Chicago, IL – January 1, 2024 — Smokie Norful is one of the brightest lights on the current gospel scene. The son of an African Methodist Episcopal minister, Norful spent his first 14 years in Muskogee, OK, where he absorbed music ranging from sacred gospel to the secular soul that was popular at the time. By […]
Chicago, IL – December 10, 2023 — Smokie Norful is one of the brightest lights on the current gospel scene. The son of an African Methodist Episcopal minister, Norful spent his first 14 years in Muskogee, OK, where he absorbed music ranging from sacred gospel to the secular soul that was popular at the time. By […]
Smokie Norful is one of the brightest lights on the current gospel scene. The son of an African Methodist Episcopal minister, Norful spent his first 14 years in Muskogee, OK, where he absorbed music ranging from sacred gospel to the secular soul that was popular at the time. By the age of two he was picking […]
Smokie Norful is one of the brightest lights on the current gospel scene. The son of an African Methodist Episcopal minister, Norful spent his first 14 years in Muskogee, OK, where he absorbed music ranging from sacred gospel to the secular soul that was popular at the time. By the age of two he was picking […]
CHICAGO , Aug. 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — The McDonald’s Inspiration Celebration Gospel Tour® is back live and in person with an intergenerational celebration of Black faith, culture and excellence. Inspired by Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) homecomings, the 16th annual tour will launch in September during Gospel Music Heritage Month and bring showstopping musical performances […]
Chicago, IL – April 19, 2021 — Pastor Smokie Norful and Victory Cathedral Worship Center partnered with the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) and the Illinois National Guard to host a one-day vaccination site at the church for residents in Bolingbrook and surrounding communities. This is the first time Victory has hosted a vaccination […]
Kurt Carr, The Kurt Carr Singers, Sheilah Belle, The Belle Report, Erica Campbell, Faith Evans, Fred Hammond, Jekalyn Carr, John P. Kee, Keke Wyatt, Miles Caton, Bishop Paul S. Morton, Roosevelt Griffin, Smokie Norful, Wess Morgan, Yolanda Adams, Gospel Music, Gospel Music News, Gospel Nashville, TN (February 21, 2020) – Gospel icon Kurt Carr releases […]
Smokie Norful and Isaiah Templeton dropped by the Praise 104.7 studio to catch up with Sheilah “The Belle” Belle.
It all started when Smokey Norful was looking for female background vocalists. Isaiah Templeton was determined to take the trip and meet his favorite singer.
Notably regarded as one of Gospel Music’s rising stars, Templeton is currently on Norful’s TreMyles Music label.
Isaiah Templeton is currently Smokie Norful’s protege and the first artist -- other than Norful himself -- on his record label, TreMyles Music.
September 11, 2017 (Nashville, TN) — GRAMMY® Award winner, world-renowned pastor, educator and visionary, Smokie Norful has reached the heights of success in both music and ministry. With a career that has spanned two decades, Norful now brings his music and ministry efforts towards a new book, Take the Lid Off: Trust God, Release the […]
