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“Fall On Me” A. Samar Biggham A. Samar Biggham Music Group (2021) www.samarbiggham.com By Robert M. Marovich In case you are wondering, A. Samar Biggham indeed is from that Biggham family. His grandfather is the Rev. Dr. Milton Biggham, veteran choir leader and former executive of Savoy Records. His great-grandmother was a member of the Sykes Gospel Singers of Thomasville, Georgia. The acorn doesn’t fall far from the tree, the saying goes. Anthony Samar (A. Samar) has been in the gospel music ministry for about a decade but has been preaching since age 10. Among his accomplishments was appearing in [...]
Endurance (feat. the late Joe Ligon)
Endurance (feat. The Late Joe Ligon) Changed SCCME Records (release date: September 29, 2017) http://musicbyendurance.com/ By Bob Marovich The Stellar Award-nominated gospel quartet Endurance of Houston, Texas, had the mixed blessing of being responsible for Joe Ligon’s last known recording. It was a mixed blessing because they got to work with the [...]
Christafari – Original Love
Christafari Original Love Lion of Zion Entertainment (release date: April 13, 2018) www.christafari.com By Bob Marovich Toward the end of Original Love, Christafari’s seventh consecutive album to debut at #1 on the Billboard reggae charts, we hear the gospel reggae band’s founder and lead vocalist, Pastor Mark Mohr, offer his [...]
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JGM Pick of the Week: January 10, 2022
“Fall On Me” A. Samar Biggham A. Samar Biggham Music Group (2021) www.samarbiggham.com By Robert M. Marovich In case you are wondering, A. Samar Biggham indeed is from that Biggham family. His grandfather is the Rev. Dr. Milton Biggham, veteran choir leader and former executive of Savoy Records. His great-grandmother was a member of the Sykes Gospel Singers of Thomasville, Georgia. The acorn doesn’t fall far from the tree, the saying goes. Anthony Samar (A. Samar) has been in the gospel music ministry for about a decade but has been preaching since age 10. Among his accomplishments was appearing in [...]
Endurance (feat. the late Joe Ligon)
Endurance (feat. The Late Joe Ligon) Changed SCCME Records (release date: September 29, 2017) http://musicbyendurance.com/ By Bob Marovich The Stellar Award-nominated gospel quartet Endurance of Houston, Texas, had the mixed blessing of being responsible for Joe Ligon’s last known recording. It was a mixed blessing because they got to work with the [...]
Christafari – Original Love
Christafari Original Love Lion of Zion Entertainment (release date: April 13, 2018) www.christafari.com By Bob Marovich Toward the end of Original Love, Christafari’s seventh consecutive album to debut at #1 on the Billboard reggae charts, we hear the gospel reggae band’s founder and lead vocalist, Pastor Mark Mohr, offer his [...]
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“Wonderful”Coco McMillanFrom the T Records CD I’ve Been Delivered (release scheduled for July 17, 2009).www.trecords.netI first heard Coco McMillan when she appeared at GMWA in 2007 to promote her single, [...]
Eddie ReddicHe Accepted MeReddic Records 2003www.eddiereddiconline.comHouston, Texas native Pastor Eddie Reddic plays most of the positions on his debut album, He Accepted Me. He sings, plays guitar, bass, organ and [...]
National Basketball Association star, three-time All-American at the University of Oklahoma and jazz musician Wayman Tisdale died in his hometown of Tulsa, Oklahoma today, Friday, May 15. Tisdale was 44.The [...]
True BelieversBreak ThroughMalaco Records 2008www.malaco.comHere’s another young quartet with an old soul.Earlier in the decade, McComb, Mississippi’s True Believers recorded for the Blackberry label under the guidance of the Williams [...]
“Till the Morning Comes”Sylvester BurksC&W Records 2009www.C-N-WRecords.comTalk about a crossroads.As an eighteen year-old, Sylvester Burks had to choose between a request from Rev. James Cleveland to go on tour or [...]
Everybody Dance!James RobersonJDI Records 2009www.myspace.com/jamesrobersonjdiIn the liner notes for his debut solo album Everybody Dance!, JDI Records chief Professor James Roberson explains that making this CD was on his mind [...]
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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.













