JGM Pick of the Week: July 4, 2023
“A Million Moments” Amanda Joy Powell Independent (release date: April 21, 2023)
“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.
“He Did It For Me” Alicia Moore Independent (release date: April 28, 2023)
UK singer Becky Morrall recruited the choir of St. Philip Westbrook to join her on John Evans’s heartwarming “A Better World.”
Live From New Orleans delivers marvelous singing, well-written songs, professional musicians, and all of it expertly curated. It’s a worship experience in a jewel case.
“The Way, the Truth, the Life” is a little bit country, a little bit gospel, and a little bit Pentecostal.
When gospel singer Marjane’ releases a single, it arrives on a summer breeze blowing gently along the California coast.
“God, You’ve Been Faithful” Lucinda Moore & Tramaine Hawkins Nalah Music Group (release date: March 31, 2023)
Believer, Ray Curenton’s third studio album, is his finest to date.