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“Brought Me Out” – Kymon Smith & God Sons and Daughter
“Brought Me Out” Kymon Smith & God Sons and Daughter Independent (release date: August 6, 2021) By Robert M. Marovich “Brought Me Out” is a family affair. The Detroit-based independent gospel group Kymon Smith & God Sons and Daughter brings a contemporary flair and a touch of modern quartet to the time-honored declaration of God’s mercy and goodness as “how I got over.” The unadorned melody is marked by Mario Smith’s stinging guitar work, occasional pearls from Emory Smith’s keys, and a rhythm section that echoes the joyousness of the lyrics. Ticking lots of boxes musically and lyrically, it’s decent [...]
Joseph Price & the Prince of Peace Choir – Do You Know
Pastor Willie E. Kirkpatrick Presents Joseph Price & the Prince of Peace Choir Do You Know Prince of Peace (release date: August 2, 2019) www.princeofpeacechurchstl.com By Bob Marovich Though Prince of Peace Baptist Church in Berkeley, Missouri, has served the St. Louis area for nearly a century, its choir just [...]
“Praying and Believing” – Erica Campbell
“Praying and Believing” Erica Campbell My Block Records (release date: August 25, 2019) By Bob Marovich On this quintessential “coming to Jesus” song, Mary Mary’s Erica Campbell recognizes that the problems and complications she’s experiencing (first verse) and society is facing (second verse) are ours to accept but not to [...]
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“Brought Me Out” – Kymon Smith & God Sons and Daughter
“Brought Me Out” Kymon Smith & God Sons and Daughter Independent (release date: August 6, 2021) By Robert M. Marovich “Brought Me Out” is a family affair. The Detroit-based independent gospel group Kymon Smith & God Sons and Daughter brings a contemporary flair and a touch of modern quartet to the time-honored declaration of God’s mercy and goodness as “how I got over.” The unadorned melody is marked by Mario Smith’s stinging guitar work, occasional pearls from Emory Smith’s keys, and a rhythm section that echoes the joyousness of the lyrics. Ticking lots of boxes musically and lyrically, it’s decent [...]
Joseph Price & the Prince of Peace Choir – Do You Know
Pastor Willie E. Kirkpatrick Presents Joseph Price & the Prince of Peace Choir Do You Know Prince of Peace (release date: August 2, 2019) www.princeofpeacechurchstl.com By Bob Marovich Though Prince of Peace Baptist Church in Berkeley, Missouri, has served the St. Louis area for nearly a century, its choir just [...]
“Praying and Believing” – Erica Campbell
“Praying and Believing” Erica Campbell My Block Records (release date: August 25, 2019) By Bob Marovich On this quintessential “coming to Jesus” song, Mary Mary’s Erica Campbell recognizes that the problems and complications she’s experiencing (first verse) and society is facing (second verse) are ours to accept but not to [...]
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By Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel Blog.Yolanda Adams is one of gospel music's most effective multitaskers. She's a singer, songwriter, author, mother, syndicated radio host and recording artist. Now -- and it makes sense [...]
“Hold On”Kevin Terry & PredestinedFrom the forthcoming Kingdom Music Group CD Kevin Terry & Predestined LiveA relentless tempo thrusts Washington DC’s Kevin Terry & Predestined up the ladder of emotionality [...]
“God Has Been So Good”Pastor David Wright Presents the Rev. Timothy Wright Memorial ChoirFrom the God Father Records CD The Legacy Continues… (2011)www.gracetabernaclecogic.comThe New York Fellowship Mass Choir was renamed [...]
Various Artists Noah Found Grace: A Compilation of Jamaican Gospel Music Social Music Record+Tape Club (2011) http://www.socialmusicrecords.com/ They cause crate diggers and on-line auction trawlers to pause in their pursuit. [...]
“Mama Song”Karen Washington & the New Singing StarsFrom the Dream Reality Records CD Jesus Is Alive (2008)http://www.klwashington.com/On “Mama Song,” Karen Washington & the New Singing Stars render their ode of thanksgiving [...]
Various ArtistsI Have My Liberty! Gospel Sounds from Accra, Ghanahttp://www.ihavemyliberty.tumblr.com/I Have My Liberty! Gospel Sounds from Accra, Ghana combines the unconventionality of an Alan Lomax field recording with modern microphones [...]
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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.
