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“Throwback: An Evening with John P. Kee, Part 1” – John P. Kee
"Throwback: An Evening with John P. Kee, Part 1" is a vibrant live gospel program filled with favorites representing 40 years of music ministry by the eight-time GRAMMY nominee.
“It’s Going to Get Better” – Lil Prince & Company
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.”
RIP: Gospel Singer Sara Jordan Powell
JGM mourns the passing of gospel soprano Sara Jordan Powell.
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“Throwback: An Evening with John P. Kee, Part 1” – John P. Kee
"Throwback: An Evening with John P. Kee, Part 1" is a vibrant live gospel program filled with favorites representing 40 years of music ministry by the eight-time GRAMMY nominee.
“It’s Going to Get Better” – Lil Prince & Company
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.”
RIP: Gospel Singer Sara Jordan Powell
JGM mourns the passing of gospel soprano Sara Jordan Powell.
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“God Won’t” Autumn Nelon feat. the Issacs Daywind Records (release date: April 18, 2025)
I am proud to serve as a contributing producer to this documentary on the life of Archbishop Carl Bean. In 1977, Archbishop Carl Bean made history by recording his disco [...]
From Alicia Hollins and Innovative Holding Partners: My family is absolutely thrilled about the Good Friday release of a very special recording: "Thy Will" by the legendary Helen Hollins featuring [...]
Camille G. Brown She sings praise eagerly and ecstatically to a bubbly mid-tempo pop beat.
Celebration of Life Details for Bishop Dr. Barbara Ann Ward Farmer
Although Washington, DC-based singer Keith Moore starts “I’m Better Now” quietly and cautiously, it’s not long before he’s singing the stuffing out of this gospel ballad on Jesus as the source of strength, overcoming, and personal victory.
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The Jones Family Singers Live from Mt. Zion Arts + Labor (2015) www.thejonesfamilysingers.com By Bob Marovich At one point in Live from Mt. Zion, Alexis Jones, the force of nature who is the Jones Family Singers’ primary lead vocalist, says the group gets asked why they don’t sing rock and roll. Oh but we do, [...]
Dr. F. James Clark & the Shalom Church (City of Peace) Mass Choir Simply Amazing (Release Date: June 16, 2015) www.shalomccop.org By Bob Marovich This debut project from Dr. F. James Clark’s Shalom Church (City of Peace) Mass Choir of Florissant, Missouri, captured my interest the second I saw that the Reverend Quincy Fielding Jr. [...]
Tasha Cobbs One Place Live Motown Gospel (release date: August 21, 2015) www.motowngospel.com By Bob Marovich Recorded before nearly 3,000 worshippers at Redemption Church in Greenville, South Carolina, singer-songwriter Tasha Cobbs’ One Place Live is a solid follow-up to her number one CD, Grace. It actually surpasses the multi-award-winning debut album, as the worship songstress sounds [...]
AsOne AsOne 360 MusicWorx/Capitol Christian Distribution/Universal Music Group (release date: June 23, 2015) www.AsOneOfficial.com By Bob Marovich Interracial gospel/sacred singing groups go back more than a century—from the days of Polk Miller & the Old South Quartette at the turn of the twentieth century to Homer Rodeheaver’s singing with the African American Wiseman Sextette; and [...]
Fannie Lou Hamer Songs My Mother Taught Me Smithsonian Folkways Recordings (release date: June 30, 2015) www.folkways.si.edu By Bob Marovich While it took a recent act of domestic terror for the polarizing Confederate flag to begin coming down throughout the South, let us not forget that much of the way was paved more than a [...]
LATEST PICK OF THE WEEK – SINGLES
“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)
“At Your Feet” Tracy Walker Tracy Walker / Palm Sunday (release date: September 2, 2022)
“Lord, Do It For Me” Zacardi Cortez From the Blacksmoke Music Worldwide CD Imprint (Live in Memphis)
“I Still Have You” Smokie Norful Tre’Myles Music / IndieBlu (release date: October 20, 2022)
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 On May 20, Micah Stampley releases his eighth album, To the King...Vertical Worship. The live recording, which took place at Oasis Family Life Church in Dallas, Georgia, on June 26 of last year, finds the gospel crooner offering up a batch of new songs, many co-written with his wife and songwriting partner, Heidi. [...]
By Bob Marovich On March 18, the Stellar Award-winning singer-songwriter Jonathan Nelson released Fearless (Light Records / eOne Music), a live recording that JGM gave its highest possible rating, five stars, for its ability to “be musically versatile and passionate yet remain firmly rooted in the atmospheric and hypnotic P&W technique.” Nelson spoke to JGM about [...]
By Bob Marovich A lot can happen in two years. Just ask Christon Gray. In 2014, the Christian artist released his solo debut album, School of Roses. It caught the attention of Kirk Franklin, who signed Gray to his Fo Yo Soul Recordings/RCA label. On Friday, March 11, 2016, The Glory Album, Christon’s second solo [...]
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JGM learned from Eric Clark that Harrison Johnson of “I’ve Decided to Make Jesus My Choice” fame passed away December 19, 2023, in Las Vegas, Nevada, where he was living at the time. He was 86.
The Journal of Gospel Music is saddened to report that Philadelphia's longtime gospel announcer Linwood Heath passed away.
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