Gospel Music Channel Celebrates Black Music Month

Gospel Music Channel Celebrates Black Music Month
with Concerts and Specials Featuring Gospel Music's Legends and Today's Hitmakers

Atlanta, GA (BlackNews.com) - Gospel Music Channel, the nation’s first and only 24/7 all Gospel/Christian music television network, will celebrate Black Music Month in June with month-long programming that will pay tribute to the rich musical contributions African-American musicians, singers, and composers have made to the culture of our Nation and to the world.

The Gospel Music Channel’s Black Music Month programming will include a diverse and rousing schedule of specials, returning series and special events featuring artists like Ben Harper, Blind Boys of Alabama, Kirk Franklin, Anointed, Fred Hammond, Yolanda Adams, Byron Cage, Walter Hawkins, Nicole C. Mullen, The Clark Sisters, Mahalia Jackson, and Shirley Caesar.

Every Sunday in June, prime time will be dedicated to exclusive Black Music Month specials and documentaries:

* June 3 at 8 p.m. ET/PT, Gospel Music Channel presents the documentary special, Mahalia Jackson: Give God the Glory, capturing the excitement of her triumphant European tour of the early 1970's, with performances and behind-the-scenes footage.

* June 10 at 8 p.m. ET/PT, Gospel Music Channel presents the digitally re-mastered Say Amen Somebody. This award-winning 1982 documentary, sponsored by Allstate, focuses on two of the pioneers of modern gospel, Thomas Andrew Dorsey and "Mother" Willie Mae Ford.

* June 17 at 8 p.m. ET/PT, Gospel Music Channel presents Ben Harper and the Blind Boys of Alabama Live at the Apollo, a one-night-only SRO performance of the Grammy winning album, There Will Be a Light. The show was produced at Harlem's legendary Apollo Theater, with backing by Harper’s band, the Innocent Criminals, and featuring electrifying performances with the Blind Boys.

* June 24 at 8 p.m. ET/PT, Gospel Music Channel presents Gotta Serve Somebody, The Gospel Songs of Bob Dylan, an exclusive special in which today's top gospel artists, including the Mighty Clouds of Joy, Aaron Neville and Shirley Caesar reinterpret the gospel songs of Bob Dylan from his critically acclaimed Slow Train Comin" and Saved albums. The special also includes live footage of Dylan performing When He Returns (Slow Train Coming) during a 1980 concert.

Other highlights for Black Music Month programming on The Gospel Music Channel:

* June 23 at 8 p.m. ET/PT, Gospel Music Channel presents the world premiere of Hometown Gospel: Atlanta. This special delivers the rich history, flavor and contemporary spirit of gospel and Christian music in Atlanta, hosted by Stellar and Grammy Award winner Byron Cage.

* Various times/dates. Faith and Fame. Gospel artists share stories of their lives, family, music and faith. GMC viewers go behind the scenes for a tour of the private world of stars such as Bishop Paul Morton, Blind Boys of Alabama, Yolanda Adams, The Williams Brothers, Byron Cage, Walter Hawkins, and Dorothy Norwood.

* Various times/dates. Front Row Live. Throughout June, powerhouse gospel artists host their own concert performances produced exclusively for Gospel Music Channel. Featured artists include The Clark Sisters and Kirk Franklin.

About Gospel Music ChannelGospel Music Channel (GospelMusicChannel.com) is the first and only 24-hour, advertiser-supported, all music entertainment network devoted to the uplifting, inspiring, and diverse music that is gospel. Gospel Music Channel embraces an audience that crosses cultures and captures generations, delivering a fan base so large and passionate it deserves its own network. From the soulful voices that fill the storied halls of Harlem to the contemporary sounds of today’s Christian pop, rock, hip hop, and R&B, gospel music has never been more diverse, and Gospel Music Channel has it all. GMC can be seen on various cable systems around the country.

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