“Heavenly Father”Crescent City Gospel SingersArcadia 1091956 Available on New Orleans Gospel Quartets: 1947-1956 (504 Music) and on Quartet Collection, Volume 10 (Pewburner 572) From the opening bars of the song – a passionate supplication sung by lead singer Charles Taylor and bathed in studio echo – to the intensely recited [...]
From D.A. Johnson of Malaco Music Group:***Official Statement*** Blackberry Records, Inc. (which is solely owned & operated by DougWilliams, Melvin Williams & Henry Green a/k/a The Williams Brothers) hasmoved its entire operations from McComb, MS to Jackson, MS. They soldtheir office building in McComb and are currently in the process [...]
“Turn it Around” Israel and New BreedFrom Alive from South AfricaIntegrity Gospel 2006When I first heard Israel Houghton a couple of years ago, I was struck by how intelligent was his mix of gospel, Christian, rock, and pop styles with lovely melodies and muscular production. My admiration only strengthens with [...]
A USA Today report noted that Scottsdale, Arizona resident Billy Preston, 59, is "recovering from a serious infection of the sac encasing his heart." He "remains seriously ill and cannot speak because he has a tracheotomy." Preston had a kidney transplant some years ago but the kidney failed, placing him [...]
On a very sad note: Madame Hulah Gene Dunklin Hurley of Detroit, Michigan passed away Wednesday, January 25. Gospel scholar David Jones told TBGB that she was in the hospital for a routine operation, experienced some post-op complications that may not have been diagnosed properly, and suffered a massive heart [...]
"Dance"Chris Jones featuring Word of Praisefrom the Forthcoming CD, Chris Jones Featuring Word of PraiseTyscot 2006www.tyscot.comAs I was previewing "Dance," the first single to be released from Detroiter Chris Jones' upcoming new project, Chris Jones Featuring Word of Praise, I could almost hear it being dropped into radio rotation with [...]
"Looking for You"Kirk FranklinFrom the Gospocentric CD Hero2005Gospel disco?The sacred lyric has been embraced by blues, jazz, soul, funk, RnB, doo-wop, so why not disco? So must have thought baseball-capped gospel superstar Kirk Franklin, as he all but hangs a mirror ball and lights the dance floor on "Looking for [...]
Martha Munizzi“No Limits”From the CD, No LimitsIntegrity Gospel 2005Having heard golden-haired and silky-voiced Martha’s spectacular talent on display both live and on her CD package of marvelously-interpreted holiday songs, I know of and respect her vocal talent. Her upcoming single, “No Limits,” however, is an ironic title for a track [...]
“Rough Side of the Mountain”Rev. F.C Barnes & Rev. Janice BrownConsolating Sound (AIR) 1983“Rough Side of the Mountain” was an early home run for then-fledgling, now major indie Atlanta International Records (AIR), when the company was doing business under the Consolating Sound imprint. The recording’s irresistible sing-along chorus and windshield-wiper [...]
From The Hollywood Reporter -- January 19, 2006.TBGB NOTE: Wilson Pickett's gospel career, which has been glossed over in much of the reporting on his death today, included a short stint with an early iteration of the Violinaires; Pickett can be heard with the quartet on its 1957 Gotham single, [...]
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