::THE SLICE REPORT WITH MONA AUSTIN

buzzz worthy. . . Jackson, MS - Quartet Pioneer and father of D.A. Johnson (Executive Director, Gospel Division Malaco Music Group), Willie Connell Johnson passed on Thursday March 6, 2014, at his home, surrounded by family in Jamaica, NY. Willie Connell Johnson, b orn in Sumter, SC, founder of The Mighty Brooklyn Skyways, a quartet that enjoyed such hits as, “Everybody Wants To Go To Heaven (But Nobody Really Wants To Die),” “May The Work I’ve Done Speak For Me,” and “Unbelievable Man,” all with Peacock Records. In the seventies, The Skyways recorded three albums with Savoy Records now wholly owned by the Malaco Music Group. Willie Johnson was honored when he was invited to participate in the historic recording of the 3 CD / 3 DVD Box Set of "Gospel Legends" released exclusively for television in 2005. D.A. Johnson has brought the family legacy full circle by signing with Savoy / Malaco Records in 1999.   Please kee...

Seekers produce latest multi-generational album in a week, secures distribution with Malaco and strives to make the genre thrive again    In the same amount of time it took God to create the universe—a week—the Soul Seekers said let there be music and there was music.    “We started rehearsing with a clean slate.   Just seven days before we didn’t have not [sic] one song,” Warryn Campbell (Luther, Brandy, Kanye) one of the lead singers said about their microwave fast turn-around time.   That effort, Soul Seekers II, is soon to be released on My Block/Sovereign Music.   The Soul Seekers are a group of hip, award-winning mainstream LA   music producers   on a mission to spread the good news “and help advance quartet music,” a genre that Campbell says is an often overlooked dying breed.   Many gospel quartet pioneers have passed away in recent years and Campbell, a master bassist, says he feels obligated to continue the music that h...