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“How They Got Over” – Now Streaming and on DVD
First Run Features presents ...Fresh from its Theatrical Release... Robert Clem's New Music Documentary HOW THEY GOT OVER How They Got Over celebrates the spirit of gospel performers and how they helped usher in a musical revolution that changed the world forever! Beginning in the 1920s, Black singers across the country took to the highways as the new technology of radio and records made it possible to reach a wider audience. Intense competition brought new ways to entertain, first with guitars, later with full bands, then with a performance style that would inspire Mick Jagger and a host of other [...]
Da’ T.R.U.T.H. – Vet (EP)
Da’ T.R.U.T.H. Vet (EP) Independent (release date: November 9, 2018) Available on all digital platforms By Bob Marovich Da’ T.R.U.T.H.’s EP Vet is a musical memoir designed to bring fans of the Christian rapper up to date on what he’s been doing since his last release two years ago. But [...]
JGM’s Best of 2018 Lists
Click on image to stream Best of 2018 episode Best Gospel CDs, Singles and Historic Reissues of 2018 By Bob Marovich As is our custom for this time of year, the Journal of Gospel Music presents its "best of" lists in the category of CDs, songs, and historical [...]
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“How They Got Over” – Now Streaming and on DVD
First Run Features presents ...Fresh from its Theatrical Release... Robert Clem's New Music Documentary HOW THEY GOT OVER How They Got Over celebrates the spirit of gospel performers and how they helped usher in a musical revolution that changed the world forever! Beginning in the 1920s, Black singers across the country took to the highways as the new technology of radio and records made it possible to reach a wider audience. Intense competition brought new ways to entertain, first with guitars, later with full bands, then with a performance style that would inspire Mick Jagger and a host of other [...]
Da’ T.R.U.T.H. – Vet (EP)
Da’ T.R.U.T.H. Vet (EP) Independent (release date: November 9, 2018) Available on all digital platforms By Bob Marovich Da’ T.R.U.T.H.’s EP Vet is a musical memoir designed to bring fans of the Christian rapper up to date on what he’s been doing since his last release two years ago. But [...]
JGM’s Best of 2018 Lists
Click on image to stream Best of 2018 episode Best Gospel CDs, Singles and Historic Reissues of 2018 By Bob Marovich As is our custom for this time of year, the Journal of Gospel Music presents its "best of" lists in the category of CDs, songs, and historical [...]
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Gail FlyWho Will Worship?Raising the Standard Music, LLC 2007www.RTSMusicLLC.comNew Orleans singer-songwriter Gail Fly may have received the 2009 Rhythm of Gospel Award for Best Traditional Female Vocalist, but on her [...]
Jill Joseph Johnson, Founder and Editor In Chief of Inside Black Hollywood Magazine, talked with sisters Tina and Erica Campbell -- aka Mary Mary -- about their new book, Be [...]
Lucinda MooreBlessed, Broken & GivenTyscot Records 2010www.tyscot.comTo the listener, Lucinda Moore’s Blessed, Broken & Given is a praise and worship experience. For Moore, however, her sophomore release seems to be [...]
“Mary Don’t You Weep”Elliott Chavers feat. Lisa SinkfordFrom the Hi Desert Records CD Elliott Chavers Plays and Sings Electrifying Gospelwww.cdbaby.com/cd/chavers3Originally recorded in 1997 and released two years later, “Mary Don’t [...]
The Rev. Derrick E. Roberts, newly elected chairman of the National Convention of Gospel Choirs and Choruses (NCGCC), aka the "Dorsey Convention," is only the third person to hold the [...]
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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.
