“Clap Your Hands” – United Music + Arts Conference Choir feat. Beverly Crawford
If you want to add a heaping helping of church into your single, just hire Beverly Crawford.
JGM Pick of the Week – September 21, 2026
“That’s What He’s Done” is the latest example of the buoyant and infectious Low Country sound as it's done by North Carolina’s Jason Singleton & the Sound of Destiny Choir.
The Centennial of Recorded Gospel Music – from Artists Representing the Church of God in Christ (2-hour episode)
This two-hour edition of Gospel Memories combines the show's September 5 and 12 episodes that celebrated 2026, the Centennial of Recorded Gospel Music, from the perspective of artists from the Church of God in Christ. From Arizona Dranes to Vickie Winans!
JGM Pick of the Week – September 14, 2026
Bishop Calvin Norton and his singers come in strong but it’s the mighty-voiced Velicia Manor who steals the show on the anthem version of “Spirit of God Moving All Over Me.”
“Be Alright” – Cinque Cullar
Cinque Cullar drops a funky bounce and Prince-like guitar squeals into the congregational classic that goes, “I’ve got a feeling everything’s going to be alright.”
JGM Pick of the Week – September 7, 2026
Ann Nesby’s “Amen” is not the Wings Over Jordan / Jester Hairston / Lilies of the Field neo-spiritual but a contemporary piece proclaiming, to a bouncy and bracing backdrop, that when things get bad, “don’t give up,” remember who pulled you through, and “say ‘Amen’.”
“Stay Here” – Bri Babineaux
Bri's melodic single “Stay Here” finds the singer showcasing a mature sound, one that can very well sustain her career through the musical fads that pass in and out of the gospel music continuum.
“I Can Go Home” (Remix) – The Fisher Girls
“I Can Go Home (Remix)” The Fisher Girls (release date: June 12, 2026) By Robert M. Marovich The banging “I Can Go Home” is a remix of an acoustic release originally issued in February 2025 by blood sisters Alma and Raquel Fisher, aka The Fisher Girls. It offers fine singing [...]
JGM Pick of the Week – September 1, 2026
The Robersons—formerly known as Desmond Roberson & the Roberson Bunch—return with “Keep Blessin’,” a hand-clapper in the gospel quartet tradition.
“What the Song Does: Field Interviews on Gospel and Religious Life in Harlem and Chicago” – Hongbai Zhu
"What The Song Does" is a fascinating and easy-to-navigate photographic and interview montage of Brown University student Hongbai Zhu's field research in Harlem and Chicago.