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“Keep Hope Alive” – Earnest Pugh feat. Dr. Jamal H. Bryant
“Keep Hope Alive” by Earnest Pugh reminds that while “we shall overcome someday,” we must keep pressing on until that someday comes.
David Billingsley – Hymns from Grandma’s Living Room
David Billingsley Hymns from Grandma’s Living Room Intersound (release date: May 15, 2020) www.billingsleymusic.com By Bob Marovich Having reviewed pianist David Billingsley’s second album, House of David, Volume One, JGM now works backwards to review his debut, Hymns from Grandma’s Living Room. A musician and arts educator, Billingsley dives into [...]
Chicagoan Lonnie Norwood Jr. Teaches “The Gospel Essentials” to Youth Nationwide
By Bob Marovich Earlier this year, the Chicago Children’s Choir was busy coordinating some 5,000 youth meeting in various in-school and after-school ensembles throughout the region. The sound of song was in the air everywhere. Then COVID-19 happened. Choirs became potential virus spreaders. Everything moved to virtual learning. CCC launched [...]
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“Keep Hope Alive” – Earnest Pugh feat. Dr. Jamal H. Bryant
“Keep Hope Alive” by Earnest Pugh reminds that while “we shall overcome someday,” we must keep pressing on until that someday comes.
David Billingsley – Hymns from Grandma’s Living Room
David Billingsley Hymns from Grandma’s Living Room Intersound (release date: May 15, 2020) www.billingsleymusic.com By Bob Marovich Having reviewed pianist David Billingsley’s second album, House of David, Volume One, JGM now works backwards to review his debut, Hymns from Grandma’s Living Room. A musician and arts educator, Billingsley dives into [...]
Chicagoan Lonnie Norwood Jr. Teaches “The Gospel Essentials” to Youth Nationwide
By Bob Marovich Earlier this year, the Chicago Children’s Choir was busy coordinating some 5,000 youth meeting in various in-school and after-school ensembles throughout the region. The sound of song was in the air everywhere. Then COVID-19 happened. Choirs became potential virus spreaders. Everything moved to virtual learning. CCC launched [...]
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The Rance Allen GroupAmazing GraceTyscot Records (2012)www.tyscot.comBy Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel Blog.Few longstanding gospel groups have managed to remain as classic and contemporary as the Rance Allen Group. [...]
“This Christmas”Mario BrownEmerging gospel artist Mario Brown from Milwaukee eschews the brassy instrumentation that normally endows Donny Hathaway’s Christmas classic and performs it a cappella, accompanied by polyrhythmic doo wop [...]
By Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel Blog.Humbling.That was how Michele Clark Jenkins described how she and co-editor Stephanie Perry Moore felt as they began assembling Sisters In Faith Bible, [...]
ManifestA Manifest ChristmasManifest Music (2012)www.manifestsings.comBy Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel Blog.A Manifest Christmas could be subtitled A Jazzy Christmas.This EP by Brooklyn's male ensemble Manifest features smooth inspirational jazz [...]
By Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel Blog.On Saturday, December 22, TV One will celebrate the holiday season with the world television premiere of the Tyscot Film A Beautiful Soul, featuring Deitrick Haddon, at [...]
“Story of My Life”LoveSongThere’s “trouble underneath the surface,” sings LoveSong on “Story of My Life.” Like Leoncavallo’s pagliaccio or Smokey Robinson’s crying clown, one sometimes laughs on the outside to hide [...]
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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.
