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GMWA National Alliance Of Gospel Music Professionals Presents “AMPed FOR IMPACT” on Zoom, Tuesday, October 21
The National Alliance of Gospel Music Professionals announces that its first AMPed FOR IMPACT session will take place virtually via Zoom on Tuesday, October 21, at 8PM Eastern.
The Spin Awards Launches Tracy Morgan Excellence in Broadcasting Award
The Spin Awards has announced the creation of the Tracy Morgan Excellence in Broadcasting Award.
JGM Pick of the Week: September 2, 2025
The husband-and-wife duo Arbour Season emit vibes of indie pop groups Tennis and Low on the tender “Come to Me,” based on Matthew 11:28-29.
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Melba Moore's new memoir, "This Is It," is available now through Amazon Books.
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GMWA National Alliance Of Gospel Music Professionals Presents “AMPed FOR IMPACT” on Zoom, Tuesday, October 21
The National Alliance of Gospel Music Professionals announces that its first AMPed FOR IMPACT session will take place virtually via Zoom on Tuesday, October 21, at 8PM Eastern.
The Spin Awards Launches Tracy Morgan Excellence in Broadcasting Award
The Spin Awards has announced the creation of the Tracy Morgan Excellence in Broadcasting Award.
JGM Pick of the Week: September 2, 2025
The husband-and-wife duo Arbour Season emit vibes of indie pop groups Tennis and Low on the tender “Come to Me,” based on Matthew 11:28-29.
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“Like Jabez” Ernest J. Lee David’s Dance Music (release date: December 31, 2024)
Ed. Note: This remembrance, written by Kem Evans, is so affecting I want to share it with the Journal of Gospel Music readers. Mrs. Doris L. Brown is an example [...]
“Let Him In” Flint Cavaliers feat. Pastor Shawn Brown From the Flint Music Group album The Fellowship (Psalms 133:1) (album release date: March 15, 2024)
Gospel singer-songwriter Bobbi Lane talks to the Journal of Gospel Music about the genesis of some of the songs on her new EP, Unmatched Grace.
UK-based modern worship artist Faithful Forever offers a stunning cover of “10,000 Reasons,” the Matt Redman hit from 2012.
On Record Store Day, April 12, 2025, Shanachie Entertainment will release special colored vinyl editions of Moving On Up A Little Higher.
LATEST 5 STAR REVIEWS
WDF What the World Needs Now Studio Cloud 30 (release date: November 10, 2015) Available on iTunes By Bob Marovich I rarely award an EP or mini-album five stars because that puts extraordinary pressure on the full-length CD that inevitably follows to be as good, if not better, than the more diminutive project. It's akin to giving a [...]
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra With Wynton Marsalis Featuring Damien Sneed and Chorale Le Chateau The Abyssinian Mass Blue Engine Records (release date: March 18, 2016) www.blueenginerecords.org By Bob Marovich During the sermon section of The Abyssinian Mass, Rev. Dr. Calvin O. Butts III welcomes congregants with a statement that is the underlying theme of [...]
Jonathan Nelson Fearless Light Records/Entertainment One Music (release date: March 18, 2016) www.jonathannelson.us By Bob Marovich Who would have imagined, back in 2004 when he appeared on the national gospel music scene, that the irrepressible new-school gospel artist Tye Tribbett would someday lead an old school-style praise break? That’s exactly what he does at the [...]
Holly Ann Light and Bloom Deeper Well Records (release date: January 13, 2016) www.deeper-well.com By Bob Marovich Last year, Liz Vice demonstrated that some of the best spiritual music doesn’t have to come from established channels of gospel and CCM talent. Portland, Oregon's Christian alternative singer-songwriter Holly Ann Winchell (aka Holly Ann) is another pleasant [...]
Various Artists Christians Catch Hell: Gospel Roots 1976-79 Honest Jon’s Records http://honestjons.com/shop/artist/Christians_Catch_Hell By Bob Marovich Those of us who moved and grooved to 1970s hits by the likes of George McCrae and K.C. and the Sunshine Band on Henry Stone’s TK label had no idea the veteran record man had a subsidiary reserved for the [...]
LATEST PICK OF THE WEEK – SINGLES
“When Love Comes In” Jonathan Butler feat. Keb’ Mo’ From the Artistry Music / Mack Avenue Music Group album Ubuntu (release date: April 28, 2023)
“It Is Well” Monica Lisa Stevenson Blacksmoke Music Worldwide (release date: April 28, 2023)
“Heaven Belongs to You” The Wilson Family of Cades JEF Records (release date: March 7, 2023)
“Till We Meet” Jerard & Jovaun From the CD No Troubled Hearts (release date: February 17, 2023)
“Alright” Melvin Crispell III From the Provident Label Group / Sony Music CD No Failure (single release date: February 17, 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 “Bringing talented people together and finding their strong points and making beautiful songs” is the mantra of producer and record label owner Darrell Hines II. His ensemble REVERB’s debut single, the acoustic-flavored “God First,” is impacting gospel radio. “I’ve been immersed in music all of my life,” Hines told the Journal of [...]
By Bob Marovich Pastor Shirley Caesar watched the news with incredulity as she learned how Dylann Roof killed nine people during Bible study at Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina. “I found it very hard to forgive the boy,” Caesar told the Journal of Gospel Music. “I kept asking myself: ‘Who would come and [...]
By Bob Marovich As a young person growing up in Central Indiana, Leonard Scott had an inkling of what he wanted to be when he grew up. He wanted to be a rock star. “I wasn’t into gospel music [at that time],” Dr. Leonard Scott told the Journal of Gospel Music. “I was into rock [...]
Bishop Carlton Pearson died on Sunday night in hospice care in Tulsa due to cancer, said his agent, Will Bogle.
