The Awards Season is in full swing with Central City Productions announcing the cadre of performers for the 32nd Annual Stellar Awards. This year's event makes its return to the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada on March 25th. Multiple Stellar Award winners Erica Campbell and
Kirk Franklin gathers vocal assistance from Sarah Reeves, Tasha Cobbs and Tamela Mann to deliver a timely message via his new single My World Needs You. The song goes to radio on January 9th with a lyric video making its debut via BET.com. My World Needs
In response to the unrest and distress facing our nation and the world, Motown Gospel will release "Heal: Songs of Hope for Our Nation" a digital only compilation hitting retail digital outlets on January 13th. Fronting the compilation is Heal (Find a Way) a new song
For some three decades, Bishop Paul S. Morton, Sr. has delivered messages of hope and inspiration via the spoken word and through music ministry. Last year, the faithful gathered in New Orleans to witness Morton pass the torch of the Full Gospel Baptist Fellowship as
Motown Gospel was well represented during the nominees announcement for the for the 47th Annual Dove Awards. Tasha Cobbs received four nominations for her One Place Live CD, including Gospel Artist of the Year and Urban Worship Album of the Year. She also picked up
RCA Inspiration celebrates as Demonstrate, the new CD from Grammy nominated Bishop William Murphy takes a bow this week at #1 on the Billboard Gospel Albums chart. The album was recorded before a live audience at The Church at Chapel Hill in Douglasville, Georgia and
Motown Gospel gives a different approach to its artist’s songs with the release of an acoustic compilation aptly titled 1 Mic 1 Take. The CD brings together the label’s best loved performers including Grammy Award winners Smokie Norful and Tasha Cobbs as well as Myron Butler & Levi, Brian Courtney Wilson and Royce Lovett.
This was a first time venture for the label, with the sessions all taking place at the iconic Capitol Studios. “Putting world class artists in a legendary room performing their signature songs with scaled back production doesn’t present itself often,” says, Larry Blackwell, Vice President and General Manager of Motown Gospel. “I believe the artists captured the fundamental essence of our genre with their soulful performances.”
Gospel's biggest night did not disappoint as the 31st Annual Stellar Awards returned to the city of Las Vegas to celebrate Gospel music and the people who make it. Anthony Brown and group therAPy made Stellar Award history as the Tyscot recording artists took home
Kirk Franklin’s “Wanna Be Happy” was announced this evening as the Grammy winner in the category of Best Gospel Performance/Song.
