Billboard Magazine reports a cadre of artists will perform during a free concert open to the public honoring the Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin on Thursday, August 30th. Gary Graff writes Gladys Knight, the Four Tops, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Raheem DeVaughn, Johnny Gill and Angie Stone lead
Lunjeal Music Group and Hallelujah955 join Billboard chart topping recording artist, evangelist and author Jekalyn Carr as she presents her first You Will WIN Conference June 21-22 in Southaven, MS. The 2-day conference will feature a variety of diverse high-level speakers, workshop facilitators and panelists throughout
The second installment of the Musical Soul Food Festival makes its return to the Chesapeake City Park in Chesapeake, Virginia on June 24th. Last year's event drew a record crowd of 12, 000 Gospel Music lovers. Dr. Bobby Jones will serve as host for this year's
The ever popular BET Celebration of Gospel will open the new year making its return to the Orpheum Theater on January 9th hosted by Taraji P. Henson. The Acade
my Award and Golden Globe nominated actress shared these sentiments, “I am thrilled to return to BET’s Celebration of Gospel. It is truly a celebration of the best in music with love and hope. A celebration of what brings us all together and reminds us of what is important.”
The second annual Chicago Gospel Music Awards will present lifetime achievement awards to Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Mavis Staples, Gospel luminaries Rev. Maceo Woods and Apostle Richard D. Henton in addition to honoring Chicago Gospel singers, songwriters and musicians in eleven categories
Music City showed itself hospitable hosting the live recording of Same Seed's Jesse White on Sunday, June 7th at the Temple Church. The guest list included a number of Gospel personalities including Dr. Bobby Jones, San Franklin Jackson and Nashville Super Choir's Dr. Everett Drake
The 30th Annual Stellar Gospel Music Awards will always be special for the Echopark JDI label. While Beverly Crawford is a previous Stellar Award winner, her win for Traditional Female Vocalist of the Year marks the very first award for the new label. Fellow label mate
Fall 2014 ushers in the 34th Season of Bobby Jones Gospel, the longest running original series on cable television on Sunday, October 5th. Kirk Franklin co hosts the fall premiere on Sunday and presents The Walls Group and Tasha Page Lockhart from his Fo Yo
Gospel's favorite television host, Dr. Bobby Jones is celebrating today as Rejoice With Me (EchoPark/JDI), his first CD in 7 years makes it debut at #5 on the Billboard Gospel Albums Chart, the highest debut in his 35 + years career. “I’m thrilled that the
Taraji Henson will succeed comedian and radio/tv talk show host Steve Harvey for the 14th Celebration of Gospel, BET's top Gospel special. Henson expressed her excitement with these words: "I am thrilled to join the BET 'Celebration of Gospel' family. I look forward to a