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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.

Book Review: To Do This, You Must Know How – Lynn Abbott and Doug Seroff

2014-07-21T21:50:09-05:00May 13th, 2013|

To Do This, You Must Know How: Music Pedagogy in the Black Gospel Quartet TraditionLynn Abbott and Doug SeroffUniversity Press of Mississippi, 458 pages, illus.www.upress.state.ms.usBy Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel BlogVenerable gospel music historians Lynn Abbott and Doug Seroff decant the contents of their sizable notebooks into To Do This, [...]

“Shine On Me” – Roscoe Robinson & the Birmingham Blind Boys

2014-07-21T21:50:09-05:00May 12th, 2013|

“Shine On Me”Roscoe Robinson & the Birmingham Blind BoysArchie Brownlee selected quartet tenor (and future soul star) Roscoe Robinson to lead the Original Five Blind Boys of Mississippi after his passing.  After a few years with the Mississippi Blind Boys, Robinson teamed with Lawrence Abrams to organize the Blind Boys [...]

foreverJONES Series Premieres June 5 on Bounce TV

2014-07-21T21:50:09-05:00May 11th, 2013|

ATLANTA, GA (May 09, 2013) - Bounce TV (www.BounceTV.com), the nation’s first-ever broadcast television network for African Americans, will premiere its first original non-scripted series, Forever Jones is presented by Walmart on Wednesday, June 5th at 9:00 p.m. ET.Coming on the heels of Bounce TV’s successful original special, A Forever Jones [...]

Nada Grant – Sacrifice of Praise

2014-07-21T21:50:09-05:00May 10th, 2013|

Nada GrantSacrifice of Praise (2012)By Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel Blog“Love of My Life,” the opening track of singer-songwriter Nada Grant’s full-length CD, Sacrifice of Praise, is a love song to the Lord delivered in an attractively modernized ‘60s/’70s soft soul.  The listener eagerly anticipates more tracks like it [...]

Whosoever South – Goin’ Home

2014-07-21T21:50:09-05:00May 9th, 2013|

Whosoever SouthGoin’ HomePit Bull Productions (available May 14, 2013)www.whosoeversouth.comBy Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel Blog After listening to the opening strains of a banjo, unheard of in African American sacred music, the bluesy wheeze of a harmonica, and a rap segment, all on one record, I knew this was not [...]

“Take Me Away” – Kezaiyah

2014-07-21T21:50:10-05:00May 8th, 2013|

“Take Me Away”Kezaiyah (2013)http://www.cdbaby.com/m/cd/kezaiyahMaryland’s Kezaiyah (pron. kez-eye-ah) is parlaying her experience as a praise and worship leader at Jesus House, the Redeemed Christian Church of God, in Silver Springs, into a solo career. Her pleasant and tuneful debut single, “Take Me Away,” reminds listeners that when life pushes them to the brink, God [...]

Conrad Miller – Keep Pressing

2016-01-15T23:08:46-06:00May 7th, 2013|

Conrad Miller Keep Pressing Millcon Music (2013) www.conradmillermusic.com By Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel Blog Doylestown, Pennsylvania singer, songwriter, and musician Conrad Miller has returned to the sacred solo spotlight with his sophomore release, Keep Pressing. Miller is a balladeer with a polished and pleasant baritone who sounds like [...]

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