Gospel Music

Robert Jamison and VictorySpeak Myself FreeRJM Publishing, LLC (2011)www.robertjamisonandvictory.comBy Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel Blog.Robert Jamison was inspired to establish the gospel ensemble Robert Jamison and Victory in 2009 after the death of his mother, Mrs. Annetta Ballew Haygood. She loved traditional gospel music and even accompanied Rev. James [...]

RokBorn 2 SingTestimony Records (2011)www.natselmanagement.com/rokBy Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel Blog.With a head full of dreadlocks and Rok as his professional name, you would anticipate that Rokeem Pough is a Christian hip hop artist.You’d be wrong. He’s a smooth contemporary gospel singer-songwriter and a pretty good one at that. [...]

Our good friend Ducky in Detroit informed TBGB of the passing of Lawrence Goudy, the long-time manager of the Trumpelettes. She attached the photo below, taken circa 2007:Alberta Parren (second row)Lawrence Goudy (front row) Willie Harris ( front row)Neta Westbrook (next to Alberta)Victoria Hawkins-Westbrook (third row)Big Joe Louis “BJL” (sitting [...]

The first rounds of votes have been counted and these are your finalists for the Chicago Black Music Awards - Gospel Jubilee Awards.The awards program will be Saturday, January 21, 2012 at the Harold Washington Cultural Center Theater. Red Carpet begins with a VIP show at 6:00 p.m. and the [...]

“Just That Good (The Albertina Walker Tribute)”Dorothy NorwoodMalaco 2012http://www.malaco.com/Caravan alumna Dorothy Norwood teams with Monica Lisa Stevenson and Bishop J.D. Means from Atlanta on a traditional-flavored tribute to the late Albertina Walker, whom the Storyteller refers to as “my best friend, my mentor.”Rather than delivering a retrospective or weepy remembrance, Norwood [...]

Michael MartinlifeStories vol. 1Remaining Days Music (2011)www.remainingdaysmusic.comBy Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel Blog. “This is the soundtrack for your life” is a tagline for Pastor Michael Steven Martin’s music. It’s certainly an apt tagline for his lifeStories vol. 1, an EP of vignettes reflecting on the drama of daily [...]

DrewI SurrenderDrew Music Publishing (2010)http://www.facebook.com/DrewBaxter.NIPBy Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel Blog.On I Surrender, singer-songwriter Drew Baxter of Orlando, Florida is supported by a quintessentially East Coast-sounding praise and worship ensemble called New Inspiration of Praise.There’s nothing subtle about Drew and New Inspiration of Praise, from their energetic singing to [...]