“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 [...]
“He’ll Welcome Me (To My Home)” Soul Stirrers Specialty 851 1953 [also available on Specialty LPs LP2106 and SPS2137, and on www.rhapsody.com] It may have been akin to heresy for some churchgoers when in 1952 and 1953 the Soul Stirrers – beloved a cappella quartet that they were – began [...]
From Veda Brown and Black Gospel Promo (www.blackgospelpromo.com): Donald McIntyre, the editor and force behind Gospel EUR, has died. McIntyre, 45, died Sunday morning in Dallas, Texas, said his mother, Mrs. Betty Hornbuckle. In speaking with his mother, who of course is grieving, we were able to get some information. [...]
Like many quartets that have stood the test of time, the Swanee Quintet has consistently adapted its sound to meet the changing tastes of gospel audiences. Led by the effervescent Reverend Reuben Willingham, the quartet released dozens of remarkable singles and LPs for Nashboro and Creed throughout the 1950s, ‘60s [...]
“How Long, Oh Lord, How Long” Pattersonaires 1965 Chalice C-101 Although the Pattersonaires formed in 1953, they did not make any commercial recordings until 1965, when two singles were released on Stax Records’ short-lived Chalice imprint. The quartet cut several tracks for the Memphis-based label but only four were issued [...]
From the Center for Black Music Research "Associate" e-newsletter, 12/17/2004: The Encyclopedia of American Gospel Music is to be published by Routledge in Fall 2005. The one-volume encyclopedia will be the first comprehensive reference to cover both African-American and white gospel music. It will discuss all aspects of gospel music, [...]
Farther Along – The Skylarks 1951 Nashboro 513 [available on Pewburner CD 527: Skylarks of Nashville, Vol. 1 (1951-1954); available from www.pewburner.com] In 1951, at the time “Farther Along” was recorded, the Skylarks were Willie Jefferson, Wilson Paige, James S. Hill, and Issac “Dickie” Freeman. Neither “Roberts” – Crenshaw nor [...]
"I'm Glad" 1971 The GMWA Mass Choir feat. James Cleveland and Thurston Frazier Savoy LP 14281 “I’m Glad” comes to us from the early years of the Gospel Music Workshop of America (GMWA), when musical giants roamed the earth. Those were the days when gospel pioneers such as James Cleveland, [...]
Legendary pianists join, and the keyboards ring By Aaron Cohen Special to the Chicago Tribune November 20 2004, 4:00 AM CST About 80 years ago, a new kind of music shocked some churchgoers. The sound was called gospel blues and its creators, notably Thomas A. Dorsey, caused a stir because [...]
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