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JGM Pick of the Week: January 3, 2022
“A Million Dreams” Laila Adele & One Nation feat. Jonas Engstrom Independent (release date: June 17, 2021) www.onenation.se By Robert M. Marovich For decades, songs from the Broadway stage have been anointed with sacred oil through covers by gospel artists. Among these are “Sunrise Sunset” from Fiddler on the Roof (Mahalia Jackson), “Without a Song” from Great Day (James Cleveland and the Cleveland Singers), and “You’ll Never Walk Alone” from Carousel (Five Blind Boys of Alabama). In the hands of Laila Adele and Jonas Engstrom’s One Nation gospel choir from Sweden, “A Million Dreams” from The Greatest Showman becomes an [...]
Jason Nelson – The Answer
Jason Nelson The Answer RCA Inspiration (release date: May 18, 2018) www.rcainspiration.com By Bob Marovich What makes Jason Nelson’s The Answer the finest of his five solo albums to date is the quality of the songs. Several of the melodic and biblically-based worship ballads on this live project are not only infectious, [...]
Pastor Terrell Rogers & Men of Destiny: Stand By Me “Live”
Pastor Terrell Rogers & Men of Destiny Stand By Me “Live” 4 Winds Records / Malaco Music Group (release date: March 2, 2018) www.malaco.com By Bob Marovich Listening to Pastor Terrell Rogers’ rough-hewn lead vocals meet the smooth harmonies of Men of Destiny is like eating salted caramel: they are [...]
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JGM Pick of the Week: January 3, 2022
“A Million Dreams” Laila Adele & One Nation feat. Jonas Engstrom Independent (release date: June 17, 2021) www.onenation.se By Robert M. Marovich For decades, songs from the Broadway stage have been anointed with sacred oil through covers by gospel artists. Among these are “Sunrise Sunset” from Fiddler on the Roof (Mahalia Jackson), “Without a Song” from Great Day (James Cleveland and the Cleveland Singers), and “You’ll Never Walk Alone” from Carousel (Five Blind Boys of Alabama). In the hands of Laila Adele and Jonas Engstrom’s One Nation gospel choir from Sweden, “A Million Dreams” from The Greatest Showman becomes an [...]
Jason Nelson – The Answer
Jason Nelson The Answer RCA Inspiration (release date: May 18, 2018) www.rcainspiration.com By Bob Marovich What makes Jason Nelson’s The Answer the finest of his five solo albums to date is the quality of the songs. Several of the melodic and biblically-based worship ballads on this live project are not only infectious, [...]
Pastor Terrell Rogers & Men of Destiny: Stand By Me “Live”
Pastor Terrell Rogers & Men of Destiny Stand By Me “Live” 4 Winds Records / Malaco Music Group (release date: March 2, 2018) www.malaco.com By Bob Marovich Listening to Pastor Terrell Rogers’ rough-hewn lead vocals meet the smooth harmonies of Men of Destiny is like eating salted caramel: they are [...]
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Poetic EmpowermentGrace LaJoyIGL Publishing 2008www.gracelajoy.comEarlier TBGB reviewed Songs by Grace LaJoy, entrepreneur Dr. Grace LaJoy Henderson’s musical collaboration with gospel artist Zenobia Smith. Poetic Empowerment is LaJoy’s contribution to the [...]
From Kia Jarmon of Light Records:Bishop Paul S. Morton, Paul Porter, and Pastor Shirley Caesar Receive Nods for 40th Dove Music AwardsNashville, TN--Light Records is pleased to congratulate Bishop Paul [...]
Dorothy NorwoodFifty Years – It’s Been Worth It AllMalaco 2009www.malaco.comWhen I first met the “Gospel Storyteller,” Dorothy Norwood, in the early 1990s, I was unnerved to come face to face [...]
“Spirit Fall Down”Luther Barnes & the Red Budd Gospel ChoirFrom the AIR Gospel CD Somehow, Someway (2008)www.malaco.comIf you ever wondered what a Sunset Jubilaires quartet song might sound like as [...]
SharonPhasesShalamusic 2009www.myspace.com/shalamusicSharon Cotten (with an "e") has a voice that’s easy to fall in love with.The New York-native’s sophomore project Phases teams her RnB- and pop-flavored vocals with a spirited [...]
"I Wanna Go”Dorothy NorwoodFrom the CD Fifty Years, It’s Been Worth It All (Malaco 2009)www.malaco.comSeeing Shirley Caesar’s 2008 bid and raising it by ten years, fellow Caravan Dorothy Norwood celebrates [...]
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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.
