The GalesThe Sensational NightingalesMalaco Records 2008www.malaco.comTalk about staying power, the Sensational Nightingales have been singing quartet since 1942. The list of prominent Gales alumni includes Barney Parks, Howard Carroll, Paul Owens, Bob Beatty, June Cheeks, and Jo Jo Wallace, the latter who remains a stalwart singing and guitar-playing member of [...]
From The Christian Post: By Katherine T. Phan Christian Post Reporter Tue, Jul. 01 2008 01:52 PM EDT Melinda Watts, a high school teacher who helps at-risk teen girls, now has a new platform to reach people with her godly message after winning the Gospel music version of the "American [...]
From The San Francisco Chronicle. Lee Hildebrand has written many times before on the subject of black gospel quartets.Blind Boys of Alabama battlingLEE HILDEBRANDFriday, June 27, 2008For 60 years, ever since a New Jersey promoter booked two sets of blind gospel singers - the Happyland Singers from Alabama and the [...]
From the New York Times:Ira Tucker, Gospel Singer Who Gave Dixie Hummingbirds Emotive Edge, Dies at 83By DOUGLAS MARTINPublished: June 26, 2008Ira Tucker, a little man with a giant vocal range and acrobatic stage antics who as lead singer of the Dixie Hummingbirds helped propel gospel music toward a harder-edged, [...]
From a Press Release:Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Inductee and Grammy Award Winner KENNY GAMBLE releases "I Am An American"FEATURING SPECIAL GUEST PERFORMANCES BY PATTI LABELLE AND Temple University Symphony Orchestra & ChoirsAVAILABLE DIGITALLY JULY 1sthttp://www.sonybmgmasterworks.com/american/ As we approach Independence Day, it is hard not to pay tribute to [...]
From www.eurweb.com (June 23, 2008)The Christianaires recently announced that Paul Porter, one of the founding members, is leaving the group to pursue a solo career. Paul has been a key component and featured artist for the group for thirty years.During that time they have become one of the top quartet [...]
Thanks to everyone who contacted TBGB informing us that the great quartet singer Ira Tucker of the Dixie Hummingbirds went from earthly labor to eternal reward today, June 24, at the age of 83.Rev. Joe Williams of Philadelphia, a member of the Dixie Hummingbirds and the Sons of the Birds, [...]
“It’s the Grace of God Keeping Me”Ron BarrettFrom the CD It’s the Grace of God Keeping Me(private press) 2008www.myspace.com/ronbarrettStellar-nominated Chicagoan Ron Barrett is a young man with an old soul and deep roots in traditional gospel music.Ron's father, the late Rev. S.L. Barrett, was the beloved pastor of Galilee Baptist [...]
Make Your Presence KnownPam Crumbley & ChosenBOG Records 2008www.bogrecords.bizLet's remain in Ohio for a moment...Cincinnati has been ablaze with gospel music since 1933, when Sallie Martin made the Queen City one of her earliest stops during a recruitment tour for the fledgling National Convention of Gospel Choirs and Choruses. On [...]
Article by Colette M. Jenkins Akron Beacon Journal religion writer Published on Friday, Jun 20, 2008 Annie W. Robinson declared ''if Jesus can't fix it, nobody can,'' every Sunday morning for more than four decades across local radio airwaves. Her voice was silenced on Tuesday, after a short battle with [...]
