Gospel music’s princess and Grammy award-winning gospel artist Yolanda Adams, is preparing a collection of holiday songs to be released in October 2007, has joined the elite roster of Columbia Records.  Yolanda Adams‘ debut album, “Just As I Am,” and several subsequent albums including “Mountain High … Valley Low,” “Christmas With Yolanda Adams,” [...]

GOTTA HAVE GOSPEL! WORSHIP.
Integrity Gospel will release “Gotta Have Gospel! Worship” on June 5. “Worship” is the fifth release of the popular Gotta Have Gospel! series. This CD project features music from gospel greats Donnie McClurkin, Kirk Franklin, CeCe Winans, Israel and New Breed, Mary Mary, Byron Cage, J. Moss, Tye Tribbett, Fred Hammond, [...]

ARETHA FRANKLIN RETURNS TO HER ROOTS: Franklin leads a Detroit Revival for third consecutive year.
Music legend Aretha Franklin, whose career began singing in the Detroit church of her father, Reverend C.L. Franklin at the age of 14 in the 1950s, will give back to those gospel roots as she leads a “revival” for her hometown [...]

CELEBRATION OF GOSPEL – “TAKING YOU HIGHER”: BET’s inspirational gospel special available on DVD.
BET’s popular inspirational music special, Celebration of Gospel, returned last January with some of the biggest names in gospel and secular music. The two-hour telecast, which secured a place on BET’s list of Top 25 telecasts of all time, was released on [...]

VICKIE WINANS LAUNCHES RECORD LABEL: Veteran gospel artist departs from long-time label Verity Records.
Grammy nominated gospel music singer Vickie Winans‘ new Detroit-based Destiny Joy Records label has signed an exclusive distribution deal with Central South Distribution in Nashville. The charismatic singer who asked for and was recently released from a long-term recording agreement [...]