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 [...]
Still StandingBishop Paul S. MortonLight Records/Tehillah Music Group 2006www.fullgospelbaptist.orgStill Standing is a collective sigh of relief and exultation set to music and lyrics, recorded a fragile year after Hurricane Katrina and the levee breach destroyed Bishop Paul S. Morton’s flagship Greater St. Stephen Full Gospel Baptist Church in New Orleans. [...]
GMWA – Live in Milwaukee 2005GMWA Mass ChoirLight 2006www.lightrecords.comEvery year, the Gospel Music Workshop of America Mass Choir showcases a stack of new songs, often penned by up-and-coming composers, for convention participants to take back home and teach to their church choirs. Since the early years, the GMWA has also [...]
The Ramada SingersCheck out the new website, developed by Karl Tsigdinos & John Glassburner, for 20 gospelized versions of secular songs by artists known and unknown (including a quartet called "The Mighty Unknowns"). Awesome photos, label shots, high quality mp3s. Future chapters will continue exploring the musical interrelationship between the [...]
James Brown, "The Hardest Working Man in Show Business, died early Christmas Day at the age of 73. Although reports say Brown died "of unknown causes," he had been hospitalized for pneumonia.Brown's incendiary mix of gospel and RnB for Federal Records, introduced to the world on the hit "Please, Please, [...]
Check out Black Grooves for some well-written, thoughtful reviews on gospel music releases. Below is a brief description of the site and its origin, in Black Grooves' own words."Black Grooves is a music review site hosted by the Archives of African American Music & Culture (AAAMC) at Indiana University. Our [...]
The Book of David: Vol. 1 The TransitionDave HollisterGospocentric 2006www.davehollistervol1.comThe influence of R. Kelly is omnipresent on Dave Hollister’s autobiographical sinner-to-saved sacred hip-hopera. Indeed, Hollister, who has been a mainstay in the RnB world for some time, working with top shelf stars such as Tupac and Mary J. Blige, acknowledges [...]
The Twelve Classic Gospel Songs of ChristmasLooking for an alternative from the standard Yule music fare? Try these twelve classic gospel songs on for size. Use your favorite search engine to find reissue CDs, or maybe even the original vinyl, on which these songs can be found. Happy Holidays, everyone!1. [...]
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