Gospel Music

CD Review: Carl Lavon Bell – He’ll Take the Pain Away

2014-07-21T21:59:14-05:00September 24th, 2006|

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 [...]

CD Review: Evening Light Brothers – Jesus I’ll Never Forget

2014-07-21T21:59:14-05:00September 16th, 2006|

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 [...]

Numero Group’s Gospel Funk Compilation Reviewed by Peter Margasak

2014-07-21T21:59:14-05:00September 10th, 2006|

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 [...]

Essential Gospel – Classic Recordings: No. 139

2014-07-21T21:59:14-05:00September 8th, 2006|

“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 [...]

Indie Artists Deserve Love, Too!

2014-07-21T21:59:15-05:00August 23rd, 2006|

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 [...]

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