“Eyes on the Prize”
Angela Spivey & the Voices of Victory
From the CD “Eyes on the Prize”
Tecoa Records 2008
The effervescent “Princess of Gospel” Angie Spivey is in top form on “Eyes on the Prize.” Channeling alpha singer Dorothy Love Coates, an inspiration to the Chicago native, Spivey fronts the Voices of Victory ensemble on this driving-tempo, mass-choir style performance. The group does an admirable job keeping pace furlong for furlong with the Spivey ball of energy as together they remind us how exciting gospel can be.
“Eyes on the Prize,” written by Steven L. Beasley and Tony Russell Spivey, is not a johnny-come-lately. The track made it to #7 on Radio & Records’ Gospel National Airplay Chart before Spivey’s album of the same title suffered from the vicissitudes of limited distribution. Good news, especially for fans of the traditional sound: the album is being re-released by Tecoa to a larger audience and the single reissued to radio.
Happy National Gospel Music Month!
Written by : Bob Marovich
Bob Marovich is a gospel music historian, author, and radio host. Founder of Journal of Gospel Music blog (formally The Black Gospel Blog) and producer of the Gospel Memories Radio Show.
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