An early notice from TBGB that PBS affiliates will be broadcasting Let the Church Say Amen, a documentary on storefront churches throughout the U.S. There promises to be some good gospel music in this documentary, so check the website below to find out when the show is airing in your [...]
As You Are I Must BeCharlene MooreCommitted Records CR101CD2001Having recently complimented Charlene Moore on her inspired keyboard work for Gene Viale's new project, A Light to This World, little did I know that this minister's daughter from the Bay Area was also a gifted vocalist. Sure enough, her project As [...]
"I Know the Lord Will Make a Way" Pastor Alyn E. Wallerfrom CD With His Permission www.alynwallerministries.comFrom the City of Brotherly Love and Germantown's Enon Tabernacle Baptist Church comes the young Pastor Alyn E. Waller, who wraps his formidable vocal chops around Roberta Martin Singer Eugene Smith's quintessential gospel blues, [...]
Another soldier's gone on home. This report is from Elder Mack Mason:March 13, 2005 CHICAGO, IL - It was announced today on several churchradio broadcasts that Herbert Williams, former vocalist with theCosmopolitan Church of Prayer Choir, has passed away. Services for Mr. Williams will be held on Thursday, March 17, [...]
This sad news comes courtesy of Elder Mack Mason and the text is from a press release on www.blindboys.com. The Black Gospel Blog extends its sincerest and most profound condolences to Mr. Scott's family and friends.* * *George Scott, a founding member of the Blind Boys of Alabama gospel group, [...]
“Angels, Angels, Angels!” Edna Gallmon Cooke with the Mt. Vernon Men’s ChorusDeLuxe1949Another DeLuxe classic, one catalog number away from TBGB’s No. 123 “Essential Gospel” feature by the Spirit of Memphis Quartet. God must have been smiling particularly warmly on Linden, New Jersey’s DeLuxe Records in the spring of 1949.Before the [...]
A Light to this World - Gene Viale3rd Generation Records 3GRCD-245-01www.geneviale.net2005Forty-one years ago, Gene Viale, a handsome seventeen year-old San Franciscan of Puerto Rican-American descent, was invited to join Rev. James Cleveland's talented Cleveland Singers. Viale traveled with the group when singing the gospel "together" was a dangerous thing, especially [...]
TBGB's Hit Pick of the Week for March 6, 2005: "I'm Not Tired Yet" - Mississippi Mass ChoirPlenty is being written in the trades on the Mississippi Mass Choir's latest project, Not by Might Nor by Power, and every word of the praise is well deserved. Of particular note is [...]
Bishop G.E. Patterson, Presiding Bishop of the Church of God in Christ who was elected to a second term this past November, has given everyone who loves traditional gospel music a beautiful gift: Bishop G.E. Patterson & Congregation Singing The Old Time Way.This is a wonderful, wonderful project, a COGIC [...]
“I’m Happy in the Service of the Lord”/”My Life is in His Hands”The Memphis Gospel Singers (aka Spirit of Memphis Quartet)DeLuxe 32211949[“Happy…” also available on Rounder CD: Bless my Bones: Memphis Gospel Radio - the Fifties]Record collectors: be on the lookout for this wonderful 78 rpm disc when perusing stacks [...]
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