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Tommy Walker – Generation Hymns 3
Tommy Walker Generation Hymns 3 (release date: March 18, 2022) By Robert M. Marovich On Generation Hymns 3, worship leader, singer, and songwriter Tommy Walker teams with the Bethesda Community Church Choir and several featured vocalists to bind the hymnbook in a new cover. The Bethesda choir has a smiley Jesus People vibe. Indeed, the choir, Walker, the featured vocalists, and the robust rhythm section are uniformly upbeat, even on the album’s more sensitive selections like “He Leadeth Me” and “At the Cross.” For his part, Walker possesses a warm, friendly baritone voice that conjures Michael Buble and Harry Connick [...]
Gospel music’s impact on rock and soul music is focus of new radio documentary
“Gospel Roots of Rock and Soul” will be broadcast by US public radio stations during Black History Month (February) Note: Journal of Gospel Music's Editor-in-Chief Bob Marovich is honored to have been interviewed for this remarkable radio documentary. PHILADELPHIA (JANUARY 15, 2019): A new radio documentary that explores the history [...]
Jonathan McReynolds Leads 2019 Stellar Gospel Music Awards with Nine Nominations
LAS VEGAS, NV - MARCH 24: Jonathan McReynolds attends the 33rd annual Stellar Gospel Music Awards at the Orleans Arena on March 24, 2018 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Earl Gibson III/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Jonathan McReynolds (CHICAGO, IL) January 15, 2019 - Central City [...]
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Tommy Walker – Generation Hymns 3
Tommy Walker Generation Hymns 3 (release date: March 18, 2022) By Robert M. Marovich On Generation Hymns 3, worship leader, singer, and songwriter Tommy Walker teams with the Bethesda Community Church Choir and several featured vocalists to bind the hymnbook in a new cover. The Bethesda choir has a smiley Jesus People vibe. Indeed, the choir, Walker, the featured vocalists, and the robust rhythm section are uniformly upbeat, even on the album’s more sensitive selections like “He Leadeth Me” and “At the Cross.” For his part, Walker possesses a warm, friendly baritone voice that conjures Michael Buble and Harry Connick [...]
Gospel music’s impact on rock and soul music is focus of new radio documentary
“Gospel Roots of Rock and Soul” will be broadcast by US public radio stations during Black History Month (February) Note: Journal of Gospel Music's Editor-in-Chief Bob Marovich is honored to have been interviewed for this remarkable radio documentary. PHILADELPHIA (JANUARY 15, 2019): A new radio documentary that explores the history [...]
Jonathan McReynolds Leads 2019 Stellar Gospel Music Awards with Nine Nominations
LAS VEGAS, NV - MARCH 24: Jonathan McReynolds attends the 33rd annual Stellar Gospel Music Awards at the Orleans Arena on March 24, 2018 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Earl Gibson III/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Jonathan McReynolds (CHICAGO, IL) January 15, 2019 - Central City [...]
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“Last Days”Da KeyFrom the CD Convicted (2010)www.da-key.comHouston-born author and Christian hip hop artist Reginald “Da Key” Blanks has been “through the hell gates,” and he tells his story in “Last [...]
From a press release: a new chapter for Max Siegel, former Zomba Gospel prexy and better yet, a fellow Domer...LOS ANGELES, CA, April 23, 2010 – Universal Music Christian Group [...]
Toni RackardUnconditional LoveBehind the Veil Records (release date: April 27, 2010)www.tonirackard.comYou can see it in Toni Rackard’s welcoming but no-nonsense eyes on the jewel case of her national debut CD, [...]
“To Be Faithful”Betty LesterFrom the CD To Be Faithful (2000)In the early 1960s, Betty Lester, then a soloist with Chicago’s New Friendship Baptist Church Choir, recorded “To Be Faithful.” It [...]
Bishop Paul S. MortonMemorable MomentsTehillah Music Group/Light Records 2010www.lightrecords.comBishop Paul S. Morton, entrepreneurial pastor of the Greater St. Stephen Full Gospel Baptist Church, has had his share of trials, including [...]
"Grateful”KingDNA Musicboyz 2010www.4kingmusic.comFor King, praise and dance go together like sunshine and South Florida, the group’s home base. So when you are declaring gratitude for what God has given you, [...]
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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.
