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Museum Exhibit Celebrating Chicago Gospel Singer and Actress Sylvia Fedrick Runs Through June 1
The Chicago Defender reported in February on an exhibit at the Illinois State Museum in Springfield that celebrates "the remarkable artistic journey of Sylvia Fedrick, a Chicago-born recording artist and actress whose creative story reflects resilience, faith, and hometown pride."
JGM Pick of the Week – January 20, 2026
“When there is no peace, you can know peace,” Todd Curry and his singers whisper to listeners on their single, “kNOw Peace.”
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Museum Exhibit Celebrating Chicago Gospel Singer and Actress Sylvia Fedrick Runs Through June 1
The Chicago Defender reported in February on an exhibit at the Illinois State Museum in Springfield that celebrates "the remarkable artistic journey of Sylvia Fedrick, a Chicago-born recording artist and actress whose creative story reflects resilience, faith, and hometown pride."
JGM Pick of the Week – January 20, 2026
“When there is no peace, you can know peace,” Todd Curry and his singers whisper to listeners on their single, “kNOw Peace.”
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Psalm 98 has always been an ideal psalm to set to music; after all, it’s about singing a new song.

Gregory Gay passed along the sad news of the passing of Bishop Dr. Barbara Ward Farmer today, April 5, 2025.

Earl Bynum and Jim Vierra Form Partnership to Create and Deliver New Music and Inspirational Content
Dr. Earl Bynum and Jim Vierra announce their powerful partnership between Bynum’s Lrae Entertainment® and Vierra’s Fifty Something Records.
This episode includes music reviewed on the Journal of Gospel Music between January 1 and March 11, 2025.

On Sunday, March 30, 2025, the multi-GRAMMY Award-winning Blind Boys of Alabama will be among the earliest artists to appear at Garcia’s Chicago in the city's West Loop.
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“Jesus I’ll Never Forget” | Zak Williams & 1/Akord feat. Lowell Pye | Enon Music Group (release date: October 7, 2022)

“View the City REMIX” | RiZen | DAF Entertainment Group (2022)
“Believer” Jenise La Vonne Independent (release date: August 26, 2022) www.jeniselavonne.com By Robert M. Marovich “Believer” is indie gospel artist Jenise La Vonne’s best single to date. It has it all: a powerful open, sturdy vocals, compelling lyrics, solid song structure, and chart-quality production. To a loping rhythm, Jenise declares freedom from sin and her [...]
“Holy” Grant Allison IV One Nation Under God Records (release date: July 31, 2019) www.grantallisoniv.com By Robert M. Marovich Once again, JGM digs deep into Chicago worship pastor Grant Allison’s catalogue and comes up with “Holy.” The atmospheric P&W outing is based on Philippians 2:10 and Hebrews 13:8. Its simple melody, singable chorus, and dramatic [...]
“The Prayer” Whitney April feat. Daniil Medvedev: A Season of Highs and Lows - CB News Rodrick Dixon Arete Records (release date: September 23, 2022) https://music.empi.re/theprayer By Robert M. Marovich “The Prayer” is a pop song, not a sacred song per se, but it IS a prayer, and hearing it rendered by the angelic-voiced Whitney [...]
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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.
JGM's Bob Marovich speaks with gospel singer-songwriter Anthony Faulkner about his burgeoning world-wide music ministry that includes live performances, recordings, radio, television, and philanthropy -- and how R&B star Angela Winbush (Rene' and Angela) became his guardian angel. Check out Faulkner's new single, "I Trust You," during the interview.
By Bob Marovich “I like how singing makes people feel. I like the way it makes me feel when I sing. Music is a universal language. It changes everything.” With such a passion for singing burning deep inside her, it is not surprising that Shantavia “Tay” Clemons has gone on to become a solo gospel [...]
topless kc.co Photo Credit: Anna Webber By Bob Marovich From Mary Lou Williams to John Coltrane, jazz musicians over the years have, as Kirk Whalum puts it, “made a spiritual offering through their music.” With his celebrated series, The Gospel According to Jazz, Whalum makes his own spiritual offering, using jazz to describe [...]
JGM is saddened to learn of the passing of Spencer Bouvier Taylor III, drummer and singer with the legendary quartet the Highway QCs.

Lloyd Cannady Jr., age 80, slipped away peacefully on Monday, May 1, 2023.














