“Clap Your Hands” – Batayah feat. Molech Dawid and Princess Davorah
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.
JGM Pick of the Week: April 3, 2023
“Lord, Do It For Me” Zacardi Cortez From the Blacksmoke Music Worldwide CD Imprint (Live in Memphis)
“Keep Hope Alive” – Earnest Pugh feat. Dr. Jamal H. Bryant
“Keep Hope Alive” by Earnest Pugh reminds that while “we shall overcome someday,” we must keep pressing on until that someday comes.
JGM Pick of the Week – March 28, 2023
“I Still Have You” Smokie Norful Tre’Myles Music / IndieBlu (release date: October 20, 2022)
Various Artists – The Voices of Quartet, Vol. 1
Various Artists The Voices of Quartet Vol. 1 Overboard Records (2023) By Robert M. Marovich Few record labels today pay much mind to gospel quartets, despite the fact that quartet singing was the dominant sound of gospel’s golden age and maintains a presence in urban and rural areas nationwide, especially [...]
TKE3 – The Maker & III (A Drill Tape)
TKE3 The Maker & III (A Drill Tape) GTG Entertainment (2022) By Robert M. Marovich Nigerian-born and UK-raised Victor Atuonwu is a producer and rapper known as TKE3. The Maker & III is his first release since 2020’s EP Amen. The sixteen-minute drill tape is a chill electronic mélange of [...]
Tamela Mann Makes Gospel Radio History
Gospel artist Tamela Mann is the first artist to score ten No. 1’s at the gospel radio format.
King’s Collective: Writing Songs to Bless the Sunday Morning Congregation
By Robert M. Marovich What if your music ministry provided songs for not one church, nor two, nor even three, but hundreds? That’s what King’s Collective does. King’s Collective is the artistic arm of King’s Cathedral & Chapels. From a First Assembly of God church of 100 members in [...]
JGM Pick of the Week – March 20, 2023
“Gonna Be OK” (remix) Tayme’ tee Independent (release date: July 17, 2022)
RIP: Paul Beasley, Member of Gospel Keynotes, Mighty Clouds of Joy, & Blind Boys of Alabama
By Robert M. Marovich Paul Beasley, a celebrated gospel quartet singer, passed away Monday, March 13, 2023, at the age of 78. Born in Louisiana, Beasley spent a long career singing tenor with the Gospel Keynotes, alongside Willie Neal Johnson, Gino Smith, Val Alexander, and Johnny Jones. He also [...]
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