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RIP: Nikki Ross Bellamy, Gospel Singer
The Journal of Gospel Music learned today of the passing of gospel music singer Nikki Ross Bellamy.
El McMeen – Gospel Guitar Treasures
Gospel Guitar Treasures is a meditative mix of familiar hymns, gospels, spirituals, and camp meeting songs played on solo acoustic guitar by superb picker Ellsworth “El” McMeen.
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Recent Posts
JGM Pick of the Week – September 30, 2026
“My Soul Cries Yes” Neva Ford Nation Bdm/Ugroove Music (release date: August 14, 2026)
RIP: Nikki Ross Bellamy, Gospel Singer
The Journal of Gospel Music learned today of the passing of gospel music singer Nikki Ross Bellamy.
El McMeen – Gospel Guitar Treasures
Gospel Guitar Treasures is a meditative mix of familiar hymns, gospels, spirituals, and camp meeting songs played on solo acoustic guitar by superb picker Ellsworth “El” McMeen.
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ATLANTA, GA (March 3, 2026) — Atlanta will take center stage this May with the launch of bamX — Black Music Week, a citywide cultural experience celebrating the legacy, [...]
With an old-fashioned gospel quartet name but a style that blends old- and new-school, the Echoaires introduce “I Promised Jesus” with an explosion of sound before the song settles into the quintessential quartet backbeat.
The Journal of Gospel Music was saddened to hear of the passing of legendary singer Roscoe Robinson, in Birmingham, Alabama. He was 97.
Tasha Cobbs Leonard has earned the Outstanding Gospel/Christian Album accolade for her critically acclaimed studio debut TASHA at the 57th NAACP Image Awards.
Pastor Mike Jr. has launched a bold and headline-grabbing social media initiative titled “PMJ vs AI.” The campaign challenges the growing presence of AI-generated artists and songs dominating Christian and Gospel music charts.
This episode includes music reviewed on the Journal of Gospel Music between October 2025 and mid-January 2026.
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
Regina Vandereijk doesn’t just sing “Oh Jesus,” she declares it like a prophet from a mountaintop.
“Church Doors” Yolanda Adams Epic Records (album release date: September 13, 2024)
There’s a full day’s dose of vitamin D in Chicago singer Cortez Lake’s “Grateful Melody.”
“I Feel the Spirit” Jason Singleton & the Sound of Destiny Choir Singletone Music Group (release date: March 30, 2024)
“Another Chance” Ellen Hayes feat. The Word of Truth Mass Choir Songs and Melodies Records (release date: January 19, 2024)
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.
Phil Thornton. Photo Credit: Derek Blanks By Bob Marovich What does it take to compile an annual survey of the Best of the Best in gospel music? Phil Thornton knows. As Senior Vice President and General Manager for RCA Inspiration, which just released WOW Gospel 2017, the latest in a twenty-year string of [...]
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 [...]
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.
