Gospel Music News-Tyler Perry, Israel & New Breed
1. Congrats to Tyler Perry on being the first African-American to launch his own major TV and film studio! Oprah Winfrey, along with Will Smith, Sidney Poitier, Ruby Dee, Cicely Tyson, Louis Gossett, Jr., Holly Robinson Peete, Tracey Edmonds, music mogul L.A. Reid, Hank Aaron, Barry Bonds, and many other impressive guests were in attendance to help celebrate. The multi-million dollar facility located in Atlanta, contains studios named after screen legends Sidney Poitier, Ruby Dee and Cicely Tyson.~Bossip
2. Israel Houghton & New Breed will be going on tour with Chris Tomlin on the "Hello Love Tour 2009” beginning January 22, 2009.
3. Dave Hollister was once a R&B star, but now he is a Gospel singer and preacher. My entire family loves Dave Hollister-this mini-bio was a great read.~Crossrhythms
4. Evangalist Juanita Bynum sings at Madison Square Garden. Says her divorce and tax woes gave her a deeper love for God.~AJC
5. Be sure to sign up for the Paul Porter Walk in the Light CD giveaway. Deadline is October 10th.~Prayze Hymn
Learn to Play All your Favorite Christmas Songs by this Holiday Season!
Gospel Music News-Stellar Awards, GMWA, Spirit Fest 2008
1. The Black Gospel Blog has a great interview with Gospel rapper Canton Jones. His latest project is Kingdom Business, and he says the album is about taking the message of Jesus Christ outside the four walls of the church to the streets, schools, clubs, and malls. Canton has been in Gospel music for quite a while. He grew up listening to Gospel and his dad was in a Gospel quartet.
Your dad sang quartet? Tell us about the Nobleaires.
The Nobleaires. They were like the Jackson Southernaires. At that time, every quartet had to have “aires” in their name. But imagine an eight, nine year old kid – the members would push me out in the front to sing. I learned to relate to old and young through my experience with the Nobleaires.
2. PrayzeHymnOnline has a great feature of the worst Gospel album covers ever. I thought this was very funny! I know I have often wondered what made Kiki Sheard pick the album cover she did for her "This is Me" album. Great album, depressing album cover! It was # 4 on the list. BeBe Winans received the distinguished honor of being #1 for his "Cherch" album.
HAVE YOU EVER SCROLLED through the gospel section at your favorite record store and actually had to do a double take on an album cover? And not because of its goregous layout, but for the opposite…because of tasteless color schemes, bad photography, cheesy Photoshop homework and tired fonts.
3. The 24th Annual Stellar Award nominations are going on now! If you want to support your favorite Gospel music artists and their projects you must become a member. Click here to download an application.
4. Spirit Fest 2008 will be held August 31st at the Bi-Lo Center in Greenville, South Carolina. Featured artists include Mary Mary, DeWayne Woods, The Rance Allen Group, Lee Williams and the Spiritual QC’s, and Tramaine Hawkins.
5. Gospel Fab has a great photo recap of the 2008 GMWA.
Krumping for Christ-Another Way to Worship?
Krumping got its start on the streets of South Central Los Angeles about 10 years ago, among young people looking for a way to fight back in a creative way against a life of struggle. It’s a regular feature of the Mattapan church’s youth ministry, as well as with a larger Boston community of hundreds of young people who feel a connection to God.
"We don’t just do it to dance. We do it for something higher. Something more than us, more than movements, more than anything we say out of our mouths. . . . We’re using this as a weapon to fight against the things that we go through daily."-Benito Henri
"There are a lot of ways to worship. . . . This is our way."-Giovanni Pabon of Randolph, one of Jubilee’s Royal Family
Gospel Music News
Have you joined the "Pray at the Pump Movement"?
1. ‘Jesus: The Lost Years’ will be available at retail August 25th. It has surpassed DVD Sales of 200,000 internationally, secured multiple airings on TBN, and approaches summer release at Christian retail.~Source
2. TV Minister Rex Humbard has died at the age of 88. Humbard started on TV in 1948 in Indianapolis and eventually broadcasted a weekly program carried on hundreds of stations in the United States, Canada, and internationally. His son, Charles, is a co-founder of Gospel Music Channel.~ Humbard
3. African-American filmmakers, Michael and Christine Swanson, release their second major film, "All About Us". They are the owners of Faith Filmworks which is an independent motion picture production company.~Interview
4. Pulled over by police for playing Gospel music too loud?~7Day Buzz
5. Evangelist arrested while preaching a sermon about forgiveness. He was arrested after a body, suspected to be his wife, was found in a freezer.~Houston Chronicle
