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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.

TBGB Pick of the Week: December 13, 2010

2014-07-21T21:54:41-05:00December 13th, 2010|

“Christmas Drum-Apella”Prez BlackmonListen here: www.reverbnation.com/play_now/song_4479300“Christmas Drum-Apella” is a brief Christmas greeting, less than two minutes in length, but it packs plenty of listening fun with its Take 6-meets-melismatic-gospel-soloist vibe. Prez Blackmon (of the popular gospel duo Renee Spearman and Prez) cooked up this electric combination of overdubbed a cappella voices [...]

The Rance Allen Group – The Live Experience II

2014-07-21T21:54:41-05:00December 9th, 2010|

The Rance Allen GroupThe Live Experience IITyscot Records (release date: January 25, 2011)http://www.tyscot.com/When the Hawkins Family opened the door to contemporary sounds in gospel music, Rance Allen and his brothers walked through with their incendiary brand of funk and psychedelic arrangements. The group endured its share of quizzical looks from [...]

Mike Winans: “Home for Christmas” & “The Countdown”

2014-07-21T21:54:41-05:00December 8th, 2010|

“Home for Christmas” and “The Countdown”Mike WinansFrom the CD A Mike Winans Christmas: Timeless NoelDoc Roc Entertainment, LLC (2010)http://www.mikewinans.com/Mike Winans, songwriter and senior producer for Bad Boy Records and former member of Winans Phase II, has chosen the Christmas season to release his first solo CD. Both singles from the CD, [...]

Strategic Music Partnerships Launches Excellence in Christian Music Awards

2014-07-21T21:54:41-05:00December 8th, 2010|

Washington, DC: The Excellence in Christian Music Awards (ECMA) has been created to equip Christian/Gospel music artists with the tools necessary to be successful in the music industry. Each year, independent Christian/Gospel artists participate in numerous award shows and programs with the hopes of winning coveted prizes and achieving industry [...]

Rev. Johnny L. Jones – The Hurricane that Hit Atlanta

2014-07-21T21:54:41-05:00December 7th, 2010|

Rev. Johnny L. JonesThe Hurricane that Hit AtlantaDust-to-Digital (2010)http://www.dust-digital.com/Rev. Johnny L. Jones of Atlanta is not nicknamed "Hurricane" for nothing. This passionate preacher summons the force of a mighty wind when he gets to singing, shouting, or delivering a message.Thanks to Lance Ledbetter and his marvelous Dust-to-Digital enterprise, more than [...]

Flaherty & Archeophone Restore and Release Rare Fisk Recordings

2014-07-21T21:54:41-05:00December 5th, 2010|

Special thanks to Marc Lindy, gospel radio announcer from Vancouver, for alerting TBGB about this article, from the Detroit Free Press.  Ken Flaherty, Jr. and the Grammy Award-winning Archeophone Records have just released a two-CD reissue collection of rare cylinders of the Fisk University Jubilee Quartet.  The set includes the only extant recording of [...]

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