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“I Count Everything as Joy” – Rev. Reginald W. Sharpe Jr. & Fellowship Chicago
"I Count Everything as Joy" is the lead single from Fellowship Chicago's new album, The Flow, which released digitally on April 3.
JGM Pick of the Week – April 7, 2026
“After While” Brandon Camphor TOMii Entertainment (release date: June 20, 2025) By Robert M. Marovich Twenty years after arriving on the national gospel scene, Baltimore-based singer-songwriter and group leader Brandon Camphor delivers “After While,” his best single to date. It’s a rumination on today’s myriad social, economic, and political problems, [...]
“That’s the Way God Planned It” a Celebratory but Clear-Eyed Portrait of R&R Hall of Famer Billy Preston
The documentary That’s the Way God Planned It is a vividly candid and elegiac portrayal of the life of music sensation Billy Preston.
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“I Count Everything as Joy” – Rev. Reginald W. Sharpe Jr. & Fellowship Chicago
"I Count Everything as Joy" is the lead single from Fellowship Chicago's new album, The Flow, which released digitally on April 3.
JGM Pick of the Week – April 7, 2026
“After While” Brandon Camphor TOMii Entertainment (release date: June 20, 2025) By Robert M. Marovich Twenty years after arriving on the national gospel scene, Baltimore-based singer-songwriter and group leader Brandon Camphor delivers “After While,” his best single to date. It’s a rumination on today’s myriad social, economic, and political problems, [...]
“That’s the Way God Planned It” a Celebratory but Clear-Eyed Portrait of R&R Hall of Famer Billy Preston
The documentary That’s the Way God Planned It is a vividly candid and elegiac portrayal of the life of music sensation Billy Preston.
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The Chicago Defender reported in February on an exhibit at the Illinois State Museum in Springfield that celebrates "the remarkable artistic journey of Sylvia Fedrick, a Chicago-born recording artist and actress whose creative story reflects resilience, faith, and hometown pride."
“Word” Bishop Darrel Petties & Take 2 Independent (release date: November 14, 2025) By Robert M. Marovich “Word,” a declaration to keep the faith by remembering God’s promises during tough [...]
Author and gospel music historian Dr. Kathryn Kemp is teaming up with Chicago's historic Pilgrim Baptist Church to host the screening of Jessica Parker picturesMake a Joyful Noise, a documentary [...]
A recent example of how gospel music is a global phenomenon can be found in Italy and on a single called “I’ll Give to You the Best of Me” by Giovanni Zucchi and Gio’s Project.
GRAMMY-winning San Francisco string quartet Kronos Quartet is out with the third single, “God Shall Wipe All Tears Away,” from their forthcoming album Glorious Mahalia, out April 3 via Smithsonian Folkways.
It’s been a while since we’ve posted anything on the Soul Messengerz, but “New Jerusalem” gives us that opportunity, even if the song was first introduced by the men about two years ago.
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"Throwback: An Evening with John P. Kee, Part 1" is a vibrant live gospel program filled with favorites representing 40 years of music ministry by the eight-time GRAMMY nominee.
North Carolina-born and bred Regina Vandereijk has re-released her recent five-star album, The Lord Is There, as a Deluxe Edition.
Like his 2018 compilation Bible of Love, Snoop Dogg’s new Death Row production, Altar Call, is the genuine article.
On Strange Things Happening, the first album in five years by California-born guitarist, singer, and songwriter David “Kid” Ramos, the bite of no-holds-barred roadhouse blues meets timeless gospel songs that have shaken the rafters of many churches for decades.
Sometimes you come across a singer of significant sensitivity and sometimes you come across a skillful songwriter, but rarely do you come across someone who combines both. Regina Vandereijk has both.
LATEST PICK OF THE WEEK – SINGLES
“After While” Brandon Camphor TOMii Entertainment (release date: June 20, 2025) By Robert M. Marovich Twenty years after arriving on the national gospel scene, Baltimore-based singer-songwriter and group leader Brandon Camphor delivers “After While,” his best single to date. It’s a rumination on today’s myriad social, economic, and political problems, all to a finger-popping soul [...]
“Word” Bishop Darrel Petties & Take 2 Independent (release date: November 14, 2025) By Robert M. Marovich “Word,” a declaration to keep the faith by remembering God’s promises during tough times, is a high-octane workout pinned to a contemporary musical foundation. It has the motive force of a locomotive without brakes. From the first note [...]
It’s been a while since we’ve posted anything on the Soul Messengerz, but “New Jerusalem” gives us that opportunity, even if the song was first introduced by the men about two years ago.
With an old-fashioned gospel quartet name but a style that blends old- and new-school, the Echoaires introduce “I Promised Jesus” with an explosion of sound before the song settles into the quintessential quartet backbeat.
“All Along” Kate Stanford Lucid Artist Management (release date: October 10, 2025)
By Robert Marovich
In A City Called Heaven, gospel announcer and music historian Robert Marovich shines a light on the humble origins of a majestic genre and its indispensable bond to the city where it found its voice: Chicago.
By Robert Marovich
In A City Called Heaven, gospel announcer and music historian Robert Marovich shines a light on the humble origins of a majestic genre and its indispensable bond to the city where it found its voice: Chicago.
On Sunday, March 30, 2025, the multi-GRAMMY Award-winning Blind Boys of Alabama will be among the earliest artists to appear at Garcia’s Chicago in the city's West Loop.
There aren't many gospel singers left who remember the early days of the genre. But Ms. Bessie Pullen does. The 97-Year-Old singer reflects on her life as a gospel singer in Florida. Her husband, Melvyn Pullen, was a member of the popular quartet the Gospelaires.
Fresh off the thirty-city I Got Away tour, in partnership with McDonald’s Inspiration Celebration Gospel Tour, singer and songwriter Bri Babinieux is looking forward to releasing a new album this fall.
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In addition to everything already being said about Rev. Jackson's achievements, it should be noted that he also loved gospel music.
Jamie Lee Rake informed JGM of the passing of Nate Luckett, a member of the Fabulous Luckett Brothers.
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