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<title>Aretha Franklin</title>
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<category>Soul</category>
<pubDate>Sun, 29 Nov 2009 09:28:11 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[More than any other Soul performer (or such Jazz-Blues belters as Dinah Washington), Aretha Franklin brought impassioned Gospel singing to American popular music. Never as subdued as the subtler Sam Cooke, Franklin belts out profane R&B songs with enough sacred lung power to send the sound waves all the way up to the heavens. Franklin doesn't go over the top, though, always staying in the realm of good taste and sensitive delivery. As she proved during her greatest period, the late '60 Atlantic Recordings, Franklin blows the roof off your house with so much class that you don't want her to stop until she has reduced your love shack to a pile of splinters. Who else could outdo Otis Redding and turn "Respect" into an eternal anthem of racial and sexual pride that even middle-class white men embrace? Franklin's voice has weathered the decades very well but her arrangements and material are often beneath her. You can't go wrong with any of her recent Gospel recordings and 1998's <i>A Rose is Still A Rose</i> embraced hip-hop production with great success. Aretha Franklin remains a vital part of the modern music scene.
- Nick Dedina]]></description>
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<title>Randy Travis</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 11:28:26 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Travis burst onto the country scene in the mid-1980s, around the same time as a few other seemingly like-minded new traditionalists. He combines a smoothly expressive baritone with self-penned material that features lyrical depth as well as great honky tonk-style instrumental work. Starting in 1985 with the single "On the Other Hand," Travis has gone into the charts and sold a huge number of records. He virtually kicked open the door for the "country hunk" phenomenon, although by the time the '90s rolled around, the "hat pack" (Garth Brooks, Clint Black, etc.) steamrolled past him. He was still a country radio favorite and strong seller throughout the decade. In 2000, Travis released the hugely successful <I>Inspirational Journey</I>, which combined aspects of traditional country and contemporary worship music. The album was a hit on country radio as well as contemporary Christian outlets. Many of the songs were also featured on <I>Touched by an Angel</I>, in which Travis also guest-starred. Travis has since released country/Christian albums in rapid succession: <I>Worship and Faith</I> (2003), <I>Passing Through</I> (2004) and <I>Glory Train</I> (2005). In 2008, he released the CD/DVD <I>Around the Bend</I>.
- Linda Ryan]]></description>
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<title>Kirk Franklin</title>
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<category>Christian R&amp;B</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 11:27:19 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Kirk Franklin has been a contemporary gospel sensation since his 1993 debut album, <I>Kirk Franklin & The Family</I>, broke records as the first gospel debut to reach platinum status. Since then, Franklin has spent his entire career at the forefront of a crossover-friendly gospel music scene, effortlessly riding the line between preaching and secular relevance. With s! ubsequent records receiving equally high praise over the next decade, Franklin continued to evolve his craft, though remaining primarily a rapper with melodic edges and leaving the heavier vocal lifting to extended members of the vastly talented Kirk Franklin "family." After his 2002 release, <I>The Rebirth Of Kirk Franklin</I>, was hailed as a masterpiece, he waited a full three years before reemerging from the studio with <I>Hero</I>, a hip-hop-R&B-urban gospel amalgam that brought all of his best features to the forefront in a project that sounded stylistically like a Franklin "best of," but was refreshingly original.
- Amy Bartlett]]></description>
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<title>Fred Hammond</title>
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<category>Urban/Contemporary Gospel</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 10:25:01 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Formerly in seminal Contemporary Gospel group Commissioned, Fred Hammond now writes, arranges and produces his own solo material; add singer to the list of credits and you have an extremely versatile artist. As with Commissioned, you can expect state of the art Contemporary Gospel, with smooth arrangements, Hammond's thrilling vocals, and the occasional nod to hip-hop.
- Mike McGuirk]]></description>
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<title>Mary Mary</title>
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<category>Christian R&amp;B</category>
<pubDate>Sun, 29 Nov 2009 09:28:17 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[R&B sister act Mary Mary played a key role in bringing the Christian music industry to the attention of mainstream audiences. Their debut album, <I>Thankful</I>, went platinum and its single "Shackles" made its way onto gospel, soul and pop charts, setting a precedent that invigorating a quiescent niche. Produced by Warryn Campbell (Brandy, Boyz II Men, Dru Hill, Luther Vandross), their R&B grooves are as tight as it gets, but without sacrificing clear evidence that they were raised on gospel. The duo got their "big break" on BET's <I>Bobby Jones Gospel Show.</I>
- Amy Bartlett]]></description>
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<title>Conway Twitty</title>
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<category>Country Pop/Cosmopolitan</category>
<pubDate>Sun, 29 Nov 2009 09:28:13 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Conway Twitty cut his musician's teeth in the 1950s as a rock 'n' roll singer, but eventually found home in the rootsy, yet accessible, country music that gave him celebrity in the 1970s and 1980s. His deep, rural vocal inflections gave Nashville some of the most amazingly sung ballads of the country pop era. Lyrically ladened with double entendre, Twitty's sensual songs made him the Tom Jones of country music (rhinestone panties, anyone?). Of greater importance was his courageous risk-taking in a city that hardly tolerates experimenting with musical crosses. Twitty's personalized country is a slick hybrid of R&B shuffles and steady rock 'n' roll backbeats soaked in note-bending twang and cascading melodies--all engineered to make women swoon.
- Eric Shea]]></description>
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<title>Bill &amp; Gloria Gaither</title>
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<category>Southern Gospel</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:13:23 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[There is no larger force in Southern gospel music than Bill and Gloria
Gaither. They've branched out with individual albums and vocal group combos, and are singly responsible for sustaining the power of distinctive, old-fashioned Southern gospel harmonies. But the Gaithers' largest contribution continues to be their Reunion tours featuring the voices and personalities fans have quite literally grown to love over the years: Vestal Goodman, Mark Lowry, George Beverly Shea, and so many more. The concerts are like no others. The stage is covered with the extended "family" all singing at once, delivering unmistakable Southern harmonies and creating a very unique environment of awe and praise. When the concerts stop, the Gaither's hymns -- already in every hymnal across the nation -- remain an indispensable gift.
- Amy Bartlett]]></description>
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<title>Yolanda Adams</title>
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<category>Urban/Contemporary Gospel</category>
<pubDate>Sun, 29 Nov 2009 09:28:12 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Yolanda Adams quit her teaching job in the 1980s and set out on a journey to spread the good word through danceable Gospel music. Borrowing heavily from R&B tradition, she slapped a modern groove on the old styles and, along with a number of like-minded contemporaries, revitalized a lagging Christian music scene in the process. In a powerfully emotive voice, she can tear it up on a chipper Whitney Houston-like pop number and, with obviously deep devotion, keep it real on somber, synth-heavy traditionals. By her twentieth year in the music biz, Adams had racked up 20 major accolades, from BETs to AMAs to Grammys, and showed no signs of slowing down. In fact, to mark that two-decade anniversary, she left Atlantic and signed with Columbia, launching a new era in bold RnB from a humble diva.
- Mike McGuirk]]></description>
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<title>Israel Houghton</title>
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<category>Gospel</category>
<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 11:03:43 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Israel Houghton, aka Israel and New Breed or "just Israel," got his two biggest nods headlining music awards shows. In 2007, he appeared on the Video Music Awards with Alicia Keys performing George Michael's "Freedom '90" and in 2008, he headlined the 50th Annual Grammy Awards' gospel segment with fellow nominees Aretha Franklin, Mary J. Blige and the Clark Sisters. He took home his second Grammy that night to add to a list of Doves, Stellars and a Soul Train Award. Houghton's New Breed Music presents itself as crossing all boundaries, "cultural, generational and denominational." That's evident in the diversity of the group's sound, which lays jazz, hip-hop and RnB on a spirited contemporary gospel foundation. Because New Breed's energy and nature are most appreciated in a live environment, most albums are live projects bouncing from Africa to Australia and spots in between. Denoting his "heart for the nations," such recording events aren't confined to the music: Houghton and crew combine singing with serving global communities, championing "change and social justice" among forgotten peoples such as AIDS orphans in Africa. With past affiliations with Promise Keepers and Champions for Christ, and an artist-collaboration list too long to list, Houghton still maintains his day job as the worship leader at Lakewood Church in Austin, Tex., pastored by best-selling author Joel Osteen.
- Amy Bartlett]]></description>
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<title>Donnie McClurkin</title>
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<category>Urban/Contemporary Gospel</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 11:27:22 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[McClurkin's a powerful vocalist whose association with the Winans (he was an associate minister at Marvin Winans' church) and other good connections got him a recording contract. While he's seen some secular success, he primarily sings songs of praise and worship.]]></description>
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<title>Marvin Sapp</title>
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<category>Gospel</category>
<pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2009 12:58:27 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Some may recognize Marvin Sapp from his brief stint with Commissioned in the 1990s, and others as the founder and Senior Pastor of Lighthouse Full Life Center Church, located in Grand Rapids, Michigan. It's his solo work, however, that has earned him widespread acclaim. Invited by Fred Hammond to join Commissioned, Sapp appeared on their albums <I>Number Seven</i> and <I>Matters of the Heart</i>. Shortly after the group's dissolution in 1995, he went solo with his own brand of polished urban gospel. Since then, his sound has grown in both sophistication and demand in Christian and crossover markets alike, blending the fiery R&B of Kirk Franklin and the butter-soft soul of Smokie Norful's worship.
- Amy Bartlett]]></description>
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<title>The Oak Ridge Boys</title>
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<category>Country Pop/Cosmopolitan</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 10:25:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Best known for their 1981 monster crossover smash "Elvira" with its unmistakable basso profundo "oom papa mow mow" part, this band's career actually began in the late 1940s. They started out as a straight country Gospel group, developing tight harmonies and an even tighter stage show through constant touring. The lineup of the band that most people are most familiar with began to coalesce in the late '60s. William Lee Golden, Joe Bonsall, Duane Allen and Richard Sterban had begun singing secular music in earnest and subsequently became one of the biggest vocal groups in country music.
- Tom Heyman]]></description>
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<title>Smokie Norful</title>
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<category>Urban/Contemporary Gospel</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:22:59 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Ironically, "smoky" is the last word you'd use to describe this smooth-as-silk, soft-as- honey, 5" 2', gospel-cum-R&B dynamo. Smokie Norful's voice is sharp and potent, a constant, pleading prayer, simultaneously as powerful and graceful and effortless as a waterfall. It's the undeniable talent that won him the title of <I>Billboard</I> magazine's 2003 "Artist of the Year." He's been compared to -- and often collaborates with -- artists like Stevie Wonder, Marvin Sapp and T.D. Jakes (all this in only his first eight months at bat). So while "smoky" may not describe his sound, you'd be perfectly correct in thinking incendiary vocals and ignited artistry, and then you'd get the picture of what the singer is capable of.
- Amy Bartlett]]></description>
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<title>John P. Kee</title>
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<category>Urban/Contemporary Gospel</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:23:03 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Reverend John P. Kee will not be lost in the growing crowd of
urban/contemporary gospel choirs and leaders. His powerful testimony and "keyed up" voice leads song and congregation in new directions. Heavy
marching rhythms in favorites like "I Believe" make even the quiet back-row types stand up and stomp a little. Homespun humor brings you right into the family on tracks like "One Phone Call." "Lilly in the Valley" and songs like it offer a perfect sampling of the clean chord style, wide open choir-power acoustics, and personal "been there" passion of Kee and his New Life Community Choir.
- Amy Bartlett]]></description>
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<title>The Statler Brothers</title>
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<category>Country Gospel</category>
<pubDate>Sun, 29 Nov 2009 09:28:11 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The Statler Brothers smooth four-part harmony is modeled on the tradition of Gospel Quartet singing, which usually includes a lead, bass, tenor and baritone vocal. The group, together for more than four decades, only had two brothers in the group and no one was actually named Statler. The group had a crossover hit with the song "Flowers on the Wall" in 1965 which made both the Country and the Pop charts. The band were consistently in the charts in the '70s and '80s and made numerous Gospel recordings as well as the secular music that made them superstars.
- Tom Heyman]]></description>
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<title>Donald Lawrence</title>
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<category>Urban/Contemporary Gospel</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 11:27:18 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Cece Winans</title>
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<category>Urban/Contemporary Gospel</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:05:56 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[CeCe Winans is the uncontested queen of urban gospel. Her best work leans toward CCM, being rhythmically and melodically more straight-laced than her urban gospel and R&B contemporaries. But in any category, she's pure powerhouse. Her presence and vocal abilities fall somewhere between Patti LaBelle and Sandi Patty, which isn't a surprise considering her gospel-royalty bloodline: a spawn of the Winans legacy that includes Mom & Pop Winans, Bebe, Vickie, Marvin, Mario and more. (Not to mention the new generation of grandkids.) Of all the Winans, Cece has the largest global impact, racking up five Grammy Awards, eighteen Doves and several gold and platinum-selling albums. She's also forayed into the mainstream, singing with sister-divas like Whitney Houston, and she's broken out her tireless gospel shoes on talk shows and sitcoms.
- Amy Bartlett]]></description>
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<title>The Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir</title>
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<category>Gospel Choir</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:39:05 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Brooklyn Tab, as fondly known by congregants and fans, are their own genre. Not quite urban gospel, nowhere near classical choral ensemble, they're simply a multitude of voices raised in swaying praise, reverent worship and spirited inspirational gospel. They began as an unassuming, run-of-the-mill (though vast in numbers) choir in a church tucked so deep in Brooklyn you have to take the subway to the end of the line (changing trains at Borough Hall), catch a bus the rest of the way, then walk a few more blocks from there. But when the pastor's wife, Carol Cymbala, stepped up as choir director reluctantly (saying she didn't have the know-how for the position) word got out of the music wafting from this humble corner and the Grammys started to rain. It's something about their symbiosis of voice and spirit, the quietness of their musical power and the amount of "church" in their presentation tha! t sets them apart from even the worthiest of their contemporaries.
- Amy Bartlett]]></description>
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<title>Kirk Whalum</title>
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<category>Smooth Jazz</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:13:21 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[It's too easy to call Whalum the Kenny G. of inspirational or gospel jazz, but the description fits; he's one of his generation's most inspirational and accomplished jazz instrumentalists. However, his talent's more than just saxophone deep. Even with all the remarkable notches on his resume -- he's played on projects for Whitney Houston, Vince Gill, Barbra Streisand, Quincy Jones and other legends -- Whalum's creative passions run deepest in his gospel creations.
- Amy Bartlett]]></description>
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<title>Shirley Caesar</title>
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<category>Urban/Contemporary Gospel</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:13:24 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Caesar is one of the greatest living Gospel singers -- she holds up extraordinarily well when placed against those who have joined the Lord's army on a full-time basis. She can sing up an amazingly fiery down-home storm, but she specializes in preaching while singing. Even Jews and Buddhists can embrace Caesar's music: citizens of Earth, if you want to give your children the world's biggest guilt trip, simply play them "Don't Drive Your Mama Away." Soulsters of any faith will want to dive straight into her achingly beautiful rendition of Curtis Mayfield's "People Get Ready," which can open up tear ducts faster than a pantry full of onions. If everyone preached as magnificently as Caesar, our gin joints would be empty and our churches full.
- Nick Dedina]]></description>
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<title>Tye Tribbett &amp; G.A.</title>
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<category>Gospel</category>
<pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2009 10:13:25 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Deitrick Haddon</title>
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<category>Christian Rap/Hip-Hop</category>
<pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2009 10:13:28 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Despite maintaining a relative level of obscurity the first few years of his career, those lucky enough to dig up Deitrick Haddon and pay some attention found remarkable Deitrick-of-all-trades. His debut alone flirts with Latin rhythms, melody-happy hip-hop, stout soul, and contemporary R&B with an urban gospel icing that classifies the roots beneath his eclecticism.
- Amy Bartlett]]></description>
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<title>David Bauer</title>
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<category>Christian Easy Listening/Instrumental</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2009 20:31:58 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[David Bauer's studio arrangements of traditional hymns and praise choruses
are gentle and restorative. They're as hypnotic as the popular <I>Nature
Sounds</I> series with the added bonus of deeply recognized spiritual
melodies. Though Bauer deals in a few completely synthesized creations, some
of his most beautiful work is found in the piano and harp duets.
- Amy Bartlett]]></description>
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<title>Hezekiah Walker</title>
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<category>Gospel</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 11:27:19 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>The Staple Singers</title>
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<category>Folk/Traditional Gospel</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:04:36 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Straddling the line between Gospel and mainstream pop, the Staple Singers became known for making powerful music with an uplifting message. Having had moderate success at a variety of labels earlier in the 1960s, the Staples truly found their footing after signing to Stax in 1968. With production by legendary guitarist Steve Cropper, both <I>Soul Folk in Action</I> and <I>We'll Get Over</I> featured universal calls to action that paralleled the burgeoning civil rights movement of the late-'60s. The dawn of the '70s saw Pervis Staples leave the group; he was replaced by younger sister Yvonne. The decade also saw the family funkify their sound, as famed Muscle Shoals producer Al Bell oversaw the making of hits such as "I'll Take You There" and "Heavy Makes You Happy." Through it all, Mavis Staples' soulful, earthy vocals powered the group's positive messages. The Staple Singers continued to chart and sell well throughout the '80s and '90s; sadly, Pops Staples died in 2000. The Staple Singers were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1999.
- Linda Ryan]]></description>
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<title>BeBe &amp; CeCe Winans</title>
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<category>Urban/Contemporary Gospel</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 09:38:11 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The crossover-prone Gospel duo BeBe and CeCe Winans have been charting in both secular and spiritual markets since their Grammy-nominated debut in 1987. Since then they have cemented their place with a string of Contemporary R&B No.1 hits, including an excellent cover of the Staple Singers "I'll Take You There." They seem to be the natural extension of the Staple Singers, crafting spiritually centered R&B that incorporates the latest pop methods and appeals to a wide variety of listeners.
- Mike McGuirk]]></description>
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<title>Pastor Hezekiah Walker</title>
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<category>Urban/Contemporary Gospel</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 10:24:57 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Giving equal air time to hard-beat hip-hop and Gospel Choir performance, Pastor Hezekiah Walker has enjoyed no small amount of crossover success in the secular and Christian markets. High-energy tunes geared to pass on the Word of the Lord employ state-of-the-art rap styles, with the Pastor's forceful delivery heading the proceedings. Were it not for the frequent references to the wages of sin, Hezekiah Walker's palpitating rap could pass for just about any hip-hop/R&B hybrid dominating today's secular airwaves. Hard-groove samples and Gospel choruses provide foundation for Walker's impassioned preach/rap in these fully bumpin' praise songs. On a side note, the Pastor is spiritual advisor to producer/artist/mogul P.Diddy.
- Mike McGuirk]]></description>
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<title>Richard Smallwood</title>
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<category>Urban/Contemporary Gospel</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 2 Nov 2009 10:53:07 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Dove- and Grammy Award-winning Richard Smallwood has impacted the gospel
industry through decades of influence and a unique musical style that melds
several traditions. A composer, pianist, arranger, vocalist and choral
conductor, he creates landscapes of worship music that range from peaks of
energetic urban gospel, jazz and guitar-driven soul, to meandering valleys
of piano-hosted praise sessions. A career steeped in firsts, he was a member
of the Celestials, the first gospel choir on the Howard University campus,
and founded the Richard Smallwood Singers, who were the first African
American group to perform in the Soviet Union. Mentioning accolades like
chart placement and gold records seem to pale in comparison to honors he's
received from the Kennedy Center and the White House and his instillation in
the Smithsonian Institute. He's authored countless hymns that have become
contemporary standards, such as "Center of My Joy," "Total Praise," "We've
Come to Praise Him" and "I Love the Lord."]]></description>
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<title>Daryl Coley</title>
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<category>Urban/Contemporary Gospel</category>
<pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2009 12:58:41 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The silky but passionate stylings of Daryl Coley bring a considerable R&B and jazz feel to Contemporary Gospel. These smooth tunes spin God's healing light into the Quiet Storm.
- Nick Dedina]]></description>
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<title>Maurette Brown Clark</title>
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<category>Urban/Contemporary Gospel</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 13:50:43 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Deniece Williams</title>
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<category>Urban/Contemporary Gospel</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 4 Nov 2009 12:14:33 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Growing up in Gary, Ind., Williams was heavily influenced by her strict Pentecostal church, where she sang in the choir. Eventually, her interest in music led to Stevie Wonder, who hired her to be one of his backing vocalists in the trio known as Wonderlove. This lasted several years until, guided by the hand of Earth Wind & Fire's Maurice Starr, Williams struck out on her own, adopting a smooth R&B approach that complimented her emotive vocals. Hits such as "Let's Hear It for the Boy" and "Too Much Too Little Too Late" followed, but Williams returned to her Gospel roots by 1987.
]]></description>
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<title>Robert Randolph</title>
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<category>Blues</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:43:07 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Only a few years new to the scene, Robert Randolph (most often joined by "the Family Band) is the single most funkadelic rock-gospel player in the industry. The urgency in his musical passion is born of a life balanced between the torment of the streets and the haven of the soulful sounds surrounding his childhood home. Randolph started playing the pedal steel in his Orange, N.J., House of God Church, an African Pentecostal denomination where the pedal steel has become known as "sacred steel" based on a musical history dating back to the 1930s. He praised the Lord, stomped his feet, and shook the rafters all the way to venues like New York City's Beacon Theater and the long-revered Wetlands. When the Wetlands closed their famous doors for the last time, Randolph and the Family Band were asked by the owners to rock the walls one final time on that propitious night, oddly enough to the beat of a wailing gospel groove. Fire extinguishers are definitely required when Randolph plays his number one most requested, "I Don't Know What You Came to Do."
- Amy Bartlett]]></description>
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<title>Canton Jones</title>
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<category>Gospel</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 10:29:18 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Gaither Vocal Band</title>
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<category>Southern Gospel</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 15:09:04 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Shekinah Glory Ministry</title>
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<category>Gospel</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:05:22 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Kurt Carr</title>
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<category>Urban/Contemporary Gospel</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:13:23 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Kurt Carr took himself to church at age 13 and from there to the center of the urban gospel movement. One of the more powerful musical forces in the genre, he's the self-proclaimed prodigy of the man he calls his godfather, the legendary Richard Smallwood. Carr began as the musical director and pianist for Reverend James Cleveland and his crew, not releasing his own personal collection until 1991. Shortly after that release, he left one of his most indelible marks on the industry by launching GospoCentricÂthe label home of countless top Christian R&B and urban gospel artists. A gifted singer, instrumentalist, producer, arranger and conductor, he brings a multicultural touch (flamenco guitar, Armenian accordion, bagpipes) to West Angeles COGIC Church where he serves as creative director. From the early days of the Kurt Carr Singers to collaborating with visiting musical VIPs including Stevi! e Wonder, Gladys Knight, Denzel Washington, Lynn Whitfield and Kirk Franklin, Carr keeps the Grammys coming.
- Amy Bartlett]]></description>
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<title>Sandi Patty</title>
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<category>CCM</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 12:07:43 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The making of an icon began on the fourth of July, 1986 when ABC's phone lines were jammed by the thousands calling to ask, "Who is <I>that</I>?" It was Sandi Patty, unveiling her high notes in a rendition of the National Anthem that only she could unleash. From that moment forward, she never stepped out of the spotlight.
Over the next two decades, she sold more than 11 million records, including three RIAA-certified platinum and five gold albums, earned a remarkable 39 Dove Awards, five Grammy Awards. Patty and performed live for millions from concerts to symphonies to inaugurations, all leading to her 2004 induction into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame.
Stylistically, every route she's taken has led to enormous success. Her first string of albums where tailored to her forte: full orchestras, dramatic arrangement and production, dynamic performance style and unprecedented vocal prowess. After fourteen of these albums in the first four years, including a "best of" that still plays on most Christian stations, she released a number of more contemporary projects, radio-friendly yet still ripe with Patty finesses. Now approaching the 20-year mark in an astounding career, her impact seems to be experiencing a remarkable second wind. She recorded her first live album, turned personal downfall into greater ministry, authored several books and continues to revisit the charts. Having become known for her glass-shattering finales, one can only imagine her musical influence is only going to intensify as she continues to record the kind of music few others are making in the Christian genre. She is epic.
- Amy Bartlett]]></description>
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<title>Byron Cage</title>
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<category>Urban/Contemporary Gospel</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:23:57 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[High-energy Contemporary Gospel features Cage's confident preaching and singing. Synthesizers and a group of vocally athletic female backup singers provide support.
- Mike McGuirk]]></description>
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<title>Ben Tankard</title>
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<category>Christian R&amp;B</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 10:33:12 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[A highly-skilled pianist and producer, Ben Tankard has been recording professionally since 1990. His fluid keyboard style is mellow but inspirational, peppered with sultry saxes, exotic beats, moody strings, and glistening flutes.
- Brolin Winning]]></description>
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<title>Mahalia Jackson</title>
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<category>Gospel</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 11:49:41 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Whatever kitschy title you choose -- pioneer, queen, mother, or first lady of gospel music -- Mahalia Jackson is clearly one of the most influential voices of the 20th century. Her throaty, rich, resonant New Orleans-tinted voice made gospel Mahalia-style an everyman favorite and a frequent request of presidents and royalty. Once quoted as saying, "Rock 'n' roll was stolen out of the sanctified church," Jackson created such gospel explosions as "We Shall Overcome," "Elijah Rock," and "Walk in Jerusalem," which rocked the stages of the Hollywood Bowl and Carnegie Hall. "Rusty Old Halo" hit the top 40 in 1954, and Jackson's powerfully sincere version of "I've Been 'Buked and I've Been Scorned" preceded Dr. King telling the world he had a dream. With her Aretha Franklin oomph, jazz and blues rhythms, and choir-loft instincts, Jackson became an accidental legend singing the songs she learned at four years old, flooding them with soul and filling them with spirit.
- Amy Bartlett]]></description>
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<title>Doyle Lawson</title>
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<category>Bluegrass</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 12:51:07 -0700</pubDate>
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<rhap:artist xmlns:rhap="rhap">Doyle Lawson</rhap:artist>
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<description><![CDATA[Not only is Doyle Lawson revered as a prodigy of the mandolin, but he is also credited with popularizing the integration of gospel-style vocals in bluegrass music. He grew up singing gospel and taught himself how to play banjo, guitar and mandolin at the young age of 11. In the early 1960s he picked banjo for a stringband known as Jimmy Martin & the Sunny Mountain Boys before picking up his mandolin and joining J.D. Crowe & the Kentucky Mountain Boys a few years later. The early '70s brought Lawson a near-decade tenure with the Country Gentlemen, a stalwart traditional bluegrass outfit. In 1979, only he formed Quicksilver, a bluegrass outfit that was even more steeped in gospel tradition; by then Lawson had proclaimed himself saved by the Lord and was inflamed with a sense of mission. His love for God put a noticeable amount of feeling and power into his pristine harmonies, as heard on 1998's <I>Gospel Radio Gems</I>, which focused more on gospel and much less on bluegrass. The cool thing about that album is that it was recorded using the traditional approach of playing and singing live into only one (vintage) microphone. Lawson continues to record and perform spiritual-laden bluegrass with Quicksilver and also hosts the annual Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver bluegrass festival in Denton, North Carolina.
- Eric Shea]]></description>
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<title>Carlton Pearson</title>
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<category>Urban/Contemporary Gospel</category>
<pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2009 10:06:26 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Commissioned</title>
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<category>Urban/Contemporary Gospel</category>
<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 11:43:06 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[A Christian vocal group molded in the Winans' image, Commissioned performs crossover-friendly Gospel incorporating the latest R&B styles and featuring lush male harmonies. A strong evangelical streak runs through the music; their devotion comes through loud and clear in declaratory praise songs and somber, Quiet Storm-style hymns.
- Mike McGuirk]]></description>
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<title>The Clark Sisters</title>
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<category>Urban/Contemporary Gospel</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 09:49:54 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Mainstays of the Gospel music scene since their inception in the early '60s, the Clark Sisters are a high-energy vocal group who perform the sort of traditional but progressive Gospel the Staple Singers are known for. With serious R&B roots, forays into hard Funk, and their present-day mixture of old styles and state-of-the-art production, the Clark Sisters' thirty-plus-year career has something for every gospel music enthusiast.
- Mike McGuirk]]></description>
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<title>Wanda Jackson</title>
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<category>Rockabilly</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:38:18 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Wanda Jackson began her recording career in the early 1950s with a series of releases that emphasized her country beginnings. After relocating from Oklahoma to Los Angeles, she adopted a wilder persona, and an early tour with Elvis Presley convinced her that the spirited sounds of rockabilly were better suited to her. Tracks like "Riot In Cell Block #9," "Fujiyama Mama" and "Mean Mean Man" show Jackson in top form, growling, shrieking and generally creating some of the best rock 'n' roll of the '50s. She toned down her material a bit in the '60s, and by the '70s she was in the Christian circuit. She stayed away from her early rock 'n' roll sounds until the '90s, when she was spurred on by a growing interest in her older recordings and began to tour, bringing her singular approach to rockabilly, country and gospel back into the limelight.
- Jon Pruett]]></description>
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<title>Phil Keaggy</title>
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<category>Alt Christian Folk</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 5 Nov 2009 16:49:11 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Phil Keaggy is impossible to pigeonhole: he's an appealing acoustic presence falling somewhere between Leo Kotke and Eric Clapton, but with several stylistic detours along the way. Almost overnight he jumped from playing with Alice Cooper to being a part of early Christian music founders Love Song, and in the process he developed into a rare breed: a true, gritty, soulful musician nesting in an industry still trying out new chords. Although he has recorded everything from blues bar sets to back porch bluegrass to Sunday morning hymnsongs, Keaggy's signature style -- a gentle Spanish/folk-rock/classical mix -- remains throughout. His music fully captures the spirit of the guitar and is perfect for midnight drives.
- Amy Bartlett]]></description>
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<title>BeBe Winans</title>
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<category>Urban/Contemporary Gospel</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 10:25:06 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[With a sister like Cece, Bebe sometimes gets left in her shadow. But his flawless R&B and inspirational gospel has long made him an undeniable force in the genre and a pillar of the famous Winans family. He was the baby boy in The Winans' four-brother musical makeup, and a longtime duet partner to Cece, but since his solo debut in 1997, each release has progressively earned him individual kudos. Production is always studio-slick, fanning his vocal flames hotter. His 2005 album <I>Dream </I> was an historical contribution, released during Black History month in a nod to Martin Luther King's dream. It's to-date Winans' most driven personal work and hopefully a foreshadow of what we can expect from him in the future.
- Amy Bartlett]]></description>
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<title>The Crabb Family</title>
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<category>Southern Gospel</category>
<pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2009 12:07:54 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>John Waller</title>
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<category>Gospel</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 7 Sep 2009 09:55:33 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Oleta Adams</title>
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<category>Quiet Storm</category>
<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:43:17 -0800</pubDate>
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