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JGM Pick of the Week – August 18, 2026
By itself, “Always There” is a conventional mid-tempo gospel ballad, but Carlton Person’s voice sells it.
El McMeen & Ed Maina – Frets and Reeds: Gospel Style!
El McMeen & Ed Maina Frets and Reeds: Gospel Style! Piney Ridge Music (release date: March 25, 2022) By Robert M. Marovich Sometimes gospel jazz can be so imaginative that the melodies get buried beneath the lengthy solos and complex arrangements. But on Frets and Reeds: Gospel Style!, acclaimed [...]
Earnest Pugh to be Honored at the 2026 BMI Trailblazers of Gospel Music Awards
Award-winning gospel industry veteran Earnest Pugh will be celebrated as an honoree at the 2026 BMI Trailblazers of Gospel Music Awards.
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Recent Posts
JGM Pick of the Week – August 18, 2026
By itself, “Always There” is a conventional mid-tempo gospel ballad, but Carlton Person’s voice sells it.
El McMeen & Ed Maina – Frets and Reeds: Gospel Style!
El McMeen & Ed Maina Frets and Reeds: Gospel Style! Piney Ridge Music (release date: March 25, 2022) By Robert M. Marovich Sometimes gospel jazz can be so imaginative that the melodies get buried beneath the lengthy solos and complex arrangements. But on Frets and Reeds: Gospel Style!, acclaimed [...]
Earnest Pugh to be Honored at the 2026 BMI Trailblazers of Gospel Music Awards
Award-winning gospel industry veteran Earnest Pugh will be celebrated as an honoree at the 2026 BMI Trailblazers of Gospel Music Awards.
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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.
Simply and crisply produced, Sunday Morning Reflections contains 20 attractive ambient Christian music selections for solo piano with a brief Scriptural reading preceding each song.
There can’t be too many songs these days reminding us that trouble don’t last always. Adding to the list is Li’l Prince & Company’s latest single, “It’s Going to Get Better.”
Stellar Award-Winning Gospel artist Crystal Aikin, joins the ranks of nationally acclaimed Gospel stars by inking a deal with a new label, Mixed Bag Entertainment.
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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 [...]
The Dynamic Abraham Brothers Use What I Have New Ham Records By Bob Marovich I don’t know what else the Dynamic Abraham Brothers could possibly have done to make Use What I Have a more archetypal gospel quartet album. First, the quintessential quartet drive tempo quickens the title track as well as the handclapping “God [...]
Pilgrim Travelers Gospel Boogie – Rare Recordings 1946-1957 Gospel Friend (release date: December 18, 2015) www.gospelfriend.com By Bob Marovich Per Notini of Gospel Friend has developed a handsome catalog of well-produced collections of classic gospel music that covers quartet, choir, and piano-led groups alike. His latest production, Gospel Boogie – Rare Recordings 1946-57, spotlights one [...]
Packin’ Up: The Best of Marion Williams Marion Williams Spirit Feel/Shanachie www.shanachie.com By Bob Marovich If you thought you’d heard everything Marion Williams recorded, alone or with the Ward Singers or Stars of Faith, think again. In addition to the thirteen hand-picked solo tracks by Williams’s longtime friend and producer, Anthony Heilbut (The Gospel Sound, [...]
Jonathan McReynolds Life Music: Stage Two eOne/Tehillah Music Group (release date: September 18, 2015) www.jonathanmcreynolds.com By Bob Marovich Life Music: Stage Two couldn’t be a better showcase for Jonathan McReynolds. The follow-up album to the 26-year-old singer-songwriter-musician's 2012 debut, Life Music, Stage Two is the musical manifestation of his honest and spiritually grounded approach to dealing with [...]
LATEST PICK OF THE WEEK – SINGLES
“My Life” The Flint Cavaliers feat. Minister Tim White and Minister Darnell Williams Independent (release date: January 1, 2024)
“On Time” Ashford Sanders Ashyashh Music LLC (release date: January 23, 2023)
"Somebody Saved Me,” a selection from Rev. Stef & Jubilation’s latest album, Worship Him, has roots in the First Baptist Church of Nutley, New Jersey.
“God Said He Would Heal the Land” Cherry and Family Independent (release date: October 20, 2023)
“What Is This I Got? Holy Ghost” proves that although it has new personnel, the sound of the New C Lord Cs is consistent with its roots in traditional gospel quartet going back to 1954.
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 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 [...]
By Bob Marovich Nearly a decade ago, singer Charlin Neal stood on a stage in Trinidad as a member of Israel & New Breed. It was her first official program with the multi-award-winning group. “I was excited and intimidated,” Neal told the Journal of Gospel Music. "Of the 30 [Israel songs I learned], we maybe did eight [...]
By Bob Marovich With its infectious aisle-walking vigor, “Nobody Like the Lord” couldn’t be more Chicago if the CD cover had a photo of the Picasso on it. It’s the debut single by Cynthia Eubanks, a Chicago artist who has wanted to sing gospel music ever since she was a young girl, participating in regular [...]
By Robert M. Marovich JGM is saddened to learn of the passing of gospel singer, songwriter, and percussionist Sandra Elaine Crouch on Sunday, March 17, 2024, at age 81. Born July 1, 1942, to Benjamin and Catherine Crouch, Sandra was the twin sister of Andrae' Crouch. As part of the COGICs--with Billy Preston ("the fifth [...]
Darrell Luster of Malaco Music Group informed the Journal of Gospel Music that Henry Green, a longtime member of the Williams Brothers gospel quartet, passed away on Sunday, February 4, 2024, at the age of 80.
