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 Camilla Camilla height: Black History Month - My Tribute IV I am blessed and elated to express my gratitude and veneration of [...]

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 allyreid777 holly madison nudeJubilee Showcase brought the nation's greatest gospel singers and groups into living rooms throughout Chicagoland. [...]

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 [...]

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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 [...]

Maggie Ingram, a legendary gospel singer from Virginia, passed away this week.  Learn more about her in this excellent remembrance: http://wtvr.com/2015/06/24/what-gospel-legend-maggie-ingrams-daughter-would-like-us-to-remember-about-her-mother/

June 18, 2015 (Houston, TX) - Today it is Charleston, but in the last several months, it has been Ferguson, Cleveland, Staten Island, and so many others. There is a [...]

Airing from 1963 to 1984, Jubilee Showcase was the longest running gospel music television show before BET's Bobby Jones Gospel.  Every week, host Sid Ordower introduced television audiences of all [...]

Historian and journalist Michael Corcoran uncovered a myriad of hitherto unknown facts about Texas pianist and Church of God in Christ member Arizona Dranes.  Those findings were revealed in He [...]

DALLAS (June 9, 2015) - Grammy Award® Nominee Tamela Mann is the first Gospel lead artist in Billboard Gospel Radio chart history to score three consecutive No. 1's from an [...]

Check out this wonderful article written by Peter Margasak about JGM's Bob Marovich. Peter tells my story far better than I could ever tell it myself! http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/bob-robert-marovich-city-called-heaven-gospel-book-festival/Content?oid=17800579