JGM Pick of the Week: June 2, 2025
“This is Redemption” is a tuneful and energetic paean to the power of salvation.
“Already Done” – USC Upstate Gospel Choir
The USC Upstate Gospel Choir’s single “Already Done” uses Psalm 46:10 (“Be still and know that I am God”) as the foundation for a statement of divine victory.
The Lord Is There (Deluxe Edition) – Regina Vandereijk
North Carolina-born and bred Regina Vandereijk has re-released her recent five-star album, The Lord Is There, as a Deluxe Edition.
“Pass Me Not” – Desmond Roberson & the Roberson Bunch
Desmond Roberson and the Roberson Bunch take on the Tindley standard “Pass Me Not” with cheerful delight.
2025 BMI Christian Awards to Celebrate the Genre’s Top Songwriters and Music Publishers June 17
The 2025 BMI Christian Awards will be held on June 17 at the organization’s Nashville office.
Equal Justice Initiative Brings Grammy Award Winning Musical Artists to Montgomery for Juneteenth
This Juneteenth, the Equal Justice Initiative will bring Grammy Award winning musical artists to Montgomery, Alabama, with concerts happening downtown on June 18 and 19. EJI will also offer free admission to the Legacy Sites on Juneteenth.
RIP: Jo Jo Wallace, Guitarist, Singer with the Sensational Nightingales; also wrote “The Twist”
Jo Jo Wallace, the famed guitarist and quartet singer, passed from earthly labor to heavenly reward on May 7, 2025, at age 98.
JGM Pick of the Week – May 6, 2025
With Mother’s Day nearing, John P. Kee’s latest solo release, “Mother, I Miss You,” as Pick of the Week is appropriate.
Two Losses for the Detroit Gospel Music Community: Ronald J. Kelly and Bishop Earl J. Wright Jr.
The Thomas Whitfield Company and the Detroit gospel family lost tenor singer Ronald J. Kelly and keyboardist extraordinaire Bishop Earl Jerome Wright, Jr. in the space of mere days.
“Praise in the Choir Stand” – Brent Jones
Brent Jones’ latest single, “Praise in the Choir Stand,” is a hand clapper set to a loping tempo where the spotlight is not on the soloist but on the singers moving and grooving in their robes.
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