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10/17/2009 Brooklyn, New York –The Mt. Vernon Inquirer, a news magazine celebrating the Mt. Vernon and lower Westchester communities in New York, profiled IMOK gospel artist Angela Hall for their paper. The article focuses on her upcoming benefit concert for the Graham Elementary School. To read the article, click the following link: For more information www.imokgospelmusic.com or |
07/23/2009 Brooklyn, New York – After a successful live recording from the Voices of Promise in Savannah, GA, IMOK Gospel will be making a trip to Cincinnati, OH for the 42nd session of the Gospel Music Workshop of America. Melvin Crispell & Testimony will be performing on July 28 and 29 during the annual convention; spearheading the official release of their long-awaited debut project He's Able. Angela Hall will also be present throughout the entire week. IMOK Gospel will also be servicing radio with singles from Angela Hall and Jason Hendrickson & Nu Soundz. Jonathan Hall, IMOK Gospel founder and CEO, is also hoping to offer a sneak preview of the Voices of Promise future project (expected to be released in Jaunary 2010). Currently on YouTube, fans of VOP will be glad to see one of the expected album singles ("Spirit Is Moving") taken from the actual live recording session from early July. The Gospel Music Workshop of America is an international music convention founded by Rev. James Cleveland in 1967. Active GMWA Membership ranges from professional and amateur Gospel vocalists to instrumentalists, composers, arrangers, directors and producers, and the like. According to its official website, approximately 75% of the music on Billboard's Gospel Charts is written, arranged, produced, or performed by GMWA members. The GMWA also has chapters in the United States, United Kingdom, the Caribbean, Europe and Asia. For more information www.imokgospelmusic.com or |
04/14/2009 Brooklyn, New York – What do Tye Tribbett, Hezekiah Walker, James Hall and Juanita Bynum all have in common?... IMOK Gospel Music, the label that industry insiders are making one of the most talked about indie labels in the country, is at it again. The newest buzz out of the IMOK Gospel camp is the eminent release of one of the most sought after songwriter/producers of our generation, Melvin Crispell and his new choir Testimony. Crispell, who most recently poured fired out of his fingertips playing the organ on Tye Tribbett’s recent smash hit album Stand Out, has apparently saved some heat for his own feature project. He enlists the help of the dynamic brass ensemble Mo’ Horns (Israel and New Breed/Fred Hammond/Angela Hall) and his Brooklyn band posse for this debut project recorded live in Charlotte, NC where his choir is based. The project will revisit a number of his former hits while introducing some incredible new material that’s sure to play in every iPOD in heaven. Tease previews of the soon to be release single “REAL” already has the entire east coast jumping with delight. “I’ve been getting phone calls from all over the country” says IMOK founder and CEO Jonathan Hall. “People are really getting excited about Melvin’s project and I’m one of them.” It’s official. Summer 2009 the church groove is back with a vengeance and the purveyor of this signature sound finally gets to share something with us that he never has before, his “Testimony”. For more information www.imokgospelmusic.com or |
04/03/2009 Being the choir that launches an entire label onto the scene is no easy task but The Voices of Promise have been the model ambassadors for the IMOK Gospel Label. With 10 states, 22 cities and an appearance on BET’s 106 and Gospel they have proven themselves to be up to the task. This summer The Voices of Promise will be recording their second live project in Savannah, Georgia revisiting a stop on their 2007 summer tour. It was said that they sang under the anointing so hard during that tour that the devil was left battered, bruised and embarrassed. News reports in the greater Savannah area rumor Satan to have been admitted to an area clinic suffering with panic attacks at the news of the choir’s eminent return to the area. Satan’s camp could not be reached for comment. The event takes place at First Jerusalem Missionary Baptist Church in Savannah, Georgia. The service begins at 7:00 p.m. For more information, contact 718.873.7374. |
04/01/2009 After a few years behind the scenes playing for and producing artists ranging from Desiree Coleman-Jackson to Hezekiah Walker, Jason Hendrickson has spent the last few years preparing his self for the inevitable evolution of the ministry God has laid to his charge. His newest project, slated for release before the fall of this year on the IMOK Gospel label, is the perfect congealing of anointed church and hard hitting urban music. Label president, Jonathan Hall, says “I’m excited about this one for real! People that think they know what he can do are going to be blown out of the water. And people that don’t know him are going to wonder where he’s been hiding.” |
03/22/2009 When a person with a B.F.A. in Musical Theater says they’re preparing for “The Great White Way” you think they’re talking about Broadway. But in the case of accomplished film and theater actress/singer/dancer Angela Hall she’s talking about making it to Heaven. And when you listen to her debut CD, Beautiful God, you’ll believe she’s well on her way. Upon hearing her sing live at his church, Bishop Albert Jamison (chairman of the Gospel Music Workshop of America) said “Now that lady’s taking it back to church!” Thank God for a gospel singer that’s not afraid to keep her music in church. "As a debut album, Beautiful God is a momentous musical achievement." - BLACKGOSPEL.COM "[Hall's] vocals, at best, is as joyful in expression as Judy McAllister and as adventurous in riffs as Melba Moore. Beautiful God is a colorful portrait of Brooklyn's rich gospel culture and an enjoyable musical experience done with taste and high-definition color." - PRAYZEHYMN ONLINE.COM "I was blown away by the music ministry of this anointed woman of God, so humble, so sincere and so ready for the next level: IMOK Gospel Music recording artist Angela Hall...her project entitled Beautiful God is a wondrous praise offering by a beautiful woman. I encourage each of you to purchase the CD...you will not be disappointed." - GOSPEL REVELATIONS "Hall is arguably at her best and most convincing during the quieter moments on Beautiful God , when she can flex her voice in ways that showcase her gift and training. At the same time, she puts the Pentecostal songs over with pure evangelistic gumption and human stamina." - BOB MAROVICH, THE BLACK GOSPEL BLOG |
03/21/2009 We’ve heard Melvin Crispell tickle the keys on the Hammond for years accompanying gospel greats; Tye Tribbett, Rev. Timothy Wright, James Hall & Worship and Praise. And we’ve been enjoying the hits he’s written as they were sung by Hezekiah Walker, Juanita Bynum, Dallas Ft. Worth Mass Choir and many others. But what do you call the choir that sings his songs while he plays the organ? The answer is his “Testimony”. Melvin Crispell and Testimony’s long awaited premiere release, “He’s Able” is set to hit store nationwide this summer. Crispell dares to revisit a number of his classic hits on this project as well as break out the box with a few brand spanking new songs that will have your entire car bouncing to that hypnotic signature east coast groove he’s made popular down through the years. |