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JGM Pick of the Week: September 2, 2025
The husband-and-wife duo Arbour Season emit vibes of indie pop groups Tennis and Low on the tender “Come to Me,” based on Matthew 11:28-29.
“Pass Me Not” – Desmond Roberson & the Roberson Bunch
Desmond Roberson and the Roberson Bunch take on the Tindley standard “Pass Me Not” with cheerful delight.
2025 BMI Christian Awards to Celebrate the Genre’s Top Songwriters and Music Publishers June 17
The 2025 BMI Christian Awards will be held on June 17 at the organization’s Nashville office.
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Recent Posts
JGM Pick of the Week: September 2, 2025
The husband-and-wife duo Arbour Season emit vibes of indie pop groups Tennis and Low on the tender “Come to Me,” based on Matthew 11:28-29.
“Pass Me Not” – Desmond Roberson & the Roberson Bunch
Desmond Roberson and the Roberson Bunch take on the Tindley standard “Pass Me Not” with cheerful delight.
2025 BMI Christian Awards to Celebrate the Genre’s Top Songwriters and Music Publishers June 17
The 2025 BMI Christian Awards will be held on June 17 at the organization’s Nashville office.
Sponsored Post:
The Beverly Arts Center will open its Pride Month Celebration Sunday, June 9, with Shout OUT: A Tribute to Gays in Gospel Music.
The Jake Leg Jug Band Some Glad Morning Green Bullet Records (release date: March 5, 2024) By Robert M. Marovich To categorize the Jake Leg Jug Band as simply [...]
This episode includes music reviewed on the Journal of Gospel Music between mid-December 2023 and late January 2024.
Earnest Pugh’s new single “Don’t Give Up” is an impassioned but conventional song of encouragement.
Pre-Order Angelo Ellerbee's new book: Before I Let You Go
Stellar Awards 2024 Nominees Artist of the Year: Donald Lawrence Erica Campbell Pastor Mike Jr. Tye Tribbett Song of the Year: “Able” – Jonathan McReynolds “Feel Alright (Blessed)” – Erica [...]
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“He’s Working on Me” The McDuffies feat. Bishop Darrell McFadden From the Ruffboyzmusic Group LLC album The Legacy Continues (album release date: January 15, 2021) By Robert M. Marovich The McDuffies salute the memory of their brother Ricky McDuffie with a new album and single. The single, “He’s Working on Me,” is a driving selection [...]
“He’s Way Ahead of You” Denita Gibbs DGW Entertainment (release date: March 6, 2021) www.denitagibbs.com By Robert M. Marovich Now THIS is the Denita Gibbs I remember from her 2013 CD, Without You. The Birmingham, Alabama, native’s declarative vocals on “He’s Way Ahead of You” are locked in from the very start when she sings: [...]
“Be Alright” Friends aka Anointed Friends Thompson Records (release date: March 15, 2021) By Robert M. Marovich In “Be Alright,” the female quartet Friends (aka Anointed Friends) deliver a simple song of reassurance and encouragement to a driving countrified beat. The ladies pepper their lyrics with familiar church aphorisms (e.g., “He may not come when [...]
“Come (Broken, Scarred)” Mary Ozaraga Independent (release date: January 3, 2021) By Robert M. Marovich There’s an orchestral ambience to Christian singer-songwriter Mary Ozaraga’s first single release, “Come (Broken, Scarred).” Ozaraga’s guitar emits droplets of notes as drums thump like marching feet and synthesized sounds float gently above the singer like cumulus clouds. Together, they [...]
“The One” Jewell & Converted OverBoard Records (release date: April 9, 2021) By Robert M. Marovich Those who appreciate joyous gospel quartet music will welcome “The One,” the latest single from the award-winning St. Louis quartet Jewell & Converted. Jewell Taylor leads the female quartet on a litany of examples of Jesus’s goodness and then [...]
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.
Ami Rushes visits The Black Gospel Blog Virtual Interview Room to talk about her new CD, Stand Up for Jesus, and how the late Rev. James Cleveland helped her get started in gospel music.
By Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel Blog The odds are less than 100 to 1 that a high school baseball player will go pro. That didn't deter Todd Dulaney. "For years, my parents and I, we traveled from city to city, playing travel league baseball," Dulaney told TBGB. "That's all I wanted to do. [...]
By Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel Blog. Myron Butler is an award-winning singer, songwriter, worship leader and producer. He spent time with TBGB recently to talk about his latest CD, Worship, released last month on EMI Gospel. Born in Bradenton, Florida, the Baptist-bred Butler’s first taste of gospel music came, naturally, in church. “Before I ever had a [...]
From a press release: Pervis Staples, a co-founding member of the legendary gospel group, the Staple Singers, passed away suddenly on May 6, 2021 at his home in Dolton, Illinois, according to Adam Ayers, a member of Mavis Staples’ 525 Worldwide Music management team. He was 85 years old. Beginning in 1956 with “Uncloudy Day” [...]
By Robert M. Marovich JGM was saddened to learn of the passing on April 14, 2021, of St. Louis gospel radio announcer Columbus Gregory. He was 90 years old. In addition to more than a half-century on St. Louis radio, Gregory co-founded Redi-Soul Records, an independent label also based in St. Louis. Using saxophonist Oliver [...]
