This week on Bobby Jones Gospel Vanessa Bell Armstrong, Rance Allen & James Fortune all blazed the stage and of course, I took my crew behind the scenes and we caught up with them and watched rehearsals. Check it out now. I totally groupied out for Vanessa! Ha!

Torrence

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Hey folks, last night the  2 day memorial festivities  for Bishop Walter Hawkins began with the memorial concert “The Man, The Music, The Ministry: A Musical Salute to Bishop Walter Hawkins” . I wanted to make it to Oakland  to attend but prior commitments and logistics just didn’t allow it, but thankfully our good friend of the blog BJ Daniels was able to attend and was willing to recap the night for us for those who didn’t make it. As I’m sure most of you know, I’m pretty active on the social media platform “Twitter” and it’s proven to be a rather remarkable way to bring people together and share information. Although most of us were unable to be at last night’s concert, you were able to get some updates of what was going on from different people on twitter. For example, the program photo tot he right was captured and posted by gospel artist DeWayne Woods. And our guest blogger today, BJ Daniels was able to offer his recap to me via twitter when he realized that I wasn’t there. How dope is that!

BJ Daniels is an administrator at Greater Mt. Calvary Holy Church, Washington, DC, graphic designer, former gospel radio announcer and gospel enthusiast. He also has his own blog, so you should check it out here!

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As the gospel community continues to prepare for the musical tribute and funeral for Bishop Walter Hawkins, members of the gospel community to remember and honor him. And yes, I had to put up a throwback photo! The hair! yes! ha!

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More details are coming in for the funeral/homegoing celebration of Walter Hawkins. Some of gospel and even r&b’s most talented and influential artists are coming to salute and pay tribute to Hawkins.

“The Man, The Music, The Ministry: A Musical Salute to Bishop Walter Hawkins” – Tuesday July, 20 @ 7:30 p.m.

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It’s the next to last episode of Sunday Best 3 and y’all know I’m feeling some kind of way, right? You always know the show wwill eventually end but it doesn’t make it any less bittersweet (I’ve been using that word a lot lately, Jesus be a thesaurus all around me every day.) What am I going to do on Sunday nights? How am I going to get my fix? Ahhhhhhhhh! But let’s get to the show. Read the rest of this entry »

Ok, folks. This is it! Here I stand…(wrong song, sorry!) But this is my final post of my Yes, No, Maybe? Series for 2009… If  you missed Part 1, click here. If you missed Part 2, click here. Let’s get right down to it! Read the rest of this entry »

Sup folks.  – I’ve GOT to find a better greeting! (ha!)

The Secret Is Out! (pun intended) Everyone knows I’m a HUGE fan of Vanessa Bell-Armstrong and I’m more than excited about her new album “The Experience” that just dropped.  Read the rest of this entry »

Sup folks. It’s that time! Part 2 of my interview with the legendary Vanessa Bell-Armstrong. Read the rest of this entry »

I’m a day late, but here I am! ha!

Folks, it’s such a great time for gospel music! CD’s are coming out back to back, week to week and thankfully, some good ones!  Don’t front, sometimes it’s a little “cry on the “well is it good” front.  This week is certainly no different and I’m EXCITED about the new CD “Balance” from Ted Winn. Read the rest of this entry »

Sup folks, I’m going to try and keep this short so you can get right to the video, but I have to put a few disclaimers out there.  I, Torrence Glenn, in sound mind and body completely “groupied” out for Vanessa Bell-Armstrong on camera and I’m not ashamed! Read the rest of this entry »