JGM Pick of the Week – August 8, 2023
“Miracle” Paul Porter and the Christianaires Blacksmoke Music Worldwide (2023)
“Miracle” Paul Porter and the Christianaires Blacksmoke Music Worldwide (2023)
Like a cross between a worship team and a mellower Marshall Tucker Band, the earnest Saved by Grace delivers radio-sized songs with uncomplicated lyrics sung with conversational ease.
“Praise Him” has the fulsome and thunderous Sunday morning church choir sound characteristic of its presenter, Bishop Dan Willis and the All Nations Choir, the artist formerly known as the Pentecostals of Chicago.
“It's Morning” Latrice Pace From the forthcoming album Exodus: The Journey of Obedience Volume 2 (single release date: July 14, 2023)
Daphney Hilton’s even-handed delivery on “The Way You Made Me” sells the song.
For those who feel lost and “stuck in the moment / and the moment won’t let you go,” the Caleb Project is here to tell you “He’ll do it for you.”
“He Rose” Rhyme & Reason feat. Robert Copeland From the Enon Music Group album Number 1 Reason (release date: April 9, 2022)
“A Million Moments” Amanda Joy Powell Independent (release date: April 21, 2023)
Opening with a sweetly warbling organ, “Measure of a Man” is Chicagoland-based Deacon J’s (aka Dennis Jackson’s) “anthem of accountability” for adult males.
“It Can Only Get Better” delivers a hopeful message better than most of its contemporaries.