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October
23,
2007
LIGHT
RECORDS
GARNERS
5
STELLAR
AWARD
NOMINATIONS
Bishop
Paul
S.
Morton,
Coko,
and
Zie’l
Light
Records
has
earned
five
Stellar
award
nominations
in
the
upcoming
23rd
Annual
Stellar
Gospel
Music
Awards
that
will
take
place
at
the
Grand
Ole
Opry
Saturday,
January
12,
2007
in
Nashville,
TN.
The
Shreveport-based
female
quartet,
Zie’l,
won
a
nomination
as
Best
Contemporary
Duo
or
Group.
Their
latest
CD
“Genesis
Live”
features
the
radio
hits
“Surely,
God
is
Able”
and
“Is
My
Living
in
Vain?”
Former
lead
singer
for
the
R&B
super
group,
SWV,
Coko,
won
her
first
Stellar
nomination
as
Best
Contemporary
Female
Artist
of
the
Year
for
her
debut
gospel
CD
“Grateful”
which
features
her
mega
hit
“I
Get
Joy”
with
Kirk
Franklin.
Bishop
Paul
S.
Morton’s
“Still
Standing”
project
pulled
in
four
nominations.
The
CD
was
recorded
live
at
Morton’s
original
Greater
St.
Stephen’s
Church
a
year
after
Hurricane
Katrina
destroyed
the
edifice
that
housed
his
20,000-member
congregation.
The
CD
won
nominations
in
the
categories
of
Traditional
CD
of
the
Year,
Traditional
Male
Vocalist
of
the
Year
and
a
Song
of
the
Year
nomination
for
Kurt
Carr,
who
composed
the
title
song.
Check
HYPERLINK
www.stellarawards.com
www.stellarawards.com
for
more
information
on
the
awards
and
HYPERLINK
www.light-street.com
www.light-street.com
for
information
on
Light
Records
artists.
August
20,
2007
LIGHT
RECORDS
TO
RELEASE
Bishop
Albert
Jamison
&
Dr.
Rhodena
Preston’s
“GMWA
LIVE
IN
DALLAS
2006”
ON
SEPTEMBER
25,
2007
As a
follow-up
to
their
2005
smash
hit
“Your
Testimony
Starts
With
A
Test”,
the
Gospel
Music
Workshop
of
America
(GMWA)
Choir
is
back
with
a
new
set
of
gospel
chestnuts.
The
new
project
GMWA
Live
in
Dallas
2006
(Light
Records)
will
be
released
nationally
on
September
25,
2007.
The
twelve-song
collection
is
part
of
the
40-year
legacy
of
the
GMWA,
which
has
issued
a
new
choir
album
(recorded
during
their
annual
convocations)
virtually
every
year
since
the
late
Rev.
James
Cleveland
founded
the
GMWA
in
1967.
Since
Cleveland’s
death
in
1991,
the
GMWA
chairmanship
has
passed
from
the
late
Ed
Smith
to
Bishop
Al
Hobbs
and
most
recently,
Bishop
Albert
Jamison
-
Pastor
of
Brooklyn,
NY’s
Pleasant
Grove
Tabernacle.
Bishop
Jamison
with
Dr.
Rhodena
Preston
produced
this
new
project
under
the
musical
direction
of
Andrew
“Gooch”
Gouche.
Jamison
and
Preston
have
released
two
other
GMWA
Choir
projects
on
Light
Records:
GMWA
Live
in
Kansas
City
2004
and
GMWA
Live
in
Milwaukee
2005.
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