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JGM Pick of the Week: May 2, 2022
“Make It With Me” Ray Curenton Independent (release date: April 22, 2022) www.raycurenton.com By Robert M. Marovich “Make It With Me” is a lovely, introspective, and lyrically intricate song with the soul of a John Legend ballad. Written with Tim Dillinger and co-producer Brandon Adams, “Make It With Me” finds Ray Curenton employing the Passion of Christ—from crucifixion to resurrection—as a metaphor for his own challenges as well as an entreaty for the world to emerge from social and spiritual darkness into light. An angelic choir supports high tenor Curenton nowhere better than during the vamp, when he growls and [...]
Moving Forward and Facing the Future in the Black Church Worship Experience – Dr. Antonia M. Arnold-McFarland
Moving Forward and Facing the Future in the Black Church Worship Experience. By Dr. Antonia M. Arnold-McFarland. EFlat Major Productions, 2018. 155pp. (softcover). Appendices. ISBN 9-781732-336506 By Bob Marovich An engineer by training, Dr. Antonia Arnold-McFarland earned certification in Six Sigma, a process improvement technique developed at Motorola in 1980. [...]
“It’s Like Fire” – Lady Bartee
“It’s Like Fire” Lady Bartee BRG Records (2018) https://store.cdbaby.com/cd/ladybartee By Bob Marovich Lady Bartee sounds a little like Janelle Monae or the late Amy Winehouse on the amalgam of sonic intensity that is her latest single, “It’s Like Fire.” Raised Pentecostal, Bartee knows a thing or two about Holy Ghost [...]
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JGM Pick of the Week: May 2, 2022
“Make It With Me” Ray Curenton Independent (release date: April 22, 2022) www.raycurenton.com By Robert M. Marovich “Make It With Me” is a lovely, introspective, and lyrically intricate song with the soul of a John Legend ballad. Written with Tim Dillinger and co-producer Brandon Adams, “Make It With Me” finds Ray Curenton employing the Passion of Christ—from crucifixion to resurrection—as a metaphor for his own challenges as well as an entreaty for the world to emerge from social and spiritual darkness into light. An angelic choir supports high tenor Curenton nowhere better than during the vamp, when he growls and [...]
Moving Forward and Facing the Future in the Black Church Worship Experience – Dr. Antonia M. Arnold-McFarland
Moving Forward and Facing the Future in the Black Church Worship Experience. By Dr. Antonia M. Arnold-McFarland. EFlat Major Productions, 2018. 155pp. (softcover). Appendices. ISBN 9-781732-336506 By Bob Marovich An engineer by training, Dr. Antonia Arnold-McFarland earned certification in Six Sigma, a process improvement technique developed at Motorola in 1980. [...]
“It’s Like Fire” – Lady Bartee
“It’s Like Fire” Lady Bartee BRG Records (2018) https://store.cdbaby.com/cd/ladybartee By Bob Marovich Lady Bartee sounds a little like Janelle Monae or the late Amy Winehouse on the amalgam of sonic intensity that is her latest single, “It’s Like Fire.” Raised Pentecostal, Bartee knows a thing or two about Holy Ghost [...]
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“God Life”Vadiawww.myspace.com/vadiagospelPrince had his “Pop Life.” Sheila E lived “The Glamorous Life.” Billy Strayhorn and Duke Ellington educated us on the “Lush Life.”Meanwhile, Sacramento, California’s Vadia Hubbard (aka Vadia) is [...]
"I Come to Praise Him"VIZHIONFrom the Rimshot Records CD Pressin' Onwww.myspace.com/vizhionI haven't heard gospel zydeco since the ensemble on Bishop Paul S. Morton's Still Standing (Light/Tehillah 2006) turned "We Made [...]
"You Keep Blessing Me"Jewel LucienYaplys Productions 2009www.myspace.com/jewellucienThe Nashville-raised Jewel Lucien is now a resident of Texas, and is arguably as well known for her many performances on the musical stage [...]
“Alright”Michele MundyFrom the Favor Records CD Divine Favor (2009)www.cdbaby.com/cd/michelemundyIn 2004, Roger Mundy, Jr. entered a New Albany, Mississippi hospital unresponsive. His singer-songwriter daughter Michele explained: “I went outside the hospital [...]
“He Can (Work It Out)”Youth for ChristFrom the Emtro Records CD Thanks in Advance (2010)www.emtro.comThe mass choir Youth for Christ was not only one of the first national artists on [...]
A Gospel Calling: Mahalia Jackson SingsHollywood Select Video/Infinity Entertainment Group (2010)Although Nat Cole’s television variety program in the 1950s helped open the door a little, by the early 1960s, African [...]
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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.
