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“You Won It All” – Taushey Sias
“You Won It All” Taushey Sias TVL (release date: April 19, 2024) By Robert M. Marovich What sets “You Won It All” apart from other current gospel singles are the playfulness of the piano intro, the island rhythm that drives the lyrics, and Taushey Sias’ sassy staccato vocals. A song [...]
Pick of the Week: January 16, 2025
“Blessings” Yolanda Adams From the Epic Records album Sunny Days (album release date: September 13, 2024)
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“You Won It All” – Taushey Sias
“You Won It All” Taushey Sias TVL (release date: April 19, 2024) By Robert M. Marovich What sets “You Won It All” apart from other current gospel singles are the playfulness of the piano intro, the island rhythm that drives the lyrics, and Taushey Sias’ sassy staccato vocals. A song [...]
Pick of the Week: January 16, 2025
“Blessings” Yolanda Adams From the Epic Records album Sunny Days (album release date: September 13, 2024)
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“My Life” The Flint Cavaliers feat. Minister Tim White and Minister Darnell Williams Independent (release date: January 1, 2024)
This episode includes music reviewed on the Journal of Gospel Music between mid-December 2023 and late January 2024.
“On Time” Ashford Sanders Ashyashh Music LLC (release date: January 23, 2023)
From Chicago’s South Side, Out of the Whirlwind is a band of six singers and musicians whose gumbo, as in the title of their sixteen-track album, Gospel Gumbo, is a musical mix of gospel, CCM, jazz, blues, folk, funk, R&B and rock.
Nearly two hours of holiday music released recently by gospel artists, most of them independent artists.
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“Lord Give Me Another Chance” Apostle John E. Ross feat. Sean Scales & Tamara Lloyd Independent (preorder release date: November 13, 2020) By Robert M. Marovich A vocal duo of Sean Scales and Tamara Lloyd delivers a single so churchy that it all but stands up and testifies. A passionate plea for forgiveness, “Lord Give [...]
“9 Makes Us 1” Legacy Five & the Wardlaw Brothers Daywind Records (release date: October 16, 2020) By Robert M. Marovich Sung by a combination of two quartets, one representing southern gospel and the other gospel music, the smooth ballad “9 Makes Us 1” underscores the significance and necessity of racial amity. The nine singers [...]
“Hallelujah Anyhow” Canton Spirituals feat. Al Green Malaco Music Group www.malaco.com By Bob Marovich Highway 51 links Canton, Mississippi, to Memphis, Tennessee. So does the single “Hallelujah Anyhow,” as it links the Canton Spirituals and the Reverend Al Green. The combo works. Keep in mind that Green came from gospel and, after entering the ministry, [...]
“Never Give Up” Tasha Cobbs Leonard From the Motown Gospel CD Royalty: Live at the Ryman www.motowngospel.com By Bob Marovich Although the gospel-meets-country selections on Tasha Cobbs Leonard’s new album, Royalty: Live at the Ryman, are the most fascinating, none of them surpasses the beautiful ballad, “Never Give Up.” Leonard moves from poignant to passionate, from [...]
“One More Time” Cynthia Adams Sound of Chayil (release date: June 19, 2020) By Bob Marovich From the countrified guitar intro and the hand clapping rhythm to the spirited vamp, Cynthia Adams’ “One More Time” takes listeners to church, and not just any church, but the little wooden church on the hill. Adams rejoices about [...]
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.
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 [...]
Photo Credit: KLTV.com By Bob Marovich JGM was saddened to learn from Debra Ligon and Libra Boyd’s post that singer and guitarist Richard Wallace of the Mighty Clouds of Joy passed away Monday, July 27, 2020. According to essays by Opal Nations, Richard Edward Wallace was born June 9, 1940, in Austin, Texas. [...]
Photo Credit: Rubenstein McClure Ministries Facebook Page By Bob Marovich JGM was saddened to learn of the passing of Evangelist Mother Rubenstein McClure on July 18, 2020. Mother "Ruby" McClure was a member and lead soloist with the famous Radio Choir of Brooklyn's Institutional Church of God in Christ, under the direction of [...]
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