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Surprise Performance by R&B Legend Valerie Simpson Highlights Newark’s “Gospel In The Park”
NEWARK, NJ (August 8)— The 15th Anniversary Lincoln Park Music Festival, Newark NJ’s “best kept secret,” continues the city’s rich history of Gospel music in an outdoor “Black Church revival style” experience. The historic downtown neighborhood of Lincoln Park (named after President Lincoln in the 1800s), was home to Sarah Vaughan, who cut her singing chops at Mount Zion Baptist Church. In modern times, it has been the home of the annual "Gospel In The Park" night at Lincoln Park Music Festival, which has featured legends Donald Malloy, Cissy Houston (The Drinkards), Rev. Milton Biggham, Joshua Nelson, and the Clark [...]
Gulf Coast Gospel Music Awards Slated for September 28
From a press release: Gospel music--a term that is sure to remind the listener of how one can come from tests to testimonies, from tragedies to tranquility, and from trials to triumph. Imagine an event that encompasses story telling, laughter, tears, music, and more. LeKeisha Cotten The Gulf [...]
Lauren Daigle, Kirk Franklin, for KING & COUNTRY Lead Nominees for 50th Annual GMA Dove Awards
Awards to be held 'live' Tuesday, October 15 in Nashville, Tennessee and will air on TBN on Sunday, October 20, 8 p.m. EST / 5 p.m. PST NASHVILLE, Tenn. (August 14, 2019) - The Gospel Music Association (GMA) announced today the nominees for the 50th Annual GMA Dove Awards, revealed [...]
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Surprise Performance by R&B Legend Valerie Simpson Highlights Newark’s “Gospel In The Park”
NEWARK, NJ (August 8)— The 15th Anniversary Lincoln Park Music Festival, Newark NJ’s “best kept secret,” continues the city’s rich history of Gospel music in an outdoor “Black Church revival style” experience. The historic downtown neighborhood of Lincoln Park (named after President Lincoln in the 1800s), was home to Sarah Vaughan, who cut her singing chops at Mount Zion Baptist Church. In modern times, it has been the home of the annual "Gospel In The Park" night at Lincoln Park Music Festival, which has featured legends Donald Malloy, Cissy Houston (The Drinkards), Rev. Milton Biggham, Joshua Nelson, and the Clark [...]
Gulf Coast Gospel Music Awards Slated for September 28
From a press release: Gospel music--a term that is sure to remind the listener of how one can come from tests to testimonies, from tragedies to tranquility, and from trials to triumph. Imagine an event that encompasses story telling, laughter, tears, music, and more. LeKeisha Cotten The Gulf [...]
Lauren Daigle, Kirk Franklin, for KING & COUNTRY Lead Nominees for 50th Annual GMA Dove Awards
Awards to be held 'live' Tuesday, October 15 in Nashville, Tennessee and will air on TBN on Sunday, October 20, 8 p.m. EST / 5 p.m. PST NASHVILLE, Tenn. (August 14, 2019) - The Gospel Music Association (GMA) announced today the nominees for the 50th Annual GMA Dove Awards, revealed [...]
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Kevin GrayThe ComebackGoldstreet Gospel (2010)http://www.goldstreetgospel.com/A sonic blast smacks you in the face, like a bracing wind, in the first seconds of Kevin Gray’s The Comeback, his third and latest project. [...]
By Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel Blog.This coming weekend, Trip Lee will learn whether his third album, Between Two Worlds, earns a Stellar Award for Rap Hip Hop Gospel CD [...]
“You Can’t Hurry God”Rev. John WilkinsFrom the CD You Can’t Hurry God (Big Legal Mess/Fat Possum Records 2010)www.biglegalmessrecords.comRev. John Wilkins’ unhurried drawl, his soulful doo-wop guitar picking, and the soft [...]
Matthew Knights Willams informed TBGB today that Arthur Lee "Bob" Beatty passed away. Michele LaLand added (below) that Mr. Beatty passed away yesterday evening, January 8th, in Spartanburg, SC. He [...]
Bishop Manning and the Manning Family Converted Mind – The Early Recordings Big Legal Mess Records/Fat Possum Records (2010) http://www.biglegalmessrecords.com/ Reviewed by Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel Blog. On [...]
Todd DulaneyPulling Me ThroughGoldstreet Gospel (2010)www.goldstreetgospel.com Reviewed by Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel Blog. As a background vocalist for Smokie Norful, former professional baseball player Todd Dulaney studied the Stellar [...]
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In A City Called Heaven, gospel announcer and music historian Robert Marovich shines a light on the humble origins of a majestic genre and its indispensable bond to the city where it found its voice: Chicago.
By Robert Marovich
In A City Called Heaven, gospel announcer and music historian Robert Marovich shines a light on the humble origins of a majestic genre and its indispensable bond to the city where it found its voice: Chicago.
