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Maverick City x Kirk Franklin – Kingdom Book One
Maverick City x Kirk Franklin Kingdom Book One Tribl Records / Fo Yo Soul / RCA Inspiration (release date: June 17, 2022) By Robert M. Marovich Maverick City Music, gospel’s current “it” group, joined with the venerable Kirk Franklin, no stranger to special event gospel projects, to bring music and ministry to 1,300 Florida inmates. Kingdom Book One is the result. Recorded at the Everglades Correctional Institution in Miami, the album showcases MCM / Chandler Moore compositions and Franklin classics, a weary-sounding Franklin punctuating the communal singing and worship with exhortations, preaching moments, and Biblical lessons. Talented vocalists like Naomi [...]
Pastor Donald Gay – On a Glorious Day
Pastor Donald Gay On a Glorious Day The Sirens Records (release date: March 15, 2019) www.thesirensrecords.com By Bob Marovich Like amber, Pastor Donald Gay's On a Glorious Day preserves the sounds and stories of Chicago's traditional gospel music and church community. Pastor Gay has been in gospel music since knee [...]
“Blessings on Blessings” – Anthony Brown and Group TherAPy
“Blessings on Blessings” Anthony Brown and Group TherAPy Key of A / Tyscot / FairTrade (release date: May 3, 2019) www.tyscot.com By Bob Marovich “Every time I turn around…blessings,” Anthony Brown sings, and he knows whereof he speaks. The group has gone from backing Maurette Brown Clark on her highly-acclaimed [...]
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Maverick City x Kirk Franklin – Kingdom Book One
Maverick City x Kirk Franklin Kingdom Book One Tribl Records / Fo Yo Soul / RCA Inspiration (release date: June 17, 2022) By Robert M. Marovich Maverick City Music, gospel’s current “it” group, joined with the venerable Kirk Franklin, no stranger to special event gospel projects, to bring music and ministry to 1,300 Florida inmates. Kingdom Book One is the result. Recorded at the Everglades Correctional Institution in Miami, the album showcases MCM / Chandler Moore compositions and Franklin classics, a weary-sounding Franklin punctuating the communal singing and worship with exhortations, preaching moments, and Biblical lessons. Talented vocalists like Naomi [...]
Pastor Donald Gay – On a Glorious Day
Pastor Donald Gay On a Glorious Day The Sirens Records (release date: March 15, 2019) www.thesirensrecords.com By Bob Marovich Like amber, Pastor Donald Gay's On a Glorious Day preserves the sounds and stories of Chicago's traditional gospel music and church community. Pastor Gay has been in gospel music since knee [...]
“Blessings on Blessings” – Anthony Brown and Group TherAPy
“Blessings on Blessings” Anthony Brown and Group TherAPy Key of A / Tyscot / FairTrade (release date: May 3, 2019) www.tyscot.com By Bob Marovich “Every time I turn around…blessings,” Anthony Brown sings, and he knows whereof he speaks. The group has gone from backing Maurette Brown Clark on her highly-acclaimed [...]
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Those listening to the radio or attending gospel programs in Chicago during 1955 would have been treated to the Little Lucy Smith Singers (right) rendering their gospel hit, "Somebody Bigger than [...]
Bishop Simon White; his wife, Minister Zelda White (photo, right); and four others from Joy Fellowship Christian Academies in the Bronx were killed yesterday afternoon when a rear tire on [...]
“Believe”Donneshia “DC” ClarkGus Music Group 2010www.myspace.com/donneshiaclarkTBGB readers will recognize Donneshia “DC” Clark as the guest voice on Chris Fields’ “My Joy.” On her R&B-infused “Believe,” complete with wah-wah guitar, the [...]
De-Ann LottReturn to the CenterDeAnn Lott Music 2010http://www.deannlottmusic.com/Last year, TBGB reviewed the sampler of De-Ann Lott’s forthcoming CD, Return to the Center:Oakland and the surrounding Bay Area have been wellsprings of contemporary [...]
On Thursday, September 23, TBGB Founder and Editor in Chief Bob Marovich will be the featured guest on the television program "I'm Just Sayin'" with Pastor Dan Willis."I'm Just Sayin'" [...]
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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.
