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“I Got a Story (to Tell)” – Re-Newed of the Carolinas
“I Got a Story (to Tell)” is a rousing quartet jam on the trope of the believer telling God about his earthly troubles when he gets to heaven.To a driving tempo and conventional quartet melody, the group weaves a basket full of church and gospel music aphorisms into a joyous evocation of what it might be like in the hereafter. What’s especially interesting about the selection is that just when you think its vamp has run out of gas, the group keeps going, just as strongly as before.I had the good fortune of hearing the Wake Forest-based Re-Newed of the [...]
Gloria Gaynor – Testimony
Gloria Gaynor Testimony Gaither Music Group (release date: June 7, 2019) www.gloriagaynor.com By Bob Marovich The release of Gloria Gaynor’s gospel album Testimony may have taken some by surprise, but if you know something about her life story, it makes sense. In fact, Gaynor's signature song, “I Will Survive,” followed [...]
New Heart Band – Forever Yours
New Heart Band Forever Yours (2019) www.newheartband.com By Bob Marovich The New Heart Band’s latest release, Forever Yours, is a collection of breezy, folksy love and worship songs to the Most High sung by husband and wife team Gregg Christenson and Elaine Carter Christenson. Gregg, whose voice has a craggy [...]
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“I Got a Story (to Tell)” – Re-Newed of the Carolinas
“I Got a Story (to Tell)” is a rousing quartet jam on the trope of the believer telling God about his earthly troubles when he gets to heaven.To a driving tempo and conventional quartet melody, the group weaves a basket full of church and gospel music aphorisms into a joyous evocation of what it might be like in the hereafter. What’s especially interesting about the selection is that just when you think its vamp has run out of gas, the group keeps going, just as strongly as before.I had the good fortune of hearing the Wake Forest-based Re-Newed of the [...]
Gloria Gaynor – Testimony
Gloria Gaynor Testimony Gaither Music Group (release date: June 7, 2019) www.gloriagaynor.com By Bob Marovich The release of Gloria Gaynor’s gospel album Testimony may have taken some by surprise, but if you know something about her life story, it makes sense. In fact, Gaynor's signature song, “I Will Survive,” followed [...]
New Heart Band – Forever Yours
New Heart Band Forever Yours (2019) www.newheartband.com By Bob Marovich The New Heart Band’s latest release, Forever Yours, is a collection of breezy, folksy love and worship songs to the Most High sung by husband and wife team Gregg Christenson and Elaine Carter Christenson. Gregg, whose voice has a craggy [...]
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J. FrazeBrighter DaysBeech Street Records (2010)beechstrecords@yahoo.comOn his CD Brighter Days, Johnathan Frazier (aka J. Fraze – the Minister of Praise) provides the first gospel house version of “Amazing Grace” that [...]
“He Didn’t Have to Do It”Carla Tolbert TaylorFrom the EP He Didn’t Have to Do ItAvailable at http://www.cduniverse.com/Memphian Carla Tolbert Taylor and her background vocalists put on their shouting shoes [...]
You know a program is going to be anointed when even the opening performers are slain in the spirit.That’s what happened Saturday, August 6, at “Gospel Explosion ’11” at New [...]
“Still I Will Trust You”Susan QuintyneFrom the Prazsung Records CD Worthy of Worship (2011)http://www.prazsung.com/One of the lead singers for the multi award-winning Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir, Susan Quintyne has a voice [...]
By Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel Blog. Ascension, J. Spence's third CD and first for the Arizona-based Diversity Music Group, is garnering attention, but he's not an overnight success. Spence [...]
“Lord I Thank You”Eric SimmonsFrom the Flow Music & Entertainment CD Freedom (2011)Eric Simmons walked away from a secular music career to pursue a calling to the ministry. Now serving [...]
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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.
