Gospel Music

Shirley Caesar: After 40 Years…Still Sweeping Through the City (tbgb review)

2014-07-21T21:58:54-05:00June 19th, 2008|

After 40 Years…Still Sweeping Through the CityShirley CaesarShu-Bel Records/Light Records 2007www.shirleycaesar.comStill sweeping, indeed.Celebrating her fortieth anniversary as a solo artist, the starting point being the release of her “I’ll Go” LP for Hob Records in 1967, Pastor Shirley Caesar gives the listener a healthy sampling of her traditional side on [...]

TBGB Pick of the Week: June 9, 2008

2014-07-21T21:58:54-05:00June 10th, 2008|

"Mujje" ("The Invitation")Omega Bugembe OkelloFrom the CD Kiwomera EmmeemeComin Atcha Distribution Group 2008www.omegaworldmusic.comAn African Children's Choir alumna who has since earned her masters degree at Sarah Lawrence College and started her own record label, AlexOm Productions LLC, Ugandan singer Omega Bugembe Okello has produced Kiwomera Emmeeme (trans. "It is Sweet [...]

Trying to Get Ready: Wings over Jordan (tbgb review)

2014-07-21T21:58:54-05:00June 9th, 2008|

Trying to Get ReadyWings over JordanGospel Friend 2008www.gospelfriend.comAs a radio announcer who programs vintage gospel music, I can say from experience that I get more requests for the Swan Silvertones, Gospel Clefs and the Wings Over Jordan Choir than any other gospel groups. Fortunately, the Swans’ King, Specialty and Vee [...]

Family Prayer – The Murrills (tbgb review)

2014-07-21T21:58:54-05:00June 8th, 2008|

Family PrayerThe MurrillsQuietWater Entertainment/Verity/Zomba Gospel 2008www.zombalabelgroup.comSpeaking of singing families, here’s another: the Murrills of North Carolina, fresh from their tenure in Donald Lawrence’s multi-talented Tri-City Singers. Darwin, Damion, Donnell, Andre, Roger and Arnetta dropped their first single as a solo group, “Family (There’s a Healing)” to gospel radio last December [...]

The Barnes Family Reunion II (review)

2014-07-21T21:58:54-05:00June 4th, 2008|

The Barnes Family Reunion IIThe Barnes FamilyAIR Records/Malaco Records 2008http://www.malaco.com/Who springs immediately to mind when thinking about gospel singing families are Motor City dynasties the Moss/Clarks and the Winans Families, and the Bay Area’s famed Hawkins Family. But let us not forget about another popular singing family, the Barnes of [...]

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