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JGM Pick of the Week – June 6, 2023
“Live Again” Kelontae Gavin From the Marquis Boone Enterprises LLC / RCA Inspiration album Testify (single release date: March 10, 2023)
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“Silent Night”HamiltonesFrom the Young Vintage CDA Hamiltone Christmas (release date: November 30, 2017)www.watchtheton3s.com By Robert M. Marovich Although labeled a soul and R&B group, the Hamiltones of North Carolina sound for all the world like a gospel quartet on “Silent Night.” From converting the song’s 6/8 time signature to 12/8 [...]
JGM Music Hour – Christmas 2020 Mixtape
Christmas 2020 PlaylistDo you believe – PJ Morton feat. Yolanda AdamsWhat Christmas means to me – Michelle David & the Gospel SessionsJoy to the world – Robert E. PersonJesus what a wonderful child – Rhyme & Reason feat. April HallOh come all ye faithful – Parkes StewartBorn to die – [...]
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Bob Marovich of the Journal of Gospel Music interviews gospel recording artist Lil Prince.
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Recent Posts
JGM Pick of the Week – June 6, 2023
“Live Again” Kelontae Gavin From the Marquis Boone Enterprises LLC / RCA Inspiration album Testify (single release date: March 10, 2023)
JGM Pick of the Week: December 21, 2020
“Silent Night”HamiltonesFrom the Young Vintage CDA Hamiltone Christmas (release date: November 30, 2017)www.watchtheton3s.com By Robert M. Marovich Although labeled a soul and R&B group, the Hamiltones of North Carolina sound for all the world like a gospel quartet on “Silent Night.” From converting the song’s 6/8 time signature to 12/8 [...]
JGM Music Hour – Christmas 2020 Mixtape
Christmas 2020 PlaylistDo you believe – PJ Morton feat. Yolanda AdamsWhat Christmas means to me – Michelle David & the Gospel SessionsJoy to the world – Robert E. PersonJesus what a wonderful child – Rhyme & Reason feat. April HallOh come all ye faithful – Parkes StewartBorn to die – [...]
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Aaron Cohen, author of Amazing Grace, the book about Aretha Franklin's 1972 two-album masterpiece, offers an insightful review of Chicago's Gospel Music Festival for the Chicago Tribune. Read the review here: [...]
“Real”Tim Rogers & the FellasFrom the Blackberry Records CD Real (2012)www.pastortimothyrogers.com2013 Stellar Award nominee Tim Rogers & The Fellas move from introspective musing to gut-wrenching testifying on “Real,” their newest [...]
By Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel BlogWaiting Right Here, the latest album release by Stellar and Dove Award nominee Alvin Darling, showcases the singer-songwriter’s Pentecostal church roots and years [...]
Hezekiah WalkerAzusa: The Next GenerationRCA Inspiration (released June 11, 2013)www.rcainspiration.comBy Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel BlogThe big bang of Pentecostalism occurred in 1907 on Azusa Street in Los Angeles [...]
By Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel BlogWith such a star-studded lineup at the 28th Chicago Gospel Music Festival, the Main Stage at Ellis Park promises to be the most [...]
J ProphetI Got Bread (2013)www.jprophetpap.comBy Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel BlogI have written that Christian rappers are the 21st century equivalent of the street corner evangelists of the 1920s [...]
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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.
