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“Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing” – Lady Redneck
“Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing” Lady Redneck Independent (2022) www.ladyredneckmusic.com By Robert M. Marovich Lady Redneck (aka country singer Stephanie Lee) renders the eighteenth-century hymn, “Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing,” with lockstep fidelity to the original and a delicacy ideally suited to the lovely melody. Lee’s tender vocal, accompanied by piano, is like a votive candle lit in a dimmed chapel. I love the song and the arrangement, not so crazy about the artist’s stage name in the context of hymnody. It might be better if she used her given name for Christian releases. Nevertheless, this is a [...]
“I Am More than a Conqueror” – Tonya Lewis Taylor
“I Am More than a Conqueror” Tonya Lewis Taylor EARS Group (release date: April 3, 2019) www.tonyalewistaylor.com By Bob Marovich Affirmations created from popular Bible verses—1 John 4:4 and Philippians 4:13, for example—are strung together and given a contemporary swagger on Tonya Lewis Taylor’s new single, “I Am More than [...]
RIP Elder John Powell, husband of gospel singer Sara Jordan Powell
JGM offers its sympathies on the passing of Elder John Powell, the husband of gospel singer Sara Jordan Powell.
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“Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing” – Lady Redneck
“Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing” Lady Redneck Independent (2022) www.ladyredneckmusic.com By Robert M. Marovich Lady Redneck (aka country singer Stephanie Lee) renders the eighteenth-century hymn, “Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing,” with lockstep fidelity to the original and a delicacy ideally suited to the lovely melody. Lee’s tender vocal, accompanied by piano, is like a votive candle lit in a dimmed chapel. I love the song and the arrangement, not so crazy about the artist’s stage name in the context of hymnody. It might be better if she used her given name for Christian releases. Nevertheless, this is a [...]
“I Am More than a Conqueror” – Tonya Lewis Taylor
“I Am More than a Conqueror” Tonya Lewis Taylor EARS Group (release date: April 3, 2019) www.tonyalewistaylor.com By Bob Marovich Affirmations created from popular Bible verses—1 John 4:4 and Philippians 4:13, for example—are strung together and given a contemporary swagger on Tonya Lewis Taylor’s new single, “I Am More than [...]
RIP Elder John Powell, husband of gospel singer Sara Jordan Powell
JGM offers its sympathies on the passing of Elder John Powell, the husband of gospel singer Sara Jordan Powell.
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“God is Good”Lisa Page BrooksFrom the CD Strong (2010)http://www.habakkukmusic.com/Lisa Page Brooks, former lead singer of Witness, landed firmly on the gospel charts as a solo artist earlier this year with [...]
Lizz WrightFellowshipVerve Music Group 2010http://www.vervemusicgroup.com/Growing up in Georgia, jazz singer Lizz Wright (Salt, Dreaming Wide Awake) grew up the daughter of a minister and sang gospel. No surprise, then, that on her exquisite [...]
By Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel Blog.Imagine the scene, if you will...You are in Florida, out in the country. A mother is busy hanging the family’s clothes on the [...]
“Pulling Me Through”Todd DulaneyGoldstreet Gospel Music 2010“Pulling Me Through” is a CCR-flavored praise anthem and testimony from Todd Dulaney, a former professional baseball player who grew up in Maywood, Illinois [...]
Dennis Cole of the Chicago Area Gospel Announcers Guild informed us today that Mrs. Frances Wooten passed away. She is the mother of gospel producer Bobby Wooten and wife to [...]
Kim PersonSpeak LifeKLP Enterprises, LLC (2010)http://www.kimperson.org/Kim Person is a gospel singer from North Carolina, and she possesses that distinctive amalgam of singer, performer, evangelist, witness, prophet, encourager and comforter that talented female gospel [...]
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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.
