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“Count Your Blessings” – Ellen Hayes
In a deep-toned but melodic voice, Detroit’s own Ellen Hayes and her background vocalists declare on “Count Your Blessings” that when you are despairing, remember what you already have.
JGM Pick of the Week: October 7, 2025
“Blessings” Tanya Nolan Artsessionz (release date: February 7, 2025)
Voices in Praise Community Choir Seeks Members
An all-call to establish the Voices in Praise Community Choir at the Cross Holiness Church in Redford, Michigan.
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Check out the Journal of Gospel Music's exclusive video interview of gospel quartet singer Li'l Prince - available here starting the afternoon of October 16.
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“Count Your Blessings” – Ellen Hayes
In a deep-toned but melodic voice, Detroit’s own Ellen Hayes and her background vocalists declare on “Count Your Blessings” that when you are despairing, remember what you already have.
JGM Pick of the Week: October 7, 2025
“Blessings” Tanya Nolan Artsessionz (release date: February 7, 2025)
Voices in Praise Community Choir Seeks Members
An all-call to establish the Voices in Praise Community Choir at the Cross Holiness Church in Redford, Michigan.
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“My Life” The Flint Cavaliers feat. Minister Tim White and Minister Darnell Williams Independent (release date: January 1, 2024)
This episode includes music reviewed on the Journal of Gospel Music between mid-December 2023 and late January 2024.
“On Time” Ashford Sanders Ashyashh Music LLC (release date: January 23, 2023)
From Chicago’s South Side, Out of the Whirlwind is a band of six singers and musicians whose gumbo, as in the title of their sixteen-track album, Gospel Gumbo, is a musical mix of gospel, CCM, jazz, blues, folk, funk, R&B and rock.
Nearly two hours of holiday music released recently by gospel artists, most of them independent artists.
The Journal of Gospel Music presents its "Best Of 2023" list in the categories of singles, albums, and historical reissues.
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LATEST PICK OF THE WEEK – SINGLES
“The Great I Am” Shree Isabell Kamasia Music (release date: September 28, 2018) www.shreeisabell.com By Bob Marovich “The Great I Am” is an explosive new single from Evangelist Shree Isabell, a member of Dr. Bobby Jones’ Nashville Super Choir. Through the retelling of biblical stories about freeing the Israelites and God’s appearance to Moses, Shree [...]
“On Time” Bishop Larry D. Trotter & Sweet Holy Spirit Choir From the forthcoming Utopia Music Group CD Restored! By Bob Marovich Bishop Larry Trotter’s Sweet Holy Spirit Church on Chicago’s South Side is doing its part to "bring the choir back" (as if it ever left) with “On Time.” The radio-friendly single contains the [...]
“He Worked It Out” The Tommies Reunion Tyscot Records (release date: October 26, 2018) www.tommiesreunion.com By Bob Marovich Darius Brooks, Percy Bady, and a hand-picked group of key members of the Thompson Community Singers from its fifteen-year reign as one of the most influential gospel choirs in America (1982-1997) come together for “He Worked It [...]
“Waiting on Jesus” True Believers 4 Winds Records (release date: October 23, 2018) www.malaco.com By Bob Marovich On "Waiting on Jesus," Castro Coleman and the True Believers exude gobs of enthusiasm about the coming of the Lord. Using the tried-and-true call-and-response format, the group sings about fasting and praying until the great day comes. The song [...]
“Blue” Juliana Schnee (release date: October 5, 2018) Available on iTunes By Bob Marovich With her soaring tones accented by endearing yodels, twenty-two-year-old singer Juliana Schnee sounds like a young LeAnn Rimes. Her inspirational song “Blue” is made all the more effective by the understated small jazz combo and strings that accompany her winsome urging [...]
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.
By Bob Marovich The Journal of Gospel Music is saddened to hear of the passing of Kenny Taylor, one of gospel music's finest and most professional consultants and promotional men. Kenny was someone you could trust that if he said he would do it, he would do it. Dependable, honest, and with integrity...that's how I describe [...]
Gospel musician and group leader Kenji Bolden informed JGM of the passing of Dr. James B. Boyer, one half of the Boyer Brothers gospel duo. Dr. Boyer passed on May 10, 2017. His brother, Dr. Horace Clarence Boyer, passed away July 21, 2009. Here is the information from Dr. Boyer's obituary: The Reverend Dr. James [...]
