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RIP: “Mama” Mosie Burks, Lead Singer with the Mississippi Mass Choir
Mosie Burks, lead singer with the Mississippi Mass Choir, passed away July 7, 2025, at the age of 92.
Micah Lee First Independent Male Artist to Garner Four Stellar Award Nominations
Gospel artist Micah Lee has made headlines as the first independent male artist to secure four Stellar Award nominations, more than any other independent male artist in the history of the show
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RIP: “Mama” Mosie Burks, Lead Singer with the Mississippi Mass Choir
Mosie Burks, lead singer with the Mississippi Mass Choir, passed away July 7, 2025, at the age of 92.
Micah Lee First Independent Male Artist to Garner Four Stellar Award Nominations
Gospel artist Micah Lee has made headlines as the first independent male artist to secure four Stellar Award nominations, more than any other independent male artist in the history of the show
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“Jesus” Eldrick Rodgers feat. Michelle Prather Independent (release date: August 30, 2024)
“Don’t Faint” Jekalyn Carr WayNorth Music (release date: March 15, 2025) By Robert M. Marovich Jekalyn Carr, gospel music’s princess of positivity, its empress of encouragement, has made a [...]
Ten songs by a mix of CCM, gospel, country, and pop artists comprise the soundtrack to the first season of the Amazon Prime Video series House of David.
“Brighter Days” Roshawn Nicole Roshawn Nicole Records (release date: May 4, 2024)
On Strange Things Happening, the first album in five years by California-born guitarist, singer, and songwriter David “Kid” Ramos, the bite of no-holds-barred roadhouse blues meets timeless gospel songs that have shaken the rafters of many churches for decades.
“It’s In Your Praise” Lamont McCoy David’s Dance Music (release date: December 31, 2024)
LATEST 5 STAR REVIEWS
Michelle David & the Gospel Sessions Vol. 4 MDGS Records (release date: March 6, 2020) http://michelledavidandthegospelsessions.com/ By Bob Marovich If you didn’t know better, you’d think that the fourth volume of songs by Michelle David & the Gospel Sessions is a long lost vinyl album from the 1970s, but it’s as recent as today’s breakfast. [...]
Isaac Carree No Risk No Reward Shanachie Entertainment Group (release date: March 20, 2020) www.shanachie.com By Bob Marovich Isaac Carree has bestowed upon his first solo album in seven years a very accurate title. And in so doing, he has scored his best solo recording to date. No Risk No Reward finds Carree, former member [...]
Reba Rambo Lady Provident Label Group / Sony Music (re-release date: December 13, 2019) By Bob Marovich Provident Label Group / Sony Music has just made a beloved recording by Christian singer Reba Rambo available once again, digitally remastered. By 1977, when she released her fifth solo recording, Lady, on Greentree Records, Reba Rambo, the [...]
Gloria Gaynor Testimony Gaither Music Group (release date: June 7, 2019) www.gloriagaynor.com By Bob Marovich The release of Gloria Gaynor’s gospel album Testimony may have taken some by surprise, but if you know something about her life story, it makes sense. In fact, Gaynor's signature song, “I Will Survive,” followed an almost career-ending accident that [...]
Out of the Dust Now More than Ever Independent (release date: September 13, 2019) www.outofthedustmusic.com By Bob Marovich If the Swell Season’s Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova made a Christian album, it would sound like Out of the Dust’s Now More than Ever. The sophomore release for the husband-and-wife duo Chris and Stephanie Teague offers [...]
LATEST PICK OF THE WEEK – SINGLES
“I’m Redeemed” Beloved St. John Evangelistic Church Music and Fine Arts Ministry Independent (release date: October 6, 2023)
“No Stressing” Damon Little feat. Angie Stone Little World Music (release date: May 16, 2023)
Warm, energetic, and with a longstanding passion for churchy gospel music, Bishop Neal Roberson injects each of these characteristics into his new single, “Keeps on Making a Way.”
“Live Your Best Life” Brent Jones JDI Records (release date: February 12, 2024)
Veteran singer CeCe Winans has the training, the talent, the experience, and the chops to put any song over. Her new single, “That’s My King,” is no exception.
Conversations with the Gospel Legends: Vernon Oliver Price and Loretta Oliver
Conversations with the Gospel Legends with Bob Marovich. Guests: The Oliver Sisters, Loretta Oliver and Vernon Oliver Price. from PCC Studio on Vimeo.
Conversations with the Gospel Legends – The Barrett Sisters
Check out the first episode of "Conversations with the Gospel Legends," a new program on Rev. Harold Bailey's PCC Broadcast Network. Our guests for the debut show are the world-renowned Barrett Sisters: Rodessa Barrett Porter and Billie Barrett Greenbey. JGM's Bob Marovich is the host. The next program will feature [...]
By Robert Marovich
In A City Called Heaven, gospel announcer and music historian Robert Marovich shines a light on the humble origins of a majestic genre and its indispensable bond to the city where it found its voice: Chicago.
By Robert Marovich
In A City Called Heaven, gospel announcer and music historian Robert Marovich shines a light on the humble origins of a majestic genre and its indispensable bond to the city where it found its voice: Chicago.
By Bob Marovich In 1776, the Declaration of Independence freed American people from the oppression of the Royal Crown. In 2018, Jonathan Nelson’s seventh studio album, Declarations, is intended to free all people for salvation under the Holy Crown. The Stellar Award-winning singer and songwriter releases Declarations (Entertainment One) nationwide and through digital outlets today, Friday, [...]
By Bob Marovich Anyone who witnessed Tappahannock, Virginia, rapper J Rock during freestyle battles heard a young, hungry, and confident artist who didn’t just want to emulate Jay-Z: he wanted to be better than Jay-Z. But behind the scenes, the story looked different. “I was hooked on drugs and did a lot of bad stuff,” [...]
By Bob Marovich Once upon a time in Grand Rapids, Michigan, life was looking pretty good for Steven Malcolm. He and his family lived in a middle-class home. Their father, Winston, a Jamaican by birth, had a decent job at General Motors. Then when Steven was about ten years old, Winston was arrested. He had been [...]
JGM is saddened to report that Cleave Graham, the last original member of the Pilgrim Jubilees gospel quartet, passed away this week.
Singers El DeBarge, Donnie McClurkin, David & Nicole Binion, Bebe Winans, and Erica and Tina Campbell (Mary Mary) Will Sing at Musical Tribute... Pastor Marvin Winans and Bebe Winans Will Attend Homegoing Service, Eulogy To Be Delivered By Crouch’s Spiritual Son and Assistant Church Pastor, Kenneth J. Cook… Services Moved to Faithful Central Bible Church, [...]