Daily Archives: July 8, 2007

Chicago Church Honors A Gospel Music Great

Pilgrim Baptist Church in Chicago is honoring the man known as the father of gospel music. The church and its choir put on a musical tribute to Thomas A. Dorsey Sunday afternoon.
Dorsey was the music director of the church from 1932 till 1970. His most famous work is “Take My Hand, Precious Lord.”
Pilgrim Baptist was [...]

Keith Sweat’s “Hotel” Rates Well

Live album now, new disc this fall.

If anyone has made the act of begging into a melodic sound, it’s R&B singer Keith Sweat. However, Sweat’s career has hardly been wanting.
 
      After honing his skills in his hometown of New York, he was discovered in the mid-80s and released his debut album, “Make It Last Forever,’ [...]

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