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Konai Adelphe – Everybody
Taking their name from the Greek term for “equal sister,” Knoxville, Tennessee, female quintet Konai Adelphe (pronounced Ko-nigh A-del-fay) lives up to their name in sound and core beliefs.
San Franklin – The Free Project (Deluxe Version)
San Franklin The Free Project (Deluxe Version) Enon Music Group (release date: September 25, 2020) www.enonmusic.com By Robert M. Marovich From the spoken introduction, gospel singer San Franklin makes it clear that her debut solo CD, The Free Project, is about breaking free from self-bondage, from the chains of doubt, [...]
RIP: Val Alexander (Gospel Keynotes)
Val Alexander: Photo Credit, Archie Swindell Jr. By Robert M. Marovich Debra Robinson informed JGM yesterday that Val Alexander, longtime singer and guitarist for the Gospel Keynotes, passed away on Wednesday, December 16, 2020. Alexander can be heard on Gospel Keynotes recordings as early as 1970. Here is [...]
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Konai Adelphe – Everybody
Taking their name from the Greek term for “equal sister,” Knoxville, Tennessee, female quintet Konai Adelphe (pronounced Ko-nigh A-del-fay) lives up to their name in sound and core beliefs.
San Franklin – The Free Project (Deluxe Version)
San Franklin The Free Project (Deluxe Version) Enon Music Group (release date: September 25, 2020) www.enonmusic.com By Robert M. Marovich From the spoken introduction, gospel singer San Franklin makes it clear that her debut solo CD, The Free Project, is about breaking free from self-bondage, from the chains of doubt, [...]
RIP: Val Alexander (Gospel Keynotes)
Val Alexander: Photo Credit, Archie Swindell Jr. By Robert M. Marovich Debra Robinson informed JGM yesterday that Val Alexander, longtime singer and guitarist for the Gospel Keynotes, passed away on Wednesday, December 16, 2020. Alexander can be heard on Gospel Keynotes recordings as early as 1970. Here is [...]
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By Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel BlogTBGB had the pleasure of attending Donald Lawrence's 20th Anniversary program at Living Word Christian Center yesterday evening, where Dr. Bill Winston is pastor. Two [...]
Last night, TBGB and Robert Sacre', gospel historian and professor from Belgium, visited with the Wardlaw Brothers, a family quartet from Georgia, as they made their way through Chicago and Milwaukee en [...]
“Song 4 U”Melody Laurewww.melodylaure.com“Song 4 U” is the second single release from Boston-born singer-songwriter Melody Laure. Her original aspiration was to go R&B, but her church-singing roots won out. The [...]
Desmond PringleFidelityKingdom Records (2013)www.kingdomrecordsinc.comBy Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel BlogThe gospel sound of Desmond Pringle (no relation to singer-chorister Keith Pringle) is more of a direct link to the [...]
Billy DorseyMarathon(2013)www.BillyDorsey.comBy Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel BlogAlthough he is a fitness buff, the marathon Billy Dorsey sings about isn’t the 26.2 mile version but the all-encompassing 24/7/365 version.Grammy, [...]
(Dallas, Texas) (June 12, 2013) -- The votes have been tallied, and the 2013 Grand Prize winner of the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s 4th annual Most Powerful Voices Gospel competition is Vetrea [...]
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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.
