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“Speak” – Angel Taylor
“Speak”Angel TaylorAwspire Records (release date: August 5, 2022)By Robert M. MarovichOn “Speak,” Angel Taylor revisits the easy urban contemporary swing of Trin-i-tee 5:7, the award-winning female vocal group of which she was once part.Whispery vocals, finger popping, and playful beats adorn Travis Finley’s silky love song to Jesus, whose holy presence Taylor feels in her life every day, every way. As a wink to her generation, Taylor incorporates the four-note title line of Donnie McClurkin and the New York Restoration Choir’s 1990 “Speak to My Heart.”Angel Taylor and Chanelle (Chanel) Haynes, original members of Trin-i-tee 5:7, have each parlayed their [...]
RIP: Lutha Mae Evans, Widow of Rev. Dr. Clay Evans
By Bob Marovich Jordan Phillips passed this sad news along to the Journal of Gospel Music:
JGM Pick of the Week: March 16, 2020
“Never Forget” Atlanta Chapter of the GMWA Mass Choir Aspire International Music Group (release date: February 22, 2020) www.atlantagmwamasschoir.org By Bob Marovich The choir representing the Atlanta Chapter of the Gospel Music Workshop of America (GMWA) gives the classic Soul Stirrers hit from 1954, “Jesus I’ll Never Forget,” a distinctive [...]
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“Speak” – Angel Taylor
“Speak”Angel TaylorAwspire Records (release date: August 5, 2022)By Robert M. MarovichOn “Speak,” Angel Taylor revisits the easy urban contemporary swing of Trin-i-tee 5:7, the award-winning female vocal group of which she was once part.Whispery vocals, finger popping, and playful beats adorn Travis Finley’s silky love song to Jesus, whose holy presence Taylor feels in her life every day, every way. As a wink to her generation, Taylor incorporates the four-note title line of Donnie McClurkin and the New York Restoration Choir’s 1990 “Speak to My Heart.”Angel Taylor and Chanelle (Chanel) Haynes, original members of Trin-i-tee 5:7, have each parlayed their [...]
RIP: Lutha Mae Evans, Widow of Rev. Dr. Clay Evans
By Bob Marovich Jordan Phillips passed this sad news along to the Journal of Gospel Music:
JGM Pick of the Week: March 16, 2020
“Never Forget” Atlanta Chapter of the GMWA Mass Choir Aspire International Music Group (release date: February 22, 2020) www.atlantagmwamasschoir.org By Bob Marovich The choir representing the Atlanta Chapter of the Gospel Music Workshop of America (GMWA) gives the classic Soul Stirrers hit from 1954, “Jesus I’ll Never Forget,” a distinctive [...]
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Michael MartinlifeStories vol. 1Remaining Days Music (2011)www.remainingdaysmusic.comBy Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel Blog. “This is the soundtrack for your life” is a tagline for Pastor Michael Steven Martin’s music. [...]
DrewI SurrenderDrew Music Publishing (2010)http://www.facebook.com/DrewBaxter.NIPBy Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel Blog.On I Surrender, singer-songwriter Drew Baxter of Orlando, Florida is supported by a quintessentially East Coast-sounding praise and worship [...]
A Chicago Tribune photo gallery takes you to the DuSable Museum's new exhibit, "Spread the Word: The Evolution of Gospel from Chicago to the World." The exhibit runs through May [...]
Vincent Tharpe and KenosisLive in MemphisOne Voice Media www.facebook.com/pages/Vincent-Tharpe-and-Kenosis/137387076492By Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel Blog.Memphis-based Vincent Tharpe and Kenosis was formed from a high school gospel choir and brings [...]
Here are TBGB's lists of gospel's best for 2011: CDs, Song Recordings, and Historic Reissue. The lists are not necessarily based on chart ranking, sales or radio/Internet play but simply [...]
Admittedly the new year is only three days old, but this is still the greatest idea I've heard all year: an opera about the historic August 1963 March on Washington, [...]
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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.
