New York, NY –KIRK FRANKLIN and his chart-topping album HELLO FEAR was just certified Gold, as reported by the R.I.A.A.  The announcement follows Franklin’s two GRAMMY® awards wins for Best Gospel Album  (HELLO FEAR) and Best Gospel Song (“Hello Fear”) earlier this week at the 54th Annual GRAMMY® Awards celebration held on February 12 at […]

Singer Kim Burrell sings to Whitney Houston to honor her for receiving the BET Honors for Entertainment in Washington, January 16, 2010.   Ask Pastor Kim Burrell about her good friend Whitney Houston and she will be quick to tell you that Houston is in heaven right now, celebrating with God.   The Love & Liberty Fellowship […]

Check out their New Single on www.FeelGoodGospel.com New York, NY — Erica and Tina Campbell, best known as inspirational star duo, Mary Mary, have announced the release this week of their new single “Go Get It,” the title track to their upcoming album due out in May.  The phenomenal string of successes for their 2011 […]

Although Whitney Houston’s funeral will private, the congregation will be packed with some of the brightest music celebrities in the business. Reports have leaked out suggesting an all-star cast of singing icons (including Aretha Franklin, Dionne Warwick and Houston’s mom Cissy) will be joining together to form a choir in tribute to the late R&B star. […]

Acapella Sensation Returns to their Roots with Their Highly Anticpated CD One “The baddest vocal cats on the planet!” – Quincy Jones New York, NY — Acapella sensation Take 6 (Alvin Chea, Khristian Dentley, Joey Kibble, Mark Kibble, Claude V. McKnight III, David Thomas) defies category. The instantly recognizable and irrepressible ten-time Grammy and Dove […]

Born in the trauma of the 1930s, nurtured in the dramatic shifts of the 1940s and 50s, validated during the uncertainties of the 1960s and 70s, and complicated amid the technological advances of the 1980s and 90s, it has wonderfully articulated the hopes, fears, struggles, and joys of generations of blacks.

A confidential informant from the New York Police Department spied on Reverend Al Sharpton’s National Action Network as the group met together to discuss large-scale protests of the Sean Bell case. The Huffington Post reports that the informant attended the NAN meeting which was held just a week after a judge acquitted three detectives of […]

Valentine’s Day is one of the few holidays that seem to have a polarizing effect on most people. Some love it and relish in all of the promises of love it offers. This is especially easy for those who have a significant other. For many, however, it is a dreaded day especially for those who […]

Direct To DVD Film of Angela Barrow Dunlap’s Hit Stage Play “Church Girl” Starring Robin Givens Will Hit Retail Stores On January 31, 2012   What do you get when Gospel Music’s hottest independent record label chief, Kerry Douglas – founder of Blacksmoke Music, Gospel Truth Magazine and The New Deal Entertainment University, teams up […]

Throughout the 1990s and the new millennium The Gospel Truth Magazine (GTM) was the premier outlet for independent gospel artists to make the music industry and the gospel consumer aware of their musical projects. Over the years, the magazine has featured the likes of Bishop Paul Morton, Juanita Bynum, Kirk Franklin and Keith “Wonderboy” Johnson. The magazine was also the […]

From: PRAISEDC.com The entire music industry mourn the lost of a true musical legend! -Richard Smallwood Wow. I’m still stunned and numb. All I can say there will never be another voice like hers. It was the kind of instrument that comes once in a lifetime, never to be duplicated again. She was an icon, […]

See List of Winners in the Gospel Category Kirk Franklin Walks Away with Two Awards Los Angeles, CA — The Grammys got under way on Sunday, with the Recording Academy trying to focus on music’s biggest night after of the death of one of music’s biggest names — Whitney Houston. Houston died on the eve […]