Gospel Music

Keith Reed Jr. & New Sound of Worship – Bless the Lord (EP)

2017-10-04T00:49:41-05:00October 4th, 2017|

Keith Reed Jr. & New Sound of Worship Bless the Lord (EP) New Sound Music Group (release date: July 21, 2017) http://newsoundofworship.com By Bob Marovich Cool harmonies from New Sound of Worship support Keith Reed Jr.’s singing of three conventional Rhythm & Praise songs on the EP Bless the Lord. [...]

The Gaithers and Southern Gospel: Homecoming in the Twenty-First Century – Ryan P. Harper

2017-09-16T18:02:15-05:00September 16th, 2017|

The Gaithers and Southern Gospel: Homecoming in the Twenty-First Century. By Ryan P. Harper. Jackson, MS: University Press of Mississippi, 2017. 326 pp. (printed casebinding). Index. ISBN 978-1-4968-1090-8. $65 By Bob Marovich Rarely have television programs or video franchises received the microscopically detailed analysis that ethnographer Ryan P. Harper gives [...]

RIP Dr. Rodena Preston, Musician, Director, GMWA Executive

2017-09-16T00:44:39-05:00September 16th, 2017|

By Bob Marovich JGM was saddened to learn from Gayle Lecus and others in Southern California today that Dr. Rodena Preston has transitioned from earthly labor to heavenly reward. Rodena's music career was fostered by her mother, Mrs. Robbie Preston-Williams, who had her daughter playing piano at age three. By age [...]

Jennifer McGill – Unbreakable

2017-09-12T01:35:49-05:00September 12th, 2017|

Jennifer McGill Unbreakable Lifetime Impact Music (release date: August 11, 2017) www.jennifermcgill.com By Bob Marovich If the original Mickey Mouse Club gave us Annette Funicello (okay, and Jimmy Dodd), the All-New Mickey Mouse Club produced a passing parade of pop singers. Justin Timberlake, Christina Aguilera, Britney Spears, and Ryan Gosling, [...]

Royce Lovett – Love & Other Dreams

2017-08-19T02:20:22-05:00August 19th, 2017|

Royce Lovett Love & Other Dreams Motown Gospel (release date: July 14, 2017) www.motowngospel.com By Bob Marovich Royce Lovett is one of the most distinctive voices on the Motown Gospel roster. Not surprisingly, his new album, Love & Other Dreams, is as artistically unpredictable as its creator. The guitar-playing Tallahassee, Florida, [...]

Derrick “Doc” Pearson – I Still Do: Songs for a Biblical Marriage

2017-08-02T16:07:33-05:00August 2nd, 2017|

Derrick "Doc" Pearson I Still Do: Songs for a Biblical Marriage I AM Music Company (release date: April 7, 2017) www.iammusiccompany.com By Bob Marovich Love songs have become quite popular in gospel music. Perchance inspired by Kim Burrell's 2011 The Love Album, or Fred Hammond's 2012 2-CD release, God, Love, [...]

Le’Andria Johnson’s “Bigger Than Me” Fits Her Past, Present, and Future

2017-07-31T21:08:21-05:00July 31st, 2017|

By Bob Marovich Rome wasn’t built in a day.  The world took a little more time to create. Some music albums take many months to produce. Not Le’Andria Johnson’s latest album, Bigger Than Me. She told JGM it took less than a week. “We were just sitting in a creative space, [...]

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