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“Someone Has to Care” – Christian Scharen
Someone Has to Care: The Roots and Hip-Hop’s Prophetic Calling. By Christian Scharen. Eugene, Oregon: Cascade Books. 130 pp. (paperback). Illustrations, Notes, Bibliography. ISBN 978-1-5326-1217-6. $18.00 By Robert M. Marovich As Christian Scharen observes in his new book, Someone Has to Care, the titles of albums by hip-hop group The Roots exist on three levels: as a barometer of The Roots’ personal and creative state, as a commentary on the current status of hip-hop as an expressive art, and as a socio-political critique of longstanding oppression and suffering. Employing the same rule of three, Scharen, author and pastor of St. [...]
Kendrick Evans – Live Therapy Session
Kendrick Evans Live Therapy Session Rock the Cause Records (release date: September 29, 2017) By Bob Marovich Appearing on the CW docu-drama My Last Days, award-winning gospel singer Kendrick Evans of Quincy, Florida, opened up about his acute sleep apnea that doctors said would give him about three more years to [...]
Various Artists: JDI Classics – Gospel Music for All Occasions
Various Artists JDI Classics: Gospel Music for All Occasions JDI Records (release date: April 6, 2018) By Bob Marovich JDI Records founder and CEO James Roberson has been doing some spring cleaning. In the case of The Essential Beverly Crawford, Vol. 2 as well as with this new JDI Classics [...]
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Bob Marovich of the Journal of Gospel Music interviews gospel recording artist Lil Prince.
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“Someone Has to Care” – Christian Scharen
Someone Has to Care: The Roots and Hip-Hop’s Prophetic Calling. By Christian Scharen. Eugene, Oregon: Cascade Books. 130 pp. (paperback). Illustrations, Notes, Bibliography. ISBN 978-1-5326-1217-6. $18.00 By Robert M. Marovich As Christian Scharen observes in his new book, Someone Has to Care, the titles of albums by hip-hop group The Roots exist on three levels: as a barometer of The Roots’ personal and creative state, as a commentary on the current status of hip-hop as an expressive art, and as a socio-political critique of longstanding oppression and suffering. Employing the same rule of three, Scharen, author and pastor of St. [...]
Kendrick Evans – Live Therapy Session
Kendrick Evans Live Therapy Session Rock the Cause Records (release date: September 29, 2017) By Bob Marovich Appearing on the CW docu-drama My Last Days, award-winning gospel singer Kendrick Evans of Quincy, Florida, opened up about his acute sleep apnea that doctors said would give him about three more years to [...]
Various Artists: JDI Classics – Gospel Music for All Occasions
Various Artists JDI Classics: Gospel Music for All Occasions JDI Records (release date: April 6, 2018) By Bob Marovich JDI Records founder and CEO James Roberson has been doing some spring cleaning. In the case of The Essential Beverly Crawford, Vol. 2 as well as with this new JDI Classics [...]
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From ROCspace News:Ken Cook, manager of national promotions for EMI Gospel and well-known gospel music executive, died Monday, March 16, 2009 at Vanderbilt Medical Center in Nashville, TN, after a [...]
Bill Carpenter and Gregory Gay informed TBGB that Shirley Joiner, beloved founder of the Southeast Inspirational Choir and member of the BCS Trio, passed away on Monday, March 16. The [...]
“With You Always”Troy SneedFrom the Emtro Gospel CD In Due Season (street date: June 30, 2009)www.emtro.comFloridian praise and worshipper and record label owner Troy Sneed delivers Minister Omega Forbes’ composition [...]
It is with heavy heart that TBGB reports the passing of Margaret Aikens-Jenkins. She transitioned from labor to reward on March 6, 2009 in Hawthorne, California.Her daughter, Marie Wakefield, said [...]
Doris Stokes & Praise UnlimitedPraise and Worship…Unleashed!Black Pearl Enterprises 2008http://www.dorisastokes.com/Dayton, Ohio has made a considerable mark on music history, and the Stokes Family seems to have played a role in [...]
Rev. Stanley Keeble turned 72 on March 8. He celebrated by bringing some of his gospel singing friends together for a musical on Monday, March 9 at Logos Baptist Assembly [...]
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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.
