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Hood Memorial AME Zion Church Celebration Choir – I’m In His Plans
Hood Memorial AME Zion Church Celebration Choir I‘m In His Plans Bison Disc (release date: February 23, 2021) https://hoodmemorialamez.com/ By Robert M. Marovich Time was, you would have looked long and hard in the AME Zion church writ large and found neither gospel music nor gospel singers anywhere within the four walls. Hymns, yes. Anthems, yes. Spirituals, check. Gospel songs, not so much. Then you hear “It’s About Time to Praise Him” by the joyously full-throated Celebration Choir from the Hood Memorial AME Zion Church in Fayetteville, North Carolina, and you realize those days are passed and gone. Complete with [...]
“The Greater the Trials, the Greater the Blessings” – Mary Pugh & the Pugh Singers
“The Greater the Trials, the Greater the Blessings” Mary Pugh & the Pugh Singers Overboard Records (2019) https://store.cdbaby.com/cd/marypughthepughsingers By Bob Marovich On “The Greater the Trials, the Greater the Blessings,” Grove Hill, Alabama, female quartet Mary Pugh & the Pugh Singers offers an encouraging paradox that sounds as if it [...]
Nashville Life Music – The Taylor House Sessions (EP)
Nashville Life Music The Taylor House Sessions (EP) Integrity Music (release date: May 24, 2019) www.nashvillelifemusic.com By Bob Marovich From the loping tempo and bass-heavy opening of the single “My God,” and the playful use of auto-tune by Byron Chambers (aka Mr. Talkbox) as a medium for scatting and raising [...]
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Hood Memorial AME Zion Church Celebration Choir – I’m In His Plans
Hood Memorial AME Zion Church Celebration Choir I‘m In His Plans Bison Disc (release date: February 23, 2021) https://hoodmemorialamez.com/ By Robert M. Marovich Time was, you would have looked long and hard in the AME Zion church writ large and found neither gospel music nor gospel singers anywhere within the four walls. Hymns, yes. Anthems, yes. Spirituals, check. Gospel songs, not so much. Then you hear “It’s About Time to Praise Him” by the joyously full-throated Celebration Choir from the Hood Memorial AME Zion Church in Fayetteville, North Carolina, and you realize those days are passed and gone. Complete with [...]
“The Greater the Trials, the Greater the Blessings” – Mary Pugh & the Pugh Singers
“The Greater the Trials, the Greater the Blessings” Mary Pugh & the Pugh Singers Overboard Records (2019) https://store.cdbaby.com/cd/marypughthepughsingers By Bob Marovich On “The Greater the Trials, the Greater the Blessings,” Grove Hill, Alabama, female quartet Mary Pugh & the Pugh Singers offers an encouraging paradox that sounds as if it [...]
Nashville Life Music – The Taylor House Sessions (EP)
Nashville Life Music The Taylor House Sessions (EP) Integrity Music (release date: May 24, 2019) www.nashvillelifemusic.com By Bob Marovich From the loping tempo and bass-heavy opening of the single “My God,” and the playful use of auto-tune by Byron Chambers (aka Mr. Talkbox) as a medium for scatting and raising [...]
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Take 6The Most Wonderful Time of the YearTake 6 Records (2010)http://www.take6.com/Reviewed by Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel Blog.The most wonderful time of the year is upon us, and with [...]
The Original Golden Stars of Greenwood, SC/Reverend Norris TurnerSouth Carolina GospelGospel Friend (2010)http://www.gospelfriend.com/Jonas Bernholm and Per Notini’s Stockholm-based Gospel Friend label has been an invaluable resource to the gospel music [...]
“Real Real Mad” (prequel)FreshaunFrom Commercial Bricks: I.R.A. (2010)Commercial Bricks Records http://www.commercialbricks.wordpress.com/On the prequel to his single, “Real Real Mad,” Freshaun “Fresh” Porter puts all haters on alert: make him mad [...]
“You Are My Everything”Immeasurablehttp://www.immeasurablesings.com/Immeasurable, a female gospel trio, was formed in 2002 in Columbia, Maryland. Members are Ronnie Brooks, Yanna Foster, and Victoria Coleman. They sing in the style of [...]
“In the Heart of a Hero”Lee CooksFrom the Tate Music Group album Enlightened (2010)http://www.tatemusicgroup.com/“In the Heart of a Hero” is a faith-based tribute to veterans – alive and fallen – [...]
Charles Martin Mary’s SonChuck’s Room 2010 http://www.charlesmartinmusic.com/ Praise and worship leader Charles Martin’s debut CD Mary’s Son is an outstanding example of the New Detroit gospel style. What is the [...]
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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.
