Morton Records Signs New Deal with SRG-ILS Group
The SRG-ILS Group proudly welcomes PJ Morton’s own Morton Records to its label roster.
Journal of Gospel Music’s Best CDs, Singles and Historic Reissues of 2025
As is our custom for this time of year, the Journal of Gospel Music presents its "best of" lists in the category of singles, albums, and historical reissues.
CeCe Winans Builds Global Legacy With Record-Breaking “More Than This” World Tour”
CeCe Winans' More Than This World Tour has expanded into a global phenomenon, marking her first international tour in more than a decade and reinforcing her influence as both an artist and evangelist.
Root Magazine Launches Rooted In Wellness Initiative at 16th Anniversary Celebration and Live Gospel Showcase in Nashville, TN
Hasan James New York, NY – July 31, 2025 – Root Magazine, one of gospel music’s premier publications, proudly announces the launch of its groundbreaking health awareness initiative, Rooted In Wellness, during its Sixteenth Anniversary Celebration and Annual Live Musical Showcase. The event will take place on Friday, August 15, 2025, at Analog at the Hutton Hotel in [...]
Gospel Industry Leader Telisa Stinson Receives Inaugural Al “The Bishop” Hobbs Legacy Award
The Alliance presented the inaugural Al "The Bishop" Hobbs Legacy Award to Gospel music industry leader Mrs. Telisa Stinson for her many years of work in the genre as a record label executive, promoter, and artist manager.
Mavis Staples reflects on activism and music, past and present.
It was a privilege and an honor to be in the number for Dr. Bernice Johnson Reagon and Toshi Reagon's presentation, and to hear Dr. James Abbington's mass choir pour [...]
It's an honor to be part of this amazing African American sacred music symposium. It is said to be the first such gathering of scholars around this single subject since the [...]
NEW YORK, October 16, 2014 – Broadcast Music, Inc.® (BMI®), a global leader in music rights management, is set to salute gospel leaders Israel Houghton, LaShun Pace and The Anointed [...]
(DETROIT, MI - October 15, 2014) Grammy Award-winning producer and Stellar Award-winning artist J Moss was home alone on Tuesday evening, October 14, when fire broke out. The fire quickly [...]
By Bob Marovich Hillsong UNITED was a big winner at the 45th Annual Dove Awards, held in Nashville, Tennessee, yesterday evening. The group took home Artist of the Year and [...]
Nash Shaffer, Jr. By Bob Marovich Bro. Nash Shaffer’s friends and loved ones said he needed no special invitation to sit in the front row of a gospel [...]
Gladys Knight uses her voice to evangelize for the Mormon Church - Local - Ohio.
The Americana Music Association saluted the Fairfield Four and McCrary Sisters. Read more here: With its awards show, the Americana Music Association embraces blues, gospel, and R&B.
Louise Williams Bishop celebrated at The Mann - Religion - Philly Tribune.
Robert Clem of One State Films has launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund his documentary on the history of gospel quartet singing. Check out the video and the giving options, [...]
Learn more about Gospel Music Heritage Month at www.gospelmusicheritage.org. If everyone who loves gospel music celebrated Gospel Music Heritage Month by purchasing one gospel CD in September, think of the [...]
Journal of Gospel Music Editor-in-Chief is honored to present "I Can’t Make This Journey By Myself: Gospel Music and the Pursuit of Community and Modernity" at the 2014 Pruit Symposium [...]
Efforts to launch first gospel radio station in Cypress underway - Your Houston News: Living.
By Bob Marovich I first met Pastor Mack C. Mason more than a decade ago. Our mutual appreciation for traditional gospel music brought us together for lunch in Chicago's Loop. [...]
By Bob Marovich Photo: Dr. E. LaQuint Weaver II & the Hallelujah Singers perform on the main stage Saturday night. Credit: Candice Shavalia / Big Red Hen Films Dr. E. LaQuint [...]
DALLAS (August 5, 2014) - Grammy Award® Nominee Tamela Mann and Gospel Icon Kirk Franklin have a lot to celebrate. The "Take Me To The King" digital single, written and [...]
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (August 4, 2014) - Stellar Award-nominated gospel recording artist Alexis Spight is being released from her recording contract with Mathew Knowles' Music World Gospel to ink a record deal [...]
Film ‘Get on Up!’ Reveals James Brown’s Gospel Roots – US – CBN News – Christian News 24-7 – CBN.com
Film 'Get on Up!' Reveals James Brown's Gospel Roots - US - CBN News - Christian News 24-7 - CBN.com.
By Bob Marovich On Tuesday, July 29, members of the Gospel Announcers Guild of the Gospel Music Workshop of America saluted their longtime friend and leader, Al "The Bishop" Hobbs, [...]
Phyllis Brown is on the far left. By Bob Marovich The Journal of Gospel Music learned today from Chicago Area Gospel Announcers Guild President Yvonne Wesley-Seabrooks that Phyllis Brown [...]
Henry "Hanq" Neal By Bob Marovich In 2012, the Wheeler Avenue Mass Choir recorded a CD in honor of the Houston, Texas church's fiftieth anniversary. The full-length album, [...]
I am pleased to announce on its tenth anniversary that The Black Gospel Blog is now the Journal of Gospel Music. The name change reflects the proper title of the [...]
