Mary Crosby
Mary is a graduate of Renaissance High School in Detroit (where she was then Mary Sturkey) and has a B.S. in Electrical Engineering and an M.B.A. from the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor. She later went on to successfully complete the Associate Recording Engineer program at the Recording Institute of Detroit. Mary Lynne started FruitfulWorks, Inc. in 2002, after five years as a Quality Manager / Specialist at DaimlerChrysler. In addition to DetroitGospel.com, Mary Lynne keeps busy with working in the family's web design business, co-parenting two children, working as an independent quality consultant, and teaching Sunday school at Tree of Life Bible Fellowship Church.
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 Anthony Howard's home-going celebration was a "production" he would have been proud to be a part of. Friends, family, and others touched by his remarkable life gathered on Saturday, Aug. 4, 2007, at True Rock Church in Detroit to celebrate the life of a truly talented young man. Friends and colleagues from the Gospel entertainment industry included The Convictor, Darius Twyman and Lexi. Click to read Anthony's final article for DetroitGospel.com as well as a poem he'd written that was sent to us by Vanessa Lynn, CEO of 2 the Moon Productions. For Monetary and Other Donations, please mail to: KGCM c/o Anthony Howard PO Box 19101, Detroit, MI 48219 Click "Full Story" link below for Photos. Obituary coming soon (pending family permission).
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We at DetroitGospel.com are deeply saddened by the passing of one of our own; writer, producer, director, and child of the King, Anthony Howard. Anthony departed this world on Monday, July 30, 2007, and will be greatly missed by all those who knew and loved him. Active and involved right up until the end of this life, Anthony submitted his first installment of a new series of articles for DetroitGospel.com, "Anthony About Town" the night before he died. Click to read Anthony's final article for DetroitGospel.com as well as a poem he'd written that was sent to us by Vanessa Lynn, CEO of 2 the Moon Productions.
"The hardest working woman in gospel" was working hard and early this morning on Detroit's West side at The Upper Room Christian Entertainment Center. Her highly anticipated "Vickie Winans' Blow-Out Garage and Trunk Sale" is in full swing and judging by the line of folks waiting before the doors opened at 10AM, it is another successful enterprise for Detroit's own Vickie Winans.
- By Mary Crosby
- Published 01/15/2007
- Community
DetroitGospel.com recently received an inquiry from out-of-town visitor to the North American International Auto Show. She wanted to know what church she should visit on Sunday for good gospel music. Intrigued, I asked her from where she was visiting. She said that her husband is from Korea and loves gospel music, and she wanted to take him to a service in Detroit, where he could experience great gospel music live.
Here are the results from Detroit Gospel.com's New Year's Survey...
- By Mary Crosby
- Published 05/22/2006
- Event Coverage
While the world may recognize "8-Mile Road" for it's negative imagery, on Friday, May 12, 2006, the many in attendance at First Baptist World Changers on 8-Mile bore witness to many bright lights shining in the darkness. At this elegant edifice, known in Detroit for the conveniently placed billboard that sits directly above it and points the way for those seeking a vibrant church home, The Whitfield Music Group celebrated their 10th Anniversary in grand style.
- By Mary Crosby
- Published 01/16/2006
- Event Coverage
Take 6 will be releasing their first CD in 4 years entitled, Feels Good. This CD will be their first project on their new record label, Take 6 Records. Detroit Gospel.com received a promo copy and we can highly recommend that you run (don't just walk) out and pick it up on its scheduled release date of March 21. As Take 6 member David Thomas agreed (during our interview with him before a recent concert in Ann Arbor), this CD isn't about categories or genres, it's for everybody that likes great music.
- By Mary Crosby
- Published 01/9/2006
- Interviews
“Has it been 25 years?” Take 6 member, David Thomas, seemed just as surprised as I was by the longevity of the group. When I picked up Take 6’s first album (yes, we were still calling them albums back then, but it was actually a CD) in 1988, the group had already been hard at work for eight years. While there had been several name changes and a few roster changes since its inception at Oakwood College in Huntsville, AL, in 1980, Take 6 had already spent 8 years earning its shot at a national distribution deal and a recording contract with Reprise Records, a division of Warner Brothers.
- By Mary Crosby
- Published 06/9/2005
- Interviews
One of the first interviews that Detroit Gospel.com conducted was with four young ladies from Saginaw, MI, that go by the name of RiZen. It was a cold evening in February 2004, that Detroit Gospel.com first met Aundrea, Adriann, Kanika and Ashley behind the scenes of the "Experience New Life Tour" when it hit Detroit's Greater Grace Temple. The ladies were fresh off their Stellar Award win for New Artist of The Year and sharing their unique neo-traditional style across the country.
- By Mary Crosby
- Published 02/12/2005
- Event Coverage
What could inspire me and my husband to make that risky drive down I-75 to Atlanta in the middle of Winter? The opportunity to learn from the best and brightest in the gospel music industry, to network with today's and tomorrow's top gospel artists, and the promise of, "establishing generational wealth." We found all of this and more at this year's Gospel Heritage Praise & Worship Conference in Atlanta, GA.
What do Vickie Winans, Fred Hammond, and CeCe Winans have in common? Yes, they're all from Detroit, but also they each have a slammin' website. They're delivering their message in music 24 hours a day, 365 days a year to a target market of over 200 million Internet users.
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- By Mary Crosby
- Published 07/19/2007
The new site has been out there for a couple of days, and we've gotten nothing but positive feedback. Of course there are more things we want to do with the site, but we're pretty happy with this next...
- By Mary Crosby
- Published 07/15/2007
Here we go again...This is the third go-round for the DetroitGospel.com website. When we originally launched in February of 2004, the site was one of the first that our web development firm, Fruitfu...
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