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“Throwback: An Evening with John P. Kee, Part 1” – John P. Kee
"Throwback: An Evening with John P. Kee, Part 1" is a vibrant live gospel program filled with favorites representing 40 years of music ministry by the eight-time GRAMMY nominee.
Sponsored Post: Melba Moore Memoir “This Is It” Available Now
Melba Moore's new memoir, "This Is It," is available now through Amazon Books.
RIP: Rev. Dr. Issac Whittmon, Chicago-Based Pastor and GRAMMY-Nominated Gospel Artist
Rev. Dr. Issac Whittmon, Founder and Senior Pastor of Greater Metropolitan Church of Christ in Chicago, has passed away.
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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.

BMI celebrated the best in Christian music June 17 at the 2025 BMI Christian Awards held at its Nashville office on Music Row.

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

Central City Productions proudly announces the nominees for the 40th Annual Stellar Gospel Music Awards presented by Procter and Gamble, across 36 categories, honoring the year’s best and brightest in gospel music.

“Bless Your Name” is a straightforward worship song based on the opening verses of Psalm 34, but where some worship leaders would play it straight, Tonya Baker juggles the melodic line like a jazz chanteuse.
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Preashea Hilliard The Glory Experience Daywind Records (release date: April 21, 2017) www.preasheahilliard.com By Bob Marovich “Are you ready for revival?” Preashea Hilliard asks the live recording audience at New Light Church in Houston, Texas. The crowd gives Hilliard, the daughter of New Light's leaders Bishop I.V. and Pastor Bridget Hilliard, its assent. But what [...]
Bishop J. D. Means Sr. Presents A Tribute to Sunday Morning Gospel, Volume 1, Part 1 Mean Means Music Group http://bishopjdmeanssr.com/ By Bob Marovich In his introductory remarks on A Tribute to Sunday Morning Gospel, Volume 1, Part 1, Dr. R. L. White Jr. says that we have greatness all around us but we fail [...]
Out of the Dust (s/t) Discovery House Music (release date: March 7, 2017) www.outofthedustmusic.com By Bob Marovich Some of the best songs are birthed out of suffering. For Out of the Dust's Chris and Stephanie Teague, the circumstances of their separation, divorce, and remarriage, and their reliance on Jesus for healing, provided the raw material [...]
The Choirs of Trinity United Church of Christ Stay Connected Unashamed Media Group (release date: February 28, 2017) Available on Amazon.com, itunes, other digital outlets. The hard copy with the 36 page color booklet will be available at the church by March 3, 2017, through its bookstore and website. By Bob Marovich Disc One of [...]
Edna Gallmon Cooke My Joy: Rare Recordings 1948-1966 Gospel Friend (release date: February 27, 2017) www.gospelfriend.com By Bob Marovich Edna Gallmon Cooke may be one of the most underappreciated female vocalists of gospel’s Golden Age. Although her voice was small when compared to belters like Mahalia Jackson, Emily Bram-Bibby, and Ernestine Washington, what Cooke lacked [...]
LATEST PICK OF THE WEEK – SINGLES

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)

“Shout Like You Got It” Bishop Norman Hutchins IR Music Group (release date: March 24, 2023)

“I’ll See Him” Highway QCs feat. Spencer Taylor Jr. Independent / DJJ Music Media (release date: August 10, 2023)

“Great and Mighty” Dorinda Clark Cole Malaco Music Group (release date: October 13, 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 From their genesis in the Vasser Family basement to their forthcoming debut as television actors, the men of Kinsmen demonstrate how a family that sings together stays together. Around 1985, Robert Vasser, a member of Rev. Dr. Clay Evans’ Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church in Chicago, gathered his sons Kevin and Keith and [...]
Henry Hall (center) By Bob Marovich “I want to give people a sense of empowerment that they can do whatever it is they have in their heart to do,” Henry Hall said about the purpose of his new live recording, Declaration of Dominion. Hall might well have been talking about himself. His own life [...]
By Bob Marovich Some twenty years ago, Phillip Carter gathered a half dozen of his friends into a local studio. He had written some songs and wanted to hear what they sounded like as performed by a vocal group. Carter told JGM: “I taught them the music, and we thought, ‘Man, this sounds pretty good!’ [...]

One of America’s most cherished Gospel music families, The Nelons, were involved in a tragic plane crash on Friday afternoon.

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.






















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