Roots-rocker and singer-songwriter Paul Thorn has a new gospel influenced album, Don’t Let The Devil Ride, The album was recorded in three locations – Sam Phillips Recording in Memphis, FAME Studios in Muscle Shoals, and Preservation Hall in New Orleans …
The Blind Boys of Alabama founding members Clarence Fountain and Jimmy Carter are the two suriving original members of the group and have been singing together for 70 years. Since their earliest days, the gorup built a career by putting …
Dr. Bobby Jones has spent a significant portion of his life in gospel music. As a singer, radio and television host, educator, author, Grammy Award winner, and filmmaker, Jones has enjoyed an illustrious career in gospel music. Born in Tennessee, …
According to their website, the Great 78 Project “is a community project for the preservation, research and discovery of 78rpm records.” IFrom about 1898 to the 1950s, an estimated 3 million sides (~3 minute recordings) have been made on 78rpm …
The Gospel Roots of Rock and Soul project held the Philadelphia premiere of a wonderful new documentary on Sunday, February 25th, 2018 at the Prince Theatre, with a screening of a marvelous documentary How They Got Over: Gospel Quartets and …
The Gospel Roots of Rock and Soul project is showcasing both the uniqueness of gospel music and its influence on early rock and R&B. If there’s any musician who recognizes the relationship between different styles of music and the influence …
In 2005, Robert Darden, gospel historian and professor of journalism, new media and public relations at Baylor University, and author of several books including People Get Ready! A New History of Black Gospel Music, wrote an editorial for the New …
“I was born again in ’73. I was converted – or changed about, or turned around, which is what converted means – to be turned about. And I felt so good, so perfect, so uplifted, so forgiven. So clean.” Those …
Jesus Rocked The Rock Jukebox is an excellent, uplifting new collection of gospel music that showcases the songs and groups that laid the foundation for Soul, R&B, and Rock. The collection includes songs by The Blind Boys of Alabama, The …
Gospel pioneers The Staple Singers were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1999. Over their long, acclaimed history, they have become known as much for their secular music as they have been for their gospel. Truth …
