Singer Ami Rushes Visits with The Black Gospel Blog
Ami Rushes visits The Black Gospel Blog Virtual Interview Room to talk about her new CD, Stand Up for Jesus, and how the late Rev. James Cleveland helped her get started in gospel music.
The World-Famous Barrett Sisters Wow At CIMMfest
Photo highlights from the screening of The Sweet Sisters of Zion: DeLois Barrett Campbell and the Barrett Sisters, produced and directed by Regina Rene. The screening and live performance occurred at the Chicago Independent Movies and Music Festival (CIMMfest) at Chicago's Chop Shop/1st Ward Sunday, May 4, 2014. The audience [...]
Dr. Helen Stephens, Gospel Workshop Executive, Choir Organizer, Dies
OAKLAND, Calif. (May 4, 2014) – Dr. Helen James Haynes Stephens passed away peacefully, the evening of Saturday, May 3, 2014 at 10:30 p.m. under the care of hospice. Statement from the Family: “The Stephens Family wishes to thank everyone for their outpouring of love and prayers. Her [...]
Win Tickets to See the Mississippi Mass Choir!
The Mississippi Mass Choir will be touring the country from May through July. You can win tickets to see them!The first four persons to email The Black Gospel Blog at bob@gospelmemories.com with the correct answer to the trivia question will win two tickets to their choice of one of the venues on [...]
Death of a Mailman – by Michael Corcoran
Ed. Note: Michael Corcoran is the author of He is My Story: The Sanctified Soul of Arizona Dranes, the companion book to the Tompkins Square 2012 reissue of the pioneering gospel pianist's historic 1920s recordings.Read Corcoran's marvelous article for Arts+Labor+Austin on the late gospel announcer Bill "The Mailman" Martin (photo above) [...]
Rev. Maceo Woods 2013 Gospel Supreme is Supreme Indeed
By Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel BlogWhere else but at Pastor Maceo Woods' Gospel Supreme can you hear the Christian Tabernacle Concert Choir, the First Church of Deliverance Radio and Television Choir, the Wooten Choral Ensemble, Minister Tim White, the Carson Sisters, Pastor DeAndre Patterson, and on and on....and then [...]
“Whatever You Need” – The North Carolina Community Choir
“Whatever You Need” The North Carolina Community Choir From the 4 Winds Records release A Story To Tell (2013) www.malaco.com With “Whatever You Need,” the North Carolina Community Choir puts an asterisk after the statement that the Southeastern U.S. is exclusive territory of the gospel quartet. The single is [...]
Clara – A Musical on the Life of Clara Ward
ClaraOpen Door Repertory CompanyOak Park, Illinoiswww.opendoorrep.orgBy Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel Blog"I had to die in order to live."So says the spirit of Clara Ward in the opening scene of Clara, a musical on the life of the gospel star, written and directed by Jeff Award-nominated McKinley Johnson (Train [...]
TBGB Pick of the Week: June 3, 2013
“Good To Me” Carolyn Traylor Malaco Records (2013) www.malaco.com Carolyn Traylor’s “Good To Me” is a brassy, bluesy declaration of God’s goodness with a beat that will have listeners clapping hands and bobbing heads. It has the right blend of traditional fire and contemporary smoothness. The Greenville, Texas, native is [...]
Pastor Van D. Roberson – All the Days of My Life
Pastor Van D. Roberson All the Days of My Life (2012) www.cdbaby.com/cd/pastorvanroberson3 By Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel Blog Pastor Van D. Roberson’s CD All the Days of My Life could easily be subtitled Pastor Van D. Roberson and Friends. The Texas-based minister summons an army of ministers, singers, [...]
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