Gregory Gay of GOSPELflava.com informed the Journal of Gospel Music of the passing of Edward "Eddie" Robinson. Robinson was a gospel piano accompanist for such leading lights as Robert Anderson and Mahalia Jackson. He played on the Caravans' April 1952 recording debut and toured Europe with Mahalia Jackson. In 2011, [...]
The DuBose Family at work: Jonathan Jr. (left), Jonathan Sr. (center) and other family members. On the 75th birthday of Jonathan DuBose Sr., member of Bridgeport, Connecticut quartet the Sensational Starlights, the Journal of Gospel Music is pleased to repost its 2011 interview (below) with another musical member [...]
By Bob Marovich Michael Castellini made ample use of the Black Gospel Music Restoration Project at Baylor University, and the counsel of gospel music historian Professor Robert Darden, to write his Master's thesis on gospel music and the civil rights movement. In "Sit In, Stand Up and Sing Out!: Black [...]
By Bob Marovich Rolling Stone and NPR called the Jones Family Singers, a gospel group from Bay City, Texas, one of 25 “must see” acts at SXSW [South By Southwest]. Filmmaker Alan Berg is working on a documentary about the family. They may be up for a GRAMMY for their [...]
Mavis Staples reflects on activism and music, past and present.
“I Need Thee” Beulah Grove Mass Choir feat. Monica Lisa Stevenson Released digitally October 21, 2014 www.beulahgrove.org Beulah Grove Baptist Church of Augusta, Georgia (Dr. Sam Davis, Pastor), celebrates its centennial with a rousing gospel version of the hymn, “I Need Thee Every Hour,” rendered with spirit by the always [...]
It was a privilege and an honor to be in the number for Dr. Bernice Johnson Reagon and Toshi Reagon's presentation, and to hear Dr. James Abbington's mass choir pour forth the praise beforehand. Gospel scholar, civil rights leader Bernice Reagon sings of song’s power - WacoTrib.com: Sound & Sight.
“Hallelujah” Jewell & Converted From the Malaco CD For Real www.malaco.com “Hallelujah” is an up-tempo praiser from St. Louis-based female quartet Jewell & Converted. About a third of the way through, the lead singer gets downright Pentecostal, shouting and squalling about how she wants to “get her praise out,” then [...]
“God Will” Kergyma Community Choir From the album Kergyma: The Proclamation www.kergyma.org Never let it be said that the Kergyma Community Choir doesn’t put on its shouting shoes once in a while. With evocations of the Cosmopolitan Warriors, Ricky Dillard & New G, and JJ Hairston and YP, the choir [...]
Journal of Gospel Music Editor-in-Chief Bob Marovich has written the definitive history of gospel music from Chicago, the genre's birthplace. Available from the University of Illinois Press starting in April 2015. Read more here: UI Press | Robert Marovich | A City Called Heaven: Chicago and the Birth of Gospel Music. [...]
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