Thursday, August 26, 2010

Voting ends August 31st for the Black Weblog Awards, have you voted for this blog yet?

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There's only five days of voting left for the 2010 Black Weblog Awards. Voting ends August 31 at Midnight EDT. Thank you to those who ha...
Wednesday, August 25, 2010

R.I.P. Robert "Sugar" Hightower of the Supreme Angels

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Robert "Sugar" Hightower of the Supreme Angels died yesterday at Wayne Memorial Hospital in Goldsboro, North Carolina. Hightower w...
Thursday, August 19, 2010

Historic Pilgrim Baptist Church still wants $1M promised by Blagojevich

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Pilgrim Baptist Church was gutted by fire in 2006. The church served as the birthplace of gospel music and was where Thomas A. Dorsey and Ja...
Thursday, August 12, 2010

More spinning vinyl for you!

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I have some more spinning vinyl to share with you. This time, we have a number by the Gospel Clefs from 1961, "So Good" with the l...
Saturday, August 7, 2010

Mavis Staples still going strong after over 60 years!

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Mavis Staples is perhaps best remembered for leading the 1972 hit "I'll Take You There" for the Staple Singers. What some folk...
Friday, August 6, 2010

Golden Era Literature: A book about the Roberta Martin Singers is in the works by a Texas author

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The Roberta Martin Singers, c. 1960 (left to right; Eugene Smith, Gloria Griffin, Roberta Martin, Harold Johnson, Norsalus McKissick, and Lu...
Thursday, August 5, 2010

Documentary released about the life of Albertina Walker

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By: Joseph Middleton Last week at this year's annual Gospel Music Workshop of America (GMWA) convention, it was announced that a 1 hour ...