Journal of Gospel Music Editor-in-Chief Bob Marovich has written the definitive history of gospel music from Chicago, the genre's birthplace. Available from the University of Illinois Press starting in April 2015. Read more here: UI Press | Robert Marovich | A City Called Heaven: Chicago and the Birth of Gospel Music. [...]
Rev. Joe Williams informed the Journal of Gospel Music yesterday of the passing of Charles Johnson. Johnson was a gospel quartet singer and recording artist who worked with the Sensational Nightingales and Gospel Consolators, and fronted his own group, Charles Johnson & the Revivers. Johnson died of a massive heart [...]
JGM received word today from the Chicago Area Gospel Announcers Guild that Bro. Nash Shaffer Jr. passed away after an extended illness. Shaffer's "Sunday Morning Golden Gospel" radio program was a staple of the Chicago airwaves for many years. His love for, and knowledge of, classic gospel music was limitless. [...]
By Bob Marovich, Editor-in-Chief Christian rapper Lecrae has done what, to my knowledge, no gospel artist has ever accomplished: hit number one on the Billboard 200 – the list of the biggest-selling albums of the day. This would be a noteworthy achievement at any time, but it is particularly striking today, [...]
Here's a link to a fascinating article about Kenneth Slaughter, vocalist in the original Wings Over Jordan. Rev. Joe Willams of Philadelphia informed JGM today that Mr. Slaughter just passed away. Mr. Slaughter was one of the last of the original Wings Over Jordan singers still living. Kenneth Slaughter & [...]
Congratulations to all of the nominees for the 45th Annual Gospel Music Association Dove Awards. The GMA Dove Awards ceremony will be held at Allen Arena of Lipscomb University, Nashville, Tennessee, on Tuesday, October 7, 2014. Here are some of the nominees (from the GMA website): Gospel Performance of the [...]
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By Bob Marovich On Tuesday, July 29, members of the Gospel Announcers Guild of the Gospel Music Workshop of America saluted their longtime friend and leader, Al "The Bishop" Hobbs, with a special musical program at the GWMA Convention in Atlanta, Georgia. Among the performers were Rev. Milton Biggham, Dottie [...]
Phyllis Brown is on the far left. By Bob Marovich The Journal of Gospel Music learned today from Chicago Area Gospel Announcers Guild President Yvonne Wesley-Seabrooks that Phyllis Brown of Chicago's beloved Brown Sisters has passed away. According to the Brown Sisters website, Phyllis was the group's bookkeeper. It [...]
I am pleased to announce on its tenth anniversary that The Black Gospel Blog is now the Journal of Gospel Music. The name change reflects the proper title of the genre and the changes you will see. JGM will be more than a blog--it will be an ever-growing repository of [...]
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