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Donald Lawrence Recreates the Clark Sisters Sound for Lifetime Biopic

2020-04-11T01:59:49-05:00April 11th, 2020|

By Bob Marovich Like Beatles and Bob Dylan purists, fans of gospel’s celebrated Clark Sisters know every harmony, every vocal ornamentation, and every nuance of every singer on every song by heart—almost better than the artists themselves. No pressure on Donald Lawrence, musical director of The Clark Sisters: First Ladies [...]

Sheltering in Place? Watch Episodes of “Jubilee Showcase”

2020-03-21T03:22:10-05:00March 21st, 2020|

By Bob Marovich On Sunday mornings from 1963 to 1984, Jubilee Showcase treated television viewers in Chicagoland with 30 minutes of gospel music programming featuring local and national artists. Before BET's Bobby Jones Gospel, Jubilee Showcase was the longest-running gospel television show. Steven Ordower, whose father Sid Ordower was the [...]

JGM’s The Best of 2019

2020-01-13T02:38:33-06:00January 13th, 2020|

By Bob Marovich As is our custom for this time of year, the Journal of Gospel Music presents its "best of" lists in the category of CDs, songs, and historical releases. The recordings were not chosen as "best of" based on sales, chart status, promotion, voting, fan popularity, number of [...]

Kanye West Brings His Sunday Service Experience To Fellowship Chicago

2019-09-10T03:55:23-05:00September 10th, 2019|

From a Press Release: Chicago welcomed hometown favorite, Kanye West, with open arms for his Sunday Service Experience this past weekend. Following a rousing performance on Chicago’s Northerly Island with an estimated 10,000 attendees, thousands of church goers packed into the historic Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church (led by senior pastor [...]

Melvin Williams Seeks Photos for Mother’s Day Video Tribute

2019-04-19T03:16:11-05:00April 19th, 2019|

Melvin Williams of the Williams Brothers and, since 1988, a best-selling gospel solo artist, is putting together a video tribute for Mother's Day.  He invites you to submit a photo of your mother for potential use in the video. If interested, please email the photo to melvinwilliamsentertainment@gmail.com. Submission deadline is [...]

Unsigned Only Music Competition Launches Special “Video Only” Promotion

2019-03-23T23:14:12-05:00March 23rd, 2019|

March 18, 2019 -- The Unsigned Only Music Competition is launching a special “Video Only” promotion and will be accepting both professional and homemade music video entries from March 20-29, 2019. Original music and cover songs are eligible. Artists can enter by going to: https://www.unsignedonly.com. This is an opportunity for [...]

Who was Harvey?

2019-02-04T21:57:27-06:00February 3rd, 2019|

The Dali-esque artist who painted nearly 200 Savoy Records album covers during the 1960s--the majority for the label's gospel series--and signed his work "Harvey" with no surname, has been somewhat of a mystery to record collectors. On David Peterkofsky's For Keeps podcast, Robbie Rogers shines a light on who Harvey [...]

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