Judy CheeksTrue Love is FreeMozan Music (2013)www.judycheeks.comBy Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel BlogThe title describes the message behind former dance diva Judy Cheeks’ debut inspirational project. The daughter of gospel singer nonpareil, the late Rev. Julius Cheeks, Judy believes that love conquers all, and no love is more powerful, [...]
D’Mott Romance in the Gray Sonny Camp Music Group (Released September, 2013) www.dmottmusic.com By Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel Blog With the build of a wide receiver and an intimidating beard to boot, De’Juaine Motley, aka D’Mott, has a steely-cool tenor voice evocative of the Doobie Brothers’ Michael McDonald. [...]
Many call him the Gospel Super Producer because of his work with groups, quartets, and choirs throughout the gospel music industry. On January 8th, Ray Braswell Jr. of Raymarkable Music will debut the Raymarkable Music Online Radio Show on Church House Radio.All gospel artists who want their project promoted during his broadcast, [...]
Various ArtistsBlack Gospel Rarities, Vols. 1 - 3Available at www.crystalballrecords.com(US) or www.bim-bam.com (UK)By Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel BlogGalen Gart’s painstaking research into the 1950s rhythm & blues scene produced the valuable (though sadly out of print) First Pressing series, a Duke/Peacock discography, and other music reference materials. Not [...]
The Migration of Gospel Quartets - New Orleans Magazine - January 2014 - New Orleans, LA
Rev. Dr. Stefanie Minatee, director of the New Jersey-based gospel choir Jubilation, was celebrated by the New Jersey Star-Ledger in its "I Am New Jersey" series. Read the article here: Rev. Stefanie Minatee.
Brooklyn All StarsLive in Richmond, VirginiaMalaco Records (2013)www.malaco.comBy Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel BlogMoss doesn’t grow on a rolling stone, nor on a gospel quartet like the Brooklyn All Stars. The group has been singing for more than sixty years, recording for more than fifty of them, and shows [...]
The National and Independent Gospel Music Association (NIGMA) is now accepting applications for the DeWayne Wallace Memorial Scholarship. The awards will be presented at the 2014 NIGMA Honors Scholarship Gala in Atlanta on March 15, 2014.Eligibility Criteria: Applicants must...- Be completing or have completed high school successfully with a minimum [...]
LecraeChurch Clothes Vol. 2Reach Records (2013)www.reachrecords.comBy Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel BlogLecrae spits the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth on Church Clothes Vol. 2. Hosted by Don Cannon, the follow-up to last year’s Church Clothes finds Lecrae and a crew of featured artists unveiling the [...]
Higher AuthorityI’m His Favorite EPreasonwhywesing@gmail.comBy Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel BlogFrom San Diego, the female gospel group Higher Authority—Charity, Khristi, Vennetta, and Zimika—has been singing together for more than a decade. The follow up to their 2008 Definition of a Remix is a self-produced EP, I’m His Favorite.When not [...]
