Gospel Music

TBGB Reviews…William Warfield with Bill Carter’s Jazz Band

2014-07-21T21:59:00-05:00January 23rd, 2008|

Bill Carter’s Jazz Band Presents William WarfieldSomething Within MeDelmark 2004http://www.delmark.com/Jazz and black sacred music have been dallying for many decades. Ignoring for the moment how gospel music was breathed into life by jazz, there have been many examples of the two together. The teams of Bunk Johnson and Ernestine Washington, [...]

Smithsonian Folkways Releases Classic African American Gospel

2014-07-21T21:59:00-05:00January 22nd, 2008|

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 [...]

Edgar O’Neal of O’Neal Twins, Passes Away in St. Louis

2014-07-21T21:59:00-05:00January 19th, 2008|

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 [...]

Just the Gospel Truth for Byrnes and the Sojourners

2014-07-21T21:59:00-05:00January 17th, 2008|

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 [...]

TBGB Reviews…Wess Morgan

2014-07-21T21:59:00-05:00January 11th, 2008|

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 [...]

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