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The Rosa Parks Family Foundation Endorses Dewayne Harvey’s Gospel Hit, “What The Lord Allows”
(DETROIT, MI, Nov. 30, 2021) On December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks stood up for civil rights and against segregation when she refused to give up her seat and move to the back of a city bus in Montgomery, Alabama. This bold move from Ms. Parks helped spark the Civil Rights Movement, inspiring leaders such as the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr to take action towards helping our nation become a better society. To commemorate that historic event, this year the Rosa Parks Family Foundation, headed by Rhea McCauley – the niece of the departed Ms. Parks – announces the [...]
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“Your Blessing is on its Way” God’s Posse From The Kind of God We Serve: Live in Chicago (EP) Trewworks Music Group/Denzell Music Group By Bob Marovich The Chicago-based quartet God’s Posse offers a traditional drive-tempo workout in “Your Blessing is on its Way.” The infectious backbeat, the singers’ palpable enthusiasm, the [...]
Daniel D. – Tis So Sweet: Instrumental Violin Hymns
Daniel D. Tis So Sweet: Instrumental Violin Hymns DD Productions (release date: December 3, 2017) www.danieldmusic.com By Bob Marovich Instrumental sacred music in the African American tradition goes back decades. In fact, two of the first six sides cut by Arizona Dranes, a musician for the Church of God in Christ [...]
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The Rosa Parks Family Foundation Endorses Dewayne Harvey’s Gospel Hit, “What The Lord Allows”
(DETROIT, MI, Nov. 30, 2021) On December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks stood up for civil rights and against segregation when she refused to give up her seat and move to the back of a city bus in Montgomery, Alabama. This bold move from Ms. Parks helped spark the Civil Rights Movement, inspiring leaders such as the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr to take action towards helping our nation become a better society. To commemorate that historic event, this year the Rosa Parks Family Foundation, headed by Rhea McCauley – the niece of the departed Ms. Parks – announces the [...]
JGM Pick of the Week: February 26, 2018
“Your Blessing is on its Way” God’s Posse From The Kind of God We Serve: Live in Chicago (EP) Trewworks Music Group/Denzell Music Group By Bob Marovich The Chicago-based quartet God’s Posse offers a traditional drive-tempo workout in “Your Blessing is on its Way.” The infectious backbeat, the singers’ palpable enthusiasm, the [...]
Daniel D. – Tis So Sweet: Instrumental Violin Hymns
Daniel D. Tis So Sweet: Instrumental Violin Hymns DD Productions (release date: December 3, 2017) www.danieldmusic.com By Bob Marovich Instrumental sacred music in the African American tradition goes back decades. In fact, two of the first six sides cut by Arizona Dranes, a musician for the Church of God in Christ [...]
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From Bob Merz: Philadelphia, PA – Sister Rosetta Tharpe, the pioneering gospel musician and instrumentalist, finally has a gravestone marking her resting place at Northwood Cemetery in Philadelphia. Since her [...]
100% Cotton: The Family Pack Volume 1The Cotton Family100% Cotton Ministries 2001Ever wonder what happened to the Cotton Brothers? The quartet whose independently recorded single, “Remember Me, O Lord,” received [...]
“Hope Is Born”Desmond PringleFrom the forthcoming CD Fidelity (scheduled release: Spring 2009)www.desmondpringle.com“We’ve already won/Look at how far we’ve come/Let’s fully embrace/This change that is taking place.”From the opening lines, Desmond [...]
“Just Once.” “One Hundred Ways.” “Baby, Come to Me.” “Somewhere Out There.” Unless you’re Rip Van Winkle and slept through the Eighties and Nineties, chances are you’ve heard one or [...]
TBGB congratulates Pastor Marvin Sapp. His "Never Would Have Made It" tops the Associated Press' best songs list of 2008.Writes AP Music Writer Nekesa Mumbi Moody (Dec. 12, 2008):"If you [...]
AwesomeThe Voices of PromiseIMOK Gospel Music 2008www.imokgospelmusic.comThe Voices of Promise. It’s a perfect name for a youth choir. But they could also have been dubbed the Voices of Surprise. The [...]
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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.
