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JGM Pick of the Week: August 25, 2025
BET Sunday Best Season 9 champion Melvin Crispell III drops serious techno on his gush of praises to Jesus for having made it through the troubles and strife.
Kirk Franklin’s Fo Yo Soul Recordings and CLTRE Lab Partner with Insignia Assets; Appointed Chief of Creative Services
Gospel icon Kirk Franklin is joining forces with Insignia Assets, a new entertainment venture established by Norman Gyamfi and Jonathan Jay.
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“Another Chance” Ellen Hayes feat. The Word of Truth Mass Choir Songs and Melodies Records (release date: January 19, 2024)
On July 28, 2004, the Black Gospel Blog - renamed the Journal of Gospel Music on July 28, 2014 - was born.
One of America’s most cherished Gospel music families, The Nelons, were involved in a tragic plane crash on Friday afternoon.
The Gospel Music Association announced the nominees for the 55th Annual Dove Awards, with the ceremony to be held October 1, 2024, at the Allen Arena in Nashville,
The Journal of Gospel Music was saddened to hear that keyboardist, songwriter, producer, and group organizer Bishop Michael A. Brooks made his transition on July 16, 2024. He was 62.
“99 and ½ Won’t Do” Bobby Rush, Blind Boys of Alabama, Dom Flemons, and Dustbowl Revival 72MM Records (release date: July 19, 2024)
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“I See a King” The Wood Drake Sessions feat. Liz Vice Independent (release date: January 21, 2022) www.thewooddrakesessions.com By Robert M. Marovich As Christian group The Wood Drake Sessions, Paul Ranheim and Kirk Sauers keep pumping out fine singles. The duo’s latest, “I See a King,” featuring lead vocalist Liz Vice, may be their best [...]
“The Garden” E. Daniels From the Presence Records CD The Garden (release date: May 2020) www.EDanielsministries.com By Robert M. Marovich While “The Garden” has been out for a while, it is deserving of a second listen, especially in preparation for Easter season. The song defies categorization. While Pastor Ernest E. ("E.") Daniels delivers the ballad [...]
“Let God” Eloise https://www.facebook.com/eloise.skief By Robert M. Marovich With “Let God,” Tyler, Texas, gospel singer Eloise Skief, who goes by Eloise, delivers a lovely meditation on the familiar "let go and let God" trope. The sparse piano accompaniment allows Eloise to improvise vocally, though she doesn’t go overboard. In fact, it’s her controlled ornamentation that [...]
“On and On” The Collective UG From the C19 Music album The Sound of Revival (release date: December 3, 2021) www.thecollectiveug.com By Robert M. Marovich Though “On and On” is a lovely praise song by the Ugandan worship band Collective UG, it is clearly influenced by American Christian pop music. The delicate arrangement is crowned [...]
“Well Done” Timothy “T.J.” Bouknight Higher Praise Records (2021) By Robert M. Marovich Elder Timothy “T.J.” Bouknight renders the pew-walker “Well Done” like the quartet veteran he is. The song is about the effort it takes to enter the gates of paradise. Bouknight opens "Well Done" with the classic couplet, “One of these days, won’t [...]
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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 talks with the multi-talented Damien Sneed about his new CD, Broken to Minister - Deluxe Edition (release date: March 3), his appearance with Wynton Marsalis on the PBS program, "Everyone Has a Place," spotlighting the Abyssinian Mass, his directorial debut at Carnegie Hall, and the relationship of classical and gospel music. Damien [...]
Wisconsin Public Radio's Rob Ferrett and Veronica Rueckert interviewed Journal of Gospel Music's Bob Marovich on Tuesday, February 24, about gospel music's Midwestern roots and how it supplied the soundtrack to the Civil Rights Movement. Click on the WPR image to the left to hear and download the interview.
JGM Editor-in-Chief Bob Marovich was interviewed for this podcast on gospel music and the Civil Rights movement. Professor Robert Darden of Baylor University, Dwandalyn Reese of the Smithsonian Institution, and Professor Birgitta Johnson of the University of South Carolina School of Music are also interviewed for this podcast, part of the Kennedy Center's ArtsEdge education [...]
By Robert M. Marovich Lady Sharon Poston shared the sad news that her husband, Deacon Dr. Timothy D. Poston Sr., passed away on March 15, 2022. The California organist's Churchin' on the Hammond B3 Organ was reviewed by the Journal of Gospel Music in 2018. We at JGM express our condolences to the family, friends, [...]
By Robert M. Marovich The gospel music community is mourning the loss of Derrick Lee, who transitioned from labor to reward February 19, 2022, at Vanderbilt Hospital in Nashville, Tennessee. He had been battling health issues for some time and had been in the hospital since the week after Christmas 2021. Friends and associates sete [...]
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