Bishop Hezekiah Walker, Erica Campbell, Pastor Marvin Sapp, Bishop Paul S. Morton, Lester Love and more! The Gospel Music Workshop of America, Inc. will hold…

By Tanya Wilson There is nothing like old gospel spirituals that I grew up on.  It’s funny that when things happen in life, one of the songs in your memory bank will bubble up and speak to you right where you are.  A few months ago, the late James Cleveland and his version of “What […]

The visionary behind the contemporary gospel sound, the Rev. James Cleveland, was a pioneering composer and choral director whose progressive arrangements — jazzy and soulful, complete with odd time signatures — helped push the music past the confines of the traditional Baptist hymnal into new and unexpected directions, infusing elements of the sanctified church style […]