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Animated Video Focuses on Gospel Aspect of Historic Wattstax Benefit Concert
Craft Recordings created an animated video of an Eric Mercury track “I Shall Not Be moved (Live From Wattstax).” The video focuses on the gospel aspect of the historic Wattstax Benefit Concert in Los Angeles on August 20, 1972. Created in conjunction with the annual Watts Summer Festival to commemorate the seventh anniversary of the Watts uprising in Los Angeles, the Wattstax benefit concert was attended by more than 100,000 people. It featured performances from Stax Records’ most popular artists of the time, including, but not limited to, Isaac Hayes, The Staple Singers, Rufus Thomas, Carla Thomas and The Bar-Kays. [...]
“Fight On” – Harlem Gospel Travelers
By Bob Marovich "Fight On" by the Harlem Gospel Travelers was written by one of its founding members, twenty-year-old Thomas Gatling, in response to everything that’s happening in the country. The Harlem Gospel Travelers, under the mentorship of recording artist Eli "Paperboy" Reed, recorded "Fight On" almost immediately after Gatling [...]
JGM Pick of the Week: June 22, 2020
“On and On” Darius Paulk feat. Janae Slack-Smith From the AIR / Malaco CD Strong (release date: February 20, 2020) www.malaco.com By Bob Marovich Although the uncomplicated worship ballad “On and On” has a decided pop flavor, the harmonica and pedal steel give it a contemporary country vibe. The single [...]
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Animated Video Focuses on Gospel Aspect of Historic Wattstax Benefit Concert
Craft Recordings created an animated video of an Eric Mercury track “I Shall Not Be moved (Live From Wattstax).” The video focuses on the gospel aspect of the historic Wattstax Benefit Concert in Los Angeles on August 20, 1972. Created in conjunction with the annual Watts Summer Festival to commemorate the seventh anniversary of the Watts uprising in Los Angeles, the Wattstax benefit concert was attended by more than 100,000 people. It featured performances from Stax Records’ most popular artists of the time, including, but not limited to, Isaac Hayes, The Staple Singers, Rufus Thomas, Carla Thomas and The Bar-Kays. [...]
“Fight On” – Harlem Gospel Travelers
By Bob Marovich "Fight On" by the Harlem Gospel Travelers was written by one of its founding members, twenty-year-old Thomas Gatling, in response to everything that’s happening in the country. The Harlem Gospel Travelers, under the mentorship of recording artist Eli "Paperboy" Reed, recorded "Fight On" almost immediately after Gatling [...]
JGM Pick of the Week: June 22, 2020
“On and On” Darius Paulk feat. Janae Slack-Smith From the AIR / Malaco CD Strong (release date: February 20, 2020) www.malaco.com By Bob Marovich Although the uncomplicated worship ballad “On and On” has a decided pop flavor, the harmonica and pedal steel give it a contemporary country vibe. The single [...]
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Tim Bowman Jr.BeautifulTrippin ‘N’ Rhythm Records (2012)www.timbowmanjr.comBy Bob Marovich for The BlackGospel Blog.A member of the Royal Family (Winans) in the city of musical innovation (Detroit) and with a professional [...]
“Good Morning Jesus”Theresa NoyeFrom the EP You Saw Me (2010)http://www.theresanoye.com/Theresa Noye is promoting “You Saw Me,” a rock-fueled ballad celebrating Jesus’ care for His children, as her single. For my [...]
camwhores sandamujersexual321Funeral services have been announced for singer-songwriter, Gabriel S. Hardeman, who died of complications of interstitial fibrosis, this past Saturday, June 16th. The viewing takes place Saturday, June 23 @ 10 a.m. [...]
Giving Life to a Life for the Second Time Around(Dover, Delaware) – June 20, 2012 – For the last four years, national recording artist Eunice Wright has ministered in song [...]
“A New Day" Rev. Milton Biggham & the Georgia Mass Choir Savoy Records (2012) www.malaco.com When the Georgia Mass Choir gives Celine Dion’s smash “A New Day Has Come” the [...]
“The Only God” Livre’ Glory2Glory Records/PRODIGY Entertainment Group http://livreofficial.blogspot.com/ Available on iTunes On their single, “The Only God,” Livre’ (pron. liv-ray – it means “free” in Latin) praises in tight, [...]
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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.
