Archive for November, 2008

BET’s SUNDAY BEST returns in 2009!
Thank you for your inquiry regarding auditions for BET’s hit gospel competition show, SUNDAY BEST. We are excited to let you know that “SUNDAY BEST” is back for a second season, in 2009.
Hosted by Kirk Franklin with celebrity judges BeBe Winans and gospel duo Mary Mary, SUNDAY BEST had a successful first season attracting millions [...]

Daddy’s Little Girl: Crystal Aikin’s Journey to the Main Stage
Crystal Aikin said, “As a young person I kind of knew I loved music but I didnt know it was gonna go anywhere“.
Crystal Aikin’s ministry blessed me.
It was a cool September evening at the regional Unity Fest Conference hosted by Pastor Joseph Brinson at New Jerusalem Revival Center in Niagara Falls, NY. I sat in [...]

RANSOMED SOUL: Micah Stampley talks about being delivered from hard knocks and suicide.
Ahhhh the good life. Micah Stampley is patting nectar from his lips from eating the succulent fruit sitting on the counter when I enter the dressing room. As he rises to greet me with a hug I’m conscious not to get my made up face near his Clorox clean Ivory-colored jacket.
The setting is the Evening [...]

2009 Stellar Awards Update: Dorinda Clark-Cole, Marvin Sapp and Kirk Franklin lead nominations.
The nominees for The 24th Annual Stellar Gospel Music Awards were revealed in Nashville, Tenn. Don Jackson, Chairman and CEO of Central City Productions, announced the 2009 nominees.
The prestigious award show will return to Music City for the 4th consecutive year bringing with it excitement, anticipation and Gospel music’s brightest stars.
This year’s list of nominees [...]

GOTEE Records Present Ayiesha Woods “Love Like This”:
More than any other newcomer in 2006, Ayiesha Woods displayed the qualities of a seasoned pro on her genre-stretching debut, which earned an honorable mention in our best albums list of 2006, as well as our best new artists list that year. The album set such a high precedent that the singer’s follow-up doesn’t quite [...]

Nottingham Central SDA Church Youth Present “Our Journey To Salvation Concert”
Nottingham Central SDA Church Youth in Association with Covenant of Grace Present “Our Journey To Salvation Concert” This concert is to raise funds for the youth department. As their are so many of our young people dieing, we really need to go out into our communities and really spread the good new of Jesus Christ. [...]

KIERRA SHEARD’S ‘BOLD RIGHT LIFE’: As her music grows, she drops nickname and 86 pounds.
*The daughter of one of the founding members of legendary gospel group the Clark Sisters, Kierra Sheard, has grown up in powerhouse gospel. At a very young age, “little Kiki” was joining her mother, Karen Clark-Sheard, on stage to belt out verses.
But that young “Kiki” is now a woman on her own. Adding even more [...]

McClurkin Family Mourns the Loss of Their Beloved Sister, Olivia McClurkin
Los Angeles, CA – One of gospel music’s most powerful singers, Donnie McClurkin and his family mourns the loss of their sister, Olivia McClurkin. The second oldest sibling of seven children succumbed to a nine year battle with cancer on Tuesday, November 4, 2008. Not only will this day be [...]

Mase Expands Church Into Phoenix: Former Bad Boy rapper builds upon Atlanta location.
*Rapper-turned-preacher Mason “Mase” Betha is building a second branch of his El Elyon International Church (EEIC) in Phoenix, Arizona, reports Allhiphop.com.
The former entertainer says the second church falls in line with his plan to expand his ministry beyond its Atlanta location.
“It just makes sense that we are on both coasts,” Mase said in a statement. [...]

Rev. Timothy Wright Speaks Again: Grammy Award winning pastor has his greatest public appearance since fatal car accident.
On a Sunday in mid-October Rev. Timothy Wright made his greatest public appearance since a tragic July 4th car accident claimed the life of his grandson and wife, and left him paralyzed from the chest down.
At the Circle of Sisters Expo sponsored by WLIB, his hometown New York radio station, Rev. Timothy Wright expressed his [...]

Kenny Lattimore “Timeless” – Available Now
R&B/Soul sensation Kenny Lattimore just completed an exclusive on-camera interview for IndustrySoul.com. Find out what he has to say about his new album, Timeless, and the story behind his first single, “You Are My Starship”
Kenny Lattimore, the smooth R&B crooner who brings out the hopeless romantic in all of us, is back with Timeless! TheUrbanMusicScene.com [...]

Sean Simmonds A Alumni Of Oakwood College New Project “Its Over”: In Stores Now!!
Get ready for Sean Simmonds. Sean Simmonds a Alumni of Oakwood College, Alabama is set to release his new project “Its Over“, in stores now!!
Sean Simmonds is definitely not new to the industry, his debut album “True Story” was one of the hottest new albums for 2006. Sean Simmonds also was a member of Sharon [...]

Barack Obama Has Won The US Election To Become The First Black Christian US President:
BARACK Obama has made history by becoming the first black president of the United States. His era-changing victory came as he won a series of key battleground states, winning Virginia, Pennsylvania and Ohio.
Barack Obama led his Republican rival John McCain by 297 votes to 139 as he passed the magic number of 270 needed to [...]

Neo-Soul Gospel Artist, Dominique Howard!!
Dominique Howard has a powerful testimony about being delivered from suicidal thoughts, abusive relationships, and promiscuity. Her ministry is raw and uncompromising. Dominique Howard delivers her message with deep emotion and confidence through smooth musical sounds of neo-soul/nu-jazz elements. Dominique Howard is a Tate Music Group artist with a sincere desire to reach all people [...]
