Doobie Powell Prepares for Live Recording

Doobie Powell, producer and instrumentalist, is preparing for his DVD recording The Time is Now. The live recording is set for May 11, 2010 at Gospel Uptown in New York City. The session will also stream live on ShowMeThat.com

Busy 2010 for Karen Clark-Sheard

2010 is shaping up to be a very,very busy year for Karen Clark-Sheard. The Detroit native is on the road in the hit play "Church Girl" while promoting her fifth album, "All in One" out this week. The release signals her first solo album in four years and the first under her new EMI Gospel distributed record label, Karew Records.

"This gospel stage play not only allows Karen to showcase her abilities as an actress and a singer, but also provides great promotion for her album," says Darrel Thompson, Karew Records general manager. "Feeding off the play's promotion also gained her exposure outside the traditional gospel media."

"All in One" is the second release on Detroit's Karew Records following 2009's "A Clark Family Christmas." Clark-Sheard and her husband, Bishop J. Drew Sheard, launched the label with plans to sign and develop other artists.

"This is a dream that I've always wanted to do," Clark-Sheard says.
Later this year, Clark-Sheard will jump from the stage to the big screen when filming begins on an Aretha Franklin biopic. Clark-Sheard will play a singer in one of the groups Franklin was in before going solo.

"My mother (gospel pioneer Dr. Mattie Moss-Clark) and Aretha's father were friends," Clark-Sheard says. "So I count this as a great privilege."


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To listen to Clark-Sheard's first single, "Prayed Up", click below

Top Gospel Albums

Here are the top Gospel Albums (May 2)

1. Here I Am - Marvin Sapp

2. WOW Gospel 2010 - Various Artists

3. Still - BeBe & CeCe Winans

4. All in One - Karen Clark Sheard

5. Love Unstoppable - Fred Hammond

Video: Power Awards Concert 2010

The Power Awards Concert will be hosted by comedian George Wilburn and feature artists, such as Smokie Norful, Cassandra Wilson, and Myron Butler. For more information visit PowerToEndStroke.org

Video: God Favored Me - Hezekiah Walker & LFC ft. Marvin Sapp

Check out the new video from Hezekiah Walker & LFC featuring Marvin Sapp.

Sunday Best is back!!

BET has brought back its praise-filled, foot-stomping, hand-clapping talent show Sunday Best. We are now in full swing of season 3 and the judges have narrowed the thousands of hopefuls down to 20 contestants:

Artist Spotlight

Looking to spotlight gosepl artists, for more info contact gospel.loop[at]gmail[dot]com