Like The Winans, The Clark Sisters are a group that is often highlighted as the standard of great gospel music. For their time they were ground-breaking and there are many artists and singers who have been inspired by their harmonies, great vocals and crucially their great songs. They were among the artists in my mother’s […]
Read More Pray For The USA – The Clark SistersWhen I was growing up in the family home in the 1980’s and 1990’s, I was only vaguely aware of the Contemporary Christian Music scene. One of the names I came across in that there scene was Michael W. Smith. Not that I heard any of his material. I was far too busy with other […]
Read More Breathe – Michael W. SmithSo last week I was happy to share some good memories about the impact of the beautiful voice of Deniece Williams. We have it on my word that she’s worth being considered as a gospel artist (as if that’s important). While reminiscing about My Soul Desires and pondering on the lyrical content I was reminded […]
Read More They Say – Deniece Williams with Phillip Bailey and Sandi PattyMy gospel music upbringing was predominantly around choirs and groups with a smattering of male solo acts and a very limited number of female solo artists. So if you were to ask me to name ten quality female gospel solo artists I’d struggle where I wouldn’t struggle to name twenty male ones. Deniece Williams as […]
Read More My Soul Desire – Deniece WilliamsRemember I was talking about old time stuff?? You don’t have to remember, that’s the kind of guy I am. Yet if that’s the kind of guy I am, then my sister is twice the kind of guy I am, which is of course interesting seeing as though she cannot biologically be a guy. In […]
Read More There Was An Old LadyI like the terms fiction and non-fiction. I like the two terms because when I think of the word story, I know people might be prone to think that what they’re about to hear isn’t true and is only told for the moral virtue in the story. What fiction and non-fiction allow us to remember […]
Read More Stories for the Journey – Journey for the StoriesThis is Chris Evans. You may know of him. You may not know of him. His profession is known as a radio disc jockey. That can also be referred to as a radio broadcaster, or a presenter for the audio medium known as radio. I was interested in radio when I was a younger lad, […]
Read More About That Hero …It’s the early 1990’s, possibly even the very late 1980’s, but if it is that late, they can’t get in and we’ll have to leave it at the early 1990’s. At the time I was being very conscious of the music played by my sister and my mother. I remember seeing the album cover of […]
Read More Waymaker – Tramaine HawkinsI wrote the recent post about first contact as a tribute to a new friend. It was great, then, that on thinking further about it the reality was that there was enough to base it on the impact of an old friend. It wasn’t just Lloyd, though. I’m grateful to Reuben Harris for being the […]
Read More First Contact – New Guy At WorkYou ever have a favourite tune? You know you’re going about your daily chores and then that song pops in the head and it doesn’t leave for the best part of an hour, then you get home and slap it on the sound system of choice and because you like it that much it’s on […]
Read More DMCD Songs: Made Up Mind – John P. Kee
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