“Joy in the Morning” – Marjane’
BET Sunday Best finalist Marjane’ adds a single to her music catalog by invoking Psalm 30:5 to encourage all discouraged listeners that although things are bad now, they won’t always be.
BET Sunday Best finalist Marjane’ adds a single to her music catalog by invoking Psalm 30:5 to encourage all discouraged listeners that although things are bad now, they won’t always be.
Karen Wooten leads the venerable Chicago Mass Choir on “He’ll Make It Alright,” a hard-charging declaration of encouragement in the midst of life’s trials.
Robert Marovich, Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Gospel Music, received the 2026 Tyrone Porter Living Legacy Award from the Arnold Fields Endowment Foundation and Palmetto State Gospel Music Association on March 7, 2026.
ATLANTA, GA (March 3, 2026) — Atlanta will take center stage this May with the launch of bamX — Black Music Week, a citywide cultural experience celebrating the legacy, global influence, and future of Black American music. Taking place May 25–June 2, 2026, the inaugural week coincides with Africa [...]
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.
The Journal of Gospel Music was saddened to hear of the passing of legendary singer Roscoe Robinson, in Birmingham, Alabama. He was 97.
Tasha Cobbs Leonard has earned the Outstanding Gospel/Christian Album accolade for her critically acclaimed studio debut TASHA at the 57th NAACP Image Awards.
Pastor Mike Jr. has launched a bold and headline-grabbing social media initiative titled “PMJ vs AI.” The campaign challenges the growing presence of AI-generated artists and songs dominating Christian and Gospel music charts.
This episode includes music reviewed on the Journal of Gospel Music between October 2025 and mid-January 2026.
Deitrick Haddon and Voices of Unity released Chain Breaker 2.5, which honors its ancestor by offering new music as well as a modernistic reimagining of several Chain Breaker favorites.