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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.

Leanne Faine to Receive Lifetime Achievement Award

2014-07-21T21:54:43-05:00November 28th, 2010|

The Chicago Music Awards announced that legendary gospel singer Leanne Faine will receive a Lifetime Achievement Award during the CMA's 30th Anniversary awards ceremony.The 30th Anniversary Chicago Music Awards will be held on Sunday, January 16, 2011, at the historic Excalibur, located at 632 North Dearborn Street, Chicago, Illinois. For more information call 312/427-0266 or visit [...]

Aaron Neville – I Know I’ve Been Changed

2014-07-21T21:54:43-05:00November 27th, 2010|

Aaron NevilleI Know I’ve Been ChangedEMI Gospel 2010http://www.emigospel.com/Reviewed by Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel Blog.While listening to Aaron Neville's latest religious release, I Know I've Been Changed, I decided that one thing hasn't changed at all: his unmistakable voice. Neville's distinctive vodel and vibrato are as bright and musical as they were on his 1966 [...]

“Blessings” – John P. Kee feat. Rance Allen

2014-07-21T21:54:43-05:00November 26th, 2010|

“Blessings”John P. Kee feat. Rance AllenFrom the forthcoming Verity album The Legacy Project(available January 11, 2011)http://www.verityrecords.com/What better day than Thanksgiving to review a song called “Blessings!”Here, John P. Kee hangs with the loping ostinato riff while Rance Allen all but steals the show. Kee is thinking about, and patiently waiting [...]

Micah Stampley – Release Me (EP)

2014-07-21T21:54:43-05:00November 25th, 2010|

Micah StampleyRelease Me - EPMusic World Gospel/Interface Entertainment (2010)http://www.musicworldentertainment.com/Reviewed by Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel Blog.Contemporary gospel balladeer Micah Stampley joined forces recently with Mathew Knowles’ Music World Gospel imprint. The EP Release Me is a product of the partnership and an expeditious way to introduce Stampley to gospel [...]

Bishop Morton Celebrates 25 Years of Music

2014-07-21T21:54:43-05:00November 24th, 2010|

Various ArtistsBishop Morton Celebrates 25 Years of MusicLight Records/Tehillah Music Group (2010)http://www.lightrecords.com/Reviewed by Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel Blog.If imitation is the highest form of flattery, Bishop Paul S. Morton must be feeling ten feet tall. Some of gospel’s most popular artists gathered in Atlanta to celebrate the pastor’s [...]

Q & A with Lecrae

2016-07-24T20:07:02-05:00November 23rd, 2010|

Christian hip hop artist Lecrae Moore of Houston, Texas is one of the first – if not THE first – Christian rap artists to reach the number one position on Billboard’s Top Gospel Albums chart with two consecutive projects. TBGB had a chance to catch up with Lecrae last week. [...]

Patrice Wilson – A Christmas Blessing

2014-07-21T21:54:44-05:00November 22nd, 2010|

Patrice WilsonA Christmas Blessing (2010)www.cdbaby.com/cd/patricewilson2by Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel Blog.Stellar Award-nominee Patrice Wilson returns after a five-year absence from the recording scene to offer a toast of Yuletide cheer with A Christmas Blessing. Wilson’s first seasonal CD includes two original songs and nine classics, the latter  “some of [...]

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