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Dottie Rambo – It’s the Soul of Me (remastered)
Dottie Rambo It’s the Soul of Me (remastered) Original release: Heart Warming Records 1968 Provident Distribution/Sony Music (release date: July 30, 2021) By Robert M. Marovich In the year the Recording Academy introduced the Grammy Award category for Best Soul Gospel Performance, the nominees were the Swan Silvertones, the Staple Singers, the Reverend James Cleveland and the Angelic Choir, the Davis Sisters, Willa Dorsey, and singer-songwriter and guitarist Dottie Rambo. Rambo, the sole Caucasian in the category, took home the statuette for her Heart Warming Records solo album It’s the Soul of Me. Although the other nominees would have been [...]
Tauren Wells Hopes “Hills and Valleys” is Your Soundtrack
By Bob Marovich “I hear so many stories about people who heard the right song at the right time, and it changed the trajectory of their life.” That’s Tauren Wells’ prayer for his first full-length solo album, Hills and Valleys, released by Reunion Records June 23. “I want [people] to [...]
“The Call” – Personal Praise
“The Call” Personal Praise RoBabies Records (release date: March 28, 2017) www.MyPersonalPraise.com By Bob Marovich Close your eyes, and with the exception of the first few seconds of throbbing electronica, you’d swear “The Call” is a record from the ‘80s. Well it is. . .kinda. Originally introduced in the late [...]
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Dottie Rambo – It’s the Soul of Me (remastered)
Dottie Rambo It’s the Soul of Me (remastered) Original release: Heart Warming Records 1968 Provident Distribution/Sony Music (release date: July 30, 2021) By Robert M. Marovich In the year the Recording Academy introduced the Grammy Award category for Best Soul Gospel Performance, the nominees were the Swan Silvertones, the Staple Singers, the Reverend James Cleveland and the Angelic Choir, the Davis Sisters, Willa Dorsey, and singer-songwriter and guitarist Dottie Rambo. Rambo, the sole Caucasian in the category, took home the statuette for her Heart Warming Records solo album It’s the Soul of Me. Although the other nominees would have been [...]
Tauren Wells Hopes “Hills and Valleys” is Your Soundtrack
By Bob Marovich “I hear so many stories about people who heard the right song at the right time, and it changed the trajectory of their life.” That’s Tauren Wells’ prayer for his first full-length solo album, Hills and Valleys, released by Reunion Records June 23. “I want [people] to [...]
“The Call” – Personal Praise
“The Call” Personal Praise RoBabies Records (release date: March 28, 2017) www.MyPersonalPraise.com By Bob Marovich Close your eyes, and with the exception of the first few seconds of throbbing electronica, you’d swear “The Call” is a record from the ‘80s. Well it is. . .kinda. Originally introduced in the late [...]
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“Pray On My Child”Missionary TravelersSensational 1823ca. late 1960s/early 1970sThe name of the record label best describes the recording it carries by Chicago’s Missionary Travelers, led by Rev. D. Hardiman: sensational.While [...]
Gospel Festival to honor sounds and work of James ClevelandBy Aaron CohenSpecial to the TribunePublished May 28, 2006When Aretha Franklin set out to make gospel history, she knew who to [...]
TBGB thanks Eric LeBlanc for providing this article, and congratulates Bob Darden on getting the funding to begin this very important project.May 2, 2006Media contacts: John Wilson, director of library [...]
“Listen to the Lambs”Cliff Go-BerFrom the Expressions from the Heart album4-Life Musick 2004Okay, I’m a little slow to jump on this one, but if it weren’t for Numero Group Records [...]
“Praise On My Lips”Sonja G. Whitmore & the High Praise Chorale EnsembleFrom the Twin Diamond Springs Production album Praise On My Lips2006www.sgwhpce.comRemember Sonja Whitmore, the composer of “More Abundantly?” The [...]
“For All the Love”June RochelleFrom her forthcoming album, Changing PlacesVision Entertainment Media Group 2006For the first few seconds, “For All the Love” sounds every bit like a love song to [...]
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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.
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.
