Jun 7, 2022 | Bible & Tire - Releases, MMRF - Releases, Press Releases
Dedicated Men of Zion (DMZ) – the North Carolina sacred soul family quartet that’s been featured in an NPR Tiny Desk Concert – has confirmed a northeast tour, an appearance on NPR Mountain Stage, and released a new music video. NPR Music said, “The world needs this...
May 3, 2022 | Bible & Tire - Releases, MMRF - Releases, Press Releases
Getting his start with rock and roll band The Soul Twisters before becoming multi-instrumentalist for sacred soul legends the Glorifying Vines Sisters (his wife Dorothy Vines’ group), Johnny Ray Daniels has stepped out on his own at the age of 76 with his first solo...
Mar 7, 2022 | Bible & Tire - Releases, MMRF - Releases, Press Releases
Whatever You Need out May 6 via Producer Bruce Watson’s Bible & Tire Recording Co. as First Single “I Shall Not Be Moved” Out Today “Johnny Ray Daniels [sings] the blues to chase out the devil.”–MOJO “Powerful.”–PopMatters “When he...
Jan 25, 2022 | Bible & Tire - Releases, MMRF - Releases, Press Releases
Bruce Watson Produced Album, Which Also Features Grammy Winner Matt Ross-Spang on Guitar “The world needs this music right now.” –Robin Hilton, NPR Music “What they call sacred soul: a nexus of secular soul music and gospel and you hear it all in here, right? It’s got...
Oct 20, 2021 | Bible & Tire - Releases, MMRF - Releases, Press Releases
Outlets like NPR, MOJO, WNYC, and DownBeat are hailing Sacred Soul of North Carolina, the compilation album and half-hour documentary film out last week on Bible & Tire Recording Co. and Music Maker Foundation. The landmark collection was newly recorded by...
Oct 5, 2021 | Bible & Tire - Releases, Press Releases
Esquire, Apple Music Make it Featured New Release Picks Elder Jack Ward – the sacred soul singer born in the Mississippi Delta who came up singing blues songs before moving to Memphis and joining the Christian Harmonizers for their 1964 hit “Don’t Need No Doctor” – is...
Sep 29, 2021 | Bible & Tire - Releases, MMRF - Releases, Press Releases
Album and accompanying film recorded in the field in makeshift recording studio in rural, eastern NC right before pandemic Bible & Tire Recording Co. and Music Maker Relief Foundation have shared the new single from the landmark Sacred Soul of North Carolina...
Aug 17, 2021 | Bible & Tire - Releases, MMRF - Releases, Press Releases
Accompanying Documentary Film Out Oct. 5 Via Folkstreams When Tim Duffy of the Music Maker Foundation took Memphis’ Bruce Watson (Fat Possum Records, Big Legal Mess, and the new Bible & Tire Recording Co.) to rural eastern North Carolina to hear sacred soul music,...
Jul 13, 2021 | Bible & Tire - Releases, Press Releases
1st Single Out Tomorrow with Music Video Elder Jack Ward could’ve gone either way. He grew up in the Mississippi Delta, listening to Elmore James and Howlin’ Wolf and singing the blues himself. Living in Itta Bena, MS (also home to B.B. King), Ward made himself a...
Jun 1, 2021 | Bible & Tire - Releases, Press Releases
The Last Shall Be first: The JCR Records Story, Vol. 2 Follows Last Year’s Critically-Acclaimed Vol. 1, Hailed As “A Righteous Riot” by Mojo Following the widespread critical acclaim lavished upon Vol. 1 everywhere from NPR to Mojo, Bruce Watson’s...
Sep 29, 2020 | Bible & Tire - Releases, Press Releases
An interview with WKNO, Memphis’ NPR station, is forthcoming Bible & Tire Recording Co., the new sacred soul label from Bruce Watson of Fat Possum, has released ‘The Last Shall Be First: The JCR Records Story, Vol. 1’ to rapturous reviews. An interview with WKNO,...
Aug 24, 2020 | Bible & Tire - Releases, Press Releases
Brooklyn Vegan premieres first single “Keep On Pushing” by the Calvary Nightingales Bruce Watson’s acclaimed Memphis, TN-based label Bible & Tire Recording Co. has confirmed The Last Shall Be First: The JCR Record Story, Volume 1, out September 18. The...
Jul 2, 2020 | Bible & Tire - Releases, Press Releases
“The World Needs This Music Right Now” –NPR Music North Carolina family gospel group Dedicated Men of Zion’s ‘Can’t Turn Me Around’ comes out today on Bible & Tire Recording Co., the label founded by Fat Possum’s Bruce Watson. NPR Music aired “Down...
May 1, 2020 | Bible & Tire - Releases, Press Releases
Brooklyn Vegan Shares First Track “I Feel Alright” Can’t Turn Me Around, Family Group’s Debut Album Out June 26 Concerted Efforts Picks Up Band for Booking Representation “These folks got the right idea and I’m loving it big time! That’s what...
Sep 10, 2019 | Barnes Brothers - Releases, Bible & Tire - Releases, Elizabeth King - Releases, Press Releases
Sept 20 Marks First Releases by Sensational Barnes Brothers and Elizabeth King & the Gospel Souls Bruce Watson of Fat Possum Records will launch the new label Bible & Tire Recording Co. to showcase new and archival Memphis gospel releases, the first of which...
