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Michele Thomas – The Assumption
Michele Thomas The Assumption Soulstream Music (release date: March 25, 2022) www.michelethomasmusic.com By Robert M. Marovich First of all, the title of The Assumption, jazz singer Michele Thomas’s third album, is a play on words. By referencing the Roman Catholic Church’s belief (assumption) that Mary, mother of Jesus, departed immediately to heaven upon death, she puts a sacred touch on the project’s point: trust. Second, Thomas combines her experience as a church singer, which included forming the gospel choir at North Park University, with her jazz career. The result is a sound as easy as Sunday morning but with messages [...]
Kimberly Kaye – Old Time Gospel
Kimberly Kaye Old Time Gospel www.kimberlykayebachman.com By Bob Marovich Listening to Kimberly Kaye Bachman’s Old Time Gospel EP is like listening to an early Sunday morning radio broadcast emanating from an AM station in her native Iowa. The only thing missing is an encouraging emcee to introduce the singer and the [...]
Who was Harvey?
The Dali-esque artist who painted nearly 200 Savoy Records album covers during the 1960s--the majority for the label's gospel series--and signed his work "Harvey" with no surname, has been somewhat of a mystery to record collectors. On David Peterkofsky's For Keeps podcast, Robbie Rogers shines a light on who Harvey [...]
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Michele Thomas – The Assumption
Michele Thomas The Assumption Soulstream Music (release date: March 25, 2022) www.michelethomasmusic.com By Robert M. Marovich First of all, the title of The Assumption, jazz singer Michele Thomas’s third album, is a play on words. By referencing the Roman Catholic Church’s belief (assumption) that Mary, mother of Jesus, departed immediately to heaven upon death, she puts a sacred touch on the project’s point: trust. Second, Thomas combines her experience as a church singer, which included forming the gospel choir at North Park University, with her jazz career. The result is a sound as easy as Sunday morning but with messages [...]
Kimberly Kaye – Old Time Gospel
Kimberly Kaye Old Time Gospel www.kimberlykayebachman.com By Bob Marovich Listening to Kimberly Kaye Bachman’s Old Time Gospel EP is like listening to an early Sunday morning radio broadcast emanating from an AM station in her native Iowa. The only thing missing is an encouraging emcee to introduce the singer and the [...]
Who was Harvey?
The Dali-esque artist who painted nearly 200 Savoy Records album covers during the 1960s--the majority for the label's gospel series--and signed his work "Harvey" with no surname, has been somewhat of a mystery to record collectors. On David Peterkofsky's For Keeps podcast, Robbie Rogers shines a light on who Harvey [...]
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Chicago is the birthplace of gospel music and on Friday, June 4, 2010, on the eve of the city's annual Gospel Fest, "Gospel Music According to Chicago" will honor its [...]
Various ArtistsHow Sweet It Was: The Sights and Sounds of Gospel’s Golden AgeShanachie/Spirit Feel 2010www.shanachie.comI didn’t think gospel authority Anthony Heilbut could top his superb compilation from 2005, When Gospel [...]
The 2010 Chicago Gospel Music Festival will be held Saturday, June 5 and Sunday, June 6 in Millenium Park, which is at the corner of Michigan Avenue and Randolph Street. [...]
“You and Me”dRenauldFrom the album Sincere Praise (2010)www.dRenauld.comBorn in Washington, DC, gospel artist dRenauld started singing at age five and hasn’t stopped since. He has been a member of Forgiven [...]
While in New Orleans for the Association for Recorded Sound Collections (ARSC) annual conference, where I presented a paper about the New Orleans influence on the performance style of Mahalia [...]
While attending the Association for Recorded Sound Collections (ARSC) annual conference in New Orleans this week, TBGB had a chance to say hello to fellow gospel announcer Kevin Nutt. Kevin [...]
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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.
