Gospel Music

From the Detroit Free Press, February 18, 2005:Gospel radio DJ and historian Deborah Smith Pollard names the 10 most significant gospel songs or albums to come out of Detroit, which is considered one of the world's great gospel-producing cities:The Voices of Tabernacle, "The Love of God" (1960)"This is a song [...]

Check out GospelFlava's brief history of Preacher Donald Gay and the Gay Sisters, complete with some great vintage photographs and a discography:Preacher Gay and the Gay Sisters

From the New York Times, February 15, 2005:Gospel's Got the BluesBy ROBERT DARDEN Waco, Tex.AT the Grammy awards on Sunday, viewers saw the marriage of old-time gospel and new: the classic artists Mavis Staples and the Blind Boys of Alabama performed a medley with a young musician, Kanye West, that [...]

The Black Gospel Blog wishes to congratulate the following gospel artists on receiving "the hardware" at the most recent Grammy Awards:Traditional Soul Gospel Album: "There Will Be a Light," Ben Harper and The Blind Boys of Alabama.For gentlemen who have been around long enough to have cut loads of 78 [...]

Blackberry Records Presents Songs Mama Used to Sing 3Blackberry CD BBD 1646Produced by Melvin Williams and Doug Williams for Turn-Table Productions2004www.blackberryrecords.comFormer Caravan Dorothy Norwood says that when troubles get you down and you need some real soul salvation, you turn to the old-time gospel songs. Apparently, the staff and musicians [...]

This is from Mack Mason's excellent "Gospel Trade" monthly e-newsletter: The National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (NARAS) has just announced its line up of special honorees for its upcoming Grammy Awards. Among those slated to receive recognition during the week leading up to the February 13 Television event [...]

Lynette White may have been born in the Bronx and raised in Southern California, but the Caribbean sun burns brightly in her voice. While the fetching, dreadlocked Lynette -- born to Caribbean parents -- may be better known for her secular work, her gospel debut CD I Will Lift My [...]

From a press release supplied by JL Media Relations: The "20th Annual Stellar Gospel Music Awards" airs in national syndication over broadcast and cable television from January 22 to February 20, 2005. Please check local listings for dates and times. 2005 Stellar Gospel Music WINNERS! Artist of the Year: Tonex [...]

“If I Had a Hammer” – Five Blind Boys of Alabama from House of Blues CD: I Brought Him With Me (1995) Pete Seeger’s and Lee Hayes’s iconic “If I Had a Hammer” receives its best treatment ever at the hands of the Five Blind Boys of Alabama on one [...]

The following is an article by Aaron Cohen Special to the Chicago Tribune January 14, 2005 Just like gospel's relatives in blues and soul, church music has gone through its own split between adherence to longstanding traditions and a move toward more contemporary productions. Some young gospel stars who've drawn [...]