The history and influence of Black gospel music is being revitalized in Louisville through a one-of-a-kind cultural preservation initiative known as I'm Glad About It: The Legacy of Gospel Music in Louisville, 1958-1981.
By Robert M. Marovich On Friday, November 12, 2021, Baylor University opened the doors to its new Black Gospel Archive and Listening Center. It is an extension of the Black Gospel Music Restoration Project, funded initially by Charles Royce and helmed by Baylor professor Robert Darden. JGM's Bob Marovich was [...]
The Dali-esque artist who painted nearly 200 Savoy Records album covers during the 1960s--the majority for the label's gospel series--and signed his work "Harvey" with no surname, has been somewhat of a mystery to record collectors. On David Peterkofsky's For Keeps podcast, Robbie Rogers shines a light on who Harvey [...]
By Bob Marovich When his mother passed away in 2004, filmmaker David Licata began to ponder life’s timeless questions: What is our purpose on earth? What do we want to leave as a legacy? The result is a forthcoming documentary, A Life’s Work. Licata’s first feature-length project (he has completed two short [...]
Baylor University art professor Terry Roller and his Art 4331 students took on a special assignment: Design custom album jackets for 45 rpm discs in Baylor's Black Gospel Music Restoration Project, overseen by Professor Robert Darden. The students in Art 4331 came up with some very creative concepts - arguably [...]
JGM Editor-in-Chief Bob Marovich was interviewed for this podcast on gospel music and the Civil Rights movement. Professor Robert Darden of Baylor University, Dwandalyn Reese of the Smithsonian Institution, and Professor Birgitta Johnson of the University of South Carolina School of Music are also interviewed for this podcast, part of [...]
JGM's editor-in-chief Bob Marovich and Professor Robert Darden of Baylor University were interviewed for this Baltimore Sun article by columnist Dan Rodricks about the elusive Mighty Wonders of Aquasco, Maryland. Read here: www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/bs-md-rodricks-0125-20150124-column.html
Nothing But Love in God’s Water: Volume 1: Black Sacred Music from the Civil War to the Civil Rights Movement Robert Darden Penn State University Press (224 pages) By Bob Marovich “A singing army is a winning army, and a singing labor movement cannot be defeated.” So proclaimed labor leader [...]
By Bob Marovich Michael Castellini made ample use of the Black Gospel Music Restoration Project at Baylor University, and the counsel of gospel music historian Professor Robert Darden, to write his Master's thesis on gospel music and the civil rights movement. In "Sit In, Stand Up and Sing Out!: Black [...]
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