Gospel Music

forever JONESMusical RevivalEMI Gospel (2012)www.emigospel.comBy Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel Blog.  On their second full-length CD, forever JONES—the multi-talented seven-member family band and the most attractive gospel group ever—lives life out loud.  Literally.  Musical Revival is just as tuneful and worship-driven as the group’s debut CD, Get Ready, but more [...]

“Let It Be”Damon LittleFrom the forthcoming album Soul of Gospelwww.damonlittle.comProduced by iconic quartet legend Clarence Fountain (Blind Boys of Alabama), “Let It Be” is a mellow, acoustic rumination by Damon Little. Waxing bluesy, Little sings that the best way to handle whatever life throws at you is to let go [...]

By Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel Blog.Twenty years ago, singer, songwriter, actor, and sacred music innovator Deitrick Haddon literally experienced a Come-To-Jesus moment.Eager to make his mark on the music industry, Haddon said, “I asked God, ‘What can I do that’s different?’  God spoke to me.  He said, ‘I [...]

“Chances”Isaac CarreeFrom the Sovereign CD Uncommon Me(2011)www.sovereignagency.com“Chances” is another lovely ballad in a string of lovely ballads from the Men of Standard co-founder.  It’s an expansive, piano-led prayer of apology and request for forgiveness, followed by incredulous wonder that God gives us chances over and over again.  “Where would life [...]

Various ArtistsOut of the FireFAAB Ink (2012)www.reverbnation.com/outthefireBy Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel Blog.Out of the Fire is a compilation of a dozen independent artists whose sound, notes executive producer Drew Ferelle of FAAB Ink, is best categorized as “Kingdom Music.”  That is, the album traverses pop, hip hop, rock, [...]

John Redmon & FriendsFaith, Love & Unity, Volume 1Reaching Records (2009)http://www.reachingrecords.com/By Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel Blog.John Redmon founded Reaching Records in Oakland, California in 1994. His 2009 compilation, Love, Faith & Unity, Volume 1, was a 9th Annual Independent Music Award nominee.The compilation traverses gospel, CCM, R&B, and hip [...]

Take 6OneShanachie (2012)www.shanachie.comBy Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel Blog.“It only takes one,” according to the single, but it takes Take 6 to produce the percussive and polyphonic vocal harmonies that give the song, and the group’s latest album, its distinctive vibe.The GRAMMY-winning Take 6 celebrate their 25th anniversary as [...]

“Thank You”Roy and Revelation4 Winds Records (2011)www.royandrevelation.comIn the early 1960s, such vocal groups as the Isley Brothers and the Contours borrowed liberally from gospel to build their soul dynamism in sound, rhythm and choreography.  Roy (Ladson, Jr.) and Revelation, a young quartet from South Carolina, collects the interest by injecting [...]