Mavis Staples reflects on activism and music, past and present
Mavis Staples reflects on activism and music, past and present.
JGM Pick of the Week: October 28, 2014
“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
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, [...]
JGM Interview: Lamar Campbell (Spirit of Praise)
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."
Gospel scholar, civil rights leader Bernice Reagon sings of song’s power – WacoTrib.com: Sound & Sight
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.
Black gospel scholar to demonstrate music’s variety at Baylor symposium – WacoTrib.com: Access Waco
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 - [...]
RIP LeRoy Crume of Crume Brothers, Soul Stirrers
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 [...]
JGM Pick of the Week: October 20, 2014
“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 [...]
Wanda Nero Butler Tells JGM How She’s “Identified”
Journal of Gospel Music's Bob Marovich interviews the Princess of Gospel, Wanda Nero Butler. Her new single, "Identified," immediately follows the interview.
Evang. Nelson Larkins & God’s Posse – The Kind of God We Serve: Live in Chicago
Evangelist Nelson Larkins & God’s Posse The Kind of God We Serve: Live in Chicago TREWWORKS Music Group/Deznell Music Group (2011) www.cdbaby.com/cd/nelsonlarkinsgodsposse By Bob Marovich It is always a pleasure to hear a live gospel quartet album that truly captures the excitement of a group having church. Such an album [...]
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