From the Beloit Daily NewsPosted: Friday, Feb 02, 2007 - 10:58:14 am CSTExcerpted from an article by Hillary WundrowDaily News staff writerAt Beloit College, music will spill out of Beloit College's Eaton Chapel when the D'Vine gospel trio brings its soulful music to Beloit College for a concert on Feb. [...]
Hello, gospel music mavens -- the next live broadcast of "Gospel Memories" will be this Sunday, February 4 from 3:00 to 7:30 a.m. Central Time US on Chicago's WLUW 88.7. Listen live anywhere in the world via the real-time webcast at www.wluw.org. Highlights of the February 4 Broadcast: -- February [...]
Old Time Camp Meeting Songs – Volume IIIRev. Timothy Flemming, Sr.God’s Strength Records 2007Buoyed by the success of Volumes I and II, the prolific Rev. Timothy Flemming, Sr. has released yet a third volume of Old Time Camp Meeting Songs. Recorded live at the Macon City Auditorium in Macon, Georgia, [...]
CD Review:Mega 3 CollectionsLight Recordswww.lightrecords.comBox sets have been a music industry staple for some time now. Not to be left out, Light Records added their own variation on the multi-disc set to the mix a few years ago by launching a series called the Mega 3 Collection. The 3-CD packs [...]
by Sheilah Belle of The Belle Report (www.thebellereport.net):Fire early Tuesday, January 16, 2007 destroyed a home belonging to gospel singer Ricky Dillard, who was out of town.The six-bedroom, 5,000-square-foot house was "completely burned to the ground, from my understanding," said Dillard's manager, William Bogle. "It was certainly unfortunate but, more [...]
“The Lord’s Prayer”First Church of Deliverance Choirand Bishop Otto T. Houston, IIIOn the CD God CanF.C.D. 2006Former First Church of Deliverance Minister of Music Julia Mae Kennedy's dramatic arrangement of Albert Hay Malotte’s “The Lord’s Prayer” finally gets the audio engineering it deserves. “The Lord’s Prayer” closes First Church’s latest [...]
Shout, Sister, Shout! The Untold Story of Rock-And-Roll Trailblazer Sister Rosetta TharpeGayle F. Wald Beacon Press 2007www.shoutsistershout.netDespite Sister Rosetta Tharpe’s celebrated position as a gospel music pioneer, no author has taken on the role of her biographer until now. Thanks to Gayle Wald, Professor of English at George Washington University, [...]
The larger record buying public might think Dion's lachrymose "Abraham, Martin and John" was one of the few songs recorded to pay tribute to Martin Luther King. However, the black gospel music community knows there are more tributes and references to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in gospel music than [...]
“Worldwide God”Prenestine Williams-PorterMotor City Praise Records 2006www.motor-city-records.comPrenestine Williams-Porter called on the estimable talents of fellow Detroiter “Queen of Quartet” Evelyn Turrentine Agee and Queen of Gospel Albertina Walker to accompany her on “Worldwide God,” the radio single and title track from her full-length project for James Render's Motor City Praise [...]
“Troubled”James Cleveland and the Cleveland SingersFrom Savoy LP MG142111968/69If life is a ball game, as Wynona Carr sang, then James Cleveland was life’s great utility player. James was a creative composer, director, keyboardist, producer, preacher, m.c., and vocalist – whether solo, with a choir, or with a group. He even [...]
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