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JGM Pick of the Week – March 14, 2022
“Peace Be Still” Kelontae Gavin Malaco Music Group (release date: January 20, 2022) www.malaco.com By Robert M. Marovich At the Malaco Fiftieth Anniversary Celebration in Jackson, Mississippi, gospel soloist Kelontae Gavin put his own melismatic touch on “Peace Be Still.” It’s from the CD and DVD chronicling the Fiftieth Anniversary concert, where today’s gospel artists reprised classics from the Malaco gospel catalog. Gavin doesn’t use the Rev. James Cleveland / Gwendolyn Cooper Lightner arrangement of "Peace Be Still" but instead borrows the score Thomas Whitfield wrote for Vanessa Bell Armstrong. Sweet background vocalists chant “peace be still” and “peace” as [...]
Alfonzo Udell & Chosen Chorale: It’s Not Over
Alfonzo Udell & Chosen Chorale It’s Not Over Independent (release date: July 6, 2018) Available on Amazon.com By Bob Marovich What could have been a routine-sounding project by a small gospel ensemble, It’s Not Over by Bishop Alfonzo Udell & Chosen Chorale has two things in particular going for it: [...]
“Right Now’s the Right Time for Jesus” – Steven Cermele
“Right Now's the Right Time for Jesus” Steven Cermele From the SLC Records album HealThy Heart Available from Amazon.com By Bob Marovich Culled from his HealThy Heart album, Steve Cermele’s single, “Right Now's the Right Time for Jesus,” is a southern gospel track that, as I mentioned in my album review, “is [...]
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JGM Pick of the Week – March 14, 2022
“Peace Be Still” Kelontae Gavin Malaco Music Group (release date: January 20, 2022) www.malaco.com By Robert M. Marovich At the Malaco Fiftieth Anniversary Celebration in Jackson, Mississippi, gospel soloist Kelontae Gavin put his own melismatic touch on “Peace Be Still.” It’s from the CD and DVD chronicling the Fiftieth Anniversary concert, where today’s gospel artists reprised classics from the Malaco gospel catalog. Gavin doesn’t use the Rev. James Cleveland / Gwendolyn Cooper Lightner arrangement of "Peace Be Still" but instead borrows the score Thomas Whitfield wrote for Vanessa Bell Armstrong. Sweet background vocalists chant “peace be still” and “peace” as [...]
Alfonzo Udell & Chosen Chorale: It’s Not Over
Alfonzo Udell & Chosen Chorale It’s Not Over Independent (release date: July 6, 2018) Available on Amazon.com By Bob Marovich What could have been a routine-sounding project by a small gospel ensemble, It’s Not Over by Bishop Alfonzo Udell & Chosen Chorale has two things in particular going for it: [...]
“Right Now’s the Right Time for Jesus” – Steven Cermele
“Right Now's the Right Time for Jesus” Steven Cermele From the SLC Records album HealThy Heart Available from Amazon.com By Bob Marovich Culled from his HealThy Heart album, Steve Cermele’s single, “Right Now's the Right Time for Jesus,” is a southern gospel track that, as I mentioned in my album review, “is [...]
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“This Far” Half Mile HomeFrom the forthcoming CD Change My Lyfe (release date: February 2, 2010)God Made Millionaires 2009From gospel to urban (as After the Rain) and back again but [...]
WLUW-FM, the home of "Gospel Memories," has been nominated for "BEST COLLEGE/PUBLIC RADIO STATION IN CHICAGO" for the 29th Annual Chicago Music Awards.About the Chicago Music Awards:"Chicago, once the Mecca [...]
Mr. Gary Hoogvliet, Director of Broadcasting atUnited Christian Broadcasters Ltd (UCB), told TBGB:"We just started the United Kingdom’s first 24/7 Gospel radio station...we are broadcasting on both the Internet and [...]
From Singersroom.com:Kirk Franklin, Kierra 'Kiki' Sheard, CeCe Winans, and Deitrick Haddon are among those nominated for the first annual UK Gospel Music Awards!Set to take place December 5, the inaugural [...]
Alice "Al Mac Will" WilliamsStand StillThank You Entertainment 2009www.AlMacWill.comOn her debut solo CD, Stand Still, Alice "Al Mac Will" Williams sounds like a musical love child of Dolly Parton and [...]
Rev. Timothy Flemming, Sr.Something NewGod's Strength Records 2009(800) 433-6828Atlanta pastor Rev. Timothy Flemming, Sr. likes to take chances. He is not afraid to inject well-placed humor in his sermons. He [...]
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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.
