JGM Pick of the Week – January 23, 2023
“One Step Closer” DiVine of Annapolis From the CD One Step Closer (release date: September 20, 2022)
“I’m So Happy” – Fountain of Life Joy Choir (Marc Davis & Sadar Bahar Edit)
Chicago-based gospel music collector Marc Davis collaborated with Sadar Bahar and recording engineer Tone B. Nimble to inject a disco beat into the Fountain of Life Joy Choir’s “I’m So Happy.”
Adia – Hold It All Together
On her latest solo album, Hold It All Together, Destiny Adia Andrews, known as Adia, sings in a tranquil, conspiratorial voice, as if holding a prayer meeting with a few friends in a tiny room with the lights out and candles burning.
JGM Pick of the Week – January 17, 2023
“He’ll Make It Alright” Julius Pearson & the Gospel Chorale of Chicago Enchanted Media Group
“Don’t Leave Me Jesus” – Lady Voncile Belcher
Although on her latest selection, “Don’t Leave Me Jesus,” Lady Voncile Belcher pleads with Jesus to not leave her “in this barren land,” she knows he won’t. Quoting from “No Ways Tired,” she and her background vocalists sing: “he didn’t bring me this far to leave me.”
JGM Pick of the Week – January 9, 2023
“All Things Are Working” Joe Pace feat. Callie Day Pace Music Group (release date: November 18, 2022)
“Don’t Forget You’re a Child of God” – Out of the Whirlwind feat. the Workstudy Performing Arts Choir
To give their “Don’t Forget You’re a Child of God” an authentic touch, the gospel band Out of the Whirlwind recruited the Workstudy Performing Arts Choir, a children’s choir out of Matteson, Illinois, to sing with them. And the children deliver.
JGM Pick of the Week: January 2, 2023
“Favor” Danielle Stephens DRS Music (release date: July 1, 2022)
“I Don’t Know” – Mari Ramsey
A lovely solo ballad written by singer-guitarist Mari Ramsey and his foster father, “I Don’t Know” is a prayer raised in that defining moment when everything seems lost and all that's left is to put faith in God and let him lead.
Robert Hill & Joanne Lediger – Revelation
Backed by a ferocious troupe of musicians, indie blues performers Robert Hill and Joanne Lediger cover classics from a certain gritty guitar evangelist and also offer newly-composed tunes on their eleven-track Revelation.
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