With the success of her first solo album and book, Tina Campbell is showing no signs of slowing down by revealing her next project. The 42-year-old Mary Mary singer who released her first solo album It’s Personal last year, plans to follow up with another project next fall called A Song And A Prayer. “I’m also […]
GRIFF‘s love and respect for his friend and co-host Erica Campbell‘s talents compels him to pray that they get recognized at the Billboard Music Awards show in Las Vegas. His love and confidence in her skills leads him to ask God for some pretty big things, including to “shine down the Lionel Richie, Michael Jackson anointing of receiving awards.” […]
Today the Praise 1300am Family wants to shine the spotlight on Stevie Wonder Today as he celebrates his birthday..HAPPY BIRTHDAY STEVIE!!! Stevie Wonder was born in Saginaw, Michigan, in 1950, the third of six children of Calvin Judkins and Lula Mae Hardaway. He was born six weeks premature, which, along with the oxygen-rich atmosphere in […]
lisha Parks // EEW Magazine News Prince, one of the most inventive and influential musicians of modern times, was found dead at his home on Thursday in suburban Minneapolis. He was 57. Prayers, as well as tributes from grief-stricken fans have poured out online—including some from the faith community. “Been a prince fan since day […]
Donnie McClurkin‘s “I Need You” is an impassioned call to the lord and a reminder of how much we do, indeed, need him. Click on…
St. Louis born and Memphis raised Janice Gaines‘ unique formula of music-making fuses the “life-changing messages” of Gospel with the sounds of today’s R&B & top 40. All…
We open our hymnals to Hymn 379, and we begin to sing. “God is Love, let heav’n adore him / God is Love, let earth rejoice …” Lifting voices together in praise can be a transcendent experience, unifying a congregation in a way that is somehow both fervent and soothing. But is there actually a […]
The Queen of Soul turns 74 today. Aretha Franklin was born on March 25, 1942, in Memphis, Tenn., but spent most of her childhood in Detroit. Though she never recorded for Motown, she undeniably was part of the legendary soul sound pumping out of the Motor City in the 1960s. Her father, C.L. Franklin, was […]
Each week, the youthful voices of the Howard Gospel Choir fill the halls of the historic Andrew Rankin Chapel. The venue, which sits prominently on the main quadrangle of Howard University, boasts an impressive list of visitors by American greats like Frederick Douglass, Eleanor Roosevelt, Martin Luther King, Jr., and John F. Kennedy. It also […]
Singer & actress Brandy chats with the morning show family about her new single & starring in BET’s “Zoe Ever After.” She talks about the backstory of…
The 58th Annual Grammy Awards were held Monday night. Here is a list of some of the big winners noted with an asterisk *. Best rap album “2014 Forest Hills Drive”: J. Cole “Compton”: Dr. Dre “If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late”: Drake “To Pimp A Butterfly”: Kendrick Lamar * “The Pinkprint”: Nicki Minaj […]
An unconventional approach to matching songwriter and artist by putting cash on the table An amateur songwriter is offering a $10,000 reward to the most…
