JGM Pick of the Week – February 26, 2024
Veteran singer CeCe Winans has the training, the talent, the experience, and the chops to put any song over. Her new single, “That’s My King,” is no exception.
“At the Center of Grace” – Lillian Lilly
“At the Center of Grace” Lillian Lilly Xpress Music Group, Inc. (release date: January 23, 2024) By Robert M. Marovich What’s particularly gratifying about Lillian Lilly’s new single “At the Center of Grace” is that it evokes in lyric and arrangement an older gospel music tradition while planting itself firmly [...]
“One Day” – Deitrick Haddon
Someone can correct me if I’m mistaken, but Deitrick Haddon’s “One Day” may be the first appearance of the highland pipes in an African American gospel song.
Akesse Brempong – The Awakening Live! – Alpha Edition
Known as “The Lion,” Akesse Brempong is an accomplished Ghanian worship artist, with five albums and a handful of single releases to his name. His latest, The Awakening Live! – Alpha Edition, is Praise & Worship but with a distinctive combination of Afrobeats, Pentecostal energy, and a trace of reggae.
JGM Pick of the Week: February 12, 2024
“Have Mercy O Grace” Armstead Ford ft. God’s Harvesters Independent (release date: October 27, 2023)
“Thank You, Lord” – Jayden Williams
Greenville, South Carolina, singer-songwriter Jayden Williams offers a bubbly ode of gratitude to Jesus on “Thank You, Lord.”
“Walking in the Light” – Elder Randall Ogans Sr. & Dorian Ogans
On the charming instrumental “Walking in the Light,” father-son inspirational jazz duo Elder Randall Ogans Sr. and Dorian Ogans evoke the image of a procession of believers swaggering into the light of God’s presence.
JGM Pick of the Week – January 30, 2024
“Blessed My Soul” Jason Singleton & Friends From the Singletone Music Group CD The LowCountry Church Experience (release date: July 16, 2023) By Robert M. Marovich In what artist and minister Jason Singleton calls a Low Country arrangement, meaning the area along South Carolina’s coast, “Blessed My Soul” evokes the [...]
“He Knows How Much We Can Bear” – Eddie Ruth Bradford
Like hymns and early gospel songs. “He Knows Just How Much You Can Bear,” written in 1941 by Phyllis Hall and published by Roberta Martin, is as durable as an eighteenth-century armoire.
Muriel Mwamba – Lesa Alomfwa
Talking drums and bansuri meet saxophone and piano on the journey to spiritual healing.
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