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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.
JGM Pick of the Week: June 2, 2025
“This is Redemption” is a tuneful and energetic paean to the power of salvation.
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Melba Moore's new memoir, "This Is It," is available now through Amazon Books.
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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.
JGM Pick of the Week: June 2, 2025
“This is Redemption” is a tuneful and energetic paean to the power of salvation.
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Clifton Powell will produce the ten-episode, seven-part Winans Family limited film series Thankful, tailoring the production with three favorable award-winning directors to be announced.
Sondra “Blinky” Williams, the legendary gospel and Motown star, appears in the upcoming Dennis Quaid led biopic REAGAN, with a brief cameo playing a member of young Reagan’s church.
“Jesus Lift Me Up” Jim Vierra feat. Ron Poindexter Fifty Something Records (release date: May 6, 2024) By Robert M. Marovich Grammy-nominated vocalist Ron Poindexter’s melodious lead on “Jesus [...]
Recently recovered from a debilitating stroke, Bruce V. Allen of the Florida-based contemporary gospel jazz duo Allen & Allen returns to the scene with “Where Would I Be.”
Those wondering whether Vanessa Bell Armstrong will ever record another album will be pleased to know that Today will be available tomorrow, June 21.
he incessant and magisterial beat of the CCM-style hymn “All Eyes on King Jesus” by Harry Warrell commands the listener’s attention like a military tattoo.
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“Still Faithful” Christina Bell feat. Fred Hammond From the Malaco Music Group CD Still Faithful (release date: July 30, 2021) www.malaco.com By Robert M. Marovich With or without assistance from gospel legend Fred Hammond, “Still Faithful” is former Z'iel member Christina Bell’s best solo single yet. To a lilting melody, Bell declares on the title [...]
“It’s Time” Mary Glover Independent (released October 20, 2020) By Robert M. Marovich In tone, tempo, and message, Mary Glover’s “It’s Time” commands people to snap out of it, get right, act right, and be joyful in the Lord. Glover’s sassy and declarative alto, honed in the community of quartet singers, is the ideal vehicle [...]
“I’d Rather Have Jesus” True Believers Malaco Music Group / 4 Winds (release date: June 23, 2021) www.malaco.com By Robert M. Marovich From the opening vocal harmony riff and the incessant piano triplets to the ultra-soulful lead vocals by Castro Coleman, “I’d Rather Have Jesus” sounds like a 1960s soul record but it is as [...]
“Ain’t Nobody Like Jesus” Ron Rawls Red Torch Music (release date: June 15, 2021) www.rawlsmusic.com By Robert M. Marovich Ron Rawls may be best known as the music director for Christian artist Mandisa; he worked on her Grammy and Dove Award-winning album, Overcomer (2013). On “Ain’t Nobody Like Jesus,” a bracing pop-flavored ode of gratitude [...]
“Your Presence is a Gift” E. Dewey Smith Pebble Street Records (release date: March 5, 2021) By Robert M. Marovich If Dr. E. Dewey Smith, senior pastor of the House of Hope in Georgia, wanted to come out of the chute with just the right solo debut single, he could do no better than “Your [...]
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.
Henry "Hanq" Neal By Bob Marovich In 2012, the Wheeler Avenue Mass Choir recorded a CD in honor of the Houston, Texas church's fiftieth anniversary. The full-length album, Oh To Be Kept by Jesus, brought together the church's music department and two longtime collaborators, Wheeler Avenue music minister Henry "Hanq" Neal and Leon [...]
TBGB host Bob Marovich interviews gospel singer-songwriter Queyonoh (pron. queena). Her CD, Tears 4 Fears, dropped in June, and her single, "A Friend," is currently impacting radio. Find out about her music, her inspirations, and her work in Liberia, from whence her parents immigrated.
Posted By David Licata on July 12, 2011 When I first interviewed Robert Darden of the Black Gospel Music Restoration Project for A Life’s Work in Chicago (August 2009), one collector’s name came up again and again. Bob Marovich. Bob Marovich is a gospel music historian, radio announcer, and journalist. Since 2001, he has hosted “Gospel Memories,” a weekly radio program [...]
Eboni Funderburk, Kenny Smoov (92Q), Tammy Taylor, Denell Nashville, TN -- Legendary Stellar Award and NAACP Award-winning radio announcer Connie Denell Cato-Dickerson was the pride of Nashville. The daughter of radio legend Evelyn Cato, the first black female disc-jockey in the Southeast, Denell started as a sports reporter for her school newspaper while [...]
From a Press Release: James Lott, beloved Minister of Music for Sweet Holy Spirit Church and CEO of Utopia Music Group LLC, made his transition Saturday, June 5, 2021. To say the Gospel Music Industry is shocked and saddened would be an understatement. God called his dedicated servant home after a lengthy illness. The void [...]
