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RIP: Clyde Wright, Member of World-Famous Golden Gate Quartet
Clyde Wright, jubilee and gospel quartet singer and member of the world-famous Golden Gate Quartet, passed away on July 1, 2026, at age 98.
“Jesus I Do” – Mariah Carey feat. The Clark Sisters
“Jesus I Do” is a collaboration between Mariah Carey and the Clark Sisters. It appears on Carey’s 2025 album, Here For It All.
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RIP: Clyde Wright, Member of World-Famous Golden Gate Quartet
Clyde Wright, jubilee and gospel quartet singer and member of the world-famous Golden Gate Quartet, passed away on July 1, 2026, at age 98.
“Jesus I Do” – Mariah Carey feat. The Clark Sisters
“Jesus I Do” is a collaboration between Mariah Carey and the Clark Sisters. It appears on Carey’s 2025 album, Here For It All.
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Taylor Janay’s introspective gospel ballad “I Pray” offers refreshing relief from the routine gospel lyric.
The first efforts of EMG Cares will be to directly impact communities across the country in tandem with the label's upcoming 2026 I Still Believe Tour: Building Unity, Igniting Hope!
Melba Moore's new memoir, "This Is It," is available now through Amazon Books.
Rev. Dr. Issac Whittmon, Founder and Senior Pastor of Greater Metropolitan Church of Christ in Chicago, has passed away.
Judy Cheeks, daughter of Reverend Julius Cheeks and a singing star during the disco era, passed away on November 26 at the age of 71.
Jamel Strong has signed a record deal with one of the most talked about labels this year, Mixed Bag Entertainment.
LATEST 5 STAR REVIEWS
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
“Jesus Dropped the Charges” Earl Bynum and Phillip Carter SOV Inc. (release date: March 30, 2024)
“Father in Heaven (Right Now)” BeBe Winans feat. Gerald Albright Regimen Records (release date: April 12, 2024)
“Prayer Room” Sarah Betshabaz Independent (release date: February 19, 2024)
“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)
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 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!’ [...]
Bishop Richard John "Mr. Clean" White Sr. passed away on August 11, 2024. He was 60 years old.
Jerrold Paine Norwood, a founding member of the platinum-selling Chicago-based gospel music ensemble Shekinah Glory Ministry, passed away of cancer complications on August 4, 2024. He was 60.
