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RIP: Tyrone Porter, Member of the Christianaires, President of the GMWA Quartet Division
By Robert M. Marovich Tyrone Porter, member of the Christianaires gospel quartet and president of the GMWA Quartet Division, went on home to be with the Lord on February 14, 2023, after an extended battle with illness. Homegoing arrangements will be posted here when known. Meanwhile, here is a brief biographical sketch about the Christianaires that I wrote, with Bro. Tyrone's help, for Malaco Music Group some years ago: The Christianaires The Christianaires are an award-winning gospel quartet that was formed in Sontag, Mississippi, in 1979 by brothers Paul and Tyrone Porter and their cousins, Arnold and Ronald Brown (also [...]
JGM Pick of the Week: July 20, 2020
“Waiting On You” Dominique Johnson feat. Ernest J. Lee David's Dance Music (release date: June 16, 2020) By Bob Marovich Chicago’s Dominique Johnson is a singer, songwriter, and musician whose online videos have garnered more than four million views. Dominique’s debut single, “Waiting On You,” is her affirmation that brokenness [...]
Nashville Life Music – Here for Jesus
Nashville Life Music Here for Jesus Integrity Music (release date: July 17, 2020) www.nashvillelifemusic.com By Bob Marovich Nashville Life Music follows up last year’s Taylor House Sessions EP with even more delightful selections on its debut full-length album, Here for Jesus. Nashville Life Music is a young multicultural choir/group out [...]
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RIP: Tyrone Porter, Member of the Christianaires, President of the GMWA Quartet Division
By Robert M. Marovich Tyrone Porter, member of the Christianaires gospel quartet and president of the GMWA Quartet Division, went on home to be with the Lord on February 14, 2023, after an extended battle with illness. Homegoing arrangements will be posted here when known. Meanwhile, here is a brief biographical sketch about the Christianaires that I wrote, with Bro. Tyrone's help, for Malaco Music Group some years ago: The Christianaires The Christianaires are an award-winning gospel quartet that was formed in Sontag, Mississippi, in 1979 by brothers Paul and Tyrone Porter and their cousins, Arnold and Ronald Brown (also [...]
JGM Pick of the Week: July 20, 2020
“Waiting On You” Dominique Johnson feat. Ernest J. Lee David's Dance Music (release date: June 16, 2020) By Bob Marovich Chicago’s Dominique Johnson is a singer, songwriter, and musician whose online videos have garnered more than four million views. Dominique’s debut single, “Waiting On You,” is her affirmation that brokenness [...]
Nashville Life Music – Here for Jesus
Nashville Life Music Here for Jesus Integrity Music (release date: July 17, 2020) www.nashvillelifemusic.com By Bob Marovich Nashville Life Music follows up last year’s Taylor House Sessions EP with even more delightful selections on its debut full-length album, Here for Jesus. Nashville Life Music is a young multicultural choir/group out [...]
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Gerald Scott & Co.IncredibleHabakkuk Music (2012)www.habakkukmusic.comBy Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel Blog.Jawn Murray calls Gerald Scott & Co.’s music “edgy Sunday morning.” Nowhere is that statement truer than on “God [...]
If you haven't caught an episode of "The Music Box" with Tanya Dallas-Lewis on Thursdays at 8:00 p.m. EST, you are missing a real treat.Tanya is a gospel artist and [...]
NU DNAHelp Someone (2012)Mini Tracks Musicwww.nudnamusic.comBy Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel Blog.Since DNA is the bits and bytes that make up the human form, NU DNA means a new [...]
“Greater is Coming”Jekalyn Carr Lunjeal Music Group (2012)www.MyJekalynCarr.netThose who have seen Rejoice & Shout, Don McGlynn’s 2011 documentary on the history of gospel music, will remember the young girl who [...]
“Born Again”The Frierson Brothers (2012)http://www.thefriersonbrothers.com/Hailing from Newark, New Jersey, the the Frierson Brothers family quartet has been recording for more than forty years. The quartet’s latest single, “Born Again,” evokes [...]
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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.
