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Coming to a city near you this holiday season is the Let the Church Say Amen Tour honoring the music of internationally known and celebrated gospel singer/songwriter and musician Pastor Andrae Crouch. The multi city tour will feature performances from Grammy winners CeCe Winans, Pastor Marvin Winans, Israel Houghton, Bishop Rance Allen and others.  Tour dates are scheduled for Charlotte, Birmingham, Chicago, Atlanta, Milwaukee, Cleveland, Philadelphia, Orlando and Miami with other dates and cities soon to be added.

Its high tide over at Riverphlo Music Group as Letting Go, the brand new single from Commissioned alum Marcus Cole is now available.  Letting Go is the first single from the Soul Preacha CD which is expected to be released this summer.  The project is a reunion of sorts as it once again teams Cole with Super Producer Luther Mano Hanes (Andraé Crouch – “The Journey” and “Live In Los Angeles”, Israel & New Breed – “A Timeless Christmas”, Jonathan Butler – “Brand New Day”, Cece Winans – “Live In the Throne Room DVD” and “Thy Kingdom Come”) for the first time since Cole’s 2006 debut project Write My Song.

Riverphlo’s roster includes Cole, the legendary Andrae Crouch, Vonnie Lopez and Leon Timbo as well as former Commissioned member Keith Staten.

The music of Pastor Andrae Crouch was celebrated during the 26th Annual Rhythm and Soul Awards presented by ASCAP on June 27th.  Pastor Crouch’s composition, Let the Church Say Amen was lauded as ASCAP’s Top Gospel Song in 2012.  Rounding out the list for gospel were the following songs:

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GOSPELflava has been notified of the passing of Reverend Gerald Thompson, noted preacher, pastor, singer, songwriter and producer. Amongst Reverend Thompson’s production credits are co producer of On Time God and Live at Salem for the songbird of the south, Dottie Peoples. Thompson recorded several albums for the AIR Gospel label producing such hits as Hallelujah, I Found Him and Jesus Is My Rock.

Gospel Veteran Andraé Crouch has many reasons to “Keep On Singing”.  Crouch nabbed a total of five nominations for the 28th Annual Stellar Awards, including Artist of the Year, CD of the Year, Traditional CD of the Year and a Song of the Year nomination for Let The Church Say Amen (featuring Pastor Marvin Winans).      

The Journey, released in 2011 was his triumphant return to gospel music after a 5 year hiatus and featured stand out performances from the music world’s finest artists including Take 6, Kim Burrell, Rance Allen, Chaka Khan and Sheila E.  Let the Church Say Amen is well on its way to becoming a gospel standard.