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Gospel Music Community Mourns Loss of Derrick Lee
By Robert M. Marovich The gospel music community is mourning the loss of Derrick Lee, who transitioned from labor to reward February 19, 2022, at Vanderbilt Hospital in Nashville, Tennessee. He had been battling health issues for some time and had been in the hospital since the week after Christmas 2021. Friends and associates sete up a GoFundMe page to help defray his hospital expenses. From Newark, New Jersey, Lee was a talented songwriter and musician who went on to become the music director for BET's Bobby Jones Gospel, the longest-running gospel music television program. After his show's 35-year tenure [...]
Aretha Franklin, Queen of Soul and Gospel Singer
By Bob Marovich Aretha Franklin, the multi-GRAMMY Award-winning "Queen of Soul," went on home to be with the Lord today at age 76 after a struggle with pancreatic cancer. Born in Memphis but a longtime Detroit resident, Franklin was an accomplished gospel vocalist before and during her professional music career. [...]
PJ Morgan – The Transparency Project
PJ Morgan The Transparency Project 1DMV Music Group (release date: June 1, 2018) By Bob Marovich The Transparency Project is the debut instrumental jazz album from Stellar Award-nominated producer and keyboardist Paul Lawrence Morgan, aka PJ Morgan, who Ben Tankard had named as his music director and is currently band director for [...]
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Gospel Music Community Mourns Loss of Derrick Lee
By Robert M. Marovich The gospel music community is mourning the loss of Derrick Lee, who transitioned from labor to reward February 19, 2022, at Vanderbilt Hospital in Nashville, Tennessee. He had been battling health issues for some time and had been in the hospital since the week after Christmas 2021. Friends and associates sete up a GoFundMe page to help defray his hospital expenses. From Newark, New Jersey, Lee was a talented songwriter and musician who went on to become the music director for BET's Bobby Jones Gospel, the longest-running gospel music television program. After his show's 35-year tenure [...]
Aretha Franklin, Queen of Soul and Gospel Singer
By Bob Marovich Aretha Franklin, the multi-GRAMMY Award-winning "Queen of Soul," went on home to be with the Lord today at age 76 after a struggle with pancreatic cancer. Born in Memphis but a longtime Detroit resident, Franklin was an accomplished gospel vocalist before and during her professional music career. [...]
PJ Morgan – The Transparency Project
PJ Morgan The Transparency Project 1DMV Music Group (release date: June 1, 2018) By Bob Marovich The Transparency Project is the debut instrumental jazz album from Stellar Award-nominated producer and keyboardist Paul Lawrence Morgan, aka PJ Morgan, who Ben Tankard had named as his music director and is currently band director for [...]
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“Vessel Unto You”Elizabeth CurryFrom the CD Creflo Dollar Presents: Heart of God CHANGE Arrow Records 2009www.arrow-records.comCreflo Dollar’s Arrow Records delivers crisply produced, no-nonsense gospel releases that cover the waterfront, from [...]
This summer has witnessed a number of new releases, including Don’t Waste Another Day by the Twin Cities-based James Grear & Company. TBGB had a chance to chat with Dr. [...]
“Purpose and Destiny”Nicole “Faithful” FranklinFrom the Thank You Entertainment/Living Water Records album Taking It Back (release date: September 29, 2009)www.nicolefaithfulfranklin.comThe lovely and multi-talented Nicole “Faithful” Franklin is a singer, dancer [...]
A’Donna Bowen-WilliamsWorthyWilliams Music 2008www.adonnabwilliams.comWorthy is an apt title for A’Donna B. Williams’ debut solo project, because it is a showcase worthy of her estimable talents. The live performance recorded for [...]
RajaThe Art of Living: What Do I Think About It?Raja Records 2009www.rajaiam.comAs a youngster growing up in Northeast Ohio, Raja (born Samuel Crumby) would escape the confines of his reality [...]
TBGB expresses its condolences to the family, friends and other loved ones of Delores "Sugar" Poindexter of Indianapolis, Indiana, who left this earth to receive her reward on September 15, [...]
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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.
