JGM Pick of the Week – September 18, 2023
The Lighthouse Singers and a chorus of singers team up to deliver deliciously old fashioned gospel quartet singing on “Good To Me.”
“Don’t Wonder About It” – The Calvin Delites
From the opening strains of “Don’t Wonder About It,” the female quartet from Memphis, Tennessee, makes it plain that their feet are planted firmly in the traditional church.
JGM Pick of the Week – August 8, 2023
“Miracle” Paul Porter and the Christianaires Blacksmoke Music Worldwide (2023)
RIP Robert Dixon, Quartet Singer with the Salem Travelers
JGM announces the passing of gospel quartet singer and group leader Robert Dixon of the Salem Travelers.
JGM Pick of the Week: July 11, 2023
“He Rose” Rhyme & Reason feat. Robert Copeland From the Enon Music Group album Number 1 Reason (release date: April 9, 2022)
JGM Pick of the Week – May 30, 2023
“Move Upstairs” Tim Woodson and the Heirs of Harmony Marxan Records (release date: January 27, 2023)
RIP: Lloyd Cannady Jr., 80, of the Flying Clouds Gospel Quartet
Lloyd Cannady Jr., age 80, slipped away peacefully on Monday, May 1, 2023.
Various Artists – The Voices of Quartet, Vol. 1
Various Artists The Voices of Quartet Vol. 1 Overboard Records (2023) By Robert M. Marovich Few record labels today pay much mind to gospel quartets, despite the fact that quartet singing was the dominant sound of gospel’s golden age and maintains a presence in urban and rural areas nationwide, especially [...]
RIP: Paul Beasley, Member of Gospel Keynotes, Mighty Clouds of Joy, & Blind Boys of Alabama
sydney sweeney boxerBy Robert M. Marovich Paul Beasley, a celebrated gospel quartet singer, passed away Monday, March 13, 2023, at the age of 78. Born in Louisiana, Beasley spent a long career singing tenor with the Gospel Keynotes, alongside Willie Neal Johnson, Gino Smith, Val Alexander, and Johnny Jones. [...]
JGM Pick of the Week – March 7, 2023
“Proof” K.T. Ellis feat. Kenneth Coleman Blacksmoke Music Worldwide (2023)
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