(Find out who will be nominated for the 54th Annual GRAMMY Awards live on "The GRAMMY Nominations Concert Live!! — Countdown To Music's Biggest Night" on Nov. 30 from 10–11 p.m. ET/PT on CBS.)
It was always those two minutes that kept me transfixed. That was the length of the commercials ...
How Sweet The Sound. . .
Published Tuesday, November 29, 2011 By Will. Under Music Tags: amy grant, bebe winans, cece winans, forever jones, gospel, GRAMMYs, kirk franklin, mahalia jackson, mary mary
(Find out who will be nominated for the 54th Annual GRAMMY Awards live on "The GRAMMY Nominations Concert Live!! — Countdown To Music's Biggest Night" on Nov. 30 from 10–11 p.m. ET/PT on CBS.)
It was always those two minutes that kept me transfixed. That was the length of the commercials ...
When CeCe Showed Us An ‘Everlasting Love’
Published Sunday, October 2, 2011 By Will. Under Music, Sista Soul Tags: cece winans, gospel, live performance, Music, sista soul, video
My love of gospel music can be traced back to the first time I heard BeBe and CeCe Winans sing it on the radio. Up until then, the only gospel I'd known about was the jumping and shouting versions that I saw on commercials for local churches, or the slow, ...
#31in31: Kirk Franklin ‘Imagine Me’
Published Sunday, May 22, 2011 By Will. Under Dawson's Ink Presents..., Music Tags: dawson's ink presents, gospel, kirk franklin, Music, video
There aren't many songs that bring me to tears. Of course, there are the Hathaways, whose voices just make you want to reevaluate your life choices for the better, and thus serve as a cleansing agent for the eyes and soul. But other than them, there's not much that can ...
Billboard has something good going on with its Mashup Mondays series, featuring artists covering other artists' songs, with performances that may prove, using their words, "contradictory" to their normal sound.
And that's exactly the case with yesterday's feature that had gospel titans Mary Mary covering fellow GRAMMY winner Bruno Mars' instant ...
#31in31: Sounds Of Blackness ‘Optimistic’
Published Sunday, May 15, 2011 By Will. Under Dawson's Ink Presents..., Music Tags: ann nesby, audio, dawson's ink presents, gospel, GRAMMYs, Music, sounds of blackness
I'm not sure if anyone will understand my love for this song. I mean, it's one of those songs that I could play continuously on a loop without hesitation. One of those where the inspiration comes from both the lyrics and the vocals, the beat and the backgrounds.
To me, ...
#31in31: BeBe & CeCe Winans ‘Addictive Love’
Published Sunday, May 8, 2011 By Will. Under Dawson's Ink Presents..., Music Tags: bebe winans, cece winans, dawson's ink presents, gospel, Music, radio
It had never happened before as far as I knew. Never before had gospel music been seamlessly combined with R&B, making it more than alright to play it on mainstream radio. It totally worked, though, with the brother and sister team of BeBe & CeCe Winans blazing the trail with ...
