Broadway songstress Heather Headley has a gospel CD coming out this fall on EMI Gospel. She is a "PK," after all!What is surprising is that an intrepid YouTuber caught the lovely Trinidadian performing one of the songs from the project, "I Wish," [...]
[This article by David Lindquist appears on the website of the Indianapolis Star. Photo by Frank Espich of the Star.]Al Hobbs may be a household name in Indianapolis because of a high-profile tenure at radio station WTLC that began in 1970 and ended in 1993.Gospel music listeners know Hobbs for [...]
It’s OverSean SimmondsXist Records/Tyscot 2008www.tyscot.comOn It’s Over, Toronto-born Sean Simmonds delivers ample helpings of energetic holy hip hop with snarling synth, explosive beats, aggressive blasts of sound, and a startling lyrical frankness, all of which makes for extremely riveting listening.Simmonds drapes the timeless messages of faith and hope in street-cred [...]
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