Gospel Music

Margaret “Babe” Allison & the Angelics: Touch Me Again (review)

2014-07-21T21:58:55-05:00May 21st, 2008|

Margaret “Babe” Allison & the AngelicsTouch Me AgainMalaco Records 2008www.malaco.comFor 86 years old, Margaret Allison is remarkable. She’s still singing, and sounding pretty good, too. She still possesses much of that piercing, plaintive voice that was the force behind the Angelic Gospel Singers, the sweethearts of the gospel circuit. But [...]

TBGB Pick of the Week: May 19, 2008

2014-07-21T21:58:55-05:00May 20th, 2008|

“Oh How Precious”Kathy TaylorFrom the CD The Worship Experience Katco Music Group 2008www.kathytaylorlive.comHouston's own Kathy Taylor is already a familiar name to those who have followed her various projects with Favor, the group she founded, with the most recent being Taylormade on Al “The Bishop” Hobbs’ Aleho International label. She [...]

Regina Belle – Love Forever Shines: The Backstory

2014-07-21T21:58:55-05:00May 15th, 2008|

Special thanks to Jason Rubley (Rubes Marketing), Ruben Rodriguez and Pendulum Records for this well-written press release on Regina Belle's Love Forever Shines, released this past Tuesday (May 13).It’s not without some measure of fear and trepidation that gospel music puts checks and balances on reverse crossover artists. After all, [...]

TBGB Pick of the Week: May 12, 2008

2014-07-21T21:58:55-05:00May 12th, 2008|

“Lead Me to the Rock”Rev. Stefanie R. Minatee & JubilationFrom the CD The Launch Out Projecthttp://www.jubilationinc.com/When I reviewed Rev. Stefanie R. Minatee and Jubilation’s The Launch Out Project in November 2006, I commented that “Lead Me to the Rock,” featuring soloist and Stellar Award nominee Min. Nancey Jackson-Johnson, was the [...]

When the Church Becomes Your Party – Deborah Smith Pollard

2014-07-21T21:58:56-05:00May 10th, 2008|

Deborah Smith Pollard, associate professor of English literature and humanities at the University of Michigan-Dearborn, is also a successful gospel concert producer and host of a popular Sunday morning gospel show on Detroit's FM 98 WJLB. Add "author" to her list of accolades.When the Church Becomes Your Party is Pollard's [...]

Light’s Gospel Legacy Series: The Hawkins Family & Tramaine Hawkins

2014-07-21T21:58:56-05:00May 7th, 2008|

Light Records released two more Gospel Legacy reissue CDs last week, and this time the focus was on the Hawkins Family.In 1968, Edwin Hawkins single-handedly, though quite unexpectedly, changed the sound and expanded the popularity of gospel music with the release of the Northern California State Youth Choir (COGIC) vanity [...]

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