Start Black History Month on the right note by tuning into 88.7 WLUW in Chicago this Sunday morning, February 3, from 3:00 to 7:30 a.m. CDT for the 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 [...]
From TBGB friend Elder Mack C. Mason. It is so sad to lose such a young and talented man as Billy Carson: We regretfully announce the passing of our good friend, William "Billy" Carson. Billy was host of Gospel City Videos telecast and producer of many church telecasts which aired [...]
“Move!!! (Right Now!)”The Jimmy Hicks ProjectFrom the Worldwide Music CD The Jimmy Hicks Project 2007www.gospeltruthmagazine.comElder Jimmy Hicks and Diana Hicks Hay are together again on “Move!!! (Right Now!).” Just as they demonstrated on the Jimmy Hicks and Voices of Integrity hit, "Born Blessed," the duo oozes with charisma and chemistry [...]
“I Can Go to God in Prayer”Albertina Walker and the Evangelical Choir of the Lighthouse Baptist ChurchFrom the Savoy LP I Can Go to God in PrayerSavoy SL-14600, 1981You can’t get much more Chicago than “I Can Go to God in Prayer,” a song written by Chicago’s Calvin Bridges that [...]
TBGB caught this on the WSPA Channel 7 (South Carolina) website. The Heavenly Gospel Singers were the first to record Thomas A. Dorsey's classic "Take My Hand, Precious Lord." They recorded it on February 16, 1937 in Charlotte, NC for Victor's Bluebird subsidiary, a year before Arthur "Bob" Beatty joined [...]
Today Is Your Day For a MiracleBishop Gregory M. Davis, Sr. & the Tabernacle Cathedral ChoirGreg Davis Ministries International 2007http://www.gregdavisministries.org/While Today Is Your Day For a Miracle is the project of Bishop Gregory M. Davis, who pastors two Full Gospel Baptist churches (in Pennsylvania and Delaware), it belongs just as [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
