JGM Pick of the Week: April 24, 2023
“Till We Meet” Jerard & Jovaun From the CD No Troubled Hearts (release date: February 17, 2023)
“Till We Meet” Jerard & Jovaun From the CD No Troubled Hearts (release date: February 17, 2023)
On Legacy, Marie Lacey solos on a mix of southern gospel and African-American gospel songs frequently adopted by southern gospel singers.
The new single is a remake of Fred Hammond and Radicals for Christ’s 1995 hit, “We’re Blessed.”
“Alright” Melvin Crispell III From the Provident Label Group / Sony Music CD No Failure (single release date: February 17, 2023)
This episode includes music reviewed on JGM between early February and late March 2023
On his latest single, “My Testimony,” New Orleans singer-songwriter Jai Reed witnesses to his listeners. He made it through by God’s grace, he sings, and so will you.
“At Your Feet” Tracy Walker Tracy Walker / Palm Sunday (release date: September 2, 2022)
Musically, Brown’s new album, I Don’t Look Like What I’ve Been Thru, pulls liberally on his R&B experience, while the lyric content offers messages of praise and thanksgiving, encouragement, healing, salvation, and a heartrending testimony about his children’s health scares.
I Go to the Rock: The Gospel Music of Whitney Houston chronicles the singer’s journey from the junior choir to singing hymns in major motion pictures and large arenas. The fourteen-track album rocketed to the top of Billboard’s Top Gospel Albums chart shortly after its release on March 24.
The North Carolina-born singer has a voice as creamy and sweet as honey, and the incorporation of her children’s singing and rapping into the mix is done skillfully.