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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.

“Hey Daddy” – Derrell Thomas

2015-06-18T02:45:29-05:00June 18th, 2015|

“Hey Daddy” Derrell Thomas Full Circle Records (2015) www.fullcirclerecords.us Most likely because of the primacy of the family matriarch, but also because of gospel’s roots in Victorian-era hymnody, gospel music is brimming with songs about Mother. “Mother Bowed,” “Mother Prayed for Me,” “I Can See Everybody’s Mother,” “Mother Sang Those [...]

JGM Music Hour: Episode 93

2015-06-16T23:41:43-05:00June 16th, 2015|

Click on the image above to begin streaming Episode 93: Playlist (in order of appearance): In His hands - McDonald Sisters I'll make it alright - Trish Standley He's done it all for me - Rev. J.C. Jenkins & the Sounds of Joy Thank you - Tonya Lewis-Taylor Praise His [...]

Michael Corcoran on Washington Phillips and the “Manzarene”

2015-06-16T21:51:11-05:00June 16th, 2015|

Historian and journalist Michael Corcoran uncovered a myriad of hitherto unknown facts about Texas pianist and Church of God in Christ member Arizona Dranes.  Those findings were revealed in He Is My Story (Tompkins Square), a resplendent extended essay that accompanied a reissue of Dranes's 1920s-era recorded material.  Dranes is [...]

JGM Pick of the Week: June 8, 2015

2015-06-09T01:53:02-05:00June 9th, 2015|

“I’ll Make It All Right” Trish Standley From the forthcoming Jan’s Joy CD No One Else www.trishstandley.com Gospel thrush and fashionista Trish Standley covers the Beautiful Zion Missionary Baptist Church Choir of Chicago’s 1973 hit, “I’ll Make It All Right,” with all of the joyous soulful funkiness of the original. [...]

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