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From Legacy to Global Impact: Inaugural bamX-Black Music Week Launches in Atlanta
ATLANTA, GA (March 3, 2026) — Atlanta will take center stage this May with the launch of bamX — Black Music Week, a citywide cultural experience celebrating the legacy, global influence, and future of Black American music. Taking place May 25–June 2, 2026, the inaugural week coincides with Africa Day, Memorial Day, and Black Music Month, uniting culture, commerce, and community in the city widely regarded as the modern epicenter of Black music. Presented by the Black American Music Association (BAMA) in partnership with UNITE ATLANTA, Black Music Week will convene artists, executives, entrepreneurs, educators, civic leaders, and innovators [...]
Dorinda Clark-Cole and Vincent Bohanan Set to Host Stellar Nominee Pre-Show Dinner and Awards at the National Museum of African American Music
RADIO AWARDS HOSTED BY LONNIE HUNTER; PRE-SHOW RED CARPET HOSTED BY META WASHINGTON & RIZZO SPECIAL PERFORMANCES AND GUEST APPEARANCES BY: ERICA CAMPBELL, MICAH LEE, TASHA PAGE LOCKHART, LISA KNOWLES-SMITH, EVVIE MCKINNEY, DOE, LUCINDA MOORE, MARTHA MUNIZZI, TED & SHERI AND MORE (July 29, 2025) Nashville, TN - The 40th [...]
JGM Pick of the Week: July 28, 2025
“You Are Holy” Kelly Young Hart Independent (release date: July 21, 2025)
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From Legacy to Global Impact: Inaugural bamX-Black Music Week Launches in Atlanta
ATLANTA, GA (March 3, 2026) — Atlanta will take center stage this May with the launch of bamX — Black Music Week, a citywide cultural experience celebrating the legacy, global influence, and future of Black American music. Taking place May 25–June 2, 2026, the inaugural week coincides with Africa Day, Memorial Day, and Black Music Month, uniting culture, commerce, and community in the city widely regarded as the modern epicenter of Black music. Presented by the Black American Music Association (BAMA) in partnership with UNITE ATLANTA, Black Music Week will convene artists, executives, entrepreneurs, educators, civic leaders, and innovators [...]
Dorinda Clark-Cole and Vincent Bohanan Set to Host Stellar Nominee Pre-Show Dinner and Awards at the National Museum of African American Music
RADIO AWARDS HOSTED BY LONNIE HUNTER; PRE-SHOW RED CARPET HOSTED BY META WASHINGTON & RIZZO SPECIAL PERFORMANCES AND GUEST APPEARANCES BY: ERICA CAMPBELL, MICAH LEE, TASHA PAGE LOCKHART, LISA KNOWLES-SMITH, EVVIE MCKINNEY, DOE, LUCINDA MOORE, MARTHA MUNIZZI, TED & SHERI AND MORE (July 29, 2025) Nashville, TN - The 40th [...]
JGM Pick of the Week: July 28, 2025
“You Are Holy” Kelly Young Hart Independent (release date: July 21, 2025)
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Wednesday, August 2, 2023, saw the passing of two towering figures in the history of African American gospel music: musician and educator Kenneth Woods Jr. and Professor L. Stanley Davis.
Kenneth Woods Jr. transitioned from labor to reward this morning, August 2, 2023. He was 94.
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By Robert M. Marovich JGM is saddened to learn of the passing of Carnell Murrell. Here is a short bio we contributed to the Malaco Music Group website some years [...]
“Praise Him” has the fulsome and thunderous Sunday morning church choir sound characteristic of its presenter, Bishop Dan Willis and the All Nations Choir, the artist formerly known as the Pentecostals of Chicago.
“It's Morning” Latrice Pace From the forthcoming album Exodus: The Journey of Obedience Volume 2 (single release date: July 14, 2023)
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“He’s the One” Monica Lisa Stevenson feat. Pastor Walter E. Ellis From the album Kainos (The Acoustic Documentary) Puretonez Production/eOne Distribution (release date: September 2016) www.monicalisastevenson.com By Bob Marovich Those who appreciate the fiery traditional singing of Monica Lisa Stevenson, the proverbial fifth Caravan, will be slightly taken aback by her softer, gentler, and overall [...]
“Touch Me” Ronica & the Blazing Stars MoDa Records (2017) RonicaTheBlazingStars@gmail.com By Bob Marovich “Touch Me” by Ronica & the Blazing Stars has the relentless up-tempo quartet backbeat and chugging guitars that recall the days when standard musical accompaniment and Holy Ghost-inspired singing were all you needed to move a congregation and shout the glory [...]
“Forever Mercy” Lamont Sanders Independent release, October 2015 www.lamontsanders.com On “Forever Mercy,” New Jersey singer and songwriter Lamont Sanders—a self-described mashup of John P. Kee and Luther Vandross—contributes his combined experience in church music and R&B to this deftly-produced ballad that extols the grace and mercy of Jesus. Sanders not only gives thanks for that [...]
“Keep Pushin” Keith “Wonderboy” Johnson SRT Entertainment (release date: March 24, 2017) To a hard-charging funk arrangement, Keith “Wonderboy” Johnson encourages listeners to not give up because God “will never leave you by yourself.” Working two jobs? Body in pain? "Just keep pushin'." A young man born with an old soul, Johnson has helped keep [...]
“Joy!” Warren Dean Flandez, feat. Top Line Vocal Collective From the CD Eternally Grateful www.wdfworld.com On his new project, Eternally Grateful, Vancouver gospel sensation Warren Dean Flandez reprises the five-star material from his EP What the World Needs Now, adding additional tracks to round the package out. “Joy!,” featuring the talented 50-member choir known as [...]
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.
Please keep Vanessa Bell Armstrong and her family lifted in prayer. Madame Armstrong's mother passed in March and now we learn that her son Terrance passed away just hours ago. Thanks to Mona King Austin for sharing the news with Journal of Gospel Music. We extend our deepest sympathies to the entire family and its circle [...]
Marcel West informed the Journal of Gospel Music that gospel singer Julia Mae Price-Williams died. A PK--her father pastored Second Baptist Church in Augusta--Miss Julia sang briefly with the Davis Sisters of Philadelphia and later the Caravans. She married Rev. Felton Williams Jr., and in 1981, while living in Baltimore, she recorded her first solo [...]
