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“Jesus I’ll Never Forget” | Zak Williams & 1/Akord feat. Lowell Pye | Enon Music Group (release date: October 7, 2022)
The Legendary Beyons – Once I Get to Heaven
The Legendary Beyons Once I Get to Heaven Independent (release date: May 15, 2019) https://store.cdbaby.com/cd/thelegendarybeyons3 By Bob Marovich On Once I Get to Heaven, the Legendary Beyons of Portland, Oregon, delivers eleven selections with the velvetiness of a ‘70s soul vocal group but with a shouting lead vocal, courtesy of [...]
JGM Pick of the Week: December 31, 2019
“He Never Failed Me Yet” Greater Harvest Missionary Baptist Church Sanctuary Choir From The Greater Harvest Experience, Vol. 1: Broadcast Edition (release date: October 29, 2019) https://store.cdbaby.com/cd/johnellnicholasthegreaterharve By Bob Marovich For decades, Chicago’s Greater Harvest Missionary Baptist Church has had a touch of Pentecostalism in its worship and music. Though [...]
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Recent Posts
JGM Pick of the Week – October 24, 2022
“Jesus I’ll Never Forget” | Zak Williams & 1/Akord feat. Lowell Pye | Enon Music Group (release date: October 7, 2022)
The Legendary Beyons – Once I Get to Heaven
The Legendary Beyons Once I Get to Heaven Independent (release date: May 15, 2019) https://store.cdbaby.com/cd/thelegendarybeyons3 By Bob Marovich On Once I Get to Heaven, the Legendary Beyons of Portland, Oregon, delivers eleven selections with the velvetiness of a ‘70s soul vocal group but with a shouting lead vocal, courtesy of [...]
JGM Pick of the Week: December 31, 2019
“He Never Failed Me Yet” Greater Harvest Missionary Baptist Church Sanctuary Choir From The Greater Harvest Experience, Vol. 1: Broadcast Edition (release date: October 29, 2019) https://store.cdbaby.com/cd/johnellnicholasthegreaterharve By Bob Marovich For decades, Chicago’s Greater Harvest Missionary Baptist Church has had a touch of Pentecostalism in its worship and music. Though [...]
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ManifestHighest Praise Manifest Music, LLC (2011)http://www.manifestsings.com/By Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel Blog.Manifest calls themselves a “Christian men’s ensemble” – with fourteen members, they are technically a choir – and [...]
“Rejoicing in Heaven”Operation Faith, feat. Rev. Harold Johnson (2011)www.cdbaby.com/cd/operationfaithBy Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel Blog.The way-too-serious intonation at the start of this song about joy in the afterworld is [...]
“Medicine for Someone Else”Ruben StuddardFrom Medicine – Live at the Black Academy of Arts and LettersMCG Records (2011) http://www.mcgrecords.com/By Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel Blog.In an interesting twist on [...]
“The Balance”Marsha McWilsonwww.myspace.com/marshamcwilsonOn “The Balance,” Niagra Falls, NY native Marsha McWilson intones her problems in a smoky, after-hours, girlfriend-to-girlfriend voice. It’s a slow, introspective and intimate urban AC song about [...]
Marian Elaine BlairSongs of DeliveranceMarian Elaine Blair 2011http://www.marianelaineblair.com/By Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel Blog.Songs of Deliverance – part live, part studio-produced – is the third release from Marian Elaine [...]
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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.
