The Gospel music community in Chicago has decided to do their part to benefit Haiti. Donald Lawrence and Marvin Sapp will be joined by a roster of artists that includes John P. Kee, Byron Cage, Karen Clark-Sheard, Ricky Dillard, Vanessa Bell Armstrong and many more for a benefit concert.
“Chicago’s Hope for Haiti” benefit concert will take place on February 8, 2010 @ 7:00 PM at the 10,000 seat House of Hope, 752 E. 114th Street in Chicago. Read more...
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Angela Martin, Byron Cage, Chicago Mass Choir, Donald Lawrence, Dr. Bobby Jones. Pastor John Hannah, Gerald Gray, John P. Kee, Joshua’s TroopDeAndre Patterson, Karen Clark-Sheard, Mark Hubbard & the Voices, Marvin Sapp, Maurette Brown Clark, New Direction, Percy Gray, Ricky Dillard, The Sweet Holy Spirit Choir, Vanessa Bell Armstrong
In 1985 a number of music artists gathered together to form USA for Africa and recorded the song “We Are the World“. Ever since then, the music community has been know to come together to create a song to respond to tragedy or some type of social issue.
After 911 and Hurricane Katrina, I was looking for the Gospel community to come together to record a song, but it never happened. I’m not saying that Gospel artists were obligated to create a song for these events. I know that many artist made numerous contributions to many of the parties affected by these incidents. I must admit, songs like “We Are the World” and “We’re All in The Same Gang” set a certain level of expectation in my mind. Read more...
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Grammy Award winning artist/producer Donald Lawrence will be a special guest on the Trinity Broadcasting Network’s (TBN) “Praise the Lord” Martin Luther King Jr. Day special. The show will be hosted by charismatic pastor Dr. Zachary Tims of the New Destiny Christian Center outside of Orlando, FL.
Lawrence will be interviewed about his career, his latest CD “The Law of Confession Pt. 1” and on what King Day means to him. Lawrence will also perform his new radio single “There Is A King In You.” Other guests include Pastor Gregory Dicklow, LeToya Luckett (from the upcoming movie Preacher’s Kid), John Gray and Pastor Rich Wilkerson Jr. Read more...
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I can’t believe that Celebration of Gospel has been on the air for 10 years. Over that time BET has given us a prime time view of some of Gospel music’s finest artists. So, last night, I sat and watched the broadcast with great anticipation. Here are some of my thoughts on the show.
The Music
Maybe I’m wrong, but I’m pretty sure that there was a time when Celebration of Gospel was used as a showcase to display artists that have released recorded music at least within the last two years. It didn’t seem like that was the case this year. I think the BET producers got together and said “who do we want on the show this year”. Read more...
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A couple of years ago Natalie Wilson and S.O.P came out with an album entitled Girl Director
. At the time I thought we would start to see a number of female artists leading choirs and ensembles. Boy, I was completely wrong with that one. Lately, this question is in my mind. Where are the female directors?
I know that there are many female directors who do great work serving in their local churches. Why haven’t we seen more female directors moving to the professional side of the industry and releasing albums?
Is there some type of double standard? Are record labels afraid to sign female directors? Read more...
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