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“Don’t Faint” – Jekalyn Carr
“Don’t Faint” Jekalyn Carr WayNorth Music (release date: March 15, 2025) By Robert M. Marovich Jekalyn Carr, gospel music’s princess of positivity, its empress of encouragement, has made a career of releasing singles designed to reach down and pick people up in their distress. The latest is “Don’t Faint.” She delivers the song’s simple message of faith in the midst of flames and floods with the fiery force of a preacher in the pulpit. Her sermonette is matched by a gigantic and dramatic arrangement featuring background vocalists and a rhythm section that includes a drummer who sounds like he [...]
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“Don’t Faint” – Jekalyn Carr
“Don’t Faint” Jekalyn Carr WayNorth Music (release date: March 15, 2025) By Robert M. Marovich Jekalyn Carr, gospel music’s princess of positivity, its empress of encouragement, has made a career of releasing singles designed to reach down and pick people up in their distress. The latest is “Don’t Faint.” She delivers the song’s simple message of faith in the midst of flames and floods with the fiery force of a preacher in the pulpit. Her sermonette is matched by a gigantic and dramatic arrangement featuring background vocalists and a rhythm section that includes a drummer who sounds like he [...]
JGM Pick of the Week: October 31, 2023
“Great and Mighty” Dorinda Clark Cole Malaco Music Group (release date: October 13, 2023)
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Bob Marovich, editor-in-chief of the Journal of Gospel Music, and Hasan James, publisher and editor of Root Magazine, talk with host Jon Caramanica on The New York Times Popcast about [...]
“Arise” Jason Williams Paper City Records (release date: October 9, 2019) By Bob Marovich “Arise” by Jason Williams is an easy-to-learn worship song suited for church praise teams. Though on [...]
“I’ve Decided to Make Jesus My Choice” Marcel McManus Sr. Independent (release date: September 4, 2018) By Bob Marovich Sometimes you just need to hear gospel done the old fashioned [...]
Pastor Willie E. Kirkpatrick Presents Joseph Price & the Prince of Peace Choir Do You Know Prince of Peace (release date: August 2, 2019) www.princeofpeacechurchstl.com By Bob Marovich Though Prince [...]
“Praying and Believing” Erica Campbell My Block Records (release date: August 25, 2019) By Bob Marovich On this quintessential “coming to Jesus” song, Mary Mary’s Erica Campbell recognizes that the [...]
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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.
