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Elohin – El3vate
Elohin El3vate CF Entertainment (release date: September 12, 2023) By Robert M. Marovich “I hope you all ready for this one.” That’s how Elohin (pronounced EL-oh-in) introduces his album, El3vate. And it’s no idle threat, because the Detroit-based Christian rapper (aka Lon Harris) has a great deal to say. In a battering-ram delivery, he mixes social commentary with spiritual messages. The batch of bite-sized selections features incisive rhymes, understated but insistent beats, and a haunting atmospheric backdrop. The album’s main theme is reaching higher levels of humanness. As if to hammer home the point, “Bloodline” opens with a snippet [...]
JGM Pick of the Week: June 21, 2021
“Heavenly”TaMyya JFrom the MM Music Group CD Love for Your Namehttps://tamyya-j.com/ By Robert M. Marovich “Heavenly” is the type of contemporary gospel song you swear you’ve heard before, which means it’s a solid record. Former Mary Mary background singer TaMyya J, who has already posted some singles on the Billboard [...]
“Lift Every Voice and Sing” – Brandon Camphor & OneWay
"Lift Every Voice and Sing" Brandon Camphor & OneWay The OneWay Movement (release date: June 4, 2021) By Robert M. Marovich Washington, DC metro-based gospel vocal ensemble Brandon Camphor & OneWay (BC1Way) has released this brief but transcendent version of "Lift Every Voice and Sing" in honor of Black Music [...]
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Elohin – El3vate
Elohin El3vate CF Entertainment (release date: September 12, 2023) By Robert M. Marovich “I hope you all ready for this one.” That’s how Elohin (pronounced EL-oh-in) introduces his album, El3vate. And it’s no idle threat, because the Detroit-based Christian rapper (aka Lon Harris) has a great deal to say. In a battering-ram delivery, he mixes social commentary with spiritual messages. The batch of bite-sized selections features incisive rhymes, understated but insistent beats, and a haunting atmospheric backdrop. The album’s main theme is reaching higher levels of humanness. As if to hammer home the point, “Bloodline” opens with a snippet [...]
JGM Pick of the Week: June 21, 2021
“Heavenly”TaMyya JFrom the MM Music Group CD Love for Your Namehttps://tamyya-j.com/ By Robert M. Marovich “Heavenly” is the type of contemporary gospel song you swear you’ve heard before, which means it’s a solid record. Former Mary Mary background singer TaMyya J, who has already posted some singles on the Billboard [...]
“Lift Every Voice and Sing” – Brandon Camphor & OneWay
"Lift Every Voice and Sing" Brandon Camphor & OneWay The OneWay Movement (release date: June 4, 2021) By Robert M. Marovich Washington, DC metro-based gospel vocal ensemble Brandon Camphor & OneWay (BC1Way) has released this brief but transcendent version of "Lift Every Voice and Sing" in honor of Black Music [...]
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“Whatever I Expect”Bishop Larry Trotter & Sweet Holy Spirit Combined ChoirsFrom the Utopia Music Group album Praise Revisited (2013)“Trials and tribulations, we have overcome,” sings the choir, in response to [...]
Quartetter James Smith, the "Wonder Boy" who sang with Rev. Richard Campbell in the 1950s, died April 10, 2014, in Waterloo, South Carolina.Smith was also a member of the Golden Stars, [...]
“The Birth of Gospel”Chicago a cappella Saturday, April 12, 2014Nichols Concert Hall, Evanston, IllinoisBy Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel BlogThe historic Nichols Concert Hall in Evanston was packed to [...]
Enjoy this one-hour episode of Gospel Memories, which features vintage moments from some of Chicago's African American church choirs. It's Part II of our "Musical Journey Through Chicago's Historic Churches." [...]
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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.
