Jan 19, 2021 | Bible & Tire - Results, New York Times
Globalfest Moves Online, Showcasing World Music Without Boundaries “Dedicated Men of Zion, a multigenerational band of family members, sang hard-driving gospel standards like ‘Can’t Turn Me Around,’ rasping and soaring into falsetto, from a backyard...
Jan 11, 2021 | Bible & Tire - Results, NPR
Watch the gospel group perform at globalFEST “The Tiny Desk is teaming up with globalFEST this year for a thrilling virtual music festival: Tiny Desk Meets globalFEST. The online fest includes four nights of concerts featuring 16 bands from all over the...
Dec 28, 2020 | Bible & Tire - Results
Memphis’ Sacred Soul Revival “Inside a restored Memphis brownstone dating to the 1860s, Pastor Juan Shipp was moving a little despite his 82 years as he peered through the studio window where old friends gathered to sing a new song of joy.” | Read...
Nov 23, 2020 | Bible & Tire - Results, NPR
A Lost Chapter Of Gospel, Saved From Extinction “The Last Shall Be First: The JCR Records Story, Vol. 1 aims to give a second life to some memorable performances that almost disappeared forever.” | Read More at...
Oct 3, 2020 | Bible & Tire - Results
New album tells the story of JCR Records “The disc comes to us through Bible & Tire Recording Co., a relatively new project from Fat Possum’s Bruce Watson.” | Read More at Dusted...
Sep 24, 2020 | American Songwriter, Bible & Tire - Results
Rare, Rousing Gospel Is Rescued By Fat Possum Label Founder “The advance promotional material of this trip back to the 70s calls these 17 songs ‘unsung grooving Memphis sacred soul’; that’s succinct and on target.” | Read More at American...
Sep 21, 2020 | Bible & Tire - Results
The Lost Worlds of JCR Records: Bible & Tire Rescues ’70s Gospel Gems “It’s fitting, given that September is Gospel Music Heritage Month, that today marks the release of another stellar album from Bible & Tire Recording Co.” | Read More at...
Sep 16, 2020 | Bible & Tire - Results
Weekly music roundup highlights The Last Shall Be First, Vol 1 “The Calvary Nightingales are just one of many bands, who’ll be part of an upcoming compilation of obscure but occasionally awesome gospel soul recordings from Memphis in the 1970s.” ...
Sep 14, 2020 | Bible & Tire - Results
From The Last Shall Be First: The JCR Record Story, Volume 1 “The collection features seventeen tracks recorded in Memphis during the 1970s along with complete liner notes by music historian/musician Michael Hurtt.” | Read More at...
Aug 24, 2020 | Bible & Tire - Results, Brooklyn Vegan
70s Memphis gospel-soul ‘JCR Records Story’ comp coming “The Last Shall Be First: the JCR Records Story, Volume 1. is an upcoming compilation of raw 1970s Memphis gospel-soul coming out September 18 via Bible & Tire, the sacred soul music label started by...
Jul 9, 2020 | Bible & Tire - Results
Four Men for God & Harmony “With their second album, they get back to where they came from: soul and the salvation of harmony.” | Read More at Elmore...
Jun 26, 2020 | Bible & Tire - Results, NPR
New Music Friday: The Top 8 Albums Out June 26 “John Morrison, Ann Powers, and Stephen Thompson of NPR Music as they share their picks for the best new albums out on June 26.” | Read More at...
Nov 18, 2019 | Bible & Tire - Results, Elizabeth King - Results
Elizabeth King and the Gospel Souls Rejoice with ‘The D-Vine Spirituals Recordings’ “Her strength and tone are obvious, but as the album progresses, her flexibility stands out.” | Read More at Pop...
Sep 18, 2019 | Barnes Brothers - Results, Bible & Tire - Results, Elizabeth King - Results, No Depression
New Label Bible & Tire Serves Up Newly Minted and Vintage Gospel Soul “Elizabeth King missed her blastoff. Forty years ago, she was on the launchpad, fueled up and ready to go, but because of circumstances beyond her control she never achieved...
Sep 10, 2019 | Barnes Brothers - Results, Bible & Tire - Results, Elizabeth King - Results, NPR
‘It’s Soul Music Without The Sex’: Fat Possum Records’ Bruce Watson Goes Gospel “For the label’s new recordings, Watson produced the Sensational Barnes Brothers himself, at Delta-Sonic Sound studios in Memphis.” | Read More...
