The Last Shall Be First: the JCR Records Story, Volume 1. is an upcoming compilation of raw 1970s Memphis gospel-soul coming out September 18 via Bible & Tire, the sacred soul music label started by ...

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The 2023 Fayetteville Juneteenth Jubilee, set for June 17 and 18 in Festival Park downtown, will celebrate Black history with a 1970s Throwback theme, the Cool Spring Downtown District announced on ...

In 1972, the famous Memphis soul label Stax Records created a gospel music subsidiary named The Gospel Truth. Over the next three years, the new label would release dozens of singles and albums that ...

Elizabeth King had already clocked in her share of studio time and performances over the past 50 years—first leading the all-male gospel troupe, The Gospel Souls, since 1969 and into the ’70s, and ...

Legendary soul singer Al Green knew what he wanted to do at the tender age of nine, when he performed with his brothers in the group The Greene Brothers. Green was raised in a strict religious home in ...

Drawing on the songs and sound of '70s sacred soul and gospel label D-Vine Spirituals Records, for which she recorded, Elizabeth King is releasing a new album, I Got a Love, out June 24 on Bible & ...

Many of us fondly remember the soulful melodies and powerful voices that defined the music of the 1960s and 1970s. This blog post highlights the immense talent and lasting impact of extraordinary ...