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via FirstLadyB: GOSPEL MUSIC POWERHOUSE YOLANDA ADAMS IS BEING HONORED BY THE GRAMMYS! On April 9, the Recording Academy™ will unite the worlds of music and politics at the annual GRAMMYs on the Hill® Awards. Yolanda Adams will be honored with the Recording Academy’s Creators Leadership Award for decades of advocacy work supporting her fellow artists and songwriters. Adams […]

via Hallels: EPM Music Group, the label imprint helmed by vocal virtuoso Dr. Earnest Pugh, celebrates its eighth year of partnership with eOne Entertainment. To commemorate the occasion, EPM is releasing a ‘Best Of’ album that features Sunday morning classics from such artist favorites as Michelle Prather, Zacardi Cortez, Charles Butler & Trinity, Chrystal Rucker […]

via FirstLadyB: ARETHA FRANKLIN AMAZING GRACE FILM WILL BE VIEWED AT TWO HISTORIC CHURCHES AS PART OF THE FILM’S PREMIERE WEEK CELEBRATION. Variety was the first to report that civil rights activist Rev. William J. Barber II will be taking the film to the New Bethel Baptist Church in Detroit. This is where the late superstar’s father, C.L. […]

Source: WENN / WENN A church in Wisconsin are now picking up the pieces after stain glass windows were damaged by vandalism. According to WSAW, the man that did the damage has been taken into custody and is believed to have mental health issues. Reports state that this isn’t the first time the man in question done something […]

via Detroit The Gospel Journey: Remembering Detroit’s Daughter on her 77th birthday today. Gone but not forgotten. Lady Soul, The Queen. Aretha Franklin

viaFirstLadyB: CELEBRATED NEW ARTIST, TITUS SHOWERS WILL RELEASE HIS DEBUT SINGLE, “IN HIS NAME” TO ONLINE MUSIC RETAILERS FOR STREAMING AND DOWNLOAD ON FRIDAY, APRIL 5TH.  Fans can pre-order beginning next Friday, March 29th. The two-time Stellar Award-nominated singer-songwriter will also premiere his debut music video for “In His Name” on his VEVO channel. Newly launched to Gospel radio […]

via FIrstLadyB: LIFEWAY CHRISTIAN RESOURCES ANNOUNCED WEDNESDAY IT’S CLOSING ALL 170 OF ITS BRICK & MORTAR STORES THIS YEAR. The publishing arm of the Southern Baptist Convention, will shift its resources online, according to the announcement. The organization will continue to offer a broad selection of resources through LifeWay.com and the LifeWay Customer Service Center (1-800-458-2772).  The company will also continue […]

via FirstLadyB: STELLAR AND GMA DOVE AWARD  NOMINATED SINGER JANICE GAINES IS BACK WITH NEW MUSIC! Gaines shared that her new album ‘Lead Me’  was birthed from her bout with postpartum depression, and feeling out of control and numb. I’ve been waiting to tell you all about the music I recorded, and the time is now, Janice Gaines […]

via FirstLadyB: STELLAR AWARD HALL OF FAME RECIPIENT, KURT CARR HAS RELEASED HIS FIRST SINGLE IN SIX YEARS. The RCA Inspiration artist latest single ‘Bless Somebody Else” was inspired by the late Dorothy King. Kurt Carr shared on his social media platforms that King, who passed away a few years ago stood by his side in ministry until her death. “For […]

via FirstLadyB: SIR THE BAPTIST HAS RELEASED THE OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO FOR HIS LATEST GOSPEL MEETS HIP HOP SINGLE ‘SHOWING OFF’ FEATURING KIERRA SHEARD. Sir The Baptist shared with Essence that he originally pitched the song to the late Aretha Franklin two years before she passed. “It was a trapped classic. Unfortunately, I never got it cut by […]

via TheGospelGuru: Two-time GRAMMY and Dove Award nominee, and Stellar Award winner William Murphy, has released his new live album Settle Here, available now.  The sixth album from the chart-topping recording artist, songwriter, and worship leader, Settle Here features thirteen tracks, illuminated in a transfixing performance of worship and praise.  Produced by Kenneth Leonard and Tasha Cobbs Leonard, the album features […]

viaFirstLadyB: KELONTAE GAVIN HAS HIT THE BILLBOARD R&B CHARTS WITH HIS HIT SINGLE ‘NO ORDINARY WORSHIP.’ This week, “No Ordinary Worship” debuted on the mainstream top 40 radio-based Billboard Adult R&B Songs Airplay chart rising from No.41 to No. 39. The song reaches 14.1 million on-demand U.S. audio and video streams combined while sporting 91.3 million in all-format airplay audience to-date. In addition to it’s […]