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Tehillah Music Group Adds Courtney Franklin to Signed Talent Roster
Tehillah Music Group is excited to announce their most recent addition, Courtney Franklin, as their newest artist to their roster.
JGM Pick of the Week – April 20, 2026
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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!
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Bob Marovich of the Journal of Gospel Music interviews gospel recording artist Lil Prince.
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Tehillah Music Group Adds Courtney Franklin to Signed Talent Roster
Tehillah Music Group is excited to announce their most recent addition, Courtney Franklin, as their newest artist to their roster.
JGM Pick of the Week – April 20, 2026
“My Rock” DJ Allen & Righteous EvoWorld Entertainment (release date: March 6, 2026)
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!
Sponsored Post:
This episode includes music reviewed on the Journal of Gospel Music between January 1 and March 11, 2025.
On Sunday, March 30, 2025, the multi-GRAMMY Award-winning Blind Boys of Alabama will be among the earliest artists to appear at Garcia’s Chicago in the city's West Loop.
By Robert M. Marovich Darrell Luster of Malaco Music Group informed JGM today that Huey Williams of the famed gospel quartet the Jackson Southernaires, passed away today, March 24, 2025. [...]
“Jesus” Eldrick Rodgers feat. Michelle Prather Independent (release date: August 30, 2024)
“Don’t Faint” Jekalyn Carr WayNorth Music (release date: March 15, 2025) By Robert M. Marovich Jekalyn Carr, gospel music’s princess of positivity, its empress of encouragement, has made a [...]
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“The Glory” Mama Tee feat. Awipi & Rume Independent (release date: October 9, 2021) By Robert M. Marovich "The Glory" is the product of an international collaboration between Canada-based songwriter Tolu Adeosun (Mama Tee), Nigerian-based music director and producer Awipi Emmanuel, and singers Rume and Jojo Vocals. Modern gospel singers in or from Africa tend [...]
“Jesus”Yael HiltonLight Records / MNRK Music Group (release date: February 11, 2022)www.yaelhilton.com By Robert M. Marovich “Jesus,” the new single by the young North Carolina gospel singer Yael Hilton, expresses the confidence of a believer that there are no problems in life that Jesus cannot fix. She even weaves in John 3:16 for extra emphasis. [...]
“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 [...]
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.
Gospel artist, songwriter, and iconic choir director Ricky Dillard tells TBGB's Bob Marovich about his early music influences; the growth and development of New G; how grace undergirds his new album, Amazing; and how he is tackling personal health issues and the violence plaguing Chicago neighborhoods.A
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. [...]
LEBANON, TN - (December 20, 2021) - Deon Unthank, founder and CEO of AbsolutelyGospel.com, peacefully passed into the arms of his Savior on Friday, December 17, 2021, surrounded by his family. Always a Southern Gospel singer and fan first, Deon founded AbsolutelyGospel.com (formerly SoGospelNews.com), with his deceased wife Susan in 1997. The site gained national prominence [...]
From the Ace Records UK website. Thanks to Doug Price for letting JGM know of Bishop Simon's passing and forwarding this information. Joe Simon died on 13th December 2021, aged 85 years. Joe Simon possessed one of the greatest Southern Soul voices heard throughout the golden age of the 60s & 70s soul music. The [...]
