Gospel Music

Soulful Soundsby Gospel Legends Geraldine and Donald GayThe Sirens Records 2007www.thesirensrecords.comIf you don’t know about the Gay Family, you don’t know gospel.The Chicago-based Gays – Mildred, Evelyn, Geraldine, and Donald in particular – are products of the Church of God in Christ and have been on the frontline of gospel [...]

Nothing But WorshipThe New Life Community Choir feat. John P. KeeZomba Recording 2007www.johnpkee.comwww.myspace.com/johnpkeeWhen John P. Kee and the North Carolina-based New Life Community Choir burst onto the gospel scene in the mid 1990s, garnering as many awards as can be packed into a trophy case, legions of male-led small choirs [...]

TBGB received this press release from David V. Taylor of RedeemedSoul.com. He had me at "Bridgette Campbell," whose independent label debut featured the gorgeous gospel ballad, "Because of You." Campbell is on The New Soul project described below...Since RedeemedSoul.com launched its debut CD The New Soul last year, the label [...]

The DisciplesChangePriesthood Recording Company 2007The Disciples, a quartet formerly known as the Singing Disciples, demonstrates on Change that the major labels don’t have all of the great quartets under contract. Jack Branch, Melvin “Kym” Derr, Paul I. Houston, Dana L. Houston, Robert Evans, and Marvin Johnson of the Disciples give [...]

“Just Don’t Wanna Know”Marvin WinansFrom the forthcoming CD: Alone But Not Alone PureSprings Gospel 2007www.myspace.com/marvinwinansmusic“Just Don’t Wanna Know,” the first single to be released from Marvin Winans’ forthcoming project, Alone But Not Alone, is a hauntingly lovely, guitar-driven ballad backed by strings and a soft-singing choir. The song about a [...]

Recordings from the Collection of Brandywine Friends of Old Time MusicThe Dixie Hummingbirds and The Little WondersField Recorders’ Collective 2007www.fieldrecorder.comThe Field Recorders’ Collective is an aggregation of music enthusiasts dedicated to sharing priceless recordings from their collections with the public, not leaving them sitting on a shelf or stored in [...]

“One More Blessing”The Gospel 4From the forthcoming CD: The Gospel 4 Live: “One More Blessing”4 Life Miracle Records 2007www.4lifemiraclerecords.comGeorge Dean and the Gospel 4 wrecked the house at least twice during their visit to the Gospel Music Workshop of America last month: once during the Thursday evening quartet program, and [...]

DrivenThe Canton SpiritualsZomba Gospel 2007Driven is a fitting title for any quartet recording, but especially for the latest release by the Canton Spirituals. For more than 60 years, since Harvey Watkins, Sr. founded the group in Canton, Mississippi in 1943, the group has traveled the length and breadth of the [...]

Speaking of musical innovators….Yale graduate Kersten Stevens, someone you have met before on The Black Gospel Blog, paid a visit to the Gospel Announcers Guild during the Gospel Music Workshop of America in Orlando, Florida last month.Stevens charmed the Guild members right out of their seats with her gospelized instrumental [...]

The multi-talented and multi-award winning Israel (Houghton) and New Breed were in the Windy City Tuesday night, September 4, entertaining a packed auditorium in the DuSable Museum of African American History to promote their new live project, A Deeper Level, released that morning.Israel must have been tickled by the electricity [...]