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Lawrence Hancock – Don’t Stop Caring
Lawrence Hancock Don’t Stop Caring Independent / Symphonic Distribution (release date: April 29, 2022) By Robert M. Marovich Don’t Stop Caring is Bishop Lawrence Hancock once again baring his soul and sharing the raw truth from the pulpit of experience. The Stellar-nominated Christian hip hop artist’s eighth album builds on his distinctive style of delivery: an atmospheric kaleidoscope of computer-generated electronica and rhythm supporting stream of consciousness lyricism. As such, Hancock is like a sacred version of a beat poet. As on 2020’s Who I Am and last year’s Need of You, Hancock prays out loud in a pleading, multi-tracked [...]
Vincent Tharpe and Kenosis – Super Excited
Vincent Tharpe and Kenosis Super Excited EmptyMe Entertainment (release date: July 20, 2018) www.vtkonline.com By Bob Marovich Recorded live at Hope Church of Memphis, Super Excited is the latest full-length project by that city’s Vincent Tharpe and Kenosis. For a decade, the rhythm and praise group and its singer-songwriter leader [...]
Calvin Simon: From Gospel to Funk and Back Again
By Bob Marovich Few gospel artists can claim to be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Only one, to my knowledge, can also boast that a major prop from his former band is now on display in the Smithsonian. Calvin Simon can lay claim to both. As a [...]
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Lawrence Hancock – Don’t Stop Caring
Lawrence Hancock Don’t Stop Caring Independent / Symphonic Distribution (release date: April 29, 2022) By Robert M. Marovich Don’t Stop Caring is Bishop Lawrence Hancock once again baring his soul and sharing the raw truth from the pulpit of experience. The Stellar-nominated Christian hip hop artist’s eighth album builds on his distinctive style of delivery: an atmospheric kaleidoscope of computer-generated electronica and rhythm supporting stream of consciousness lyricism. As such, Hancock is like a sacred version of a beat poet. As on 2020’s Who I Am and last year’s Need of You, Hancock prays out loud in a pleading, multi-tracked [...]
Vincent Tharpe and Kenosis – Super Excited
Vincent Tharpe and Kenosis Super Excited EmptyMe Entertainment (release date: July 20, 2018) www.vtkonline.com By Bob Marovich Recorded live at Hope Church of Memphis, Super Excited is the latest full-length project by that city’s Vincent Tharpe and Kenosis. For a decade, the rhythm and praise group and its singer-songwriter leader [...]
Calvin Simon: From Gospel to Funk and Back Again
By Bob Marovich Few gospel artists can claim to be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Only one, to my knowledge, can also boast that a major prop from his former band is now on display in the Smithsonian. Calvin Simon can lay claim to both. As a [...]
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“We’re Going to Make It”Rev. Timothy Wright feat. Myrna SummersFrom the Savoy album The Godfather of Gospelwww.malaco.comA little less than a year ago, Rev. Timothy Wright passed from earthly labor [...]
Rev. Roy Reed & the Zion JubileesLet’s Give Him PraiseSharp Records 2009www.sharprecordsusa.comOne thing’s for certain: young gospel artists may throw everything but the kitchen sink into their contemporary arrangements, but [...]
One 4 ChristGod Can Still Use YouDA’Vine Destiny Entertainment 2009www.one4christ.netOne 4 Christ was founded in March 2004 by Sharon Bouie, and boasts musical direction by Derral Anderson, Jr. and production [...]
"The Harvest Song"Anthony Brown feat. Maurette Brown ClarkKey of A Music 2010www.keyofamusic.comBaltimore's Anthony Brown penned Maurette Brown Clark's popular "It Ain't Over" and "Sovereign God," and she returns the favor [...]
Dennis Cole and Gregory Gay informed TBGB that Rev. Phillip E. Sneed died on Monday, March 15, 2010. Said Cole: “Rev. Sneed was the power behind a single that swept [...]
From its opening in 1928 through the late 1960s, Chicago's Regal Theatre – then located at 47th and Parkway (King Drive) – was a nationally-recognized entertainment showplace. All the greats [...]
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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.
