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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.

Shekinah Glory Ministry – Jesus (Kingdom Records 2007)

2014-07-21T21:58:26-05:00December 27th, 2008|

Shekinah Glory MinistryJesusKingdom Records 2007www.kingdomrecordsinc.comPraise (and worship) is what Shekinah Glory Ministry does. On record and video, and in live performance, they are praise and worship’s current gold standard.Visual as well as aural, the troupe from Valley Kingdom Ministries International in south suburban Chicago contains a cast of exalters, standard [...]

God Will Take Care of His Own – Pleasant Green MB Church Choir (JR Murray Group 2005)

2014-07-21T21:58:26-05:00December 26th, 2008|

God Will Take Care of His OwnPastor Walter W. Matthews, Sr. presents The Pleasant Green Missionary Baptist Church ChoirJR Murray Group 2005www.pleasantgreenmbc.infoWhat better time than Christmas to talk about gospel choirs?This CD, created in 2005, comes from one of the city’s older African American churches, the Pleasant Green Missionary Baptist [...]

Gifted – I’ve Learned (Quartet Boyz 2007)

2014-07-21T21:58:27-05:00December 22nd, 2008|

GiftedI’ve LearnedQuartet Boyz Records 2007www.myspace.com/giftedofbatonrougeAlthough not new to the quartet scene (they will celebrate ten years together in ‘09), Gifted is a group of young men from Baton Rouge, Louisiana that belts out old-fashioned church rousers one moment and more contemporary sounds with modern harmonies the next. And that’s exactly [...]

Worth It All – The Charlotte Chapter of GMWA (2008)

2014-07-21T21:58:27-05:00December 20th, 2008|

The Charlotte Chapter of the Gospel Music Workshop of AmericaWorth It AllSelf-Released 2008www.cdbaby.com/cd/tccotgmwaNot long after James Cleveland and a cartel of religious and music industry leaders established the Gospel Music Workshop of America in 1967, and staged its first convention in Detroit, the performances of the mass choir and other [...]

Pilgrim Jubilees Say “Amen” at Historic Chicago Folk Venue

2014-07-21T21:58:27-05:00December 20th, 2008|

On Wednesday, December 17, the Pilgrim Jubilees did something they had not done in their sixty-four years of performing before audiences young and old.They sang on the stage of Chicago’s venerable roots music venue, The Old Town School of Folk Music.It made sense: both the “Jubes” and the Old Town [...]

U-M Dearborn Prof’s book on gospel music makes notable books list

2014-07-21T21:58:28-05:00December 18th, 2008|

From Metromodemedia.com: When people mention music in the Motor City, a number of images come to mind, ranging from Motown supergroups to sonic thrash of The White Stripes' garage rock to Eminem's fist-pumping hip-hop.The white (or purple) robes of gospel aren't usually one of musical images associated with the Motor [...]

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