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Posts Tagged ‘Kirk Franklin’
New Music: Tamela Mann: “Take Me To The King”
Monday, June 4th, 2012
Check out “Take Me To The King”, the new song by Tamela Mann written and produced by Kirk Franklin for her forthcoming new album. This song in one word: honest. Hope you enjoy.
Source: The Gospel Guru
New Music: Releases This Week
Tuesday, January 24th, 2012
2012 GRAMMY Nominees
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Seal: Soul 2
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Joe Cocker: Hard Knocks
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Wynton Marsalis: The Music Of America
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Tim McGraw: Emotional Traffic
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Kirk Franklin: The Essential Kirk Franklin
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Various Artists: Chimes Of Freedom- The Songs Of Bob Dylan
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Gino “Lockjohnson” Iglehart-Interview
Tuesday, November 2nd, 2010
Special thanks to Sarah Crisman for conducting this excellent interview!
Gino “Lockjohnson” Iglehart: Growing up on Camp Wisdom Soul
Interview by Sarah Crisman, October 27, 2010
Gino “Lockjohnson” Iglehart is as comforting and familiar a presence in Dallas as the bright red Pegasus anchored atop the Magnolia Hotel downtown. Born and bred in the Gospel crowd and as part of the Camp Wisdom family – a collective of influential musicians who grew up along Camp Wisdom road in Oak Cliff. Save for his college years spent at Southern University in Baton Rouge and a year spent commuting between New Jersey and Dallas – Lockjohnson has been a staple drummer and community supporter his entire life. As is wont to happen to the talented cats here in Dallas, Gino was scooped up by Erykah Badu’s camp in the early days along with the rest of the Camp Wisdom crew, including N’Dambi, Geno Young, Braylon Lacy, and Grammy-winners Robert “Sput Searight, Shaun Martin, and RC Williams. Lockjohnson played and wrote on Mama’s Gun, toured extensively with the Badu camp, and served as Erykah’s Musical Director for five years. (more…)
Sunday Praise: Kirk Franklin – “Imagine Me”
Sunday, October 31st, 2010Imagine me loving what I see
When the mirror looks at me
‘Cause I, I imagine meIn a place of no insecurities
And I’m finally happy
‘Cause I imagine meLetting go of all of the ones who hurt me
‘Cause they never did deserve me
Can You imagine me?Saying no to thoughts that try to control me
Remembering all You told me
Lord, can You imagine me?Over what my mamma said
And healed from what my daddy did
And I wanna live
And not read that page againImagine me
Being free, trusting You totally
Finally I can imagine me
Geno Young: How Dallas Changed the Game and Caused a Deep Soul Revolution
Monday, October 25th, 2010
Photo Credit: Jirard Foto
Special thanks to Sarah Crisman for conducting this excellent interview with Dallas born and bred musician Geno Young. Also checkout the track “Shoulda” after the jump that is available as a free download today from Geno.
Geno Young was born and bred to be a revolutionary soul artist. That’s how we do in Dallas. Or as our neighbors, Erykah Badu and producer Jah Born like to say “Dirty Always Live like a Soldier.” Yet few truly understand the contributions the Dallas community has made to the music industry at large – from Gospel, R&B, to Soul and Jazz, Dallas cats are playing the game on a different level compared to other urban hubs. (more…)
Kirk Franklin – ‘Are You Listening: A Love Song for Haiti’
Thursday, January 28th, 2010Moved by the tremendous devastation and death toll in Haiti, Kirk Franklin (along with his friends), has responded with this beautiful song and video as a fundraiser for the victims and their families. The song is available on Amazon
We see these people as God’s children,” Franklin said. “We want to do our part and I just want people to know that the gospel community can respond to a powerful natural disaster.“
The GFM “Bridging The Gap” Year-End Countdown (Gospel Edition)
Thursday, December 17th, 2009Intro: Last week we dealt with getting your groove on. This week we deal with a slightly different (spiritual) groove but a groove nonetheless. How this week will differ slightly than the previous two week’s entries is that the music highlighted this week will not be paired off in a comparison, but will be presented in a singular manner decade by decade. The reason for this slight alteration to this week’s post is because I wanted to show decade by decade that this phenomenon is not new at all.
Honestly, if we had time to do a very in-depth study of the music we would realize that from the very beginning of gospel music this phenomenon has existed. This post by no means is a religious discussion, we are discussing the music and its intersection with popular culture. I would love to hear some of your thoughts on whether this phenomenon exists because popular music/culture influences these performers or does an actual separation even exist in the music aside from the message? Having witnessed many sides of this debate and even having been on the receiving end of ridicule (for playing a devil’s instrument in church) I’m interested in hearing why you believe that as the music changes from generation to generation the ridicule remains in certain quarters? The overarching message of the music has remained the same for centuries why are we continuing to have the same debate on the delivery?
This list in no way is meant to be exhaustive.
This week’s topic: I Went to the Club and a Praise Broke Out
God In Me- Mary Mary feat. Kierra “Kiki” Sheard
The Message
Just like last week, the message is pretty clear with all of these songs…Jesus. So you can just copy this message throughout the post.
The Music
With production values that scream the latter half of the first decade of the 2000′s (auto-tune, 808 snare fills, 808 tuned kicks, futuristic swirling synth sounds) this song was destined to be a hit. Who knew that at the time of this posting this song would have spent an incredible 55 weeks on the Billboard R&B charts peaking at #5 and still in the Top 15? As of this writing it is the second longest charting song of the year behind K’Jon’s On The Ocean. It’s hard enough for “pop” acts to stay relevant on the aforementioned charts over the course of a decade, the team of Erica, Tina and Warryn Campbell are ending the decade just like they began. Incredible.
The music and the methods of making and selling music have changed dramatically over the decade since Mary Mary’s debut but one fact remains the same when it comes to Mary Mary: Longevity. There are not many songs that remain in the conversation like a Mary Mary song. Is it the music or the message or both?
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