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Centricity Music is offering fans and film enthusiasts the chance of a lifetime….to create the official music video for Andrew Peterson’s new single, Rest Easy. The entry information is listed below:
2. Initial entries need to be submitted July 9 – August 14, 2012
3. The top ten finalists will have their videos up for fan voting at Andrew Peterson’s Facebook Fan Page, August 14-21, 2012
4. Winner will be selected on August 21st and the official music video will air on Peterson’s YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter pages
5. Winner will also receive $1,000 and the top three finalists will receive $50.00. All ten finalists will receive a copy of Peterson’s new album, Light for the Lost Boy.
Peterson’s new project Light for the Lost Boy releases August 28th and the official album release concert with full band is September 21, 2012 at the third annual Hutchmoot event in Nashville. The event sold out in SEVEN MINUTES this year and registrants’ name badges will be their ticket to the concert. Only the show is open to the general public and tickets are available online atwww.rabbitroom.com. Tickets are $12.00 and with the purchase of Peterson’s new CD and concert ticket the cost is $18.00. The concert will be at Collins Alumni Auditorium on the Lipscomb University campus and starts at 7:30 pm.
For more information on Andrew Peterson and his new album please visit online at www.andrew-peterson.com.
It appears Mary Mary has started a new trend entering Gospel artists into the world of reality television. Marvin Sapp is testing the waters with the announcement of his reality show titled Marvin Sapp: Single Dad. The show is being produced by Open River Pictures.
It is unclear whether or not any networks have picked up the new show, but a trailer was recently released showing a preview of the shows concept.
Show Synopsis: Raising two teens and a tween while pastoring a church, maintaining a music career and fighting off “God told me you are my husband!” women – requires more prayer and skills than this recently widowed Dad thinks he possesses.
Marvin Sapp has appeared disgruntled with the single life after loosing his wife of 20 years to colon cancer. In an earlier interview onboard the 2012 One Love Cruise, Sapp illustrates how women are aggressively pursuing him the wrong way.
Sapp is one of the best selling Gospel artists, who’s career peaked with his song “Never Would Have Made It.” His current album “I Win” has been on Billboards Top 10 for 14 weeks.
The fight for Copyright of the smash hit single “Nobody Greater” recorded by VaShawn Mitchell is turning out to be a back and forth battle with no truth in sight.
Earlier this week it was reported U.S. District Court (Southern District of New York) Judge Richard Sullivan had dismissed Travis Malloy’s copyright infringement claim against songwriter Darius Paulk, EMI Christian Music Group and Sony Music Holdings related to Vashawn Mitchell’s #1 Billboard Hot Gospel Songs “Nobody Greater.” The announcement was reportedly made July 9, 2012.
Now the Malloy camp is firing back saying that the case has not been dismissed and has sent the following statement to Path MEGAzine.
“The lawsuit of Travis Malloy vs. Darius Paulk has NOT been dismissed and continues to move forward within the judicial court of Judge Sullivan.”
Here’s what we know to be fact. In late summer 2011, aspiring songwriter, Travis Malloy, claimed co-authorship of Paulk’s song and filed a copyright infringement claim against EMI Christian Music Group for releasing Vashawn Mitchell’s blockbuster hit “Nobody Greater” without his permission. The suit also named the writer of “Nobody Greater”, Darius Paulk; and Sony Music Holdings which owns the Verity Records label that licensed the song for its successful “Wow Gospel 2011” double-disc compilation CD.
In his suit, Malloy, argued that he has not received writing credit nor royalties from radio airplay and music sales for the song. Paulk adamantly denies Malloy’s claim to authorship. “I wrote Nobody Greater during a very traumatic period in my life in 2008,” Paulk says. “It’s my testimony. I was laid-off because of downsizing at my job. I had just gotten a car and a new place. Also, my grandfather had been diagnosed with cancer. The message of the song reflects my personal struggles and victories. Travis Malloy did not contribute to the creation of this song. I wrote the lyrics and melody by myself in the privacy of my home. His claim is baseless… Truth always comes to light.”
When gospel superstar Kirk Franklin won the Stellar Award for Song of the Year in January 2012, he pulled Paulk and Mitchell to the stage with him to accept the award. “That song has ministered to me so deeply,” he said to the audience before looking back at the duo and offering, “… I would be honored to share this award with you guys.”
Travis Malloy is an aspiring Gospel singer and recently just released a self-titled digital album. We will be following up on this case to get official news on the continuance or dismissal of the lawsuit. Until then listen to the song “Nobody Greater” as only VaShawn Mitchell could perform it.
For Angie Hall, music has always been a constant companion. Growing up in a small town in North Carolina, music was commonplace in a household where everyone was a singer, musician, or both. This absorption of musically is now manifesting in a passionate songstress ready to embark on a life of music ministry.
The Florida resident has a new project Beyond Expectations…Thought’s From An Unspoken Mind (Available On iTunes) that is establishing a notable presence for the soft spoken vocalist. The first radio single “I Wanna Know” garnered favorable airplay with several number one chart placements at internet radio. The follow up single“I Give You My Praise” <<(click to listen), is a rock-infused, edgy praise anthem that is balanced out with a singable affectionate hook.
Angie is a humble, talented vocalist who has a quiet demeanor, hence the title“…Thoughts From An Unspoken Mind“. That quiet demeanor, however, dissipates when she ministers in front of an audience. Her vocal ability interchanges fluently from sweet pure worship resonances to commanding demonstrations of vocal power.
Her project is proving to be ‘Beyond Her Expectation’ with the overwhelming support and acceptance from the gospel industry. For those that personal know of Angie’s talents, she was usually the humble vocalist offering support and remaining in the background. Now, this new artist is firmly moving forward in order to encourage and be a blessing to others through her own music.
“Angie Hall’s ‘I Give You My Praise’ is new contemporary sound that is urban gospel at it’s best!”
Angie Hall’s debut indie project Beyond Expectations…Thought’s From An Unspoken Mindhas garnered numerous award nominations, including three 2012 Blue Mic Awards (Album of the Year, Song of the Year, Female Artist of the Year), and five 2012 Ensound Music Awardnominations from the (Urban Female of the Year, Song of the Year, Album of the Year, Female Artist of the Year, and Artist of the Year).
As a 2012 Blue Mic Awards Nominee, Brotha Online Magazine and Angie will host a special listening party on Thursday, July 12 on Star Radio. Her project will be featured for the hour and Angie will talk in-depth about her music and her ministry. Log on to Star Radio www.stradious.orgat 5:00PM EST to enjoy Angie’s Listening Party!
Sunday’s Best is back and better than ever. The winner this season will win a 2013 Ford Escape and a contract with Music World Gospel.
New judges this year are sure to shake things up, as evident in the first episode. The words “Stop… Don’t sing another word.” was an echoed over and over for many. Kim Burrell, Donnie McClurkin and Yolanda Adams kept it real as they dug for talent.
When the season kicks into performance competition mode CeCe Winans will be one of the judges sitting at the table. Kirk Franklin is doing a wonderful job hosting once again this year. Gone is sisterly duo Mary Mary.
View the Top 20 artists below and tune into Sunday Best on Sundays 8pm est.
GRAMMY® Nominee and Best New Artist Dove Award winner Jamie Grace is riding a wave of acclaim, popularity and radio success that now finds her debuting her new music video for her single “Come to Me” with the help of legendary singer-songwriter Joanne Cash, sister of the late, great Johnny Cash. In addition, the majority of the video was filmed at the Cash family’s own Cash Cabin Studio.
As the video debuted today on her official website JamieGrace.com, Grace comments, “Joanne Cash is by far one of the loveliest people I have ever met. When I wrote ‘Come to Me,’ I was inspired by a video where Johnny Cash shared a story with Joanne about meeting Jesus. Sitting face to face with Joanne and hearing the sweet story about her brother inspired me so much. I already enjoyed his music, but ultimately, his passion for his faith and family have taken deep root in my heart. It was a blessing to me to write ‘Come To Me’ and work with Joanne. Filming at the ranch and meeting the Cash family was an honor and a dream come true!”
The long-form version of the video, featuring an introduction from Joanne Cash, will be featured exclusively on Grace’s website. A short-form version of the video is available for viewing here.
The Cash Cabin in Hendersonville, Tenn., was the personal recording studio of the legendary Johnny Cash as well as where he overdubbed the vocals for the last few projects of his career, released via American Recordings. Commenting on the collaboration with Grace for “Come To Me,” Joanne Cash says, “I so enjoyed the video I did with Jamie Grace. She is a sweetheart, and I believe she will be used greatly by the Lord. She has Jesus in her heart, and she will follow him where He leads. I pray that ‘Come To Me’ will bless many hurting people.”
The ever-building momentum behind Jamie Grace includes a GRAMMY® nomination, two chart-topping singles and No. 1 status on three different charts (National Audience, AC and CHR), and recent nods to Grace from celebrities including country superstar Reba McEntire and The View co-host Sherri Shepherd. The breakout success of her GRAMMY®-nominated, No. 1 smash hit “Hold Me” also assisted in propelling Grace to win her first GMA Dove Award–for New Artist of the Year–earlier this year, in addition to a recent Billboard Music Award nomination.
Her current CHR single, “Come To Me,” was released to radio this spring, following her previous singles “Hold Me” and “You Lead.” “Hold Me” raked in No. 1’s across the board with a No. 1 at Christian AC Monitored, Christian AC Mediabase, iTunes ® Christian & Gospel Songs, Billboard Christian Digital Tracks and Christian CHR. Jamie Grace is one of very few artists to have their debut single go No. 1 on both AC radio charts and CHR. Her second single, “You Lead,” also the No.1 spot on the CHR chart. Jamie Grace released her Gotee debut, One Song At A Time, in September 2011. The project features many tracks that been spotlighted via TV and online placements, including VH1’s Baseball Wives and Basketball Wives LA and online ads for Microsoft’s Dell Inspiron 15R laptop computer. This fall, Jamie Grace will join the “Eye On It Tour” with TobyMac and Chris August, and later, the TobyMac “HITS Deep Tour” alongside Brandon Heath, Mandisa, Britt Nicole, Chris August and Group 1 Crew. She is currently touring across the country throughout the summer. To view Jamie Grace’s tour schedule, visit artistdata.sonicbids.com/jamie-grace/shows/.
About Jamie Grace: Hailing from outside of Atlanta in Lithonia, Georgia, GRAMMY ® nominee Jamie Grace is a 20-year-old-college student who, aside from her career and touring as a singer-songwriter, is also studying children’s ministry. At age 11, Jamie Grace was diagnosed with Tourette Syndrome, and has since traveled the country sharing her story and faith through music and speaking. Upon signing Jamie Grace, multiple GRAMMY ® winner TobyMac remarked “I have not been this excited to work with an artist in a long, long time.” Though she just released her first, full-length record in September 2011, Jamie Grace has been a part of the well-known Revolve tour, scored two No. 1 radio hits and has had a highly successful EP. In addition, she recently won the GMA Dove Award for New Artist of the Year.
Some may argue it’s not the Biblical approach, but Mary Mary’s Tina Campbell tells her children not to back down from bullies, says Sister 2 Sister.
Tina, who expressed that she was bullied when she was younger said that she doesn’t want her kids to go through what she went through. So, she tries to equip her children at home for those types of scenarios.
“My kids know to defend yourself, and they know how to communicate their self-defense if they feel like they are threatened. My children know you don’t start no fight…but if somebody put they hands on you, put ‘em on they back,” she said.
She added that parents need to talk to their children and get more involved in their lives to find out what pressures they’re dealing with and help them to navigate through it all.
“I sure hope that I do not communicate be violent, go out and attack everybody, because my kids know you better not be there making somebody feel like they’re nothing…you don’t do that clique thing,” she said.
Read the full editorial by Sister 2 Sister Magazine and watch video below to hear Mary Mary explain their feelings.
A new poll by The Washington Post and the Kaiser Family Foundation found that black women are among the most religious groups in the U.S., and rely on God the most in times of trouble.
The poll asked four different groups – black men, black women, white men and white women – to respond to certain religious and lifestyle questions, and found that black women were more prone to cite religion as very important in their lives.
On the question of “How important is living a religious life to you personally?” 74 percent of black women said that it was very important. That number – compared to 57 percent of white women, 70 percent of black men, and 43 percent of white men – suggests that as a whole, black people are more likely to take religious life much more seriously than white people.
Similar numbers were revealed when respondents were asked how much of a role God or faith plays when they are trying to get through tough times in life – 86 percent of black women said it was very important, compared to 66 percent of white women, 79 percent of black men, and only 51 percent of white men, who turned out to be the least religious group among the respondents to the poll.
When asked about lifestyle questions, the religiosity of each group also reflected how satisfied they are in life.
At 51 percent, black women were the most satisfied in their life than all other groups, although all four groups remained roughly near the 50-50 mark. Exactly 50 percent of white women were “very satisfied” with their life, compared to 46 percent of black men and 48 percent of white men.
The Washington Post suggested that cultural differences largely attribute to the faith divide among blacks and whites, noting that African-Americans’ exposure to gospel music, summer Bible school and “all-day church on Sundays” was a shared experienced. It was also suggested that a devotion to faith and God “more strongly connect black men and women to their slave ancestors, who leaned on religious faith to help maintain their dignity in the face of discrimination and harsh and unjust treatment.”
“Black women have been the most mistreated and scandalized in U.S. society and culture as they wrestle both individually and collectively with the triple jeopardy of racism, sexism and classism,” said Stacey Floyd-Thomas, an associate professor of ethics and society at Vanderbilt University Divinity School. “If that is the case – and I believe it is – it is no wonder that black women, due to their experience of sexism, would seek out their faith as a way of finding relief, reprieve, resolution and redemption.”
The Washington Post-Kaiser Family Foundation poll was done via telephone Oct. 6 to Nov. 2, 2011, among a random national sample of 1,936 adults.
Worship Leader, Songwriter and Recording Artist Freda Battle along with her choir The Temple Worshippers with Friends will release their highly anticipated CD, HOW GLORIOUS AND EXCELLENT IS OUR GOD available in stores and on-line everywhere July 17 via Peace-O-Mind Music/Central South Distribution. Marketing and publicity efforts are being powered by the J. Hardy Agency.
Freda Battle & the Temple Worshppers returns to the music scene with their first CD in six years. HOW GLORIOUS AND EXCELLENT IS OUR GOD, produced by brother duo Gerald and David Langford was recorded and streamed live in Boston at Morning Star Baptist Church, where Battle serves as a worship leader proves that she still has more to offer the Gospel music community.
From the high church energy of the title cut “How Glorious & Excellent Is Our God” and the Brazilian infused tune “150 Praises” to the passionate reflection of “His Presence Is Here” and the refreshing latin-flavored praise and worship song “Oh How I Love”, this striking 12-song collection, which features guest appearances from Dove Award-nominated and Stellar Award winning worship artist Stephen Hurd, Rodney Posey, Michael White and Bobby Perry (of Bobby Perry & R.A.I.N), is evidence not merely of a collection of great singers, but seasoned ministers.
Other notable features include Boston based artists Jerome Kyles, and Ayana McDonald (of Bobby Perry & R.A.I.N), Temple Worshipper members Evette Anderson and Montez Cardwell and the prolific prowess of maestro George W. Russell, Jr. on piano.
Vicki Mack Lataillade, who is considered one of the most powerful women in Gospel music and has broken artists such as Kirk Franklin, Kurt Carr and Trin-i-tee 5:7 says, “I have loved Freda Battle since forever! She is the real deal! If you see Freda Battle in her full anointing, you will never be the same!
One of Gospel’s leading web portals for news and entertainment The Gospel Guru will host an on-line listening party on Monday, July 16, 2012.
TRACK LISTING:
How Glorious & Excellent Is Our God featuring Rodney Posey 150 Praises featuring Evette Anderson House of the Righteous featuring Bobby Perry I Need Your Presence featuring Montez Cardwell We Enter Your Gates featuring Ayana McDonald Great & Marvelous God featuring Jerome Kyles Oh How I Love featuring George W. Russell, Jr. (On piano) Bless The Name of Jesus featuring Michael White His Presence Is Here Here Is Our Praise featuring Rodney Posey Worship the Father featuring Stephen Hurd I Rest
ABOUT FREDA BATTLE & THE TEMPLE WORSHIPPERS: Battle, who began recording albums independently in the late 1980s founded The Temple Worshippers – a city wide choral aggregation in 1997. Freda Battle & the Temple Worshippers introduced themselves to the world with their 1998 FOR ALL YOU’VE DONE FOR ME independent project, which garnered them national notoriety. Most recently Battle’s hit song “For All You’ve Done” was featured on “Beverly’s Full House” on the OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network- #1 original series in its time period for AA W25-54 among 97 ad-supported cable networks
Freda Battle & Temple Worshippers first national CD release was 2002’s SERIOUS PRAISE (Axiom Records) that featured the Caribbean-styled radio smash, “Serious Praise” and “No One Deserves”. SERIOUS PRAISE was also recognized by the Gospel Music Workshop of America with an Excellence Award Nomination for Contemporary Group of the Year. Battle and her choir amassed world-wide recognition in 2006 with their sophomore national release HERE IS OUR PRAISE (Axiom Records), which was produced by Grammy, Dove, and Stellar award winning worship artist Israel Houghton. According to Gospelflava.com, “Here Is Our Praise was one of the strongest albums of the year”.
This week the top 10 was shaken up quite a bit. Charles Jenkins and Fellowship Chicago continue to hold on to the #1 spot for a third consecutive week. Mary Mary adds to things that remained the same coming in at #2 again this week.
Beginning with the #3 spot the charts see movement as Marvin Winans debuts his new CD at the #3.
At #4 Nephew Tommy from the Tom Joyner Morning Show debuted a comedy CD that charted for Gospel and the Billboard Comedy albums chart. The CD features prank calls fooling Gospel and Christian artists.
Byron Cage, who debuted at #3 last week falls to #8, and Christian Rapper LeCrae returns to the top 10 with his new EP Church Clothes.
Outside the top 10 is a somewhat disappointing debut for famed choir leader James Hall, who debuted his new project “Trip Down Memory Lane” at #22 on the charts.
The rest of the Top 10:
1 | Charles Jenkins & Fellowship Chicago – The Best of Both Worlds 2 | Mary Mary – Go Get It 3 | Marvin L. Winans – Marvin Winans Presents: The Praise & Worship Experience 4 | Thomas Miles aka Nephew Tommy – Presents Prank Phone Calls 5 | Marvin Sapp – I Win 6 | William McDowell – Arise 7 | WOW Gospel 2012 8 | Byron Cage – Memoirs of a Worshipper 9 | JJ Hairston & Youthful Praise – After This 10 | Lecrae – Church Clothes EP
