Gospel Music News- Soweto Gospel Choir, Anthony Evans, Lecrae
The Soweto Gospel Choir which was formed to celebrate African gospel music, will be performing in a concert on January 14 at the Paraquita Bay Auditorium in the Virgin Islands. The 52-member choir won a Grammy Award in 2008 for Best Traditional World Music Album and their debut CD, Voices From Heaven, reached #1 on Billboard’s World Music Chart within three weeks of its release.
Gospel music artist Anthony Evans has announced that the winner of the Fly Away With Anthony contest is Nicole Arnold. Nicole will be flying to New York to attend the release of Anthony’s new CD, Undisguised, at Brooklyn Tabernacle. The runner-up won a trip to Forth Worth to attend a Lifeway women’s conference where Anthony will be leading praise and worship.
A gospel fest with gospel music artist Genita Pugh will kick off a month-long celebration to honor the life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The fundraising concert will be held Sunday, January 10th at Second Allen A.M.E. Church in Laurel. Pugh’s gospel song “You Made It Possible,” can be seen Sunday’s on BET’s Video Gospel.
Watch Christian rap artist Lecrae’s interview on today, Tuesday, January 5th, on The 700 Club on ABC Family Channel at 11 pm and 3 am. All times EST.
More News:
- Our condolences go out to Kevin Bond upon the loss of his mother.
- The mother of the late gospel music artist O’Landa Draper passed away on Sunday, December 27th.
- The homegoing services for E.B. Williams, the mother of gospel music artist Tonex will be:
Wake Service
Date: Tuesday, January 5, 2010
Time: 7 p.m. -11 p.m. @ Greater Apostolic Faith Temple Church
Memorial Service
Date: Wednesday, January 6, 2010
Time: 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. @ Greater Apostolic Faith Temple Church
Per request of the family, please do not send any flowers.
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Soweto Gospel Choir Among Performers at Nelson Mandela’s Birthday Celebratio
Gospel Music from Soweto Gospel Choir to be Part of Nelson Mandela Day
In an effort to celebrate the legacy of South Africa’s former President Nelson Mandela, 46664 and the Nelson Mandela Foundation are urging people all over the world to join them in a bid to create an official Mandela Day, which would be held on Mr. Mandela’s birthday each year, July 18.
Mandela Day is an annual celebration of Nelson Mandela’s life and a global call to action for people to recognize their individual power to make an imprint and change the world around them.
The event will be held Saturday, July 18th and will feature performances from Stevie Wonder, Alicia Keys, Aretha Franklin, Wyclef Jean, Queen Latifah, The Soweto Gospel Choir, and many others. Festivities will be hosted by Whoopi Goldberg.
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Gospel Music News-Soweto Gospel Choir, Southern Baptist Convention, Beverly Crawford
1. South Africa’s Soweto Gospel Choir will be in concert Saturday at The Paramount Theater in Charlottesville. The choir has won Grammy Awards for Best Traditional World Music Album for 2006 and 2007.~Newsleader
2. Leaders of the Georgia Baptist Convention have rejected funds from First Baptist Church of Decatur because they appointed a woman as senior pastor. Apparently the church is “not in cooperation and harmony” with the Southern Baptist Convention’s rules and regulations. To me this is backward thinking. We are all trying to advance the cause of Christ.~Christian Post
3. We complain a lot here in the States about our cars, school, homes, or our trinkets, but for a lot of people being able to eat is all that matters.~"If you rest, you starve."
4. Beverly Crawford has been named National Spokesperson for Literacy.~The Black Gospel Blog
5. The CompassionArt charity album, CompassionArt: Creating Freedom From Poverty, will be available for purchase next week. The 14-track album will feature Christian/Gospel music artists such as Steven Curtis Chapman, Israel Houghton, Kirk Franklin, CeCe Winans, & Darlene Zschech. Make a difference by purchasing from the CD from the CompassionArt website. What a great gift to give for the holidays!
