Roy and RevelationThank You4 Winds Recordswww.malaco.comBy Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel BlogWhile listening to the contagious title track of Roy and Revelation’s latest album, Thank You, I couldn’t help but think that if Philly singer Dee Dee Sharp was in the audience, she would have thought the group just [...]
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (January 22, 2014) - The multi-faceted music production company and label, PAJAM Music Group (PMG), has signed an exclusive distribution partnership with the #1 independent Gospel music distributor, Central South Distribution (CSD). Pictured: Standing: Claude Lataillade, Vicki Mack Lataillade, Greg Davidson, and Charles Adams, Jr. Seated: Walter Kearney, Paul Allen, and [...]
DJ William Luck, gospel and soul music collector, spun gospel 45s for five hours at Maria's Packaged Goods and Community Bar in Chicago's South Side Bridgeport neighborhood this past Wednesday evening. Despite outside temperatures that dipped to one solitary degree, the heat was on inside Maria's, thanks to Luck and [...]
Gospel singer Vickie Winans talks with The Black Gospel Blog's Bob Marovich about her silver screen debut in the Joel Kapity film Dreams. The movie will be available on DVD January 28. The images are from the film. Also check out the accompanying video, which shows Vickie working on the film.
Legendary Singing Stars Carry on Legacy of Fallen Founder
“Kingdom Come”Damion Murrill & SiloamDivinity Music Group, LLC (2013)www.DamionMurrill.comDamion Murrill’s music apprenticeship as a member of Donald Lawrence’s Tri-City Singers is evident on “Kingdom Come,” a walk-tempo ballad that interprets the line from The Lord’s Prayer as our empowerment, as heirs of the Kingdom, to realize the bounties of heaven [...]
I’ll Take You There: Mavis Staples, The Staple Singers, and the March Up Freedom’s HighwayGreg KotScribner (308 pages, illustrations)Release date: January 21, 2014By Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel BlogGiven the Staple Singers’ immeasurable impact on American popular music, it’s surprising a book-length examination of their career wasn’t completed twenty [...]
“Bigger Than All”SignatureBirmingham Entertainment/Epic Entity Music GroupAvailable on iTunes and other digital media outlets Birmingham, Alabama gave us Denita Gibbs and now delivers Signature, a sister trio whose “Bigger Than All” is a lovely pop gospel ballad with impeccable timing, a memorable melody, and infectious chorus.From the opening lines, “Bigger Than [...]
Gospel Music Fever's Libra Nicole Boyd reports that Bishop Fritz Cobbs, father of Stellar Award-winning Tasha Cobbs, passed away. A sad ending to Tasha's celebratory Stellar Awards weekend. Keep the family uplifted in prayer.Read the story here: Bishop Fritz Cobbs
Kirk Franklin's composition "Take Me to the King" took singer Tamela Mann to the podium to receive the Artist of the Year accolade during yesterday evening's Stellar Awards show in Nashville, Tennessee. Best Artist of the Year was just one of several Stellars that Mann, whose "Take Me to the [...]
