Tim Dillinger
@timdillinger.bsky.social
Writing the New York Community Choir biography. Curator of #GodsMusicIsMyLife at Substack/YT. Reissue producer/Liner Notes writer for Cherry Red Records, Omnivore Recordings and others. He/him.
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Tim Dillinger
@timdillinger.bsky.social
· Aug 24
The brand new God's Music Is My Life is up! The week's focus is on mainstream albums from 1985 that reflected a contemporary Christian ethos.
Read here: godsmusicismylife.substack.com/p/1985-i-wan...
Read here: godsmusicismylife.substack.com/p/1985-i-wan...
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New music from Rissi Palmer and Automatic, a tribute to Donna Jean Godchaux-MacKay, Mahalia and Mavis sing "Satisfied Mind" and more. Turn It Up at No Fences Review (w/ @charleshughes2.bsky.social )
Turn It Up - 11/11/2025
Earworms, obsessions, recommendations
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November 11, 2025 at 3:26 PM
New music from Rissi Palmer and Automatic, a tribute to Donna Jean Godchaux-MacKay, Mahalia and Mavis sing "Satisfied Mind" and more. Turn It Up at No Fences Review (w/ @charleshughes2.bsky.social )
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#OnDemand #FreeToStream... How a Sunday should sound! 17 tracks of righteous behaviour are served up as @timdillinger.bsky.social delivers his latest uplifting edition of Church of the Good Groove 🎧 buff.ly/5TGBMG8 Amen to that. #COTGG #Gospel 발견하다
November 9, 2025 at 10:36 AM
#OnDemand #FreeToStream... How a Sunday should sound! 17 tracks of righteous behaviour are served up as @timdillinger.bsky.social delivers his latest uplifting edition of Church of the Good Groove 🎧 buff.ly/5TGBMG8 Amen to that. #COTGG #Gospel 발견하다
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#OnDemand #FreeToStream #LatestShows... Perfect any day of the week! 17 tracks of righteous behaviour are served up as @timdillinger.bsky.social delivers another uplifting edition of Church of the Good Groove 🎧 buff.ly/rTe8kKG Amen to that. #COTGG #Gospel Khám phá
November 5, 2025 at 3:13 PM
#OnDemand #FreeToStream #LatestShows... Perfect any day of the week! 17 tracks of righteous behaviour are served up as @timdillinger.bsky.social delivers another uplifting edition of Church of the Good Groove 🎧 buff.ly/rTe8kKG Amen to that. #COTGG #Gospel Khám phá
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#OnDemand #FreeToStream... How a Sunday should sound! 17 tracks of righteous behaviour are served up as @timdillinger.bsky.social delivers his latest uplifting edition of Church of the Good Groove 🎧 buff.ly/5TGBMG8 Amen to that. #COTGG #Gospel 발견하다
November 2, 2025 at 10:52 AM
#OnDemand #FreeToStream... How a Sunday should sound! 17 tracks of righteous behaviour are served up as @timdillinger.bsky.social delivers his latest uplifting edition of Church of the Good Groove 🎧 buff.ly/5TGBMG8 Amen to that. #COTGG #Gospel 발견하다
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#OnDemand #FreeToStream... How a Sunday should sound! 17 tracks of righteous behaviour are served up as @timdillinger.bsky.social delivers October's uplifting edition of Church of the Good Groove 🎧 www.soulandjazz.com/category/lat... Amen to that. #COTGG #Gospel Découvrir
October 26, 2025 at 9:58 AM
#OnDemand #FreeToStream... How a Sunday should sound! 17 tracks of righteous behaviour are served up as @timdillinger.bsky.social delivers October's uplifting edition of Church of the Good Groove 🎧 www.soulandjazz.com/category/lat... Amen to that. #COTGG #Gospel Découvrir
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#OnDemand #FreeToStream... When you know, you know. @timdillinger.bsky.social Church of the Good Groove 🎧 buff.ly/5TGBMG8 #COTGG #Gospel #17GoodReasons ディスカバー
October 23, 2025 at 10:37 AM
#OnDemand #FreeToStream... When you know, you know. @timdillinger.bsky.social Church of the Good Groove 🎧 buff.ly/5TGBMG8 #COTGG #Gospel #17GoodReasons ディスカバー
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#OnDemand #FreeToStream... How a Sunday should sound! 17 tracks of righteous behaviour are served up as @timdillinger.bsky.social delivers October's uplifting edition of Church of the Good Groove 🎧 www.soulandjazz.com/category/lat... Amen to that. #COTGG #Gospel Découvrir
October 19, 2025 at 9:19 AM
#OnDemand #FreeToStream... How a Sunday should sound! 17 tracks of righteous behaviour are served up as @timdillinger.bsky.social delivers October's uplifting edition of Church of the Good Groove 🎧 www.soulandjazz.com/category/lat... Amen to that. #COTGG #Gospel Découvrir
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#OnDemand #FreeToStream... 17 tracks of righteous behaviour are served up as @timdillinger.bsky.social delivers October's uplifting edition of Church of the Good Groove 🎧 www.soulandjazz.com/category/lat... Amen to that. #COTGG #Gospel Uppgötva
October 17, 2025 at 4:13 PM
#OnDemand #FreeToStream... 17 tracks of righteous behaviour are served up as @timdillinger.bsky.social delivers October's uplifting edition of Church of the Good Groove 🎧 www.soulandjazz.com/category/lat... Amen to that. #COTGG #Gospel Uppgötva
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#OnDemand #FreeToStream... 17 tracks of righteous behaviour are served up as @timdillinger.bsky.social delivers October's uplifting edition of Church of the Good Groove 🎧 www.soulandjazz.com/category/lat... Amen to that. #COTGG #Gospel 查出
October 15, 2025 at 7:56 AM
#OnDemand #FreeToStream... 17 tracks of righteous behaviour are served up as @timdillinger.bsky.social delivers October's uplifting edition of Church of the Good Groove 🎧 www.soulandjazz.com/category/lat... Amen to that. #COTGG #Gospel 查出
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#OnDemand #FreeToStream... 17 tracks of righteous behaviour are served up as @timdillinger.bsky.social delivers October's uplifting edition of Church of the Good Groove 🎧 www.soulandjazz.com/category/lat... Amen to that. #COTGG #Gospel Découvrir
October 13, 2025 at 3:03 PM
#OnDemand #FreeToStream... 17 tracks of righteous behaviour are served up as @timdillinger.bsky.social delivers October's uplifting edition of Church of the Good Groove 🎧 www.soulandjazz.com/category/lat... Amen to that. #COTGG #Gospel Découvrir
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#OnDemand #FreeToStream... 17 tracks of righteous behaviour are served up as @timdillinger.bsky.social delivers October's uplifting edition of Church of the Good Groove 🎧 www.soulandjazz.com/category/lat... Amen to that. #COTGG #Gospel ディスカバー
October 12, 2025 at 8:56 PM
#OnDemand #FreeToStream... 17 tracks of righteous behaviour are served up as @timdillinger.bsky.social delivers October's uplifting edition of Church of the Good Groove 🎧 www.soulandjazz.com/category/lat... Amen to that. #COTGG #Gospel ディスカバー
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#OnDemand #FreeToStream... Perfect any day of the week! 16 tracks of righteous behaviour are served up as @timdillinger.bsky.social delivers September's uplifting edition of Church of the Good Groove 🎧 buff.ly/hp0lV0U Amen to that. #COTGG #Gospel Découvrir
September 26, 2025 at 7:58 AM
#OnDemand #FreeToStream... Perfect any day of the week! 16 tracks of righteous behaviour are served up as @timdillinger.bsky.social delivers September's uplifting edition of Church of the Good Groove 🎧 buff.ly/hp0lV0U Amen to that. #COTGG #Gospel Découvrir
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Rock That Doesn't Roll: The Story of Christian Music | 1985: The Critical Year of CCM (ft. Tim Dillinger)
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1985: The Critical Year of CCM (ft. Tim Dillinger)
In 1985 the Contemporary Christian Music industry reached a cultural height it would never regain. That's the basic case that Tim Dillinger has been making lately in his Substack, God's Music Is My Li...
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September 28, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Rock That Doesn't Roll: The Story of Christian Music | 1985: The Critical Year of CCM (ft. Tim Dillinger)
#Christian ⛪🔊🤺
#Ccm
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#Christian ⛪🔊🤺
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By: Tim Dillinger on Wednesday, May 14, 2025
By: Tim Dillinger on Wednesday, May 14, 2025
‘It Must Be Magic’: Teena Marie Hones Her Musical Vision
Featuring the hit song 'Square Biz,' Teena Marie's 1981 'It Must Be Magic' album was her most successful record to that point.
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May 15, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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By: Tim Dillinger on Wednesday, May 14, 2025
By: Tim Dillinger on Wednesday, May 14, 2025
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#OnDemand #FreeToStream... 16 tracks of righteous behaviour are served up as @timdillinger.bsky.social delivers September's uplifting edition of Church of the Good Groove 🎧 buff.ly/oj5Sean Amen to that. #COTGG #Gospel Löytää
September 21, 2025 at 8:28 AM
#OnDemand #FreeToStream... 16 tracks of righteous behaviour are served up as @timdillinger.bsky.social delivers September's uplifting edition of Church of the Good Groove 🎧 buff.ly/oj5Sean Amen to that. #COTGG #Gospel Löytää
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#OnDemand #FreeToStream... 16 tracks of righteous behaviour are served up as @timdillinger.bsky.social delivers September's uplifting edition of Church of the Good Groove 🎧 buff.ly/oj5Sean Amen to that. #COTGG #Gospel Khám phá
September 20, 2025 at 10:26 AM
#OnDemand #FreeToStream... 16 tracks of righteous behaviour are served up as @timdillinger.bsky.social delivers September's uplifting edition of Church of the Good Groove 🎧 buff.ly/oj5Sean Amen to that. #COTGG #Gospel Khám phá
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#OnDemand #FreeToStream... 16 tracks of righteous behaviour are served up as @timdillinger.bsky.social delivers September's uplifting edition of Church of the Good Groove 🎧 buff.ly/oj5Sean Amen to that. #COTGG #Gospel ディスカバー
September 19, 2025 at 9:45 AM
#OnDemand #FreeToStream... 16 tracks of righteous behaviour are served up as @timdillinger.bsky.social delivers September's uplifting edition of Church of the Good Groove 🎧 buff.ly/oj5Sean Amen to that. #COTGG #Gospel ディスカバー
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#OnDemand #FreeToStream... 16 tracks of righteous behaviour are served up as @timdillinger.bsky.social delivers September's uplifting edition of Church of the Good Groove 🎧 buff.ly/oj5Sean Amen to that. #COTGG #Gospel Découvrir
September 17, 2025 at 8:42 AM
#OnDemand #FreeToStream... 16 tracks of righteous behaviour are served up as @timdillinger.bsky.social delivers September's uplifting edition of Church of the Good Groove 🎧 buff.ly/oj5Sean Amen to that. #COTGG #Gospel Découvrir
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The brand new God's Music Is My Life newsletter is up! It's all about the contributions of women in the development of CCM with a focus on Reba Rambo--with details about the 4 new reissues I've produced from her back catalog. Read here: godsmusicismylife.substack.com/p/reba-rambo...
February 8, 2025 at 6:46 PM
The brand new God's Music Is My Life newsletter is up! It's all about the contributions of women in the development of CCM with a focus on Reba Rambo--with details about the 4 new reissues I've produced from her back catalog. Read here: godsmusicismylife.substack.com/p/reba-rambo...
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The brand new God's Music Is My Life newsletter is UP! This week takes a deeper look into 1985 and the intersection of R&B and CCM, focusing on 3 soulful releases by Russ Taff, Howard McCrary and Jessy Dixon.
Deep dive here! godsmusicismylife.substack.com/p/1985-where...
Deep dive here! godsmusicismylife.substack.com/p/1985-where...
January 18, 2025 at 11:30 PM
The brand new God's Music Is My Life newsletter is UP! This week takes a deeper look into 1985 and the intersection of R&B and CCM, focusing on 3 soulful releases by Russ Taff, Howard McCrary and Jessy Dixon.
Deep dive here! godsmusicismylife.substack.com/p/1985-where...
Deep dive here! godsmusicismylife.substack.com/p/1985-where...
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Before becoming Nashville’s go-to background vocalist, Bob Bailey released three soulful solo albums in the ’80s. Now re-released, he joins me on Untethered Southerner to talk recovery, resilience, and carving space as a Black, gay man in the music industry.
Bob Bailey’s Voice Takes Center Stage
Nashville’s top background vocalist reclaims his solo career—and his story.
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April 25, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Before becoming Nashville’s go-to background vocalist, Bob Bailey released three soulful solo albums in the ’80s. Now re-released, he joins me on Untethered Southerner to talk recovery, resilience, and carving space as a Black, gay man in the music industry.
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The brand new God's Music Is My Life is UP! This week celebrates the 50th anniversary of Evie's "Again" and The Downings "Praise Him!," albums that are more progressive than some expect from artists considered to be middle of the road.
READ HERE: godsmusicismylife.substack.com/p/the-interp...
READ HERE: godsmusicismylife.substack.com/p/the-interp...
May 24, 2025 at 7:34 PM
The brand new God's Music Is My Life is UP! This week celebrates the 50th anniversary of Evie's "Again" and The Downings "Praise Him!," albums that are more progressive than some expect from artists considered to be middle of the road.
READ HERE: godsmusicismylife.substack.com/p/the-interp...
READ HERE: godsmusicismylife.substack.com/p/the-interp...
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The brand new God's Music Is My Life newsletter is up, looking at the massive output that Táta Vega generated in the worlds of CCM and gospel music in 1985.
READ HERE: godsmusicismylife.substack.com/p/tata-vegas...
READ HERE: godsmusicismylife.substack.com/p/tata-vegas...
Tata Vega's 1985 Breakout
An exploration of the contributions of Táta Vega, an often-overlooked, powerhouse vocalist.
godsmusicismylife.substack.com
July 12, 2025 at 8:48 PM
The brand new God's Music Is My Life newsletter is up, looking at the massive output that Táta Vega generated in the worlds of CCM and gospel music in 1985.
READ HERE: godsmusicismylife.substack.com/p/tata-vegas...
READ HERE: godsmusicismylife.substack.com/p/tata-vegas...
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#OnDemand #FreeToStream... 16 tracks of righteous behaviour are served up as @timdillinger.bsky.social delivers September's uplifting edition of Church of the Good Groove 🎧 buff.ly/oj5Sean Amen to that. #COTGG #Gospel Découvrir
September 16, 2025 at 9:42 AM
#OnDemand #FreeToStream... 16 tracks of righteous behaviour are served up as @timdillinger.bsky.social delivers September's uplifting edition of Church of the Good Groove 🎧 buff.ly/oj5Sean Amen to that. #COTGG #Gospel Découvrir