By Bob Marovich Rolling Stone and NPR called the Jones Family Singers, a gospel group from Bay City, Texas, one of 25 “must see” acts at SXSW [South By Southwest]. Filmmaker Alan Berg is working on a documentary about the family. They may be up for a GRAMMY for their [...]
“He Shall Reign” Bridgett Kern Platinum Image Music Group (2014) www.BridgettKern.com A worship leader, songwriter, and pastor, Bridgett Kern delivers this vertical praiser that combines the feel-good melodicism of CCM with the bracing, energetic punch of rock, and vocals from the modern gospel tradition. The CCM feel is not coincidental: the [...]
Mavis Staples reflects on activism and music, past and present.
“I Need Thee” Beulah Grove Mass Choir feat. Monica Lisa Stevenson Released digitally October 21, 2014 www.beulahgrove.org Beulah Grove Baptist Church of Augusta, Georgia (Dr. Sam Davis, Pastor), celebrates its centennial with a rousing gospel version of the hymn, “I Need Thee Every Hour,” rendered with spirit by the always [...]
JJ Hairston & Youthful Praise I See Victory Light Records (October 28, 2014) www.lightrecords.com By Bob Marovich Recorded at the First Cathedral in Bloomfield, Connecticut, I See Victory is the seventh live CD for JJ Hairston & Youthful Praise and, with seventeen tracks, the group's most ambitious release to date. The choir, [...]
Bob Marovich of the Journal of Gospel Music interviews gospel artist and fellow Hoosier Lamar Campbell (Lamar Campbell & Spirit of Praise). Listen to the interview and hear the group's new single, "Power of Love."
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 forth the praise beforehand. Gospel scholar, civil rights leader Bernice Reagon sings of song’s power - WacoTrib.com: Sound & Sight.
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 Smithsonian program honoring the late Pearl Williams-Jones in 1993. Black gospel scholar to demonstrate music’s variety at Baylor symposium - [...]
The Journal of Gospel Music is saddened to learn of the passing of LeRoy Crume. LeRoy was a member of Chicago's Crume Brothers and the Soul Stirrers. The Crume Brothers are credited for introducing the electric guitar into quartet music and many were members of the Soul Stirrers at one [...]
“Take It to the Lord in Prayer” Patrick Lundy & the Ministers of Music (2014) From the CD Majesty: A Recording of Anthems, Hymns, and Spirituals www.plundymom.com Incorporating the semi-classical flourishes of Richard Smallwood and Donald Lawrence, Patrick Lundy and the Ministers of Music give Rev. Nolan Williams' “Take It [...]
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