Gospel Music

Ashmont HillThe MazeAxiom Recordshttp://www.facebook.com/AshmontHillMusic‎By Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel Blog.Straight out of Boston’s Jubilee Christian Church, the family ensemble known as Ashmont Hill describes itself as a “diverse group that knows no musical boundaries.”  This mission is certainly made manifest on the group’s third album, The Maze, released on [...]

Those of us who have worked with Tyrone Porter know what a good guy he is.  He was severely injured on his job and there's a benefit program being thrown in his honor (see below).  If you can attend or can help in any way, we all know Tyrone will [...]

The Westbrook SingersThe Promise (2013)Available from www.westbrooksingers.comBy Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel BlogThe Promise is another outstanding contribution by East Moline, Illinois’s Westbrook Singers.  The mixed gospel group, whose 2008 Live was equally impressive, blends traditional and contemporary gospel with a dash of classic church to offer what sounds like [...]

Hans Christian and the Gospel FellowshipBy Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel BlogOnce upon a time, a choir director was told by church folk that gospel music didn’t belong in church.  No, we’re not talking about Thomas A. Dorsey in the 1930s. We're talking about Hans Christian Jochimsen, director of [...]

“Perfect People”The Walls GroupFo Yo Soul Entertainment (2013)www.thewallsgroup.orgThe song is not for you, sing the Walls Group, if “every day you wake up, the skies are blue” or think you don’t need anyone’s help in your life.  On the other hand, if you have gone through (or are currently going [...]

Listen below to WLUW's Gospel Memories (Bob Marovich, host) for a special radio documentary on the making of James Cleveland and the Angelic Choir's Peace Be Still LP (Savoy). The program includes segments of a 2006 interview with Angelic Choir director Rev. Lawrence Roberts, who discusses the album's production and [...]

Vicki YoheFree Worshipper: A Praise and Worship ExperienceShanachie Records (released August 27, 2013)www.shanachie.comBy Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel BlogOriginally from Central Illinois but now based in Louisiana, Dove and Stellar Award nominee Vicki Yohe recorded her new album, Free Worshipper, before a congregation at the multicultural FaithWorld Church in [...]

By Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel BlogPlenty has occurred for Toledo, Ohio’s First Creation since TBGB last spoke with the group’s founder, Rev. Jerry Boose, in 2009.  Back then, Nobody Like Jesus was their new album.  Boose updated TBGB on the good news as well as on a recent [...]