Beltway Buzz

The 7th Annual DMV Musicians and Singers Fellowship Banquet Honorees will take place Monday, January 23, 2023 at 7:00 pm ET at the Kettering Baptist Church Legacy Center. This will be a return in-person gathering for the fellowship....

Last night, Faith City Music held their live concert celebration for their debut album, Welcome to Faith City, at Spirit of Faith Christian Center. The group is led by TimBowman Jr., an American Grammy, Dove, and Stellar Award-nominated gospel artist. He assembled...

Update: The concert has been canceled!! We will provide updates in the future, when available. Jared Sawyers is a proud fifth-generation native Washingtonian with roots in Georgetown. He attended D.C. public schools before his family moved to Silver Spring, Maryland, where...

The  Hymns With Phillip Carter “I Love Hymns Family Gathering” is heading to Baltimore  July 15-16, 2022 at New Shiloh Baptist Church. There will be a community-wide hymn sing on Friday, July 15 and it includes special performances. The event...

Music industry professional Andrea René Williams is known as a former GRAMMY Awards Manager and a current publicist, who has represented artists such as Gladys Knight, Pastor Charles Jenkins and the late Andraé Crouch. But few know that the Berklee College of...

Stellar Award nominated Charles Butler & Trinity released a new project, just in time for the holiday season. “The Good News” is a message of hope that Jesus is Lord, He is still on the throne and He has  everything in the...

Gospel music has a new supergroup consisting of three incredibly talented, focused, and enthusiastic men of faith. Rob Mercer, CD Porter and Javon Inman are the brotherhood united to become DRK 2 LGHT. With John P. Kee, The Winans, Commissioned, Yolanda Adams, The Clark Sisters,...

Capitol Hill may never be the same after the Gospel Music Heritage Month celebration that took place on Thursday, September 26 at the United States Capitol.  WHUR radio broadcast legend, Jacquie Gales Webb served as mistress of ceremonies for the evening filled...

2017 was a great year for gospel artists and musicians in and around the Beltway in metropolitan Washington, D.C. As the year comes to a close we take time to reflect on the Top Ten gospel music stories in the...

Richard Smallwood honored his late mother by launching a foundation in her memory.  The Mabel R. Smallwood Foundation launch took place Friday, April 26 at Howard University’s Andrew Rankin Memorial Chapel. Mrs. Smallwood was a foster parent who cared for 14...