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Grammy-Nominated Artist Koryn Hawthorne Signs to Motown Gospel
Motown Gospel announces the signing of GRAMMY-nominated artist Koryn Hawthorne.
JGM Music Hour Special – Gospel on Groover
This JGM Music Hour Special features independent gospel and CCM artists worldwide who JGM found on the Groover platform. The show is streaming with no interruptions. Enjoy!
Gospel Classic “I Can Go to God in Prayer” Hits the Half-Century Mark
The now-classic gospel song "I Can Go to God in Prayer" turns fifty years old this year.
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Grammy-Nominated Artist Koryn Hawthorne Signs to Motown Gospel
Motown Gospel announces the signing of GRAMMY-nominated artist Koryn Hawthorne.
JGM Music Hour Special – Gospel on Groover
This JGM Music Hour Special features independent gospel and CCM artists worldwide who JGM found on the Groover platform. The show is streaming with no interruptions. Enjoy!
Gospel Classic “I Can Go to God in Prayer” Hits the Half-Century Mark
The now-classic gospel song "I Can Go to God in Prayer" turns fifty years old this year.
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“Bless Your Name” is a straightforward worship song based on the opening verses of Psalm 34, but where some worship leaders would play it straight, Tonya Baker juggles the melodic line like a jazz chanteuse.
Brent Jones and the Best Life Choir’s rafter-raising Praise in the Choir Stand offers Sunday morning gospel chock full of R&B influences.
Gospel icon Kirk Franklin is joining forces with Insignia Assets, a new entertainment venture established by Norman Gyamfi and Jonathan Jay.
“This is Redemption” is a tuneful and energetic paean to the power of salvation.
The USC Upstate Gospel Choir’s single “Already Done” uses Psalm 46:10 (“Be still and know that I am God”) as the foundation for a statement of divine victory.
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LATEST PICK OF THE WEEK – SINGLES
“Impossible” | Pastor Mike Jr. | Black Smoke Music Worldwide (release date: October 22, 2022)
“Do You Know the Man” | Harlem Gospel Travelers | Colemine Records (release date: October 18, 2022)
“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 [...]
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, Journal of Gospel Music “Good things can still come out of Detroit.” This comment, from Let’s Have Some Church Detroit Style, might as well serve as the documentary’s subtitle. Directed by Michigan filmmaker Andrew Sacks, Let’s Have Some Church Detroit Style tells the story of Dr. E. LaQuint Weaver II and The [...]
In an interview with JGM's Bob Marovich, two-time Grammy Award winner Ann Nesby (Sounds of Blackness) talks about her musical upbringing, her new album, a persistent rumor that needs cleaning up, and why she is a spokesperson for the American Heart Association. Essential listening for Ann Nesby and Sounds of Blackness fans, as well as [...]
By Bob Marovich When Audrey Cher was born, her parents wanted to make certain her name meant something in the entertainment industry. So they called her Audrey after Audrey Hepburn and Cher for, well…Cher. “I’m walking in my name,” gospel singer and recording artist Audrey Cher told JGM last week. Born in Mount Clemens, Michigan, a [...]
By Robert M. Marovich Paul Beasley, a celebrated gospel quartet singer, passed away Monday, March 13, 2023, at the age of 78. Born in Louisiana, Beasley spent a long career singing tenor with the Gospel Keynotes, alongside Willie Neal Johnson, Gino Smith, Val Alexander, and Johnny Jones. He also sang with the Mighty Clouds [...]
By Robert M. Marovich Tyrone Porter, member of the Christianaires gospel quartet and president of the GMWA Quartet Division, went on home to be with the Lord on February 14, 2023, after an extended battle with illness. Homegoing arrangements will be posted here when known. Meanwhile, here is a brief biographical sketch about the Christianaires [...]
