Vintage Memphis gospel imprint resurrected to find fans beyond church
Rev. Juan Shipp, owner of defunct gospel label D-Vine Spirituals, is teaming up with Oxford-based record producer Bruce Watson to re-imagine his former label. (Jim Weber/Daily Memphian)
Forty years after his own gospel heyday, former Memphis disc jockey Juan Shipp is relaunching his D-Vine Spirituals label in a partnership with record producer Bruce Watson, who says he wants to bring the music “out of the church building.”
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Bible & Tire Records Bruce Watson D-Vine Spirituals Recordings Elizabeth King Rev. Juan Shipp
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