Oh Yes its another Throwback Thursday and we look deep into the world of Gospel to find this classic inspirational song from Ms Aretha Franklin…Back then recordings we live in the church to capture the sights and sounds and this is one great recording…Here’s Aretha Franklin with Mary Don’t You Weep https://youtu.be/xIX6btGIn8w
Gospel music veteran Kirk Franklin is the biggest winner as far as Billboard Year End Gospel Charts are concerned. Franklin is Billboard‘s No. 1 Gospel overall and male artist of the year. Franklin’s “Wanna Be Happy?” is No. 1 for the year on Hot Gospel Songs. It bowed at No. 1 on the chart dated Sept. […]
Hasan James is the editor of “Root Magazine,” and a former back-up singer for Hezekiah Walker, and an industry insider when it comes to gospel music. He explains what he has noticed about in difference between the gospel music scene today. He talks about when he realized that there were actually a lot of artists […]
Gospel music is heading in a new direction. It’s a contemporary, fresh and hip sound that blends traditional values with a new school version of praise and worship. Check out the torchbearers of this new wave below… CLICK HERE to read story source: elev8.com
In today’s Get Up Poll, Erica Campbell asks if it’s a sin for Christians to listen to secular music. It may not say, “thou shalt not listen to secular music,” in the ten commandments, but it’s still a question worth posing. A lot of Christians today grew up in homes that did not allow secular […]
Truth. It’s the one word in which Christianity finds its foundation, a word the Bible says shall make us free. Yet, in this day in age, as many Christians begin to speak out and speak their truth, it seems to bring more opposition than freedom and more questions than encouragement. During the past week, Gospel […]
Today we just want to stop and give a Big Birthday Shout-Out to our friend Darlene McCoy!!!! She is the host of The Nightly Spirit that is broadcst nightly at 7pm on Praise 1300 here is a brief bio and she is busy!!! Darlene Jenise McCoy is an American gospel musician, singer, songwriter, author, actress, […]
This is not just a Gospel concert,’ said Grammy Award winning Fred Hammond about his “Festival of Praise” 2016 Concert Tour. It coincides with the release of his new album “Worship Journal Live” (RCA Inspiration) with a lineup that includes Hezekiah Walker, Israel Houghton, Regina Belle, Karen Clark Sheard, Casey J and comedian Earthquake. Hammond’s […]
Praise 1300 wants to give a BIG Birthday Shout-Out to one of the funnest..talented gospel singer ever!!!! Ms Vickie Winans.. Check out her brief bio: The seventh of twelve children, Vickie was born in Detroit, Michigan to Mattie A. Bowman, a housewife, and Aaron Bowman, a father who worked at various times as a laborer, contractor, […]
We want to wish a Happy Belated Birthday To one of the icons in the world of gospel music. Pastor Shirley Ceasar….Here’s a brief bio.. Caesar first began singing and performing for family and friends. They loved her and knew she was going to be great. She first began recording in 1949, at age […]
