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Various Artists – Parchman Prison Prayer: Some Mississippi Sunday Morning
This may be the most haunting, the most refreshingly informal, and the most moving album you encounter this year.
“You Are” – Byron Cage
“You Are” Byron Cage AIR / Malaco Music Group www.malaco.com By Robert M. Marovich Stellar Award-winning “Prince of Praise” Byron Cage delivers his latest single, “You Are,” a conventional mid-tempo P&W. Cage alternates between singing and incrementally thunderous exhorting as the background singers keep the song moving forward. While the [...]
“With Thee I Wed” – Curtis Fondren feat. Desmond Pringle and Felicia Coleman-Evans
“With Thee I Wed (The Wedding Song)” Curtis Fondren feat. Desmond Pringle & Felicia Coleman-Evans Independent (release date: June 18, 2021) By Robert M. Marovich Longtime Chicago gospel musician Curtis Fondren offers something for the wedding trade in “With Thee I Wed.” This '80s-esque slow jam evokes the tracks on [...]
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Various Artists – Parchman Prison Prayer: Some Mississippi Sunday Morning
This may be the most haunting, the most refreshingly informal, and the most moving album you encounter this year.
“You Are” – Byron Cage
“You Are” Byron Cage AIR / Malaco Music Group www.malaco.com By Robert M. Marovich Stellar Award-winning “Prince of Praise” Byron Cage delivers his latest single, “You Are,” a conventional mid-tempo P&W. Cage alternates between singing and incrementally thunderous exhorting as the background singers keep the song moving forward. While the [...]
“With Thee I Wed” – Curtis Fondren feat. Desmond Pringle and Felicia Coleman-Evans
“With Thee I Wed (The Wedding Song)” Curtis Fondren feat. Desmond Pringle & Felicia Coleman-Evans Independent (release date: June 18, 2021) By Robert M. Marovich Longtime Chicago gospel musician Curtis Fondren offers something for the wedding trade in “With Thee I Wed.” This '80s-esque slow jam evokes the tracks on [...]
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Dr. Vera J. Goodman & Anointed PraiseIt’s Our TimeFirst Lady Productions (2014)Anointedpraise2011@yahoo.comBy Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel BlogIndependently produced church choir albums have been around since at least the [...]
Enjoy this podcast of "Gospel Memories" - words and music with the Barrett Sisters: Billie Barrett GreenBey and Rodessa Barrett Porter. Plus Dr. Mary Campbell (daughter of the late DeLois [...]
Damien Sneed co-presented, in conjunction with Wynton Marsalis and Jazz at Lincoln Center, a series of YouTube videos featuring the historic Abyssinian Mass: A Gospel Celebration.Enjoy the entire two-hour performance [...]
J. M. CruverDon’t Give UpSharp Records (2014)www.amazon.comBy Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel BlogAll James Michael Cruver wants to do is sing a church song. He sings six, as a [...]
“A Little Longer”Nancey Jackson JohnsonFrom the Camdon CD The Heart of Nancey Jackson Johnson(2014)I have been enamored of Nancey Jackson Johnson’s voice and dramatic take on a song ever since [...]
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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.
