The gospel and jazz worlds lost one of their most brilliant producers. Ozzie Cadena, who produced recordings for gospel artists on the Savoy and Choice imprints, died Wednesday, April 9, in Torrance, California, his family by his side. He was 83. Here is the article from LAist: Oscar "Ozzie" Cadena [...]
Love Forever ShinesRegina BellePendulum Records 2008www.myspace.com/reginab17The first time I heard Regina Belle sing was in a duet with Peabo Bryson, but her musical resume extends well beyond that. Whether duetting with male balladeers, studying opera, or performing jazz or RnB, the Rutgers graduate and New Jersey native never really strayed [...]
Click below to read a fine article in the Amherst Bulletin on gospel historian and artist Horace Clarence Boyer (article by Phyllis Lehrer; photo by Kevin Gutting).Horace Clarence Boyer
Tune to 88.7 WLUW Chicago Sunday morning, April 6, 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 http://www.wluw.org/, click the Listen Live button, and enjoy “Gospel Memories” from wherever [...]
"Waging War”CeCe WinansFrom the CD Thy Kingdom ComePure Springs Gospel 2008http://www.cecewinans.com/Battle drums thump and strings swirl as if from the soundtrack of an epic film, providing an appropriately dramatic backdrop to CeCe Winans’ “Waging War,” the first single drawn from her new CD, Thy Kingdom Come. Winans sings the enemy [...]
A red carpet led to the door of Bishop Larry D. Trotter’s Sweet Holy Spirit Church on Chicago’s southeast side Friday night, March 28. The living legends walking along the red carpet, bathed in the glow of rotating searchlights, represented some of the finest and most significant artists in gospel [...]
From Dennis Cole:The Gospel Music According to Chicago (“GMAC”) announces the passing of one of its Board Members, Dr. Robert E. Wooten, Sr. (Thursday morning, March 27, 2008). GMAC extends it’s love to Robert E. “Bobby” Wooten, Jr. (Executive Board Member & Music Committee Member), Carol “Wooten (GMAC Mass Choir [...]
Rev. Lawrence Roberts informed TBGB that Sarah McKissick passed away March 25. Sarah was a member of the Little Lucy Smith Singers and Dorothy Norwood Singers. Last year, she celebrated her 87th birthday in the company of members of the Atlanta chapter of the Gospel Announcers Guild.From Regina:HOMEGOING SERVICES FOR [...]
Courtesy of Barbara Allen of Middle Passage ProductionsFrom a press release by:Bernicola Productions, Inc. (312) 320-7988or contact Victoria Reed, (773) 398-4726JUBILEE SHOWCASE GOSPEL SINGER, JUNIOUS ‘BUD’ NORFLEET, LEAD SINGER OF THE FAMED GOSPEL SINGERS, THE NORFLEET BROTHERS, DEAD AT 82Junious Norfleet died on Tuesday, March 25, 2008 while in the [...]
Baylor project seeks to preserve old African-American gospelBy GROMER JEFFERS JR./The Dallas Morning Newsgjeffers@dallasnews.com WACO - Deep in the basement of Baylor University's Moody Library, a slightly worn 45 nestled around a high-tech turntable starts to spin, producing a mysterious voice from the past. At Baylor University's Moody library, audio [...]
