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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.

Quartet Meet and Greet Network

2014-07-21T21:54:15-05:00March 24th, 2011|

Darrell Jay Jones, CEO of OverBoard Records, shares information about a new networking group:The "Quartet Meet and Greet Network" is for quartets and traditional gospel artists, announcers, promoters, events, conferences, showcases and all things pertaining to the traditional and quartet genres. Darrell asks all quartets to join the Quartet Meet and [...]

TBGB Pick of the Week: March 21, 2011

2014-07-21T21:54:15-05:00March 21st, 2011|

“Promise Land”Shaddie SwagFrom the album No Cross, No Crown (2008)http://www.shaddieswag.com/Shape notes meet thick beats on “Promise Land.”Using as his music backdrop a chorus singing what sounds like a shaped-note version of “Bound for the Promised Land,” Christian hip hop’s Shaddie Swag (aka Rashad Howard) – known as the “Hardest Rapper [...]

Kirk Franklin – Hello Fear

2014-07-21T21:54:16-05:00March 21st, 2011|

Kirk FranklinHello FearVerity Gospel Music Group (release date: March 22, 2011)http://www.kirkfranklin.com/Reviewed by Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel Blog.The title of Kirk Franklin’s twelfth CD, Hello Fear, could just as easily be Goodbye Fear. Straightaway, in the opening title track, Franklin and his impressive body of top-notch singers bid a [...]

“I’m Gonna Make It” – Markise Hicks and the MO Band

2014-07-21T21:54:16-05:00March 18th, 2011|

“I’m Gonna Make It”Markise Hicks and the MO Bandwww.cdbaby.com/cd/markisehicksthemobandFor their debut single, "I'm Gonna Make It," Markise Hicks and the MO Band (Melchizedek Order) of singers and musicians offer a mid-tempo new-age gospel song with a simple lyric message or, more realistically, an affirmation. Over and over they sing, “I [...]

“Remember” – David Altenor

2014-07-21T21:54:16-05:00March 17th, 2011|

“Remember”David Altenor (2011)http://www.davidisoffkey.com/By Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel Blog.“This track has a new sound/But if you think it’s about the club, slow down.”Over a thumping beat and a techno soundscape, 23 year-old singer-songwriter-producer David Altenor implores listeners to give props to the Almighty when He blesses you and not [...]

Howard Roberts, Founder of Howard Roberts Chorale, Dead at 86

2014-07-21T21:54:16-05:00March 16th, 2011|

The music community recently lost a towering personage in composer, conductor, producer and musician Howard Roberts. Founder of the Howard Roberts Chorale and musical director of the Alvin Ailey Dance Theater, Roberts died on March 10 in Chatsworth, California at the age of 86. Eugene Simpson sent me the link [...]

Vashawn Mitchell – My Songbook (CD/DVD)

2014-07-21T21:54:16-05:00March 15th, 2011|

Vashawn MitchellMy SongbookTyscot Records (2011)http://www.tyscot.com/Following in the wake of triple-threat Vashawn Mitchell’s GRAMMY nominations and critically-acclaimed CD Triumphant (EMI Gospel), Tyscot Records mined its catalog to present the Chicagoan’s best early recordings and performances as a CD/DVD combination called My Songbook. The two-disc set hits stores today.The selections on My [...]

Last Original Member of the Zion Harmonizers Dead at 86

2014-07-21T21:54:16-05:00March 15th, 2011|

Dominic Massa of New Orleans' WWL TV reported that Sherman Washington, the last original member of the Zion Harmonizers quartet, passed away Monday, March 14.  He was 86.Washington was also the Gospel Tent coordinator for the annual New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival.  He will be sorely missed but surely feted in that grand New [...]

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