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By Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel BlogFor music aficionados, and especially those like me who are critics, the end of the year triggers an unshakable impulse to post a best-of list.It's in our DNA.  We can't help it.  Honestly.  There's no twelve-step plan for recovery, and if there were, [...]

Judy CheeksTrue Love is FreeMozan Music (2013)www.judycheeks.comBy Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel BlogThe title describes the message behind former dance diva Judy Cheeks’ debut inspirational project.  The daughter of gospel singer nonpareil, the late Rev. Julius Cheeks, Judy believes that love conquers all, and no love is more powerful, [...]

D’MottRomance in the GraySonny Camp Music Group (Released September, 2013)www.dmottmusic.comBy Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel BlogWith the build of a wide receiver and an intimidating beard to boot, De’Juaine Motley, aka D’Mott, has a steely-cool tenor voice evocative of the Doobie Brothers’ Michael McDonald.  D’Mott’s album, Romance in the [...]

Many call him the Gospel Super Producer because of his work with groups, quartets, and choirs throughout the gospel music industry. On January 8th, Ray Braswell Jr. of Raymarkable Music will debut the Raymarkable Music Online Radio Show on Church House Radio.All gospel artists who want their project promoted during his broadcast, [...]

Various ArtistsBlack Gospel Rarities, Vols. 1 - 3Available at www.crystalballrecords.com(US) or www.bim-bam.com (UK)By Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel BlogGalen Gart’s painstaking research into the 1950s rhythm & blues scene produced the valuable (though sadly out of print) First Pressing series, a Duke/Peacock discography, and other music reference materials.  Not [...]

Brooklyn All StarsLive in Richmond, VirginiaMalaco Records (2013)www.malaco.comBy Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel BlogMoss doesn’t grow on a rolling stone, nor on a gospel quartet like the Brooklyn All Stars.  The group has been singing for more than sixty years, recording for more than fifty of them, and shows [...]