By Bob Marovich Lecrae was among the top awardees at the 46th annual GMA Dove Awards celebration, held yesterday evening at Allen Arena on the campus of Nashville's Lipscomb University. The Billboard-topping Christian hip hop artist took home three honors: Artist of the Year, Rap/Hip Hop Album of the Year (Anomaly), and [...]
Bishop Andrew J. Ford II & The Anointed Voices EP from the forthcoming CD We Still Serve a Mighty God www.fordmemorial.com By Bob Marovich By means of an EP and the current radio single, “A Mighty Good God,” Bishop Andrew J. Ford II & The Anointed Voices of Ford Memorial [...]
Joyful Gospel We’ve Got a River to Cross Rampart Street Music www.rampartstreetmusic.com By Bob Marovich Although Joyful Gospel gets top billing, the choir we hear on the album We’ve Got a River to Cross, released on the New Orleans-based label Rampart Street Music, is actually a blend of choral ensembles. [...]
Carla Martin One Word The Cloud Music (2014) http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/carlamartin1 By Bob Marovich Although Carla Martin has been singing for the better part of ten years, One Word is her debut album. Martin possesses a pleasant, power pop alto with a tight vibrato and the ability to get down into Toni [...]
By Bob Marovich Not that she would have called it her bucket list, but a young Janice Gaines had three childhood aspirations. “As a little kid,” she told the Journal of Gospel Music, I would play like was a teacher, and I would play like I was a singer, and [...]
“My Son” Okey Sokay From the forthcoming Orangeville Music album Revealed https://itunes.apple.com/ca/album/my-son-single/id1042589852 This week’s pick takes us to the Ebonyi State of Nigeria and an artist named Okechukwu Dickson, who goes by the stage name of Okey Sokay. “My Son” is a tuneful, piano-driven solo on God’s fatherly compassion, written [...]
JGM Music Hour: Episode 97 (click on the image above to play): Playlist: Have you been shook - Sons of the Soul Revivers So good - Melvin Williams feat. Dottie Peoples You can't give up - Paul Porter Good news - Pastor Waverly B. Bumbrey [...]
Florida State University doctoral candidate Isaiah Rodriques McGee's 2007 dissertation, The Origin and Historical Development of Prominent Professional Black Choirs in the United States, is a fascinating and informative survey of the spiritual and jubilee choirs that toured the U.S. and abroad. McGee focuses on the Wings Over Jordan Choir [...]
By Bob Marovich Dwayne Lightsey informed JGM this morning that Nathan Murphy, a gospel singer formerly with the James Herndon Singers and organizer of his own Nathan Murphy Singers, passed away August 17, 2015. The James Herndon Singers were organized in the late 1960s by Caravans accompanist James Herndon. Members of [...]
“Worthy Are You Lord" (The Remix) Devon Baker feat. Zaviel Janae and Aubrey Davis BakersWay Entertainment (2015) The radio version of Devon Baker’s P&W anthem “Worthy Are You Lord,” with ample assistance from background vocalists that included Trice Staten and Keshia McFarland, helped earn the singer two Rhythm of Gospel [...]
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