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Tasha Cobbs Leonard Named Billboard’s Top Gospel Artist Of The Decade

2020-12-13T01:22:22-06:00December 13th, 2020|

Photo Credit: Christian Redl Singer Wraps Whirlwind Year With Holiday Programming Alongside Dolly Parton and Ne-Yo. Nashville, TN (December 11, 2020) – GRAMMY®-winning singer/songwriter Tasha Cobbs Leonard has been named Billboard’s Top Gospel Artist of the Decade. News of the top honor came late last week, as Billboard [...]

RCA Inspiration to Release New Music from the Voices of Fire Choir

2020-11-26T16:39:34-06:00November 26th, 2020|

  RCA INSPIRATION TO RELEASE NEW MUSICFROM THE VOICES OF FIRE CHOIR, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH PHARRELL WILLIAMS’ I AM OTHER (Nashville, TN) – November 23, 2020 – RCA Inspiration, one of the premiere labels in Gospel and inspirational music, announces a record deal with Voices of Fire, to release new [...]

Leading Gospel Music Executive Kerry Douglas Shares His COVID Story

2020-10-27T18:52:28-05:00October 27th, 2020|

(Houston, Texas) Blacksmoke Music Worldwide Founder and CEO Mr. Kerry Douglas counts the joys of life a little sweeter as he recovers from an extensive bout with COVID-19. The venerable record company executive, award winning hit making radio promoter and most recent proud father was conducting “Gospel Music business as [...]

Christian Music’s Top Singing Groups Unite For a Ground-Breaking Collaboration

2020-10-10T02:55:21-05:00October 10th, 2020|

Southern Gospel's Legacy Five and Gospel's The Wardlaw Brothers Unite For "9 Makes Us 1" Nashville, TN -- Legacy Five and The Wardlaw Brothers are two groups, from two genres of music traditionally separated more often by race than by the style of music. Legacy Five is in Southern Gospel [...]

Chicagoan Lonnie Norwood Jr. Teaches “The Gospel Essentials” to Youth Nationwide

2020-09-30T00:45:39-05:00September 30th, 2020|

By Bob Marovich Earlier this year, the Chicago Children’s Choir was busy coordinating some 5,000 youth meeting in various in-school and after-school ensembles throughout the region. The sound of song was in the air everywhere. Then COVID-19 happened. Choirs became potential virus spreaders. Everything moved to virtual learning. CCC launched [...]

Millennial Gives Historic African-American Radio Station a New Heartbeat

2020-08-27T01:05:07-05:00August 27th, 2020|

From a press release: With the explosive growth of digital streaming, the rise of social media and other online distractions, many have pronounced terrestrial radio dead. However, KOKA – The Heart of Gospel - Shreveport, Louisiana’s first African American radio station, with a history dating back to the 1950s - [...]

James C. Birdsong, Jr. Honored with the Shining Star Award by Preach the Word Worldwide Network

2020-08-16T03:36:05-05:00August 16th, 2020|

Atlanta, Aug 8, 2020 (Issuewire.com) - James C. Birdsong, Jr., a member of the renowned Birdsong family, will receive the Shining Star Award on Friday, August 28th, 2020, at 7 p.m. via pay-per-view live stream. The Shining Star Award is presented every year by Preach the Word Worldwide Network TV, [...]

Isaac Cates & Ordained to Participate in First-ever Vox Virtual Online A Cappella Festival

2020-08-09T02:18:11-05:00August 9th, 2020|

From Classical Movements: Vox Virtual is a first-of-its-kind online a cappella festival, August 22-29. It will bring together musicians representing cultures and traditions from around the world for a week-long program of free streaming concerts. The very unique part of the festival is each concert will be livestreamed free across [...]

Safer Singing During the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic: What We Know and What We Don’t

2020-08-08T02:26:19-05:00August 8th, 2020|

By Bob Marovich Dr. H. Steven Sims forwarded JGM a link to a fascinating article in the Journal of Voice, a publication of The Voice Foundation, to which he was one of several contributors. Choir directors, music ministers, and others in the business of training or managing singing groups will [...]

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