Gospel News & Notes – May 2013
A star-studded lineup led by SMOKEY NORFUL and VICKIE WINANS heads the 28th Chicago Gospel Music Festival on June 20-23. This year's theme: 'The Year of the Choir.'
The Gospel Set
Troy Sneed Keeps It Simple
Gospel singer, producer, choir leader and executive TROY SNEED may wear many hats in his world, but his watchword, as he explains to BOB MAROVICH, is to 'keep it simple.'
Gospel News & Notes – April 2013
Motown Records is joining the burgeoning gospel music field by striking up a joint venture partnership with EMI Gospel, creating a new label, Motown Gospel.
Linda Clark: Many Influences, One God
LINDA CLARK used to serve the country as a member of the U.S. Army; now, as a promising gospel singer, she's serving her Lord--most impressively, too, on her album New Beginnings.
Bob Marovich’s Gospel Picks – April 2013
BOB MAROVICH'S GOSPEL PICKS include new albums by Fred Hammond and United Tenors; Dottie Peoples; Sho Baraka; Rob Mercer; and William Murphy.
Fundraising Successful, Barrett Sisters Docu Premiers in Chicago
Regina Rene's documenary, SWEET SISTERS OF ZION: DELOIS BARRETT CAMPBELL AND THE BARRETT SISTERS, premiered in Chicago on February 16, and our gospel editor BOB MAROVICH was on hand to see the finished result.
Bob Marovich’s Gospel Picks – March 2013
BOB MAROVICH'S GOSPEL PICKS include new CDs, by the LEE BOYS, SHERI JONES-MOFFETT, HALF MILE HOME, MOSES TYSON JR. and SPEAK LIFE
Bob Marovich’s Gospel Picks – February 2013
Gospel Picks include new albums by the CLARK BROTHERS, SHARON RILEY & FAITH CHORALE, CINTHIA CROMWELL & THE EVOLUTION BAND, DAN WILLIS, KURT CARR, TISA and SYNOPHIA TATE.
Gospel News & Notes – February 2013
In Gospel News & Notes: Fundraising begins to complete a documentary about the BARRETT SISTERS; DEWAYNE WOODS is PETA's first faith-based spokesperson; the Tri-City Singers mark 20th anniversary with CD/DVD
‘Human Hands Getting Real Close to the Word of God’
An interview with Michele Clark Jenkins, co-editor of the Sisters In Faith Holy Bible, a new resource for African American women, 'a sister-to-sister guide through the Word of God,' as Ms. Jenkins says.