Word has it that Kierra Sheard will be having a live recording at the end of this month, featuring her BRL Choir, on Monday, February 28, 2011 at the Harold Washington Cultural Center in Chicago, IL.  The recording is for her upcoming project, titled Free, which is set to be released on Karew Records, the recently formed label of parents Karen Clark Sheard and Bishop J Drew Sheard.

BRL, which stands for Bold Right Life, is the youth initiative she began years ago, through which she’s hosted conferences, concerts and skating parties.  Tapped to produce the project is none other than Kierra’s brother, rising producer J Drew Sheard II (“JDS“) who’s already earned a more than impressive list of production credits.

Admission to the recording is free, but for $35, you can grab the VIP Experience Package, which guarantees preferred seating, a meet & greet with Kierra, and a pre-order of the recorded album.  To purchase the VIP package, contact Juan Kirkman at (312) 545-4775 or info@juanandonlyevents.com.

Dorinda Clark-Cole is busy busy busy prepping for her annual Singers & Musicians Conference.  It’s gonna be September 23-26, 2009 at Greater Emmanuel Institution COGIC in Detroit, MI.

Check out the flyers:

And visit http://www.singersandmusicians.com/ for registration details and other info on the conference.

Anyone planning to attend???

Word has it that the whole Clark Sisters Live: One Last Time, wasn’t their “last time” by ANY means!

Apparently, the ladies are slated to release a CHRISTMAS album at the end of this year AND another full project in 2010, both to be released on EMI Gospel.

And, you know how I mentioned that Karen and her husband, J. Drew Sheard, have started Karew Records?  Well, the label is an imprint of EMI Gospel and the intention is that the sisters will, one-by-one, be added to the artist roster as solo artists AND have ownership of their own masters.  Plus, their son, J. Drew, is slated to be A&R rep for Karew.  Coolness!

AND, don’t forget that they’re performing “Higher Ground” (which I featured on this site last week) and “You Brought The Sunshine” on ABC’s The View this morning!!!

Shout-out to Jawn Murray for sharing ALL of that Clark Sisters info with the industry (and, Happy-Day-After-Your-Birthday, dude!).  And props to our loyal reader, Curtis, for nudging me to talk about it all.

Ok, talk to me:

(1) How do we feel about the Christmas album idea– hit or miss?

(2) Are we excited for the 2010 project, and can Donald Lawrence produce it again, please?!

(3) When/how is Dorinda gonna be added to Karew Records?  Is her GospoCentric contract gonna be up???

Thoughts???