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Quartet Music Awards® Announce 4th Annual Celebration Honoring Gospel Quartet Excellence
Charlotte, NC – The Quartet Music Awards® (QMA®) is proud to announce its 4th Annual Awards Show, set to take place on Saturday, April 25, 2026, in Charlotte, North Carolina. This highly anticipated event will once again bring together gospel music lovers, artists, and industry leaders for an unforgettable weekend of celebration, recognition, and worship through the rich tradition of quartet music. Founded to honor the legacy and future of gospel quartet, the QMA® continues to shine as the premier platform dedicated exclusively to acknowledging the artistry, dedication, and spiritual impact of quartet music and its artists. The QMA® 2026 [...]
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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Quartet Music Awards® Announce 4th Annual Celebration Honoring Gospel Quartet Excellence
Charlotte, NC – The Quartet Music Awards® (QMA®) is proud to announce its 4th Annual Awards Show, set to take place on Saturday, April 25, 2026, in Charlotte, North Carolina. This highly anticipated event will once again bring together gospel music lovers, artists, and industry leaders for an unforgettable weekend of celebration, recognition, and worship through the rich tradition of quartet music. Founded to honor the legacy and future of gospel quartet, the QMA® continues to shine as the premier platform dedicated exclusively to acknowledging the artistry, dedication, and spiritual impact of quartet music and its artists. The QMA® 2026 [...]
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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There’s a lot to like about “Agree,” the new single by James Johnson Jr.
Love Did It is a concise and personal celebration of the love of Jesus that, through his sacrificial death and resurrection, brings new life.
Similar to Natalie Cole’s “unforgettable” recorded duet with her late father Nat, Trey Sneed collaborates with his late father, gospel artist and record company owner Troy Sneed, on “All Is Well.”
“Share the Load” Eric Lee Brumley From the Old Bear Records album Electric Chair (single release date: March 1, 2024)
“I Know a Man” by Macon, Georgia, singer-songwriter Charles Jones contains lyrical echoes of Brother Joe May’s 1950 hit “Do You Know Him,” but the melody is wholly different.
With Meet Johnnie Washington, Pastor Mack C. Mason trains his historian’s eye to illustrate how local communities of dedicated and enterprising ministers and evangelists turned Christianity into a pervasive force in modern American life.
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“Pull Together” Roy & Revelation Malaco / 4 Winds Records (2021) www.malaco.com By Robert M. Marovich “When you look in the mirror / Are you proud of your reflection?" That’s what Roy & Revelation want to know on their new single, “Pull Together.” When people continue to be judged by the color of their skin [...]
“Pick You Back Up” Michael David Harrison feat. Beverly Crawford Independent (release date: January 31, 2021) By Robert M. Marovich If the jaunty piano opening doesn’t wake the dead from their slumber, Beverly Crawford’s characteristic evangelistic vocalizing will do the trick. Pick You Back Up” was produced by Linton Weems and penned by up-and-coming songwriter [...]
“Judgement Day” Jules Schroeder Jules Schroeder Music (release date: November 17, 2020) https://julesschroedermusic.com/ On “Judgement Day,” inspirational singer-songwriter Jules Schroeder offers a poignant anthem of freedom. Evoking current times (“a world of hate”) in melody, mood, and lyric, she sings: “In the last hour when you’re standing by the gate, there will be no one [...]
“Alpha and Omega” Jude Philips https://www.facebook.com/jude.akamien.9 By Robert M. Marovich On his gorgeous new single, “Alpha and Omega,” Nigerian medical doctor and gospel music minister Jude Philips expresses what he declares is “the unusual greatness and supremacy of God which makes all things possible through Him.” The mystical opening strains introduce a very simple major [...]
“Thank God for What Didn’t Happen” Prez Blackmon Pearl’s Son Music (release date: January 1, 2021) By Robert M. Marovich The title alone is a testament to the times. But for God, Blackmon sings in his elastic tenor, it could have been me, it could have been worse, it could have been tragic. It’s a [...]
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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.
JJ Hairston of the group Youthful Praise spent time with The Black Gospel Blog recently to talk about the group's genesis, its musical influences, and the forthcoming CD, Resting On His Promise (Light Records/Evidence Gospel), to be released September 1.TBGB: You grew up in the Church of God in Christ. How has this influenced your [...]
LAS VEGAS, Nev. (February 16, 2021) - GMA Gospel Music Hall of Fame member, CARMAN, passed away Tuesday, February 16, 2021, at a Las Vegas, Nevada hospital, after fighting a series of complications resulting from surgery to repair a hiatal hernia. Carman Dominic Licciardello, known to fans worldwide as “Carman,” was 65. Born January 19, [...]
By Robert M. Marovich The Journal of Gospel Music was saddened to hear of the passing of Dr. Douglas Miller, a choir director, singer, songwriter, and contributor to the International Music Department of the Church of God in Christ. The following is a brief bio I wrote for the Malaco Music Group website. UPDATE: Special [...]
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