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“Jehovah Jireh” – Zak Williams & 1/Akord
“Jehovah Jireh” Zak Williams & 1/Akord Enon Music Group (release date: September 17, 2021) By Robert M. Marovich “Jehovah Jireh” celebrates God and old-school ('80s) gospel, Philly style. Representing the City of Brotherly Love, Zak Williams & 1/Akord offer a praise song with an agile arrangement noted for full-throated staccato choral singing, evangelistic exhortations from Williams, a flowing melody, and a hard-hitting rhythm section. Williams namechecks GMWA Mass Choir and Wilmington Chester Mass Choir alumnus Kevin Pringle, not only for added Philly cred but because the recording is a cover of Pringle’s composition. I first learned of Zak Williams & [...]
Kelontae Gavin – The Higher Experience
Kelontae Gavin The Higher Experience Tyscot Records / Marquis Boone Enterprises (release date: April 27, 2018) www.tyscot.com By Bob Marovich Now in its fifth decade, Tyscot Records has been repaving its road to success by introducing young artists and groups that mix praise and rhythm, often in an attempt to replicate the [...]
JGM Pick of the Week: May 8, 2018
“Blessing Me” Dr. F. James Clark Presents NextGeneration Choir From the City of Peace CD Sure. Focused. Centered (2017) By Bob Marovich Despite the jaunty piano intro and thunderous singing of the NextGeneration Choir, “Blessing Me” belongs to its fiery lead vocalist, Meaghan Williams-McNeal. Her feisty shouts and squalls lead the group on [...]
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“Jehovah Jireh” – Zak Williams & 1/Akord
“Jehovah Jireh” Zak Williams & 1/Akord Enon Music Group (release date: September 17, 2021) By Robert M. Marovich “Jehovah Jireh” celebrates God and old-school ('80s) gospel, Philly style. Representing the City of Brotherly Love, Zak Williams & 1/Akord offer a praise song with an agile arrangement noted for full-throated staccato choral singing, evangelistic exhortations from Williams, a flowing melody, and a hard-hitting rhythm section. Williams namechecks GMWA Mass Choir and Wilmington Chester Mass Choir alumnus Kevin Pringle, not only for added Philly cred but because the recording is a cover of Pringle’s composition. I first learned of Zak Williams & [...]
Kelontae Gavin – The Higher Experience
Kelontae Gavin The Higher Experience Tyscot Records / Marquis Boone Enterprises (release date: April 27, 2018) www.tyscot.com By Bob Marovich Now in its fifth decade, Tyscot Records has been repaving its road to success by introducing young artists and groups that mix praise and rhythm, often in an attempt to replicate the [...]
JGM Pick of the Week: May 8, 2018
“Blessing Me” Dr. F. James Clark Presents NextGeneration Choir From the City of Peace CD Sure. Focused. Centered (2017) By Bob Marovich Despite the jaunty piano intro and thunderous singing of the NextGeneration Choir, “Blessing Me” belongs to its fiery lead vocalist, Meaghan Williams-McNeal. Her feisty shouts and squalls lead the group on [...]
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“Let’s Celebrate (He Is Risen)”Reverend Timothy WrightFrom the AIR Records CD Live: Vol. III (2005)(also included on The Godfather of Gospel, in stores May 5)www.malaco.comReverend Timothy Wright continues to heal [...]
The Stavanger Gospel Company of Norway performs in ChicagoA longtime gospel music enthusiast, Norwegian guitarist and arranger Aril Schold had also built a fair amount of expertise in its performance [...]
Donnie McClurkinWe All Are One (Live in Detroit)Verity Records 2009www.verityrecords.com Unity and our essential one-ness as a human race are chief lyrical themes of We All Are One (Live in [...]
The Tennessean reported that David "Pop" Winans, Sr. died Wednesday, April 8 in Nashville, Tennessee. Read more here in The Tennessean.ALSO:The Baltimore Sun's Karlayne Parker reflects on the life and [...]
Tonya Hairston WareThe VoiceTonya Ware 2007www.tonyaware.comAlthough she has been singing since the tender age of six, it wasn’t until a couple of years ago that Tonya Hairston Ware plunged headlong [...]
“A Heart That Forgives”Kevin LeVar & One SoundFrom the Habakkuk Records CD Let’s Come Togetherwww.habakkukmusic.comKevin LeVar delivers this touching, inspirational ballad with even more emotion than he displayed on his [...]
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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.
