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Armstead Ford & Calvin Ivy – Anthems of Hope
Armstead Ford's Anthems of Hope, featuring fellow singer Calvin Ivy, showcases Ford's fealty to traditional gospel.
RIP: Rev. Dr. Thomas L. Walker (“One Day at a Time”)
Reverend Dr. Thomas L. Walker, 77, transitioned on Sunday, September 14, 2025, at his residence.
RIP: Sandy Foster Jr. of the Five Blind Boys of Mississippi
JGM was saddened to learn of the passing of Sandy Foster Jr., lead vocalist for the Five Blind Boys of Mississippi, on September 14, 2025.
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Armstead Ford & Calvin Ivy – Anthems of Hope
Armstead Ford's Anthems of Hope, featuring fellow singer Calvin Ivy, showcases Ford's fealty to traditional gospel.
RIP: Rev. Dr. Thomas L. Walker (“One Day at a Time”)
Reverend Dr. Thomas L. Walker, 77, transitioned on Sunday, September 14, 2025, at his residence.
RIP: Sandy Foster Jr. of the Five Blind Boys of Mississippi
JGM was saddened to learn of the passing of Sandy Foster Jr., lead vocalist for the Five Blind Boys of Mississippi, on September 14, 2025.
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Jo Jo Wallace, the famed guitarist and quartet singer, passed from earthly labor to heavenly reward on May 7, 2025, at age 98.
With Mother’s Day nearing, John P. Kee’s latest solo release, “Mother, I Miss You,” as Pick of the Week is appropriate.
The Thomas Whitfield Company and the Detroit gospel family lost tenor singer Ronald J. Kelly and keyboardist extraordinaire Bishop Earl Jerome Wright, Jr. in the space of mere days.
Brent Jones’ latest single, “Praise in the Choir Stand,” is a hand clapper set to a loping tempo where the spotlight is not on the soloist but on the singers moving and grooving in their robes.
Like his 2018 compilation Bible of Love, Snoop Dogg’s new Death Row production, Altar Call, is the genuine article.
LATEST 5 STAR REVIEWS
Paul Thorn Don’t Let the Devil Ride Perpetual Obscurity Records (release date: March 23, 2018) www.paulthorn.com By Bob Marovich Paul Thorn’s Don’t Let the Devil Ride hits the Americana music jackpot. With the Blind Boys of Alabama and the McCrary Sisters as guest vocalists, the Preservation Hall Horns among the musicians, and Rick Hall’s Fame and [...]
Snoop Dogg Snoop Dogg Presents Bible of Love RCA Inspiration / All The Time Entertainment (release date: March 16, 2018) www.rcainspiration.com By Bob Marovich Calvin Broadus Jr. assumes the pulpit. In soft tones, he looks the congregation in the eye and strongly recommends that those who point fingers at others should instead point them at themselves. Treat your neighbor [...]
Morris Mingo featuring the With One Voice Ensemble & Friends The Time of the Minstrel Moming Productions (release date: October 27, 2017) https://store.cdbaby.com/cd/morrismingo By Bob Marovich The Time of the Minstrel is an independently-produced album that deserves major label attention. From the quality of its packaging and album notes to the rich mix of songs [...]
Anthony Brown & group therAPy [a long way from sunday] Tyscot Records (release date: July 28, 2017) www.tyscot.com By Bob Marovich [a long way from Sunday] is Anthony Brown & group therAPy’s third album for Tyscot Records and the follow-up to 2015’s Everyday Jesus, which earned the group no less than ten Stellar Awards in [...]
The Gospelaires of Dayton, Ohio Moving Up – The Early Years 1956-1965 Gospel Friend (release date: November 17, 2017) www.gospelfriend.com By Bob Marovich The Gospelaires of Dayton, Ohio, were one of the hardest singing quartets on the gospel highway during the genre’s storied golden era. The quartet was part of touring packages that crisscrossed the [...]
LATEST PICK OF THE WEEK – SINGLES
"Somebody Saved Me,” a selection from Rev. Stef & Jubilation’s latest album, Worship Him, has roots in the First Baptist Church of Nutley, New Jersey.
“God Said He Would Heal the Land” Cherry and Family Independent (release date: October 20, 2023)
“What Is This I Got? Holy Ghost” proves that although it has new personnel, the sound of the New C Lord Cs is consistent with its roots in traditional gospel quartet going back to 1954.
After listening to Andy McGuire’s “All Mighty God,” anyone who has lost loved ones to Alzheimer’s disease will need to have tissue handy.
“Jesus” Sydnee Danielle Revival Music Co. (release date: August 18, 2023)
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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 2012, Jermaine Dolly, a background vocalist for Tye Tribbett, began toying with becoming a solo gospel artist. But he set it aside. Growing up, the southwest Philadelphia native never thought of being an out-front performer. "I was happy singing background," Dolly told the Journal of Gospel Music. "Happy being a keyboardist [...]
Travis Greene at the 2017 Stellars. Photo Credit: Maury Phillips, Courtesy of Central City Productions/TV One By Bob Marovich Gospel singer, musician, and songwriter Travis Greene earned so many Stellar Awards at this year’s ceremonies in Las Vegas that he could have used a shopping cart to carry them home. Add a recent [...]
By Bob Marovich Kenny Lewis, founder and leader of the Stellar Award-nominated gospel group One Voice, didn’t have to go any further than the current news to find inspiration for his new album. “With the way that the economy was going and with the election,” Lewis told JGM, “we really didn’t know what was going [...]
The Journal of Gospel Music was saddened to hear that keyboardist, songwriter, producer, and group organizer Bishop Michael A. Brooks made his transition on July 16, 2024. He was 62.
The Journal of Gospel Music is sad to report the passing of Dr. Bernice Johnson Reagon.
