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“He’ll Make It Alright” – Chicago Mass Choir
Karen Wooten leads the venerable Chicago Mass Choir on “He’ll Make It Alright,” a hard-charging declaration of encouragement in the midst of life’s trials.
Root Magazine Launches Rooted In Wellness Initiative at 16th Anniversary Celebration and Live Gospel Showcase in Nashville, TN
Hasan James New York, NY – July 31, 2025 – Root Magazine, one of gospel music’s premier publications, proudly announces the launch of its groundbreaking health awareness initiative, Rooted In Wellness, during its Sixteenth Anniversary Celebration and Annual Live Musical Showcase. The event will take place on Friday, [...]
JGM Pick of the Week: August 4, 2025
“Soul War” Gerren Lavey Independent (release date: July 25, 2025)
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Recent Posts
“He’ll Make It Alright” – Chicago Mass Choir
Karen Wooten leads the venerable Chicago Mass Choir on “He’ll Make It Alright,” a hard-charging declaration of encouragement in the midst of life’s trials.
Root Magazine Launches Rooted In Wellness Initiative at 16th Anniversary Celebration and Live Gospel Showcase in Nashville, TN
Hasan James New York, NY – July 31, 2025 – Root Magazine, one of gospel music’s premier publications, proudly announces the launch of its groundbreaking health awareness initiative, Rooted In Wellness, during its Sixteenth Anniversary Celebration and Annual Live Musical Showcase. The event will take place on Friday, [...]
JGM Pick of the Week: August 4, 2025
“Soul War” Gerren Lavey Independent (release date: July 25, 2025)
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JGM was saddened to learn of the transition of Bishop Claude Odell Timmons, a gospel music artist and religious leader.
Like a cross between a worship team and a mellower Marshall Tucker Band, the earnest Saved by Grace delivers radio-sized songs with uncomplicated lyrics sung with conversational ease.
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 [...]
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“In His Presence” Geneatha Wright Feat. the Bible Faith Tabernacle Choir and Denise Renee Godfather Records (release date: March 27, 2017) www.cdbaby.com/cd/geneathawright2 By Bob Marovich First Lady Geneatha Wright gives her all to “In His Presence,” a simple, sweet ballad written by her husband, Pastor David Wright, about being where Jesus is because where Jesus [...]
“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 [...]
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 [...]
