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“With Joy We Draw Water” The Bishop’s Choir feat. Kyle Sanders Enon Music Group (release date: April 15, 2022) www.enonmusic.com By Robert M. Marovich The Bishop’s Choir gives the original John Howard Caravan classic, “With Joy We Draw Water,” a full-throated rendering, complete with impassioned lead by Min. Kyle Sanders. From the Sim Wilson Jr. and John Howard Caravan album If You Need a Blessing (Savoy 1981), “With Joy We Draw Water” takes its text from Isaiah 12:3. With introductions from a chirpy church organ, the Bishop’s Choir layers its harmonies section-by-section as the members sing the title line like [...]
Tim Rogers “Fella-rized” James Cleveland for New Single
By Bob Marovich The collaboration between Stellar Award-winning Arkansas gospel quartet Tim Rogers and the Fellas and the Grammy-nominated R&B sensation Calvin Richardson that resulted in the Fellas’ latest single, “Hold Out,” began in the unlikeliest of places: an airport. Rogers and Richardson ran into one another while moving through [...]
Kurt Carr – Bless Somebody Else
Kurt CarrBless Somebody ElseRCA Inspiration (release date: July 19, 2019)www.rcainspiration.com By Bob Marovich In what may well be the most heartrending introduction you will hear on a gospel album this year, Praise & Worship pioneer Kurt Carr uses the opening moments of his new CD, Bless Somebody Else, to relate [...]
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JGM Pick of the Week: August 1, 2022
“With Joy We Draw Water” The Bishop’s Choir feat. Kyle Sanders Enon Music Group (release date: April 15, 2022) www.enonmusic.com By Robert M. Marovich The Bishop’s Choir gives the original John Howard Caravan classic, “With Joy We Draw Water,” a full-throated rendering, complete with impassioned lead by Min. Kyle Sanders. From the Sim Wilson Jr. and John Howard Caravan album If You Need a Blessing (Savoy 1981), “With Joy We Draw Water” takes its text from Isaiah 12:3. With introductions from a chirpy church organ, the Bishop’s Choir layers its harmonies section-by-section as the members sing the title line like [...]
Tim Rogers “Fella-rized” James Cleveland for New Single
By Bob Marovich The collaboration between Stellar Award-winning Arkansas gospel quartet Tim Rogers and the Fellas and the Grammy-nominated R&B sensation Calvin Richardson that resulted in the Fellas’ latest single, “Hold Out,” began in the unlikeliest of places: an airport. Rogers and Richardson ran into one another while moving through [...]
Kurt Carr – Bless Somebody Else
Kurt CarrBless Somebody ElseRCA Inspiration (release date: July 19, 2019)www.rcainspiration.com By Bob Marovich In what may well be the most heartrending introduction you will hear on a gospel album this year, Praise & Worship pioneer Kurt Carr uses the opening moments of his new CD, Bless Somebody Else, to relate [...]
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By Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel Blog.Mike Winans is carrying on the family tradition. A third generation Winans, Mike is a popular producer and songwriter for gospel, R&B, and [...]
Juanita BynumChristmas at Home with Juanita BynumFlow Records (2006)http://www.juanitabynum.com/Reviewed by Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel Blog.Yes, I know it is no longer 2006, and so why have I waited [...]
The Rance Allen GroupThe Live Experience IITyscot Records (release date: January 25, 2011)http://www.tyscot.com/When the Hawkins Family opened the door to contemporary sounds in gospel music, Rance Allen and his brothers [...]
“Home for Christmas” and “The Countdown”Mike WinansFrom the CD A Mike Winans Christmas: Timeless NoelDoc Roc Entertainment, LLC (2010)http://www.mikewinans.com/Mike Winans, songwriter and senior producer for Bad Boy Records and former member [...]
Washington, DC: The Excellence in Christian Music Awards (ECMA) has been created to equip Christian/Gospel music artists with the tools necessary to be successful in the music industry. Each year, [...]
Rev. Johnny L. JonesThe Hurricane that Hit AtlantaDust-to-Digital (2010)http://www.dust-digital.com/Rev. Johnny L. Jones of Atlanta is not nicknamed "Hurricane" for nothing. This passionate preacher summons the force of a mighty wind [...]
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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.
