Ethnomusicologist and noted quartet historian Kip Lornell helped Smithsonian Folkways select the tracks for the new Classic African American Gospel, a 24-track audio-history of black gospel music. Offering original recordings of jubilee singing to authentic "shout bands," the collection is reported to give an overview of gospel music as it [...]
TBGB sends congratulations and best wishes to Analisa, whose project, Jesus...He Brings Me Joy been nominated for a Dove award in the category of "Contemporary Gospel Album of the Year."The Blog's review of Analisa's nominated CD can be found here.
From the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Special thanks to gospel discographer Bob Laughton for alerting TBGB to Edgar's passing.*****Edgar O'Neal, one of the O'Neal Twins gospel singers, died Wednesday (Jan. 16, 2008) at Christian Hospital after a short illness. He was 70 and a resident of Spanish Lake.Mr. O'Neal and his [...]
Detroit Remembers, Vols. I and IIVarious ArtistsSound of Gospel 2002 (Vol. I), 2007 (Vol. II)Gospel historian Professor L. Stanley Davis introduced me to this collection, which contains some of the most thrilling, exhilarating traditional gospel music performances – and I mean gospel with a capital G – that has been [...]
TBGB has reviewed Byrnes' House of Refuge and the Sojourners' own project Hold On. Here's a photo and an informative article from Vancouver's Vue Weekly about the Original Sojourners of Vancouver.*****EDEN MUNRO / eden@vueweekly.comWhen Jim Byrnes began working on his 2006 album, House of Refuge, he knew that he wanted [...]
...can be found in the January 2008 issue of Black Grooves:http://blackgrooves.org/?p=496
“Lift Him Up”Dexter Walker & Zion MovementFrom the Found Sound Music CD Move (2007)http://www.zionmovement.org/Rev. Dr. Stanley Keeble says that what makes the Chicago gospel choir special is its attack: attack on the melody, attack on the lyrics, and attack in its physical movement. That said, Dexter Walker’s vivacious Zion Movement [...]
The 23rd Annual Stellar Gospel Music Awards, held last night at the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville, Tennessee, was an evening to remember, especially for Detroit. Artists from two of the Motor City’s most beloved gospel music families – the Moss/Clarks and Winans – together tallied wins in 11 [...]
Look At Me NowWess MorganOak Tree Productions 2006http://www.wessmorgan.com/I must admit that when I first saw the dapper, bow-tie adorned Wess Morgan in a crowd at the Gospel Music Workshop of America last year, I thought he might be a CCM singer trying to get into gospel. Hearing his Look At [...]
TBGB learned from Minister J.J. Bell that Bishop Ozro Thurston Jones, Jr., General Board Member Emeritus and former Second Assistant Presiding Bishop of the Church of God in Christ, passed away Wednesday, January 9.Bishop Jones' homegoing information will be forthcoming at the COGIC main website: www.cogic.org.
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