The Hairstons welcome a beautiful baby girl, Jayelle Lalah Hairston, born June 3, 2010 at 4:29 am ET. Baby Jayelle weighed in at 6 pounds, 12 ounces and is reportedly doing great.

This caps off a huge week for Hairston as he and his choir Youthful Praise continue to celebrate the success of their latest single “Resting On His Promise,” which reached #3 on the Billboard Top Gospel Songs charts. If you have a moment, check out the single and tell us what you think. Don’t have it? 1230AM WDBZ The Buzz will be back shortly with a few tunes from the Youthful Praise crew for your listening pleasure.

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The two-day event is slated to feature over 50 of the industry’s top artists including Fred Hammond, Richard Smallwood & Vision,Ricky Dillard & New G, Hezekiah Walker & LFC, Byron Cage, The Caravans featuring Albertina Walker, Dorothy Norwood, Inez Andrews, & Delores Washington, Kathy Taylor, Bishop Darrell McFadden & The Disciples, and James “J.J.” Hairston with Youthful Praise.

Now if you’re planning a quick getaway for that particular weekend, why not head to the Windy City for a few days praising the Lord with all your faves? Let us know what you think of the annual GospelFest lineup.

Here’s a gallery of the artists coming to celebrate during the annual GospelFest.

If you plan on attending, post your thoughts and what you’re anticipating with this experience in the comments section below. Have any of you ever seen any of these artists live in concert before? What was that experience like?

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I had the pleasure meeting this awesome servant of the Lord a few years ago. A mutual friend and colleague, Joseph Burney, an executive at Zomba/Verity introduced us. I have had the privilege of working with some of the entertainment industries most gifted and talented artists and celebrities and by far this young man ranks amongst the most humble, grounded, and gifted artist I have ever met.

As for the music, this project features three of all time favorites, Pastor Shirley Caesar, Evangelist Dorinda Clark Cole and Myron Butler. Pastor Caesar lends hear vocals on the tag “High Praise”. This toe tappin’, hand clapping, head swaying song is a joyful up-tempo track that takes you to church. Pastor Caesar is one of the few gospel icons with whom I have yet to work. I hope to accomplish this sooner than later. Evangelist Cole not only is one of my favorite artist to work with, but her vocals are always smooth as silk and off the chain! As always, she delivers a powerful performance on the jazzy gospel selection, “Still Mighty, Still Strong.” Myron Butler graces the project with, “Great Expectation.” This up-tempo song is a wonderful praise and worship song with its celebratory overtones.

Other notable mentions are, “Powerful God”, “Lord You’re Mighty”, and the title song, “Resting on His Promise” is an awesome anthem of encouragement, hope and faith that speaks to the awesome relationship that we have with our Father and Maker, and the promises He has made to us.

“Resting On His Promise” is currently in the #4 position on Billboard’s Charts.

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