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“Like This” – Jamaal Miller
“Like This” Jamaal Miller Enon Music Group https://www.enonmusic.com/ By Robert M. Marovich I know Baltimore gospel artist Jamaal Miller has a new single out called “Had He Left Me There,” but I’m still living in last fall with his earlier single, “Like This.” Miller and a team of sunny background vocalists (possibly his group, Purposely Anointed) riff on the “trouble won’t last always” trope with a breeziness that sounds inspired by Kirk Franklin’s recent output. Put it in God’s hands, they sing, because “it ain’t gonna be like this always.” The melody, arrangement, and musicians are as bright and cheery [...]
Joel Smith Homegoing Services Posted
By Bob Marovich As many readers already know, gospel drummer, bass player, bandleader and producer Joel Smith passed away on September 8 at age 58. Smith cut his teeth on gospel music by accompanying his uncles Edwin and Walter Hawkins. In 1977, at age thirteen, he played drums on Edwin's [...]
“Laughter (Just Like Medicine)” – BeBe Winans feat. K.S.
“Laughter (Just Like Medicine)” BeBe Winans featuring K.S. (release date: September 4, 2018) bio BiMascFTMwww.malaco.com By Bob Marovich BeBe Winans and K.S. paraphrase Proverbs 17:22 on the mid-tempo “Laughter (Just Like Medicine).” This appropriately easygoing song is quintessential BeBe in its liberal doses of R&B to deliver an inspirational message. [...]
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“Like This” – Jamaal Miller
“Like This” Jamaal Miller Enon Music Group https://www.enonmusic.com/ By Robert M. Marovich I know Baltimore gospel artist Jamaal Miller has a new single out called “Had He Left Me There,” but I’m still living in last fall with his earlier single, “Like This.” Miller and a team of sunny background vocalists (possibly his group, Purposely Anointed) riff on the “trouble won’t last always” trope with a breeziness that sounds inspired by Kirk Franklin’s recent output. Put it in God’s hands, they sing, because “it ain’t gonna be like this always.” The melody, arrangement, and musicians are as bright and cheery [...]
Joel Smith Homegoing Services Posted
By Bob Marovich As many readers already know, gospel drummer, bass player, bandleader and producer Joel Smith passed away on September 8 at age 58. Smith cut his teeth on gospel music by accompanying his uncles Edwin and Walter Hawkins. In 1977, at age thirteen, he played drums on Edwin's [...]
“Laughter (Just Like Medicine)” – BeBe Winans feat. K.S.
“Laughter (Just Like Medicine)” BeBe Winans featuring K.S. (release date: September 4, 2018) bio BiMascFTMwww.malaco.com By Bob Marovich BeBe Winans and K.S. paraphrase Proverbs 17:22 on the mid-tempo “Laughter (Just Like Medicine).” This appropriately easygoing song is quintessential BeBe in its liberal doses of R&B to deliver an inspirational message. [...]
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Check out Thomas Fawcett's enjoyable audio report on the Relatives, a 1970s gospel group based in Dallas, Texas. Lead singer Rev. Gene West not only sounds like James Brown, but [...]
Elizabeth Maupin of the Orlando Sentinel reports on a special tribute to Florida's native son, the late Dr. Horace Clarence Boyer. The tribute will be held Sunday, November 1, 2009, [...]
Byron CageFaithful to BelieveVerity Gospel Music Group 2009www.verityrecords.comOn March 13, 2009, Stellar Award-winning praise and worship leader Byron Cage brought his team to Detroit, where he once served as music [...]
“Amazing”RafiyaFrom the EP Amazing (digital release scheduled for November 17, 2009)www.myspace.com/rafiyamusikBorn to Congolese parents who traveled extensively (her father was a diplomat), Philly resident Rafiya has lived in Senegal, the [...]
TBGB extends its deepest sympathies to the family and friends of gospel singer Mr. Alexander "Pete" Dixon who passed away from lung cancer October 13 at the age of 71.Mr. [...]
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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.
