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 ...
Tuesday, August 3, 2010

Walter Hawkins: A Tribute Concert

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If you didn't catch the concert on TV, here's your chance to catch it, courtesy of the Gospel Music Channel. You can watch it here: ...

Gospel Memories podcasts

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If you're looking for a worthwhile series of podcasts to download to your MP3 player, I highly recommend that you try the Gospel Memorie...