The official music video for Church by Tasha Cobbs Leonard and John Legend. Continue reading
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Category: Gospel
9/14/25 O&A NYC GOSPEL SUNDAY: Tasha Cobbs Leonard – The Hand That Keeps Holding Me
Natasha Tameika Cobbs Leonard, better known by her stage name Tasha Cobbs Leonard, is a Gospel artist and songwriter.She released the extended play Grace in 2013 with the hit lead single Break Every Chain. Continue reading
9/7/25 O&A NYC GOSPEL SUNDAY: Smokie Norful- I Need You Now
Reverend W.R. “Smokie” Norful, Jr. is an internationally renowned musician, music composer, and recording artist. His debut compact discs entitled I Need You Now and Smokie Norful Limited Edition have garnered favorable accolades and awards across the world, including the 2005 Grammy Award for Contemporary Soul Gospel Album of the Year for his release entitled, Nothing Without You; three Stellar awards; four Dove awards; three Gospel Music Excellence Awards; an NAACP image Award nomination; a Soul Train award nomination; two nominations for the BET award for gospel music; two RIAA certified Gold selling compact discs; and countless others. Continue reading
9/1/25 O&A NYC DANCE REVIEW: Chicago Black Dance Legacy Project – Unbound: Shattered Frames, Endless Visions.
By Walter Rutledge
It seems our narratives, our cultural and historic legacy, is being erased or altered to fit a new national fiction. It is becoming extremely important to tell our own stories and to share and protect our narratives. This was the mission of the Chicago Black Dance Legacy Project production Unbound: Shattered Frames, Endless Visions. The impressive and stylish sold-out presentation took place on Saturday, August 23 at the Harris Theater for Music and Dance.
8/24/25 O&A NYC GOSPEL SUNDAY: Shirley Caesar, Dorthy Norwood, Inez Andrews, & Albertina Walker – Mary Don’t You Weep and More
The Caravans (Inez Andrews, Dorthy Norwood, Shirley Caesar, Albertina Walker, Delores Washington) singing at the 2007 BET Gospel Celebration. Continue reading
8/17/25 O&A NYC GOSPEL SUNDAY: Darrel Walls and PJ Morton – Move
Move by Gospel artist Darrel Walls and PJ Morton is a song from their collaborative album titled Heart Of Mine. The music video for “Move” was released on August 8, 2025, and the official audio was released on August 10, 2025.
8/10/25 O&A NYC GOSPEL SUNDAY: The Mississippi Mass Choir – When I Rose This Morning
Gospel music has experienced a great loss with the passing of one of it’s legends – Mama Mosie Burks of the Mississippi Mass Choir, she was 92. Known as “Mama” Burks, the former lead soloist of the Mississippi Mass Choir’s gospel was born June 17, 1933 in Forest, Mississippi. Continue reading
7/27/25 O&A NYC GOSPEL SUNDAY: Keke Wyatt + Kurt Carr & The Kurt Carr Singers – For Every Mountain (LIVE)
Keke Wyatt performing the song For Every Mountain alongside Kurt Carr & The Kurt Carr Singers. Continue reading
7/20/25 O&A NYC GOSPEL SUNDAY: Aretha Franklin – What a Friend We Have in Jesus (1972)
What a Friend We Have in Jesus was recorded in January 1972 at New Temple Missionary Baptist Church in Los Angeles. Aretha Franklin (1942-2018) then 29 years old and Reverend James Cleveland (1932 – 1991) performed with Southern California Community Choir led by Reverend Dr. Alexander Hamilton (1945-2022). Continue reading
7/6/25 O&A NYC GOSPEL SUNDAY: Jeremy Rosado – Keep Holding On
Jeremy Rosado grew up in a large Puerto Rican family in Queens, New York. He got his start singing at neighborhood block parties. At age 10 his family moved to Florida where he participated in choir at school and church. At 19 he made it to the top 12 of the American Idol. Two years later he received the opportunity to open for Andrea Bocelli in Germany. Continue reading
