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Dedicated Men of Zion – The Devil Don’t Like It
Dedicated Men of Zion The Devil Don’t Like It https://fatpossum.com/collections/bible-tire-recording-co (release date: March 3, 2022) By Robert M. Marovich On The Devil Don’t Like It, their follow-up to 2020’s Can’t Turn Me Around, the Dedicated Men of Zion quartet breathes new life into a handful of gospel classics by fitting them with arrangements that sound straight out of the soulful early 1970s. It’s been a heady time for the Eastern North Carolina quartet. In addition to Can’t Turn Me Around, their second album and debut for Bruce Watson’s Bible & Tire imprint, the group was featured on the critically-acclaimed 2021 [...]
JGM Pick of the Week: September 4, 2018
“He’s Never Failed Me Yet” Saint Mark Sanctuary Choir From The Saint Mark Experience Live (2018) https://store.cdbaby.com/cd/saintmarksanctuarychoir By Bob Marovich From the opening strains of “He’s Never Failed Me Yet,” the Sanctuary Choir of Saint Mark Baptist Church in Little Rock, Arkansas, is unrelenting in its praise of an unfailing [...]
Cameron Ross – Power: Instrumental Praise & Worship
Cameron Ross Power: Instrumental Praise & Worship Cameron Ross Music (release date: April 19, 2018) www.cameronrossmusic.com By Bob Marovich Jazz saxophonist Cameron Ross’s sophomore album Power lives up to its subtitle. Ross renders contemporary Praise & Worship favorites in the smooth jazz format and then commences to improvise on their melodies on [...]
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Dedicated Men of Zion – The Devil Don’t Like It
Dedicated Men of Zion The Devil Don’t Like It https://fatpossum.com/collections/bible-tire-recording-co (release date: March 3, 2022) By Robert M. Marovich On The Devil Don’t Like It, their follow-up to 2020’s Can’t Turn Me Around, the Dedicated Men of Zion quartet breathes new life into a handful of gospel classics by fitting them with arrangements that sound straight out of the soulful early 1970s. It’s been a heady time for the Eastern North Carolina quartet. In addition to Can’t Turn Me Around, their second album and debut for Bruce Watson’s Bible & Tire imprint, the group was featured on the critically-acclaimed 2021 [...]
JGM Pick of the Week: September 4, 2018
“He’s Never Failed Me Yet” Saint Mark Sanctuary Choir From The Saint Mark Experience Live (2018) https://store.cdbaby.com/cd/saintmarksanctuarychoir By Bob Marovich From the opening strains of “He’s Never Failed Me Yet,” the Sanctuary Choir of Saint Mark Baptist Church in Little Rock, Arkansas, is unrelenting in its praise of an unfailing [...]
Cameron Ross – Power: Instrumental Praise & Worship
Cameron Ross Power: Instrumental Praise & Worship Cameron Ross Music (release date: April 19, 2018) www.cameronrossmusic.com By Bob Marovich Jazz saxophonist Cameron Ross’s sophomore album Power lives up to its subtitle. Ross renders contemporary Praise & Worship favorites in the smooth jazz format and then commences to improvise on their melodies on [...]
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Joseph JoubertTotal Praise: Classic Hymns for PianoGIA Publications 2009www.giamusic.comA rumbling of Rachmaninoff in Richard Smallwood? A sampling of Satie in Andrae Crouch? I’ll bet you have never heard gospel songs [...]
What I loved most about this brief description of a late '60s privately-pressed recording, made available once again by Big Legal Mess Records, is its assertion that vinyl is "the [...]
Tifani WilsonIn LoveIndependent label 2009www.tifaniwilson.comWhen couples would ask Tifani Wilson to sing for their weddings, the singer-songwriter had difficulty finding love songs that truly fit their individual stories and personalities. [...]
"Optimistic"Melba Moore and Phil PerryFrom the Shanachie CD The Gift of Love 2009www.shanachie.com“Optimistic” is the first single from, and also the first of several inspirational tracks on, Melba Moore and [...]
Danny Brooks & the Rockin’ RevelatorsLive at the Palais Royale – Soulsville IIIHIS House Records 2009www.dannybrooksmusic.com“When the trouble of the day gets in your way, hold on to yesterday” is [...]
...for making it onto the 2009-2010 Stellar Award's second and final round nomination ballot for "New Artist of the Year," based on her debut solo album, God Can Do Anything!Darrell [...]
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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.
