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Gospel Industry Coalition Emerges As Unifying Force For The Future of Gospel Music
Established as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization in May 2024, GIC was created to address one pressing reality: the Gospel music industry can no longer afford to operate in isolated silos.
JGM Pick of the Week – January 26, 2026
“Grateful” DJ Nevaquit Independent (release date: October 24, 2025)
JGM Music Hour – Special: Best of 2025
This special episode of the Music Hour features the Best of 2025 Singles with only one brief interruption.
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Gospel Industry Coalition Emerges As Unifying Force For The Future of Gospel Music
Established as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization in May 2024, GIC was created to address one pressing reality: the Gospel music industry can no longer afford to operate in isolated silos.
JGM Pick of the Week – January 26, 2026
“Grateful” DJ Nevaquit Independent (release date: October 24, 2025)
JGM Music Hour – Special: Best of 2025
This special episode of the Music Hour features the Best of 2025 Singles with only one brief interruption.
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Released under Ruff Moore Media and distributed via DistroKid, Jesus Be a Fence, Vol. 1 captures the essence of the Soul Stirrers’ faith and artistry, combining a touch of modern rhythm with the deeply rooted soul and integrity that made them a household name in gospel music.
Luther Barnes is one of the most compelling gospel singers on the highway today, effortlessly bringing the authentic expressions of the church into the modern era.
Armstead Ford's Anthems of Hope, featuring fellow singer Calvin Ivy, showcases Ford's fealty to traditional gospel.
2026 GRAMMY nominations in the Gospel and Christian Music categories
“I’m Standing With You” Katie Cloyd ECM Group Nashville (release date: October 31, 2025)
This episode includes music reviewed on the Journal of Gospel Music between early June and late September 2025.
LATEST 5 STAR REVIEWS
Various ArtistsSacred Soul of North CarolinaMusic Maker Foundation / Bible & Tire (release date: October 15, 2021)https://biglegalmessrecords.com/collections/bible-tire By Robert M. Marovich Just before the pandemic shut down the world, Alice Vines of the Glorifying Vines Sisters of Farmville, North Carolina (crate diggers will know their singles on Pinewood and Sound Hut), gathered ten other local [...]
Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers Somewhere Beyond the Blue Billy Blue Records (release date: May 7, 2021) www.radioramblers.com By Robert M. Marovich On the eleven-track Somewhere Beyond the Blue, Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers offer southern gospel singing bluegrass style in the tradition of the Louvin Brothers, Carl Story, and the Lewis Family. [...]
Pastor David Wright & NY Fellowship Mass Choir Miracles Godfather Records (release date: July 15, 2021) www.gracetabernacle.info By Robert M. Marovich For fans of contemporary gospel choirs, and especially for those who wonder where the choir went (it hasn’t gone anywhere) Pastor David Wright & NY Fellowship Mass Choir’s new release, Miracles, will delight. Although [...]
Jason Nelson Close Jaelyn Song Music /Tyscot / FairTrade (release date: August 6, 2021) By Robert M. Marovich The mark of an excellent gospel album is not just the superiority of the singing or the talent of the musicians but the solidness of the songs. Especially the songs. Jason Nelson’s Close contains enough new songs [...]
Can’t Nobody Do Me Like Jesus! Photographs from the Sacred Steel Community. By Robert L. Stone. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi. 192 pp. (hardcover). Illustrations, Extended Photo Captions, Notes. ISBN 978-1-4968-3150-7. $40.00 By Robert M. Marovich With Can’t Nobody Do Me Like Jesus! Florida historian and folklorist Robert Stone presses into place the final puzzle [...]
LATEST PICK OF THE WEEK – SINGLES
“Like Jabez” Ernest J. Lee David’s Dance Music (release date: December 31, 2024)
“Let Him In” Flint Cavaliers feat. Pastor Shawn Brown From the Flint Music Group album The Fellowship (Psalms 133:1) (album release date: March 15, 2024)
UK-based modern worship artist Faithful Forever offers a stunning cover of “10,000 Reasons,” the Matt Redman hit from 2012.
“He Will Heal the Land” Rev. Hayward Anderson & the Davis Chorale Singers Anderson Music Group (release date: August 26, 2024)
“Near” The Beautiful Gate Music From the album We All Need Jesus (single release date: January 31, 2025)
Conversations with the Gospel Legends: Calvin Bridges
Check out the latest installment of "Conversations with the Gospel Legends," where our guest is singer, songwriter, director, and producer Calvin Bridges.
Conversations with the Gospel Legends: Dr. Lou Della Evans Reid
Check out the latest episode of "Conversations with the Gospel Legends." Our guest is Dr. Lou Della Evans Reid, longtime music minister for Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church in Chicago, and the sister of Fellowship founder Rev. Dr. Clay Evans. https://vimeo.com/195875665
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 Last December, gospel artist Gene Moore was on top of the world. He had recently gotten married to the love of his life, and things were looking up. He had released his debut album, The Future, on Motown Gospel in 2016. Then the trials started. “First, my wife’s car broke down and [...]
By Bob Marovich If the leaders of Hammond, Louisiana, ever decided to change the town’s name, one contender in the running would be Showers, Louisiana. This Tangipahoa Parish town with a census of about 21,000 residents boasts no less than seven businesses owned and operated by members of the Showers Family. Gospel fans also know [...]
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 the Memphis International Airport. Rogers [...]
Reverend Dr. Thomas L. Walker, 77, transitioned on Sunday, September 14, 2025, at his residence.
JGM was saddened to learn of the passing of Sandy Foster Jr., lead vocalist for the Five Blind Boys of Mississippi, on September 14, 2025.
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