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About Bob Marovich

Bob Marovich is a gospel music historian, author, and radio host. Founder of Journal of Gospel Music blog (formally The Black Gospel Blog) and producer of the Gospel Memories Radio Show.

Detroit’s Karen Clark Sheard Reflects on Recording Her New Album in Chicago

2015-07-17T17:30:00-05:00July 17th, 2015|

By Bob Marovich In some ways, it was like attending a gospel music hall of fame event wrapped inside a live recording session. The Clark Sisters were seated in the front row. Richard Smallwood sat behind them. Rows of gospel announcers, gospel music producers, and popular singers were to their [...]

JGM Music Hour 94

2015-07-15T02:32:30-05:00July 15th, 2015|

Click on the image above to start program. Playlist (in order): He touched me - Dr. LouDella Evans Reid & the Traditional Gospel Choir Something about that name - Lorraine Stancil Empty me - Javon Inman Forever I will - Lonnie Hunter feat. Structure Lord you reign - Richard Smallwood [...]

Tye Tribbett Hosts “Hate Won’t Win” Concert to Benefit Charleston Victims

2015-07-12T23:32:46-05:00July 12th, 2015|

PRESS RELEASE: The June 17th Charleston Church Massacre has prompted Grammy Award winning recording artist Tye Tribbett to launch a “Hate Won’t Win” concert to benefit the families of the nine people who were shot to death in that tragic incident. The concert features some of the biggest names in [...]

AsOne – s/t

2015-07-11T00:50:03-05:00July 11th, 2015|

AsOne AsOne 360 MusicWorx/Capitol Christian Distribution/Universal Music Group (release date: June 23, 2015) www.AsOneOfficial.com By Bob Marovich Interracial gospel/sacred singing groups go back more than a century—from the days of Polk Miller & the Old South Quartette at the turn of the twentieth century to Homer Rodeheaver’s singing with the [...]

“My Everything” – The Selvys

2015-07-09T22:58:16-05:00July 9th, 2015|

“My Everything” The Selvys Lunjeal Music Group/Malaco Music Group www.malaco.com With the Showers, foreverJONES, the Jones Family Singers, and the Murrills, you’d think that family gospel groups are the latest music fad. In truth, family gospel groups have been around since the beginning. The Ward Singers, Brown Sisters, Davis Sisters, [...]

Mike Lee – All I Need (EP)

2015-07-08T01:55:34-05:00July 8th, 2015|

Mike Lee All I Need Mike Lee Music (release date: June 16, 2015) www.mikeleemusic.com By Bob Marovich Fort Wayne, Indiana. worship leader and mixed martial arts gym owner Mike Lee follows up his full-length national debut LP Awakening Hearts with a seven-track acoustic EP called All I Need. With a [...]

JGM Pick of the Week: July 6, 2015

2015-07-07T01:37:29-05:00July 7th, 2015|

“He Touched Me” Dr. LouDella Evans-Reid and the Traditional Gospel Choir www.loudellaevansreid.com If you like that aggressive, churchy gospel choir sound that came straight outta Chicago, false coda and all, you will love “He Touched Me.” This Thurston Frazier chestnut is given a full-throttle reading by the Traditional Gospel Choir, [...]

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