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*In an interview with InsightNews.com, Yolanda Adams chats about the success of her nationally syndicated morning radio show, hosting Verizon’s “How Sweet the Sound,” and where her help comes from. Ever since her late-Eighties debut, “Just as I Am,” Yolanda Adams has triumphantly carried the torch for contemporary gospel and inspirational music via a dozen [...]
*Verizon’s How Sweet the Sound™ Gospel Choir Competition and Celebration, the country’s premiere and most prestigious gospel music experience is currently in its fifth awe-inspiring year and gearing up for its national finale. Choirs from coast to coast are preparing to compete to be named “The Best Gospel Choir in America.” In preparation for Verizon’s [...]
*After reviewing hundreds of audition videos submitted by choirs from all over the country, the top choirs were selected by a panel of judges, to perform at the 2012 Verizon How Sweet the Sound gospel celebration: DALLAS – September 6 at Verizon Theater at Grand Prairie Marquinn Middleton & The Miracle Chorale Carnel Davis & [...]
*“It was very therapeutic,” said Smooth Jazz vocalist Maysa about her ninth album, “Motions of Love,” on the Shanachie imprint. “This project is an R&B album. At the time I broke up with my long time boy friend. I think it’s going to be my biggest record yet. It started at #1 on Jazz (charts) [...]
*Excitement and anticipation filled the air as nearly 9,450 people filled the Staples Center inLos AngelesFriday to cheer on nine incredible choirs in Verizon’s How Sweet the Sound national finale. Regional choirs from across the country were on hand to win up to $50,000. Grammy award winning artists CeCe Winans and Donald Lawrence served as [...]
*Hosted by CeCe Winans and Donald Lawrence, Verizon Wireless will name the top gospel choir in the country tonight at the finale of the How Sweet the Sound (HSTS) sing off at Los Angeles’ Staples Center. Nine regional finalists, will surrender to the critical ears of celebrity judges Marvin Sapp, Shirley Caesar and Israel Houghton [...]
*Pastor Michael J. T. Fisher of the Greater Zion Church Family in Compton, Calif. will debut his musical alter ego, “J.Kingdom” at the 2011 Winter Kool Down Gospel Concert. The event will be held Friday, Nov. 4, 2011 at the Dream Center Gallery located at 901 W. Victoria Ave., Rancho Dominguez, CA. Doors open at 7 p.m., and [...]
*Verizon Wireless supports community efforts and those that are in partnership with their outreach initiatives. One such project is the HopeLine cell phone recycling and re-use program, which was started in 2001. Consumers are invited to bring old cell phones and accessories and put them in a donation bin inside Verizon stores or mail them [...]
*“How Sweet the Sound” is back on again and choirs have a chance to win $50,000. Marvin Sapp (pictured below) will be the resident judge. “It is an honor to return as resident judge for this joyous event that honors the foundation of our community – the church choir,” said Sapp. “How Sweet the Sound [...]
*The Voices of Destiny Choir (VOD) from Compton, California has won the Verizon “How Sweet the Sound” national choir competition. With electrifying choreography fit for Dancing with the Stars and Glee-like theatrical presentation, the group dominated thirteen other choirs from around the country, performing the a remix of Byron Cage’s “The Presence of the Lord” [...]
*Recently, gospel’s premiere choir event in Los Angeles went down at the Staples Center during the Verizon Wireless “How Sweet The Sound” 2010 competition. On Monday, Oct. 11, 2010 eight choirs from the L.A. region competed in four main categories, including overall winner, large and small voices regional winners, Verizon’s V Cast People’s Choice Award [...]
*Gospel group, 21:03 was caught backstage at the Verizon Wireless “How Sweet the Sound.” It wasn’t a bad thing, of course, but the group takes its fans on a tour backstage. The energetic trio is definitely admired by their peers and new fans. CeCe Winans came to the group and said, ““you guys did well, [...]
*The stars of gospel came out by the dozens recently to Staples Center in Los Angeles to support the LA regional stop-off of Verizon’s How Sweet the Sound” choir competition. And of course where there’s stars, there 6-year-old baby girl Harmony Love Bailey doing her patented, charming, disarming interviews with the celebs. As usual she [...]
*It doesn’t matter much that gospel choirs aren’t the “in” thing at record labels and on the radio. How Sweet the Sound, a gospel competition coming to Scottrade Center next week, continues to pack in the crowds locally and nationally. “Church choirs are never going anywhere,” says co-host Donald Lawrence, a nationally renowned gospel singer. [...]
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