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Radio Executives Form National Association of Gospel Radio
TO EXPAND THE REACH AND INFLUENCE OF THE FORMAT Shreveport, LA: A group of the most influential executives in the urban inspirational and gospel music radio industry have come together to create the National Association of Gospel Radio (NAGR) with a mission to empower stations as they preserve, protect, and advance the format. The national organization’s first President, Charles Johnson aka Pastor CeJay, was elected by the board to serve as its first lead officer. Johnson is a transformative community leader and an executive with Alpha Media, which owns the historical KOKA Radio Station (72 years of existence) in Shreveport [...]
JGM Pick of the Week: June 4, 2019
“I Have So Much to Thank God For” Bishop Jonathan Greer feat. Evangelist Lorraine Punch Baldwin Dorothy Norwood Music Group (release date: May 31, 2019) By Bob Marovich With Bishop Jonathan Greer doing a song co-written by Dorothy Norwood and featuring fiery shouting and squalling from the Georgia Mass Choir's [...]
Highlights from the Closing Program at the 2019 Chicago Gospel Music Festival
By Bob Marovich Despite rumbles of thunder and intermittent downpours that kept the audience under umbrellas for much of the program, the closing event of the two-day 2019 Chicago Gospel Music Festival proceeded without delay. Casey J A collaboration between Chicago's Department of Cultural and Special Events, the [...]
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Bob Marovich of the Journal of Gospel Music interviews gospel recording artist Lil Prince.
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Radio Executives Form National Association of Gospel Radio
TO EXPAND THE REACH AND INFLUENCE OF THE FORMAT Shreveport, LA: A group of the most influential executives in the urban inspirational and gospel music radio industry have come together to create the National Association of Gospel Radio (NAGR) with a mission to empower stations as they preserve, protect, and advance the format. The national organization’s first President, Charles Johnson aka Pastor CeJay, was elected by the board to serve as its first lead officer. Johnson is a transformative community leader and an executive with Alpha Media, which owns the historical KOKA Radio Station (72 years of existence) in Shreveport [...]
JGM Pick of the Week: June 4, 2019
“I Have So Much to Thank God For” Bishop Jonathan Greer feat. Evangelist Lorraine Punch Baldwin Dorothy Norwood Music Group (release date: May 31, 2019) By Bob Marovich With Bishop Jonathan Greer doing a song co-written by Dorothy Norwood and featuring fiery shouting and squalling from the Georgia Mass Choir's [...]
Highlights from the Closing Program at the 2019 Chicago Gospel Music Festival
By Bob Marovich Despite rumbles of thunder and intermittent downpours that kept the audience under umbrellas for much of the program, the closing event of the two-day 2019 Chicago Gospel Music Festival proceeded without delay. Casey J A collaboration between Chicago's Department of Cultural and Special Events, the [...]
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Talk about a mass choir!CNN asked church choirs across the country to do their version of Andrae Crouch's classic "The Blood Will Never Lose its Power." They combined the results for [...]
The LoveTonesJubileeMyracle Records (2002)www.youtube.com/watch?v=TS9U0gu_dpwWith a name like the LoveTones, you’d think this New England–based group would be singing street corner vocal harmony classics such as “Lily Maybelle,” “A Thousand Miles [...]
From a press release:Music World Gospel recording artists Trin-i-tee 5:7 announced on Monday their transition from a trio to a duo.New Orleans natives and original group members, Chanelle Haynes and [...]
The Stars of HeavenWait On the LordMSR Group (2010)www.myspace.com/starsofheavenChicago’s hometown favorite the Stars of Heaven is a hard-singing female quartet in the tradition of the Gospel Harmonettes, Caravans and the [...]
From a press release:Black sacred music -- spirituals, gospel, Freedom Songs -- is the foundation for all American popular music. We wouldn't have rock, pop, rap, R&B, hip hop or [...]
Joe Pace PresentsPraise for the SanctuaryTyscot Records (2010)www.tyscot.comTyscot Records has been busy releasing full-length albums of emotionally-charged praise and worship services. Among these are Bishop Leonard Scott Presents My Worship Experience; [...]
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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.
