Sound of Praise with Maurette

A Statue of Rosa Parks was unveiled in Montgomery, Alabama’s state capital, on the 64th anniversary of her historic refusal to give up her seat on a public bus to a white man. The memorial to the “Mother of the Civil Rights Movement” is just 30 feet from where the civil rights activists was believed […]

Famed Civil Rights Icon and Legendary Gospel Artist, The Reverend Clay Evans, passed on Wednesday, November 27, 2019. Evans was the retired Pastor of Fellowship Baptist Church in Chicago. He was 94 years old. Evans gained national notoriety for his rousing sermons, energetic storytelling style performed on television with his choirs, and for helping to […]

Gospel Artists took to their social media pages to wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving! Fred Hammond, Isaac Carree, Jonathan Nelson and others sent warm wishes from far and wide.               Even still dealing with grief in the passing of his 15-year-old daughter Mary, Micah Stampley shared a precious post, wishing […]

Losing a loved one is always difficult. It is that more difficult during the holiday season. Prayers are going up for award winning gospel artist Jacky Clark-Chisolm in the passing of her husband, Brother Glynn Chisolm on Thanksgiving Day. Clark-Chisolm announced her husband’s passing on social media: We are definitely praying for the Chisolm and […]

Gabrielle Union has been fired from “America’s Got Talent”. Union’s contract was not renewed after a very successful season on the NBC show. Based on social media interaction, Union was the said to be the #1 talent on the network TV for 2019. Wow! There is some discussion as to the true cause of her […]

Every day at the Sound of Praise with Maurette Brown Clark we are memorizing scripture! Here is this week’s scripture: Haggai 2:9 (KJV) – The glory of this latter house shall be greater than of the former, saith the Lord of hosts: and in this place will I give peace, saith the Lord of hosts. […]

Fresh off of his stellar performance at Praise 106.1’s First Ladies Tea and Luncheon last month, Gospel recording artist Vashawn Mitchell is readying to take his new music on the road in 2020. The multiple Stellar Award winning and Grammy nominated artist will be touring in support of his latest project, Elements, available everywhere music […]

Jussie Smollet is not going down without a fight. The former “Empire” actor has filed a countersuit agains the city of Chicago for claiming the city created the false narrative that he faked his hate crime attack. While there is still confusion as to what actually happened on the night that Smollet says he was […]

Every week at the Sound of Praise with Maurette Brown Clark, we are memorizing scripture! Here is this week’s scripture: James 1:22 (KJV) – But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.      Catch Maurette on the all new “Sound of Praise with Maurette Brown Clark” show […]

Bernard Tyson, the CEO of health care giant Kaiser Permanente, passed away in his sleep early Sunday morning at the age of 60. Tyson had served as Chief Executive Officer since 2013 and chairman since 2014 after a more than 30-year career with the company. Tyson was the company’s first black CEO and a champion […]