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“I’m Encouraged” Patrick Noble Allen presents Claude Deuce Embrace Your Texture Enterprises (release date: February 24, 2022)www.ClaudeDeuce.com By Robert M. Marovich Written last year by Claude Deuce, who is also the featured vocalist, “I’m Encouraged,” presented by music industry veteran Patrick Noble Allen, is a gospel power ballad about holding onto blind faith, no matter the size of the tribulation. Motivated, no doubt, by a combination of societal and personal tempests, “I’m Encouraged” contemporizes the axiom that trouble doesn’t last always: “Made it through that / make it through this / It won’t always be this way.” The song gets [...]
RIP Marlowe Cribbs, Chicago-based Gospel Songwriter, Singer
JGM learned the shocking news that Marlowe Cribbs passed away. Here is Marlowe's bio, courtesy of his website: "Raised in the home of a former Blues musician and influenced by Gospel music at an early age, M. E. Cribbs had no choice but to develop an eclectic musical ear. This [...]
2019 Absolutely Gospel Music Award Nominees Announced
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – (January 16, 2019) – The administrators and staff of AbsolutelyGospel.com are proud to announce the nominees for the 2019 Absolutely Gospel Music Awards. As in years past, the nominees were chosen by the staff of AbsolutelyGospel.com and select media representatives. Starting on Monday, January 21, 2019, the [...]
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Bob Marovich of the Journal of Gospel Music interviews gospel recording artist Lil Prince.
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JGM Pick of the Week: May 9, 2022
“I’m Encouraged” Patrick Noble Allen presents Claude Deuce Embrace Your Texture Enterprises (release date: February 24, 2022)www.ClaudeDeuce.com By Robert M. Marovich Written last year by Claude Deuce, who is also the featured vocalist, “I’m Encouraged,” presented by music industry veteran Patrick Noble Allen, is a gospel power ballad about holding onto blind faith, no matter the size of the tribulation. Motivated, no doubt, by a combination of societal and personal tempests, “I’m Encouraged” contemporizes the axiom that trouble doesn’t last always: “Made it through that / make it through this / It won’t always be this way.” The song gets [...]
RIP Marlowe Cribbs, Chicago-based Gospel Songwriter, Singer
JGM learned the shocking news that Marlowe Cribbs passed away. Here is Marlowe's bio, courtesy of his website: "Raised in the home of a former Blues musician and influenced by Gospel music at an early age, M. E. Cribbs had no choice but to develop an eclectic musical ear. This [...]
2019 Absolutely Gospel Music Award Nominees Announced
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – (January 16, 2019) – The administrators and staff of AbsolutelyGospel.com are proud to announce the nominees for the 2019 Absolutely Gospel Music Awards. As in years past, the nominees were chosen by the staff of AbsolutelyGospel.com and select media representatives. Starting on Monday, January 21, 2019, the [...]
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From a press release:(Brooklyn, NY – May 10, 2010) Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz and City Council Member Letitia James will announce the formation of the Brooklyn Interdenominational Choir, co-founded [...]
TBGB reviewed George Moss' single, "Go Hard or Go Home," in March. Now Dreamlight Entertainment announces the release of the original music video of “Go Hard or Go Home." The [...]
"My Momma Song"Cadillac JamesGospel artists have delivered more odes to mother than have been heard since the Victorian era. Praying mothers, singing mothers, shouting mothers, dying mothers. Even the absence [...]
Dr. W.L. Mobley, Sr. and the Gospel Truth ChoirGive Me the Gospel Truth(private press) 2008Dr. Wealthy L. Mobley is my newest role model for healthy living.At 89, Mobley is fit [...]
West coast quartetter Roy Tyler is no stranger to The Black Gospel Blog. Tyler sent us a video from the October 2009 Mill Valley (California) Film Festival, on which he [...]
“Still Got Work”Totally DedicatedFrom the forthcoming album QuarTemporarywww.totallydedicated.netQuarTemporary. The title of Totally Dedicated’s forthcoming album describes the group’s sound perfectly (and it's a better term than "ConTet"). The group's latest [...]
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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.
