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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.

“I Give You My Praise” – Angie Hall

2014-07-21T21:52:38-05:00July 3rd, 2012|

“I Give You My Praise”Angie HallFrom Beyond Expectations…Thoughts from an Unspoken MindAngie Hall Music (2011)www.angiehallmusic.com“I Give You My Praise” is a brisk, mid-tempo praiser with power pop propulsion, featuring steamy electric guitar licks and pounding drums.  Hall’s shouting vocals come from gospel while the melody and musicianship sound rooted in CCM.  [...]

TBGB Pick of the Week: July 2, 2012

2014-07-21T21:52:38-05:00July 2nd, 2012|

“Rain & Glory Medley”Earnest PughBlacksmoke Music Worldwide (2012)Available at online music storesDuring the Stellar Awards television program, Gospel’s Leading Man Earnest Pugh combined his top hits, “Rain on Me” and “I Need Your Glory,” into a band box-neat medley. Fans loved it so much they persuaded him to enter the studio [...]

Charlie Trotter & the Beat Down

2014-07-21T21:52:38-05:00July 1st, 2012|

Charlie Trotter & the Beat DownRun Onhttp://charlietrotter.bandcamp.com/“I'm a slightly doughy, white dad from the suburbs, but my guts are old, and not from around here.”So says Charlie Trotter, head musician of the Fort Worth Texas-based roots group Charlie Trotter & the Beat Down.  I can’t speak for the provenance of [...]

Quartet Legend Ernest James Dies

2014-07-21T21:52:38-05:00June 28th, 2012|

Rev. Joe Williams of Philadelphia informed TBGB that quartet legend Ernest James died two days ago in California.James sang tenor with the Sensational Nightingales and the Dixie Hummingbirds during the early 1950s.

Karen Washington & New Singing Stars: Jesus is My Everything

2014-07-21T21:52:39-05:00June 28th, 2012|

Karen Washington and the New Singing StarsJesus is My EverythingDream Reality Records (2004)www.karenlwashington.comKaren Washington’s CDs never fail to transport me to times when I have driven through the Mid-South and listened to gospel quartet music on local AM radio stations.  Only I’m usually in a rental car where the radio [...]

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