Recent Posts
“The Lord Has Made a Way” – Pastor Derail Smith & the Cosmopolitan Church of Prayer Warriors
“The Lord Has Made a Way” Pastor Derail Smith & the Cosmopolitan Church of Prayer Warriors Independent (release date: May 15, 2023) By Robert M. Marovich Now in its seventh decade of music ministry, the Cosmopolitan Church of Prayer Warriors, founded by the late Father Charles G. Hayes, are known for their romping, stomping style of gospel singing. Ever since Dr. Charles Clency was its director, and continuing through the leadership of Allen Cathey, the Warriors have emblemized the full-throated and rhythmically exciting sound of the Spiritual church choir. Their latest single, “The Lord Has Made a Way,” moves to [...]
JGM Music Hour – Episode 173
This episode includes music reviewed on JGM between late June and late August 2023
JGM Pick of the Week – September 18, 2023
The Lighthouse Singers and a chorus of singers team up to deliver deliciously old fashioned gospel quartet singing on “Good To Me.”
Sponsored Post:
Filter by category
Recent Posts
“The Lord Has Made a Way” – Pastor Derail Smith & the Cosmopolitan Church of Prayer Warriors
“The Lord Has Made a Way” Pastor Derail Smith & the Cosmopolitan Church of Prayer Warriors Independent (release date: May 15, 2023) By Robert M. Marovich Now in its seventh decade of music ministry, the Cosmopolitan Church of Prayer Warriors, founded by the late Father Charles G. Hayes, are known for their romping, stomping style of gospel singing. Ever since Dr. Charles Clency was its director, and continuing through the leadership of Allen Cathey, the Warriors have emblemized the full-throated and rhythmically exciting sound of the Spiritual church choir. Their latest single, “The Lord Has Made a Way,” moves to [...]
JGM Music Hour – Episode 173
This episode includes music reviewed on JGM between late June and late August 2023
JGM Pick of the Week – September 18, 2023
The Lighthouse Singers and a chorus of singers team up to deliver deliciously old fashioned gospel quartet singing on “Good To Me.”
Sponsored Post:
He’s so certain of the message in “It’s Gonna Happen” that Atlanta, Georgia, native Anthony Adeion Hill is in full evangelist move from the outset of this gritty traditional-sounding single.
By Robert M. Marovich Take in a concert by The SteelDrivers and, in between songs like “Blue Side of the Mountain,” "Wearin' a Hole," and “Long Way Down,” you might [...]
Tamela Mann is celebrating the RIAA certification of her record-breaking, chart-topping single, "Take Me to The King."
To a rhythm that chugs along like a locomotive, South Carolina gospel singer Sondra “Queen of the Vamp” Busby imagines what heaven, aka “The City,” will be like when she disappears through the crack in the sky and enters its doors.
“I Am” Love Desrosiers From the EP Love Unfailing, Part 2 (release date: March 21, 2023)
LATEST 5 STAR REVIEWS
Da' T.R.U.T.H. gathered an all-star crew of veteran and current gospel stars—from Fred Hammond and Yolanda Adams to Dante Bowe and Maranda Curtis—to assist on his self-titled Emanuel.
Picks: “Step Back and Watch Him Work,” “When All God’s Children (Mom’s Song)” (bonus track)
Picks: “Always Peace,” “Waiting,” “Call My Name”
Picks: “Heaven Help Us All,” “Bawo Xa Ndlalekayo”
Acrobat Music (release date: September 9, 2022)
LATEST PICK OF THE WEEK – SINGLES
On a single oozing with old school soul, gospel crooner Gene Moore endorses the power of believing, especially on the bad days.
“Miracle” Paul Porter and the Christianaires Blacksmoke Music Worldwide (2023)
“It's Morning” Latrice Pace From the forthcoming album Exodus: The Journey of Obedience Volume 2 (single release date: July 14, 2023)
“He Rose” Rhyme & Reason feat. Robert Copeland From the Enon Music Group album Number 1 Reason (release date: April 9, 2022)
“A Million Moments” Amanda Joy Powell Independent (release date: April 21, 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.
Christmas spirit filled the air when the McDonald’s Inspiration Celebration Gospel Tour: Homecoming Edition hit Houston, Texas, on December 2.
Robert M. Marovich Ray Kroc was 52 when he opened his first McDonald’s restaurant in 1955. Col. Harland Sanders was in his 60s when his “Finger Lickin’ Good” Kentucky Fried Chicken became a national sensation. Duncan Hines didn’t license his name for cake mixes until age 73. And Johnny Ray Daniels didn’t release his first [...]
“If God gave me the gift to sing, why not use it?” By Robert M. Marovich There’s almost nothing that Dr. E. Dewey Smith hasn’t accomplished. A graduate of Morehouse College who went on to earn masters and doctorate degrees, Smith is an author, media and film producer, community leader, co-host of the first daytime [...]
JGM was saddened to learn of the transition of Bishop Claude Odell Timmons, a gospel music artist and religious leader.
Wednesday, August 2, 2023, saw the passing of two towering figures in the history of African American gospel music: musician and educator Kenneth Woods Jr. and Professor L. Stanley Davis.
Visit Today : 223
This Month : 2125