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JGM Music Hour – 2022 Christmas Special
The Christmas anthem – Gregory G. Pearson Noel – Sylvia Fedrick
RIP: Brenda Joyce Moore
By Bob Marovich Another loss: Dr. Brenda Joyce Moore, a songwriter and musician perhaps best remembered for penning "Perfect Praise," also known as "How Excellent is Thy Name," passed away on April 8, 2020. "Perfect Praise," popularized by Dr. Walt Whitman and the Soul Children of Chicago on their 1990 [...]
Various Artists: Carolina’s Got Talent
Various Artists Carolina’s Got Talent Ruffboyzmusic Group LLC and Overboard Records (release date: April 17, 2020) By Bob Marovich From the looks of the Billboard gospel charts, you might think traditional gospel music is dead and gone, but that’s not the case. In the Carolinas, for example, plenty of wooden [...]
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Bob Marovich of the Journal of Gospel Music interviews gospel recording artist Lil Prince.
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JGM Music Hour – 2022 Christmas Special
The Christmas anthem – Gregory G. Pearson Noel – Sylvia Fedrick
RIP: Brenda Joyce Moore
By Bob Marovich Another loss: Dr. Brenda Joyce Moore, a songwriter and musician perhaps best remembered for penning "Perfect Praise," also known as "How Excellent is Thy Name," passed away on April 8, 2020. "Perfect Praise," popularized by Dr. Walt Whitman and the Soul Children of Chicago on their 1990 [...]
Various Artists: Carolina’s Got Talent
Various Artists Carolina’s Got Talent Ruffboyzmusic Group LLC and Overboard Records (release date: April 17, 2020) By Bob Marovich From the looks of the Billboard gospel charts, you might think traditional gospel music is dead and gone, but that’s not the case. In the Carolinas, for example, plenty of wooden [...]
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Lisa Knowles & the Brown Singers of Memphis, Tennessee Experience the Evolution - Live (2008)http://www.cdbaby.com/By Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel Blog.On their live CD, Alescia “Lisa” Knowles & the [...]
“Get Up”BatayahFrom the album Simply Batayahhttp://www.batayah.com/Fueled by an insistent guitar/bass riff that sounds plucked from Chic’s “Le Freak” but cloaked overall in atmospheric neo-soul with a touch of house, “Get [...]
By Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel Blog.Life can change in an instant.Ask gospel singer-songwriter-group leader Isaac Simpson.In the summer of 2006, Simpson was driving his vehicle in his home state [...]
“Rise”The Sounds of BlacknessFrom the Malaco Records CD The Sounds of Blacknesshttp://www.malaco.com/NAACP Image Award-winners The Sounds of Blackness follow their optimistic anthem “Fly Again” with “Rise,” another optimistic selection, and [...]
“So Happy”JacQui S feat. DJ Shotgun and Tom G.Faze 2 Productions (2012)www.cdbaby.com/cd/jacquisAdd one more to the growing stack of inspirational songs focusing on love and relationships."So Happy” is JacQui S’s [...]
Lee Williams & the Spiritual QCsLiving on the Lord’s SideMCG Records (2011)www.mcgrecords.comBy Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel Blog.Lee Williams has turned flatfooted gospel quartet singing into an art form. [...]
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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.
