Carl B. Phillips

Carl B. Phillips has been living gospel music for over 40 years. The formative years Carl spent participating as a member of Cass Technical High School Gospel Choir, and the Donald Vail’s Voices of Deliverance. Currently he is the National Minister of Music of the Pentecostal Assembly of Believers and he has been serving as a choir director for the same church, Greater Christ Temple, since 1976, where he is also the Minister of Music. 

Carl is a songwriter, producer, and recording artist with his first full-length cd, released in 2016 featuring the singles “Great Rain”, also the Nielsen /BDS Gospel Top 500 charting singles “I Know What God Did Last Summer” and “Meeting In The Air”. Over the years Carl has written songs recorded by gospel artists Deitrick Haddon, and Esther Smith. 

Since releasing his debut CD “Great Rain” in 2016, Carl has traveled throughout the US with live performances in Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Nashville, Atlanta Chicago and The Michigan State Fair. He’s also appeared on the television shows TCT Live, Atlanta Live, The Dorinda Show and Dr. Bobby Jones Presents. In addition he’s been nominated for a Detroit Music Awards, the Rhythm of Gospel Awards, the Canadian Glass Awards and the Independent Gospel Artist Radio Alliance Awards.

A graduate of Specs Howard School of Broadcasting, Carl’s career in Detroit Gospel Radio, includes Weekend Radio Announcer on WMKM 1440 AM, On Air Announcer, Music and Program Director for WWON 1160 AM, also Weeknight Announcer and Music Director of WEXL 1340 AM. 

Outside of radio and gospel music, Carl’s talents have allowed him to work as the local booking coordinator for the Motor City Praise Fest (at the time one on the nation’s largest outdoor gospel music festival), serve on the staff of Dr. Dorinda Clark’s Cole Singers Musicians and Arts Conference, a staff writer for Detroitgospel.com, and record audio books for several authors.

For more information visit carlbphillips.com or follow @carlbphillips on Facebook, Instagram, Reverberation and Twitter.  You can also listen to the Carl B. Phillips Station on Pandora Radio  or stream on Apple Music, Spotify, or IHeart Radio and download "Great Rain" on all digital outlets.