LAS VEGAS, NV - MARCH 24: Jonathan McReynolds attends the 33rd annual Stellar Gospel Music Awards at the Orleans Arena on March 24, 2018 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Earl Gibson III/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Jonathan McReynolds (CHICAGO, IL) January 15, 2019 - Central City [...]
National nonprofit education and mentorship organization recognizes excellence in Gospel, Christian, and Inspirational music by independent label owners and independent artists. Independent Gospel Artists Alliance Awards will take place at Mount Lebanon Baptist Church on Friday, July 12, 2019 at 7:00 PM at 215 Las Gaviotas Blvd, Chesapeake, VA 23322 [...]
By Bob Marovich The Journal of Gospel Music learned that Troy Ramey, longtime lead singer for the Soul Searchers of Atlanta, Georgia, has passed away. More details will be forthcoming as they are made available. Formerly a house painter, Troy Ramey was first lead for the Soul Searchers since the [...]
NEW YORK, NY, November 5, 2018 – Amazing Grace, a long-awaited documentary featuring Aretha Franklin’s signature performances at New Temple Missionary Baptist Church in Los Angeles, will make its world debut at the 2018 DOC NYC, America’s largest documentary film festival. It was announced today that the film will be [...]
The Journal of Gospel Music congratulates all of the 49th Annual GMA Dove Awards nominees and winners! Special congratulations to awardees who have been featured on JGM: Southern Gospel Artist of the Year: Gaither Vocal Band Gospel Artist of the Year: Tasha Cobbs Leonard Contemporary Gospel/Urban Recorded Song of the Year: "Won't [...]
By Bob Marovich As many readers already know, gospel drummer, bass player, bandleader and producer Joel Smith passed away on September 8 at age 58. Smith cut his teeth on gospel music by accompanying his uncles Edwin and Walter Hawkins. In 1977, at age thirteen, he played drums on Edwin's [...]
By Bob Marovich Aretha Franklin, the multi-GRAMMY Award-winning "Queen of Soul," went on home to be with the Lord today at age 76 after a struggle with pancreatic cancer. Born in Memphis but a longtime Detroit resident, Franklin was an accomplished gospel vocalist before and during her professional music career. [...]
THE 49TH ANNUAL GMA DOVE AWARDS NOMINEES ANNOUNCED TODAY WITH TAUREN WELLS LEADING ARTIST NOMINATIONS WITH SEVEN AND ZACH WILLIAMS WITH SIX CORY ASBURY, TASHA COBBS LEONARD AND TOBYMAC HONORED WITH FIVE NODS EACH Awards to be held live Tuesday, October 16, at Lipscomb University and will air on TBN [...]
Photo Credit: Facebook JGM learned the sad news that Chicagoan and longtime gospel musician Lavelle Lacy has gone from labor to reward. The number of gospel artists he accompanied is numerous, and includes Inez Andrews, Rev. Maceo Woods and the Christian Tabernacle Concert Choir, Rev. Ernest Franklin, and the [...]
Photo Credit: Legacy.com Stanley "Stan" Lewis, owner of Jewel Records, passed away July 14, 2018, at the age of 91. In 1948, he and his wife Pauline opened Stan's Record Shop in Shreveport, Louisiana. One of their customers was a young Elvis Presley. From there, the Lewis's built [...]
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