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Music With A Mission: Enon Music Group/EMG Cares Combines Gospel Music and Community Outreach On The I STILL BELIEVE 25-City Tour
EMG Cares, the philanthropic 501(c)(3) arm of Enon Music Group, is making a powerful impact nationwide through its 2026 I STILL BELIEVE Tour under the inspiring theme, “Building Unity, Igniting Hope!”
JGM Pick of the Week – January 12, 2026
Zacardi Cortez shouts and squalls like a seasoned quartet lead through the confessional “Working on Me” as he pleads to God for a “brand new start” through spiritual restoration.
JGM Pick of the Week – January 6, 2026
“Broken Habits” KamSam The Unstoppable Music (release date: December 16, 2025) By Robert M. Marovich Vulnerability, faith, and gratitude gush out of London-based gospel singer Patrice Tate-Samuel, aka KamSam, as she works her troubles out on “Broken Habits.” By giving herself over to Jesus, she affirms, she can break through [...]
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Music With A Mission: Enon Music Group/EMG Cares Combines Gospel Music and Community Outreach On The I STILL BELIEVE 25-City Tour
EMG Cares, the philanthropic 501(c)(3) arm of Enon Music Group, is making a powerful impact nationwide through its 2026 I STILL BELIEVE Tour under the inspiring theme, “Building Unity, Igniting Hope!”
JGM Pick of the Week – January 12, 2026
Zacardi Cortez shouts and squalls like a seasoned quartet lead through the confessional “Working on Me” as he pleads to God for a “brand new start” through spiritual restoration.
JGM Pick of the Week – January 6, 2026
“Broken Habits” KamSam The Unstoppable Music (release date: December 16, 2025) By Robert M. Marovich Vulnerability, faith, and gratitude gush out of London-based gospel singer Patrice Tate-Samuel, aka KamSam, as she works her troubles out on “Broken Habits.” By giving herself over to Jesus, she affirms, she can break through [...]
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“I Feel the Spirit” Jason Singleton & the Sound of Destiny Choir Singletone Music Group (release date: March 30, 2024)
The National Association of Gospel Radio (NAGR) has announced the appointment of Dennis Cole as the National Director of State Directors.
Although the group’s name suggests a male-led small gospel choir, Sw Washington & Favor of Long Island, NY, is a gospel quartet with a downhome, wooden church vibe.
Aside from Jekalyn Carr, no other gospel artist today has contributed more religious aphorisms to the genre’s lexicon than Brent Jones.
“Another Chance” Ellen Hayes feat. The Word of Truth Mass Choir Songs and Melodies Records (release date: January 19, 2024)
On July 28, 2004, the Black Gospel Blog - renamed the Journal of Gospel Music on July 28, 2014 - was born.
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“Testimony” Young Men 4 Christ From the EP Elevation (release date: September 11, 2020) www.youngmen4christ.com By Bob Marovich On “Testimony,” Detroit’s Young Men 4 Christ blend the fervor of traditional gospel quartet singing with hard-driving contemporary musicianship. The lead vocalist assembles familiar couplets and references from the Bible to hint at a story behind the [...]
“Wade in the Water” Miss Freddye MMM Records igor-surov joiwww.missfreddye.com By Bob Marovich Many know Pittsburgh’s Freddye Stover, aka Miss Freddye, as an award-winning blues singer. Her musical roots, however, run deep in the church. Miss Freddye pays tribute to her sacred foundation by releasing “Wade in the Water” as her latest single. She combines [...]
“I Can’t Give Up” Byron Cage From the AIR / Malaco Music Group CD Isolation www.malaco.com By Bob Marovich It turns out the title of multiple Stellar Awardee Byron Cage’s September 2019 album, Isolation, was prophetic. But on “I Can’t Give Up,” the album's latest single release, Cage and his background vocalists declare that their [...]
“Precious Lord, Take My Hand” Dr. Henry Jackson From the Hawke Music CD Good to Me (release date: July 24, 2019) https://www.hawkemusicllc.com By Bob Marovich It’s great to hear new recordings from Dr. Henry Jackson, an alumnus of the Los Angeles Community Choir and Cleveland Singers, as well as a group leader, soloist and songwriter [...]
“Alright” Bishop Larry Trotter & Sweet Holy Spirit Choir From the forthcoming album Restored By Bob Marovich Bishop Larry Trotter and the choir of his Sweet Holy Spirit Church on Chicago’s Southeast side offer encouragement in the full-throated, hand-clapping, church-wrecking style emblematic of the Windy City gospel choir sound. In a sandpaper-rough baritone, Trotter sings [...]
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.
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 [...]
