This is information about gospel artists.
Click on the link below to read a fascinating story about Warren Shadd and the trials he has endured as a pianist and piano-maker. America's Only Black Piano-Maker Soldiers on Through Slights and Triumphs.
From a press release: Bill Duke (left) brings his years of talent and experience to direct and executive produce The Mahalia Jackson Story, a music biopic chronicling the life of the woman who rose from poverty and obscurity to become the world's greatest gospel singer and a music icon and [...]
Wisconsin Public Radio's Rob Ferrett and Veronica Rueckert interviewed Journal of Gospel Music's Bob Marovich on Tuesday, February 24, about gospel music's Midwestern roots and how it supplied the soundtrack to the Civil Rights Movement. Click on the WPR image to the left to hear and download the interview.
JGM Editor-in-Chief Bob Marovich was interviewed for this podcast on gospel music and the Civil Rights movement. Professor Robert Darden of Baylor University, Dwandalyn Reese of the Smithsonian Institution, and Professor Birgitta Johnson of the University of South Carolina School of Music are also interviewed for this podcast, part of [...]
Civil-rights soundtrack still on freedom highway - Fredericksburg.com: Music.
An interesting perspective on the Grammys' Beyonce-"Precious Lord" controversy. Read Kevin Cokley's article in American Prospect by clicking below: Beyoncé Misses the Point of What Gospel Music Means to Black Americans. For my money, I would have preferred to hear Ledisi sing it, since she did the song in Selma. Of course [...]
Professor Brooksie Harrington of Fayetteville State University has written on the life and career of Pastor Shirley Caesar. He was featured recently in this Fayobserver.com piece by Michael Futch. Click here for the story: Dr. Brooksie Harrington Photo Credit: Raul R. Rubiera
WYSO's Pam Ferris-Olson writes about Paul Arnold, lead singer for the Gospelaires of Dayton, Ohio. Arnold was honored posthumously with a star on the Dayton Walk of Fame. Read the article by clicking on the link below (JGM's Bob Marovich was interviewed for the story): http://wyso.org/post/musical-legacy-paul-arnold
Click below to read the story. Keepers of history: Music that tells the African-American story - Fayetteville Observer: Living.
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