JGM Pick of the Week: September 9, 2024
“Church Doors” Yolanda Adams Epic Records (album release date: September 13, 2024)
“Church Doors” Yolanda Adams Epic Records (album release date: September 13, 2024)
A country-fried intro swings into a powerful mid-tempo testimony to the power of faith on Tamela Mann’s new single, “Working for Me.”
There’s a full day’s dose of vitamin D in Chicago singer Cortez Lake’s “Grateful Melody.”
“I Feel the Spirit” Jason Singleton & the Sound of Destiny Choir Singletone Music Group (release date: March 30, 2024)
Although the group’s name suggests a male-led small gospel choir, Sw Washington & Favor of Long Island, NY, is a gospel quartet with a downhome, wooden church vibe.
“Another Chance” Ellen Hayes feat. The Word of Truth Mass Choir Songs and Melodies Records (release date: January 19, 2024)
“99 and ½ Won’t Do” Bobby Rush, Blind Boys of Alabama, Dom Flemons, and Dustbowl Revival 72MM Records (release date: July 19, 2024)
“Medicine” JDimock Independent (release date: May 8, 2024)
“Jesus Lift Me Up” Jim Vierra feat. Ron Poindexter Fifty Something Records (release date: May 6, 2024) By Robert M. Marovich Grammy-nominated vocalist Ron Poindexter’s melodious lead on “Jesus Lift Me Up” fills the song with the vibrant spirit of Hawkins Family-inspired contemporary gospel. The musicians and background vocalists [...]
Recently recovered from a debilitating stroke, Bruce V. Allen of the Florida-based contemporary gospel jazz duo Allen & Allen returns to the scene with “Where Would I Be.”