Yeah...this is definitely a sad time in Gospel. The funeral is going to be MAJOR. I heard that people are already looking for tickets to Detroit...

I heard "Song of Consecration" this morning by Ron Winans and had flashbacks to my freshman year in college. That was one of the 1st songs that really made me reevaluate my salvation....

I'm feeling Dietrich Haddon's new cd. I love "God is Good" as well as "God Didn't Give Up!" He also did a remake of "Don't Let me Fall" called, "You Didn't Let me Fall"

Also, if you love Pastor Bruce Parham, you'll love his new cd "Hide Me"!

I am really feelin'

Donald Lawrence - Speak Life (I think that is right)
Fred Hammond - Somthin' Bout Love
Israel & New Breed - Another Level (off the hook)
WOW 2005
Fred Hammond - Pages of Life (Not new but still lifting Him up)

I think Speak Life is by Joe Pace

There is one by D. Lawerence with the song "Healed" and "I Speak Life". I think it might be I Speak Life. It is his newest one.

A member of my church is currently working on a cd. She can sannnng! I will post her cd title and name when the project is done. Just trying to support my church family.

Ok, I haven't heard that one, but a choir came to my church last nite and towe up "Healed"!

Tha's my chu'ch!
 

Pastor Claude R. Alexander, JR. & The Park Ministries presents: The Kingdom Voices & Praise Team One Thing I Desire

Some of the songs will be in the next Left Behind movie.

To hear excerpts: http://www.studioponline.com
Church website: http://www.upbc.org

Girl your church choir can saaaang...why am I about to purchase that cd. That is really nice!

Homegirl Shirley Caesar and Tonéx
 

The best of the old school mixed with the new. . .

This is from Shirley Caesar's new album that was just released last week, if I'm not mistaken.

Click http://www.nuthinbutgospel.com/musicroom.htm

Then click "I know the Truth/f Tonéx"

Shirley is doing a little rapping in here! :D

:) Thanks!

HC I was in it when we first started practicing, but had to leave because of my jacked up schedule at my old job?:(

I'm playing Yolanda Adams' newest CD "Day By Day" now. It's in there, yall! The message, as always, is on point ;), but she's got a nice mix of up and slow tempo songs. "Lift Him Up" features YA with Donnie McClurkin and Mary Mary.

So far, "tonight" and "i'm grateful" are the ones jumping out at me.

I heart "Be Blessed" and "The Victory"

Soror Shirley starts own label
 

NASHVILLE (Billboard) - No one can accuse Shirley Caesar of taking it easy, as a recent weekend in the life of the Gospel Music Hall of Famer proves.

She spent the evening of September 9 performing with Alicia Keys in New York for a Hurricane Katrina benefit. By the next morning she was in Washington, D.C., speaking and singing at an event for black families. That evening, she did a concert in West Palm Beach, Fla., and by Sunday morning, she was in the pulpit at Mount Calvary Word of Faith Church in Raleigh, N.C., where she has served as pastor for 15 years.

It is a schedule that would make a lesser artist cringe, but Caesar handles it all with indomitable spirit and an unwavering passion for spreading the gospel. A legend in the gospel music community, Caesar is about to embark on a new chapter in her distinguished career with the launch of her own label, Shu-Bel Music. Her 41st album, "I Know the Truth," is the first release on Shu-Bel, which is marketed and distributed through Artemis Gospel.

"I wanted something for everybody -- something for the children, for the young adults and for the seniors, and we were able to do that," she says of her new project, which hit stores on September 6. "It's traditional mixed with hip-hop and contemporary, and from there I can speak for all ages."

TEAMING WITH NEW TALENT

Caesar enjoyed working with Tonex, one of the gospel community's hottest new talents. He is featured on the album's title track. "Tonex is crazy," she says with a laugh. "Tonex is a fine young man. He's a seasoned preacher (who preached at Caesar's Outreach Ministries conference) this year, and he's just wonderful."

Her new set covers wide territory. Caesar says that one song, "Jailbird," "speaks of a young man who's getting ready to go to his death, but repents." Another one, "Everyday Is Like Mother's Day," "simply says, 'Don't wait until Mother's Day or (your mother's) birthday to be a blessing to her ... Show her now how much you love her."'

Before launching Shu-Bel, Caesar recorded for Word Records for more than 20 years. "I was unhappy, because every time I would put out a new CD, they would always have a changing of the guard," she says, "and it meant that nobody there really knew me, so our CDs would die."

She has high hopes for Shu-Bel, which is named after Caesar and her late sister Anniebell Caesar Price. "I will sign many others," she says of mentoring new acts, "but I really wanted to break the ground myself and break it up with a vengeance."

Caesar's niece, Carolyn Sanders, serves as label VP, and has big expectations for the new venture. "I see this label as being a linchpin for other artists," she says. "I see us one day being right up there with the top five recording labels."

Man, I REALLY LOVE Mary Mary's latest CD ! :)

Girl, if they are ever in concert within a 200 mile radious, I am SO THERE!