Gospel Music

"Follow Me"VirtueFrom the forthcoming CD TestimonyIntegrity Gospel 2006www.integritygospel.comWith nearly ten years of recording and a handful of albums under its belt to show for it, the female ensemble Virtue -- gospel music's answer to Destiny's Child -- is set to release its sixth project, Testimony, this June. "Follow Me," an [...]

Believe in Your DreamsVashawn MitchellTyscot 2005www.tyscot.comIf the walls of Bishop Larry Trotter’s Sweet Holy Spirit Church on Chicago’s southeast side could talk, they’d sing. And shout. Sweet Holy Spirit has hosted many of the city’s – and the country’s – finest gospel programs and performances. Several artists have also employed [...]

From The Belle Report: Mills River, NC - Grace Community Church in Mills River and Greater New Zion Baptist Church in Fletcher are sponsoring a benefit concert next month featuring four-time Grammy-winning artists the Blind Boys of Alabama.The proceeds of the May 4 concert will be split between Desire Street [...]

“If My People”Donny JonesFrom the album The ReactionDamazing Works 2006www.myspace.com/damazingworksFrom the Forties to the Seventies, gospel music had a more powerful social conscience and sense of history than it does today. Quartets in particular sang about the derring-do of African-American heroes such as Mary McLeod Bethune and Dory Miller, and [...]

“I Know the Lord”Rev. Lawrence Roberts and the Angelic ChoirSavoy 4169 (also on Savoy LP MG 14049)1961And you thought the Angelic Choir was charged up on “Peace Be Still!” Listen to this November 1961 recording, one of the Angelic Choir of Nutley, New Jersey’s first discs, delivering its most joyously [...]

From a press release distributed by JDI Records:Sony BMG Red Distribution, the world leader in the distribution of music and JDI Records, #1 fastest growing gospel record company in the world (Billboard Magazine) have entered into a long-term exclusive distribution deal to distribute JDI’s stellar roster of artists including, 8 [...]

This message comes to TBGB from Al "The Bishop" Hobbs via Tammy Taylor:To the GMWA family and Gospel music lovers everywhere, I have just been informed by the Chairman of the GMWA, Albert L. Jamison, Senior, that our Board Member and beloved President of the Chapter Representatives, Dr. Charles Fold, [...]

From Elder Mack C. Mason's "The Gospel Trade" Monthly Newsletter:Over 150,000 people from around the world will descend on the city of Los Angeles later this month (April 25 - 29) to commemorate the 100 Year Centennial of the 1906 Azusa Street Revival. Although the 312 Azusa building is no [...]

“Walk Around Heaven”Sweet BettyFrom the album Live and Let LiveMusic Maker 2006www.musicmaker.org“Walk Around Heaven All Day” is a gospel music masterpiece recorded in 1964 by the famous Caravans, though it was really a showcase for the solo vocal prowess of Cassietta George. Four decades later, Duluth, Georgia native Sweet Betty [...]

From the Chicago Tribune (3/31/06)History museum's program explores the role of gay men in gospel music and the churchBy Natalie Y. MooreSpecial to the TribunePublished March 31, 2006Growing up in rural North Carolina, E. Patrick Johnson sang in his church choir. Well into his teens, he had a soprano voice [...]