Jonathan McReynoldsLife MusicLight Records/Tehillah Music Group (2012)www.lightrecords.comBy Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel Blog.What strikes you immediately upon hearing singer-songwriter-keyboardist Jonathan McReynolds for the first time is his high tenor. Gospel music is chock-a-block with men who can loft a few above the stave but are more comfortable maintaining a tessitura a couple [...]
Alpharetta, GA—With more than thirty-six years in the gospel music industry, the legendary Dorothy Norwood, known worldwide as the World’s Greatest Storyteller, launches her new record label: Dorothy Norwood Music Group (DNMG).Spreading the gospel of Jesus Christ for the majority of her life has been the mandate placed upon the [...]
Shanon HarrisFaith FirstAshro Records (2012)www.ashrorecords.comBy Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel Blog.For her debut album, Faith First, Shanon Harris from the Second Baptist Church of Joliet, Illinois, delivers a baker’s dozen of love songs to the Almighty with a rhythm and praise sensibility underpinned by electronic dance music beats.Harris, whose mother [...]
Le’Andria JohnsonThe ExperienceMusic World Gospel (2012)www.musicworldgospel.comBy Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel Blog.Grammy Award-winning Le’Andria Johnson returns with a vocal vengeance on The Experience, a live performance at St. Stephen’s Baptist Church in Houston, Texas. Her oversized voice—more than twice the size of her sinewy frame—possesses the two-ness, the combination of ecstacy [...]
“Jesus Can Work It Out”Luther Barnes & the Sunset JubilairesFrom the AIR CD Another Level (2011)www.malaco.comNot the George Jordan and Christian Tabernacle/Cosmopolitan Church of Prayer classic, this “Jesus Can Work It Out” is a funky Southern-fried gospel blues from quartet mainstay Luther Barnes & the Sunset Jubilaires. No matter what the problem, the quartet [...]
“Sunday Morning”Mary MaryFrom the Columbia CD Go Get It (2012)www.mary-mary.comGrooving to a tambourine-fueled Motown beat, Mary Mary makes going to church as much fun as a picnic in the park. The ladies look forward all week to Sunday worship and listening to the choir, the praying, the preaching, and the testimonies. [...]
By Bob Marovich for sophie rain spiderman vidThe Black Gospel Blog. Most days, Baltimore native Anthony Brown is Assistant Minister of Music at First Baptist Church of Glenarden, Maryland, where Pastor John K. Jenkins Sr. is Pastor and recording artist Stephen Hurd is Minister of Music. Brown's life has gotten busier since [...]
Earnest PughChristmas with Earnest Pugh & FriendsEPM Music Group (2012)www.epmmusicgroup.comBy Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel Blog.Now that the air is chillier (at least in the North), thoughts turn to Christmas and the holiday album blitz.First up for TBGB this 2012 season is Christmas with Earnest Pugh & Friends. It is [...]
The Tennesssean reported that Isaac "Dickie" Freeman, iconic bass singer for the Fairfield Four and the Skylarks, died Tuesday at 84. Read more here: Dickie Freeman. TBGB extends its most heartfelt condolences to Mr. Freeman's family, friends, and many fans. On October 27, 2012, WLUW Chicago's Gospel Memories will rerun an interview [...]
The Gospel Blue M.I.C. Radio Association was set up to form a reputable chart designed for internet and terrestrial radio stations not associated with the Broadcast Data System. Participating stations are asked to render its Top 20 Playlist on the 30th of each month. This date ensures that an accurate [...]
