David April, host of "The Gospel Train" radio program, reports:"Governor Ed Rendell dedicated several blocks of Poplar Street near the old Met Theater in Philadelphia as Dixie Hummingbirds Way. The ceremony was followed by a cd release party for The Dixie Hummingbirds: Still Keepin' It Real/The Last Man Standing."(Photo: James [...]
“Can’t Forget”DeNetria ChampJDI Records 2006www.jdirecords.comIt’s hard to forget DeNetria Champ: she sings as effortlessly as she breathes. Her lyrical rhythm turns a song into a musical conversation, and her sound is a clone of Aretha Franklin’s. Both singers seem to have been born without a natural voice break, which allows [...]
He’ll Take the Pain AwayCarl Lavon BellCedar Hill 2006www.eddiecrook.comHailed as the “Nat King Cole” of gospel music, Carl Lavon Bell definitely sounds more comfortable singing sacred than Nat did when he performed with the First Church of Deliverance choir back in the day. The original gospel ballads on Bell’s five-track [...]
Jesus I'll Never ForgetEvening Light BrothersChurch of God2006Frequent live, in-studio performers on WLUW’s “Gospel Memories” radio program, the Evening Light Brothers a cappella quartet now have a CD available that captures their superb renditions of classic recordings from gospel’s Golden Age.All members of the Church of God at 46th and [...]
“Tell Somebody”The Texas BoyzFrom the Blackberry album Never Left Me AloneBlackberry 2006The Texas Boyz started singing three decades ago, first as the Gospel Five, then as The Mighty Supreme Voices of Dallas, Texas. It was as the latter that the quartet hit the big time, earning recording contracts with Savoy, [...]
Click below for Peter Margasak's superb review of a compilation produced by "Gospel Memories" contributor Rob Sevier and Numero Group: Good God! A Gospel Funk Hymnal. The CD brings together a sampling of long-forgotten but still compelling and vibrant gospel cuts from indie label 45 rpm singles that have never [...]
“Packin’ Up”Ward SingersSavoy 40801956[also on Savoy LPs MG14020 and DBL7015]Quintessential Ward Singers, with the classic lineup of Gertrude Ward, Clara Ward, Willa Ward Moultrie, Marion Williams, Frances Steadman, and Kitty Parham. Williams takes center stage on this track, lofting her signature high whoos up and over the ladies’ energetic, tight [...]
TBGB received the link below for the John Work Singers from Dr. Nate Thomas, former vocal group bass. John Work was instrumental in revitalizing the Fisk University Jubilee Singers in the early 20th Century and led the ensemble through their first recordings for the Victor and Columbia labels.Go to the [...]
From The Belle Report, by way of Bil Carpenter. TBGB congratulates all the winners of the En Sound Music Awards, but most especially Margaret Allison of the Angelic Gospel Singers, who was a guest on TBGB's "Gospel Memories" radio show (www.gospelmemories.com) and June Rochelle, a former TBGB "Pick of the [...]
DETROIT (August 21, 2006) - Joe Bagby, Bishop P.A. Brooks, Kurt Carr, the late Davis Sisters, Merdean Fielding Gales, Bishop Albert Jamison, Dr Curtis Lewis, Professor Iris Stevenson, Take 6, and Rodena Preston are this year's inductees to the International Gospel Music Hall of Fame and Museum® (IGMHFM). The 2006 [...]
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