Journal of Gospel Music

Gospel Fusion

Gospel fusion blends a mix of jazz, world music, pop/rock, and other popular styles with religious or inspirational messages.

Jae Jerome – Inner Man EP

2016-02-26T04:19:05-06:00February 26th, 2016|

Jae Jerome Inner Man EP (release date: November 2015) SouthBreeze Music www.jaejerome.com By Bob Marovich Inner Man, Jae Jerome’s self-described “gospel fusion” EP, embraces messages of inspiration and love lyrics—for God? for a person? Sometimes it’s ambiguous but it’s always positive —with the quiet storm sounds of Maxwell, Brian McKnight, and [...]

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Gurrumul – The Gospel Album

2015-12-16T00:12:24-06:00December 16th, 2015|

Gurrumul The Gospel Album Skinnyfish Music (release date: July 15, 2015) www.skinnyfishmusic.com.au By Bob Marovich Gurrumul’s The Gospel Album is historic for the Journal of Gospel Music: the site’s first review of sacred music sung by an Australian indigenous artist. That artist is Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu, a blind singer and [...]

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URIM7 – The Assignment

2015-12-12T21:17:42-06:00December 12th, 2015|

URIM 7 The Assignment JOSJOI Productions (2015) https://www.reverbnation.com/urim7band By Bob Marovich Not all Jamaican music is reggae, dancehall, rock steady, or any of the other popular sounds associated with the country. In fact, with rare exception, as Mike McGonigal pointed out in his notes to the reissue collection, Noah Found [...]

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Howard Ziwa – Dawn

2015-10-28T03:08:58-05:00October 28th, 2015|

Howard Ziwa Dawn – Volume 1 www.ziwamusic.com By Bob Marovich Howard Ziwa’s Dawn—I’m tempted to call it an EP because it has eight tracks and weighs in at under thirty minutes—has its high points and low points. Let’s start with the high points. The EP’s finest selections, “Alele” and “Let [...]

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Eagle Rock Gospel Singers – Heavenly Fire

2015-09-21T20:22:54-05:00September 21st, 2015|

Eagle Rock Gospel Singers Heavenly Fire Ba Da Bing (release date: August 7, 2015) www.ergospelsingers.com By Bob Marovich What originated as a group of friends jamming on old gospel songs distilled into the five-member Eagle Rock Gospel Singers. The Los Angeles group's full-length debut, Heavenly Fire, declares their earthy conviction for [...]

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The Gospel Music of Jonathan McReynolds: “Different Sound, Same Heart”

2015-09-06T20:19:43-05:00September 6th, 2015|

By Bob Marovich “I always did love music,” Jonathan McReynolds told the Journal of Gospel Music, “but I don’t think I ever envisioned a music career to come out of it.” Nevertheless, McReynolds, a rising star on the gospel music circuit, is poised to release his sophomore album, Life Music: Stage [...]

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Funmilayo Ngozi – Unconstrained

2015-08-02T17:35:45-05:00August 2nd, 2015|

Funmilayo Ngozi Unconstrained Unconstrained Music (2015) www.funmilayongozi.com By Bob Marovich A cursory look at Nigerian singer Funmilayo Ngozi’s name might suggest that her music is steeped in the African gospel tradition. In actuality, Ngozi lives in Augusta, Georgia, and studied and is a music educator in the U.S.  She served [...]

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Robert E. Person – Love Divine

2015-04-21T16:26:03-05:00April 21st, 2015|

Robert E. Person Love Divine REP Music (2015) www.roberteperson.com By Bob Marovich The first thing you notice when listening to Robert E. Person’s new album, Love Divine, is the bigness of the singer's voice. It’s Broadway musical big, regardless of whether Person is summoning deep bass notes or launching into [...]

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