Sound of Praise with Maurette
The documentary, Whitney, is an in-depth look into the life and career of music legend Whitney Houston. Filmmaker Kevin Macdonald examines the life and career of singer Whitney Houston and it features never-before-seen archival footage, exclusive recordings, rare performances and interviews with the people who knew her best. Here is the official trailer from Miramax […]
Katherine Johnson, the NASA mathematician whose calculations helped astronauts return to Earth, is being honored at her alma mater West Virginia State University with a bronze statue and a scholarship in her name. The university says a dedication ceremony is planned for Aug. 25, the day before Johnson’s 100th birthday. She was depicted in the box office smash, “Hidden Figures”, […]
We’re thankful everyday, but on Monday’s it’s “Thankful Monday” at the Sound of Praise! https://www.instagram.com https://www.instagram.com/p/Bkc3GlQna5q/?taken-by=sopmaurette Catch Maurette on the all new “Sound of Praise with Maurette Brown Clark” show weekdays 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. and make sure you follow her on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram @SOPmaurette! Think you missed something? Click HERE to […]
Shares of Netflix took a hit Monday after firing their chief communications officer Jonathan Friedland late Friday over racially insensitive remarks he’d used in company meetings. In a June 22 memo to staff, Netflix CEO Reed Hastings said Friedland’s “descriptive use of the N-word on at least two occasions at work showed unacceptably low […]
Starbucks will close 150 poorly performing company-operated stores next year, about three times as many as it typically closes. The affected stores are located in mostly urban areas that are densely populated with Starbucks locations. The problem is that many of their big city locations are cannibalizing each other’s business, according to a report by […]
Put on the whole armor of God! Ephesians 6:10-18 New International Version (NIV) 10 Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. 11 Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes. 12 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but […]
What are you grateful for today? https://www.instagram.com/p/BkLAlo5HsvO/?taken-by=maurettebclark Catch Maurette on the all new “Sound of Praise with Maurette Brown Clark” show weekdays 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. and make sure you follow her on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram @SOPmaurette! Think you missed something? Click HERE to see more from “Sound of Praise!” Want gospel news at […]
Don Jackson, the founder of the Stellar Gospel Music Awards is spearheading the project to establish a gospel music museum on Chicago’s South Side which will be the first in the country. The National Museum of Gospel Music will be built on the site of the Pilgrim Baptist Church in the Bronzeville neighborhood. The Church’s […]
There is an old saying – “get while the gettin’s good”. This could be said for Kwame Kilpatrick, the former Detroit mayor who began his political career with so much promise, has spent the last seven years in jail, serving a 28-year-sentence after being convicted of 24 felonies. Now, he is reaching out to Donald […]
Grammy Award winning artist and The Voice judge Alicia Keys announced recently the formation of a music-industry group for female advancement called She Is the Song, as part of her acceptance speech for the Icon Songwriter honor at the National Music Publishers Association’s annual meeting in New York. She had this to say: “I’ve joined […]
Lions and tigers and bears, oh my! A black bear was hit and killed by a car in Baltimore County early Thursday morning. It happened shortly after 5 a.m. on southbound Interstate 83 near Shawan Road, according to Maryland State Police. They say the bear weighed more than one hundred pounds. This is the third […]
Michael Bivens of New Edition fame received his honorary high school diploma from Belmont High School in Belmont, Massachusettes. The 49-year-old musician dropped out of high school 32 years ago. The RBRM (New Edition changed their name last month) musician left Belmont as a sophomore to pursue music, which we can now see was a life changing, lucrative and history […]