Traditional Gospel

Civil-rights soundtrack still on freedom highway – Fredericksburg.com: Music

Bob Marovich2015-02-21T02:18:49-06:00February 21st, 2015|

Civil-rights soundtrack still on freedom highway - Fredericksburg.com: Music.

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JGM Pick of the Week: February 16, 2015

JGM Pick of the Week: February 16, 2015

Bob Marovich2015-02-17T03:24:32-06:00February 17th, 2015|

“Jesus is Real” The Volunteer State Mass Choir (radio release: February 24, 2015) www.facebook.com/TheVolunteerStateMassChoir The Volunteer State Mass Choir gets gospel bluesy and traditional on “Jesus is Real.” The organ warbles, the piano offers dramatic chording, drums emphasize the beat, and the choir participates in a call and response with [...]

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Prof. Brooksie Harrington: Keeping African-American Music History Alive

Prof. Brooksie Harrington: Keeping African-American Music History Alive

Bob Marovich2015-02-14T20:29:56-06:00February 14th, 2015|

Professor Brooksie Harrington of Fayetteville State University has written on the life and career of Pastor Shirley Caesar. He was featured recently in this Fayobserver.com piece by Michael Futch. Click here for the story: Dr. Brooksie Harrington Photo Credit: Raul R. Rubiera

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Keepers of history: Music that tells the African-American story – Fayetteville Observer: Living

Bob Marovich2015-02-11T02:05:25-06:00February 11th, 2015|

Click below to read the story. Keepers of history: Music that tells the African-American story - Fayetteville Observer: Living.

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JGM Pick of the Week: February 9, 2015

JGM Pick of the Week: February 9, 2015

Bob Marovich2015-02-10T15:47:52-06:00February 10th, 2015|

“Take Your Burdens” Juan Santiago & Uninhibited Praise www.jsuplive.com The group that in 2011 offered one of the most inspirational and uplifting arrangements of the spiritual “Were You There” I have ever heard is back with “Take Your Burdens.” The choir’s new single, led by Jeneal Johnson, is a straight-up [...]

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JGM Pick of the Week: February 2, 2015

JGM Pick of the Week: February 2, 2015

Bob Marovich2015-02-02T19:41:31-06:00February 2nd, 2015|

“He Steps In” Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church Mass Choir From the CD Oh To Be Kept By Jesus (Anniversary Edition) If you like gospel choir singing like it was done in the 1980s, you will love the Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church Mass Choir’s new single, “He Steps In.” This Houston church, [...]

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Gospel’s Willie James McPhatter Dies; Performed in “Black Nativity”

Bob Marovich2015-01-30T00:48:17-06:00January 28th, 2015|

JGM learned from Anthony Heilbut today that Willie James McPhatter, gospel singer-songwriter and accompanist, has died. Originally from Buffalo, New York, McPhatter--the cousin of Clyde McPhatter of the world-famous vocal groups the Dominoes and Drifters--had worked with a number of gospel groups by 1954 when Alex Bradford ("Too Close to [...]

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Smithsonian Folkways – Magazine – Fall/Winter 2014 – The Singing and Praying Bands of Maryland and Delaware

Bob Marovich2015-01-28T03:02:20-06:00January 28th, 2015|

Click below to read story: Smithsonian Folkways - Magazine - Fall/Winter 2014 - The Singing and Praying Bands of Maryland and Delaware.

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Soul Stirrers – Joy in My Soul: The Complete SAR Recordings

Soul Stirrers – Joy in My Soul: The Complete SAR Recordings

Bob Marovich2015-01-26T03:37:53-06:00January 26th, 2015|

Soul Stirrers Joy in My Soul: The Complete SAR Recordings ABKCO Records (release date: January 27, 2015 www.abkco.com By Bob Marovich The first ABKCO compilation of Soul Stirrers recordings on the legendary SAR Records was released more than a decade ago. With sixteen tracks, the Stirrers had the lion’s share [...]

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