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JGM Music Hour – Episode 187
This episode includes music reviewed on the Journal of Gospel Music between late April and early June 2026.
“Tell It” – Powerhouse Fellowship Soul Choir feat. Shawn Cotterell
The vertical praise that the Toronto-based group just can’t keep to themselves they express on “Tell It."
“Overcomer” – Reggie Jones
Inspired by Psalm 91, “Overcomer” by Ghanian gospel singer-songwriter Reggie Jones (born Regina Ansah) is an orchestral ode to endurance.
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Bob Marovich of the Journal of Gospel Music interviews gospel recording artist Lil Prince.
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JGM Music Hour – Episode 187
This episode includes music reviewed on the Journal of Gospel Music between late April and early June 2026.
“Tell It” – Powerhouse Fellowship Soul Choir feat. Shawn Cotterell
The vertical praise that the Toronto-based group just can’t keep to themselves they express on “Tell It."
“Overcomer” – Reggie Jones
Inspired by Psalm 91, “Overcomer” by Ghanian gospel singer-songwriter Reggie Jones (born Regina Ansah) is an orchestral ode to endurance.
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Although Washington, DC-based singer Keith Moore starts “I’m Better Now” quietly and cautiously, it’s not long before he’s singing the stuffing out of this gospel ballad on Jesus as the source of strength, overcoming, and personal victory.
Coming Back Alive, the title of the group's nineteenth full-length album, is not metaphorical.
Nearly dying from hypothermia while hiking the Appalachian Trail in 2019 infuses the message music of singer-songwriter Anya Lee.
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.
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“Grateful” Earnest Pugh Blacksmoke Music Worldwide (2022) By Robert M. Marovich Earnest Pugh’s current single, “Grateful,” is a gently swaying ballad of thanksgiving for Christ’s love, expressed most ardently in his sacrifice for all humanity. Pugh and his background vocalists riff on the “you didn’t have to do it but you did” trope. The song’s [...]
“Highest Praise” Terry Fuller Project ft. Justin Mickens Independent (release date: June 24, 2021) https://www.tjmusicgroup.com/ By Robert M. Marovich Accented by rhythmic foot thumps, Terry Fuller Project’s “Highest Praise” is a joyful selection that will set listeners to handclapping and foot tapping. Lead singer Justin Mickens handles vocals like the effervescent quartet lead he is [...]
“All of My Help” The Dedicated Souls Elite and Creative Music Productions By Robert M. Marovich If “All of My Help” by the Ohio-based Dedicated Souls sounds like a Canton Spirituals track, it’s because it was written, produced, and is led by the Canton Spirituals’ own Antoine Porter. The message is clear: when you try [...]
“You’ve Been Good to Me”Zacardi CortezBlacksmoke Music Worldwide (release date: January 27, 2022) By Robert M. Marovich “You’ve Been Good to Me” is a song with simple lyrics and a singable melody—essentially a chorus and pounding vamp—but it’s the aggressive, hard-charging way in which Zacardi Cortez and his background singers render it that brings the [...]
“Peace Be Still” Kelontae Gavin Malaco Music Group (release date: January 20, 2022) www.malaco.com By Robert M. Marovich At the Malaco Fiftieth Anniversary Celebration in Jackson, Mississippi, gospel soloist Kelontae Gavin put his own melismatic touch on “Peace Be Still.” It’s from the CD and DVD chronicling the Fiftieth Anniversary concert, where today’s gospel artists [...]
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.
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 [...]
https://vimeo.com/33077366 Gospel Music Historian Bob Marovich on the PCC Network Community Forum from PCC Studio Bob Marovich discuss the roots of the "Chicago Style" of Black Gospel Music.
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/the-music-box/2011/12/16/the-music-box-alex-williams-and-bob-marovich You don't want to miss my second special guest, Black Gospel Music Expert Bob Marovich--oh, and by the way: HE'S WHITE! I thot this was super-duper cool and can't wait to talk to him this week! He's a gospel radio announcer, music historian and reviewer--and you are going to want to hear what this [...]
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 [...]
From a press release: The SRT ENTERTAINMENT family regrets to announce the passing of Dr. Norris Andrus Lipsey, professionally known as Stellar Award Nominee gospel artist DK. DRU. Every once in a while, music creators converge in a studio and what is crafted is pure magic. Pure magic is the only way to describe the [...]
