The year was 1999 when Pharis Evans, Jr. and Saints With a Vision (SWV) burst on the scene with their debut project Calling All Saints. The disc produced a wave of great choir music including Oh, How He Loves Me, Great Things and the unforgettable
GOSPELflava got an opportunity to talk to Bryan Andrew Wilson about the release of his latest CD, The One Percent. Released in June, the disc made its debut at #18 on the Billboard Top Gospel Albums chart fueled by the success of the lead single Turning Away. Wilson opened up about his beginnings, the people who have influenced his life and ministry and much more.
GOSPELflava: Take us back to the beginning and how this all started.
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AW: Growing up everything I knew was church. I grew up as a kid in the Church of God In Christ in Chicago, Illinois in the 5th Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction (for authenticity). You know typical church kids, we would go to church and then come home and have more church. I would be outside singing to the grass every day before I went to school and when I got home from school with the paper towel roll serving as my microphone and I would be singing and shouting on the side of my house. One day my neighbor said, you know somebody needs to put that boy on tv or do something with him, so a video tape was made of me at church. The neighbor’s daughter was attending Jackson State University and had become affiliated with the Mississippi Mass Choir. She presented the tape to Jerry Mannery, he heard the tape and loved it immediately, they invited me to come down and sing. I sang His Eye Is On the Sparrow, they tweaked it a little bit and we recorded it for the debut project of the Mississippi Children’s Choir and it took off from there and as they say the rest is history. I got into the Malaco family, continued travelling in the COGIC conventions and Holy Convocations. I got to know James Moore and he took me under his wing and mentored me and that’s how it all began.
Tamela Mann can now add a RIAA plaque to her already full trophy case. The "Take Me To The King" digital single penned and produced by Kirk Franklin and recorded and performed by Tamela, has been RIAA Certified Gold, having sold more than 500,000 digital
Funeral Arrangements have been announced for Al "The Bishop" Hobbs Friday, August 15 in Indianapolis (location TBA)Viewing 3pm – 6pm Quarter Note 6pm – 7pm Musical 7pm – 11pmSaturday, August 16Viewing 8am – 10am Services 10am All services will be held at : Christ Church Apostolic 6601 Grandview Dr
On the heels of the hugely successful “Kirk Franklin Presents Tye Tribbett Tour” alongside label mates the Walls Group, BET Sunday Best Season 6 Winner Tasha Lockhart prepares for the release of her debut solo project, Here Right Now on August 5th on Fo Yo
Its a #1 debut for Karew Records and Motown Gospel as Graceland, the new disc from Kierra Sheard debuts at #1 on the Billboard Top Gospel Albums chart. The album was also #33 on the Billboard 200. Kierra participated in release events in both Atlanta
The Gospel Announcers Guild released a statement regarding the passing of Al Hobbs. It is with joy and sadness that we announce the home-going of our beloved GOSPEL INDUSTRY AFICIONADO, Dr. Al “The Bishop” Hobbs. Al "The Bishop" Hobbs was simply one of the most interesting
Desmond Pringle continues his mission of touching lives through his work with the Cancer Treatment Centers of America. Pringle was recently the guest artist for Celebrate Life, an event honoring five year cancer and their families. "It it is a phenomenal two day event and
Grammy, Stellar and Dove award nominated singer/songwriter/producer Pharis Evans, Jr. has greatly impacted the landscape of Gospel music writing and producing chart topping hits for The Williams Brothers, Stevie Wonder, DJ Rogers, Kelly Price, Bobby Jones and NSC, Stephanie Mills, Yolanda Adams, Bishop Paul Morton,
Over the years, Sherri Shepherd single-handedly introduced and kept gospel music alive on daytime televisions, The View. Well in her farewell show,
