Contemporary Gospel

Dr. Tonya D. Armstrong – Blossoming Hope Companion

2018-03-21T02:17:51-05:00March 21st, 2018|

Dr. Tonya D. Armstrong Blossoming Hope Companion Overflowing Hope Media (2017) www.drtonyaarmstrong.com By Bob Marovich For many, confronting personal behavioral health issues constitutes an admission of weakness and failure. Some expect their faith communities to handle all of their healing. While faith communities can and do play an important role [...]

Snoop Dogg – Snoop Dogg Presents Bible of Love

2018-03-13T01:51:49-05:00March 13th, 2018|

Snoop Dogg Snoop Dogg Presents Bible of Love RCA Inspiration / All The Time Entertainment (release date: March 16, 2018) www.rcainspiration.com By Bob Marovich Calvin Broadus Jr. assumes the pulpit. In soft tones, he looks the congregation in the eye and strongly recommends that those who point fingers at others should instead [...]

Brent Jones – Joy Comin’

2018-03-12T02:45:40-05:00March 12th, 2018|

Brent Jones Joy Comin' EchoPark JDI Entertainment (release date: August 12, 2014) https://www.facebook.com/JDIRecords/ By Bob Marovich With his 2014 album Joy Comin’, singer-songwriter Brent Jones took one giant leap from his days as leader of the gospel hip hop group T.P. Mobb. This album represented a new sound for Jones’s listeners, [...]

Kimberly M. Kent – Blessed2beChosen

2018-02-28T03:26:01-06:00February 28th, 2018|

Kimberly M. Kent Blessed2beChosen (EP) (release date: November 11, 2017) www.kimberlymkent.com By Bob Marovich Last fall, Kimberly M. Kent, a worship leader, multi-instrumentalist, and singer-songwriter from Indianapolis, Indiana, followed her debut EP The Journey with a new EP, Blessed2beChosen. On this second release, Kent lends her burnished alto to a half-dozen self-penned songs containing [...]

JGM Pick of the Week: February 12, 2018

2018-02-13T02:17:29-06:00February 13th, 2018|

“You Will Win” Jekalyn Carr Lunjeal Music Group (release date: September 15, 2017) www.iamjekalyncarr.com By Bob Marovich Twenty-year-old singing sensation Jekalyn Carr extends her string of inspirational hit songs with “You Will Win.” Defeating the enemy means believing in God and taking control of one’s life in thought and action, Carr [...]

“He Promised Me” – BeBe Winans feat. Tobbi & Tommi, Introducing Kiandra

2018-02-09T04:22:17-06:00February 9th, 2018|

By Bob Marovich While CeCe Winans was racking up Grammy Awards for Let Them Fall in Love, her 2017 album with the retro-looking cover, her brother and erstwhile singing partner BeBe Winans was promoting his new single, “He Promised Me.” Co-produced by Daniel Weatherspoon and featuring sister act Tobbi & Tommi [...]

JGM Pick of the Week: February 5, 2018

2018-02-09T19:18:40-06:00February 6th, 2018|

“He Knows My Name (The Worship Experience)” William H. Rainer Jr. Overboard Records (2018) https://store.cdbaby.com/cd/williamhrainerjr1 By Bob Marovich On “He Knows My Name,” husky-voiced William H. Rainer Jr. expresses delight that the Savior knows his name and has brought him through “so many things” even when he has gone astray. The track [...]

Morris Mingo feat. the With One Voice Ensemble: The Time of the Minstrel

2018-02-04T02:17:58-06:00February 4th, 2018|

Morris Mingo featuring the With One Voice Ensemble & Friends The Time of the Minstrel Moming Productions (release date: October 27, 2017) https://store.cdbaby.com/cd/morrismingo By Bob Marovich The Time of the Minstrel is an independently-produced album that deserves major label attention. From the quality of its packaging and album notes to [...]

JGM Pick of the Week: January 30, 2018

2018-01-31T01:59:12-06:00January 31st, 2018|

“He Saved Me” YaLonda Lolar-Johnson Thysongbird Music Group (release date: July 2017) www.thysongbird.com By Bob Marovich YaLonda Lolar-Johnson is distinctive in gospel music for hailing from two environments not particularly well known for producing many gospel artists: St. Paul, Minnesota; and the Seventh Day Adventist Church. Nevertheless, gospel is her favorite [...]

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