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In the Spirit Milwaukee opening hearts, souls to growing power of gospel music; Some good places to find gospel recordings in Milwaukee Audio Vibe, 2234 W. Capitol Drive Edith and Taylor's Gospel Shop, 6733 W. Capitol Drive Something More Inc.,9733 W. Greenfield Ave.; Gospel music on the radio: Andrew Taylor and Rev. Benjamin Nabors, 5:30 to 8 a.m. weekdays and 5:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. on Sundays on WNOV-AM (860). "Gospel Tracks" airs from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. Sundays on V-100 WKKV-FM (100.7) Inspirational Music, Love and Devotion with Melvin Hood, 1 to 3 p.m. and Lurita Winston from 5 to 11 a.m. both on Sunday on WMCS- AM (1290).; Andre Lee Ellis' essential gospel albums: 1. "Why We Sing" by Kirk Franklin and Family. 2. "Mahalia Jackson's Greatest Hits." 3. "Say Amen Somebody" (soundtrack). 4. "The Best of Walter Hawkins and Family." 5. "The Best of the Dixie Hummingbirds." 6. "Lord Help Me to Hold Out" by the Rev. James Cleveland. 7. "Best of the Caravans" (with Shirley Caesar). 8. "His Best" by Andrae Crouch.; Upcoming gospel events Fourth Annual Gospel Easter Bash, starring the Roberson Brothers, the Greater New Birth Mass Choir, and Rodney Cunningham and Family at the Greater New Birth M.B. Church, 2200 W. Center St., at 7 p.m. Sunday. Tickets are $6, $2 for children. The Edifying Luckett Echoes with the Fabulous Luckett Brothers, the Greater New Birth Mass Choir and Willie Neal Johnson and the New Gospel Keynotes, 7 p.m. Saturday at Evangelistic Temple, 2498 W. Hopkins St. Tickets are $12. "Oh! Lord What Now?" gospel musical starring David Peaston and Zella Jackson-Price, Friday and Sunday at the Riverside Theater, 116 W. Wisconsin Ave. Tickets available through Ticketmaster (276-4545) and the Riverside box office. "Your Arms Too Short To Box With God," gospel musical starring Teddy Pendergrass and Stephanie Mills, 7 p.m. May 7, Riverside Theater. Tickets priced at $32.50, $25.50, and $19.50. Available through Ticketmaster and the Riverside box office.; Billboard Magazine's ranking of the Top 10 ten gospel artists in 1995: 1. Kirk Franklin and the Family. 2. Hezekiah Walker and the Fellowship Crusade Choir. 3. The Canton Spirituals. 4. Helen Baylor. 5. GMWA Women of Worship. 6. Yolanda Adams. 7. Dottie Peoples. 8. William Becton and Friends. 9. Mississippi Mass Choir. 10. Sounds of Blackness.
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It's 11:20 Sunday morning at Bethlehem Temple Church, and the
Glory Train is picking up steam. Mother Rogers is at the piano
warming up the small congregation with a series of guaranteed-to
-clear-the-arteries- and-lift-the-spirit gospel tunes, such as "Over
in That Gloryland," "Oh, How I Love Jesus" and "He Never Failed Me
Yet."
Gradually, other musicians move into place: an organist, and a
drummer who bangs like he went to church with Little Richard.
Another elegantly attired...
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