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Greater St. Stephen Ministries Celebrates 40 Years of Musical Excellence With Historic Live Reunion Choir Recording
The Greater St. Stephen Reunion Choir, featuring Bishop Paul S. Morton, will celebrate 40 years with a live recording, Monday, July 7, at 6:00 p.m. at Greater St. Stephen in New Orleans.
Documentary on Archbishop Carl Bean to Premiere at the 2025 Tribeca Film Festival
I am proud to serve as a contributing producer to this documentary on the life of Archbishop Carl Bean. In 1977, Archbishop Carl Bean made history by recording his disco hit “I Was Born this Way,” celebrated as the world’s first gay anthem, and setting the stage for a revolution in queer music. All-star interviews with Lady Gaga, Questlove, Billy [...]
Rare Helen Hollins & Bishop Hollins Sr. Release on Good Friday
From Alicia Hollins and Innovative Holding Partners: My family is absolutely thrilled about the Good Friday release of a very special recording: "Thy Will" by the legendary Helen Hollins featuring Bishop Milton Hollins Sr. Even more exciting, we're building the official Helen Hollins YouTube channel where you'll get access to all the new releases, behind-the-scenes stories, interviews with special guests, [...]
TRIBL Records Celebrates Four NAACP Image Award Nominations
MAVERICK CITY MUSIC LANDS NOMINATION ALONGSIDE GLORILLA FOR #1 BILLBOARD DIGITAL GOSPEL SONG “RAIN ON ME” TRIBL RECORDS SCORES MOST NOMINATIONS ACROSS ALL CHRISTIAN & GOSPEL LABELS (ATLANTA, GA) – January 8, 2025 – Globally-acclaimed TRIBL Records celebrates earning four nominations in the 56th Annual NAACP Image Awards. The commendations came across various categories, including Outstanding Duo, Group or Collaboration [...]
2025 GRAMMY Nominations in the Gospel and Contemporary Christian Music Group
Congratulations to the 2025 GRAMMY Awards nominees in the Gospel and Contemporary Christian Music Group
JJ Hairston’s JamesTown Music Inks Partnership Deal with Motown Gospel
JamesTown Music, founded by GRAMMY-nominated and multiple Stellar Award winner, JJ Hairston, has announced the signing of a deal finalizing a partnership between Motown Gospel and JamesTown Music.
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SPONSORED POST Dr. Mark Williams is a physician, lecturer, worship leader, songwriter, husband and father who has intricately merged his music, his medical practice, and his ministry leadership into a [...]
LOS ANGELES, CA (Tuesday, October 4, 2016) - Gospel recording artist Ami Rushes is gearing up for her sixth album and she wants to make you part of the process. [...]
Click on the image above to purchase One Way. Sponsored Post: DALLAS (September 8, 2016) – Grammy® Award Nominated, NAACP Image Award Winning Artist and Billboard Chart-Topping Singer TAMELA MANN [...]
By Bob Marovich When his mother passed away in 2004, filmmaker David Licata began to ponder life’s timeless questions: What is our purpose on earth? What do we want to leave [...]
CHAMPAIGN, IL & LOS ANGELES, CA (TUESDAY, AUGUST 9, 2016) — Archeophone Records (www.archeophone.com) today announced that its highly-anticipated book and CD compilation, Waxing the Gospel: Mass Evangelism and the [...]
Baylor University art professor Terry Roller and his Art 4331 students took on a special assignment: Design custom album jackets for 45 rpm discs in Baylor's Black Gospel Music Restoration [...]
Photo credit: Earl Gibson III NASHVILLE, TN (June 29, 2016) – The Reigning Queen of Gospel, Shirley Caesar, was honored in a jubilant celebration in Hollywood on Tuesday [...]
Here is the official 2016 Winner List for the 2016 Rhythm of Gospel Awards, submitted by National Independent Gospel Music Association CEO Kris Jackson. Congratulations to the following individuals and [...]
Industry leaders oversee the legacy and educational aspects of Gospel and Christian music NASHVILLE, Tenn. (April 11, 2016) – The GMA Foundation is proud to announce its 2016-17 Board of [...]
Click on the image above to hear a one-hour special musical tribute to the late Min. Daryl Coley, originally broadcast on WLUW-FM Chicago's "Gospel Memories" on Saturday, March 26, 2016. [...]
By Bob Marovich Janell Lancaster is a gospel announcer, singer, actor, dancer, and now a blogger. Last month, she launched Keep the Gospel Alive into the blogosphere. Its purpose, Lancaster [...]
Photo Credit: John Sturdy Tiffany Walden writes in The Reader about Chicago senior pastor Julian DeShazier who, as Christian rap artist J.Kwest, seeks "to find a middle ground where [...]
By Bob Marovich For the past 30 years, musician, producer, and record label executive Michael Weatherspoon has seen what works and what doesn’t in church music ministry. In particular, he’s [...]
A lovely tribute from gospel singer-songwriter Calvin Bridges: Black History Month - My Tribute IV I am blessed and elated to express my gratitude and veneration of several people who [...]
By Bob Marovich The gospel music world mourns the passing of Mrs. Jodi Litmon, an independent gospel artist from Cincinnati, Ohio, who recently racked up six nominations for the 2016 [...]
By Bob Marovich As is our custom for this time of year, the Journal of Gospel Music presents its "best of" lists in the category of CDs, songs, and historical [...]
The nominations in the Gospel and Contemporary Christian Music categories (#36-40) for the 58th GRAMMY Awards were announced, and they are as follows: 36. Best Gospel Performance/Song Worth [Live] – [...]
Journal of Gospel Music Editor-in-Chief Bob Marovich (pictured, left), discussed his book, A City Called Heaven: Chicago and the Birth of Gospel Music (University of Illinois Press), with radio legend Milt Rosenberg (center) on [...]
From a press release: Grammy Award winner Tye Tribbett’s cousin Corey Jones, a drummer, was on his way home from a concert gig when he experienced SUV trouble in the [...]
By Bob Marovich From 1963 to 1984, the Emmy Award-winning television program Jubilee Showcase brought the nation's greatest gospel singers and groups into living rooms throughout Chicagoland. Every Sunday morning, [...]
When Art Rupe of Specialty Records recorded the July 22, 1955, gospel program at Los Angeles's Shrine Auditorium, he was making history. It would be the first multi-artist gospel program [...]
Read Keith Alexander's article in the Washington Post here: Richard Smallwood
PRESS RELEASE: The June 17th Charleston Church Massacre has prompted Grammy Award winning recording artist Tye Tribbett to launch a “Hate Won’t Win” concert to benefit the families of the [...]
(BOISE, Idaho) -- Christian music's largest site online, NewReleaseTuesday.com, got its name from the day new music releases in the U.S. But with the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry's [...]