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JGM Pick of the Week November 15, 2021
“Wonderful” Kim Person KLP Music Enterprise (release date: October 2021) www.kimpersontheartist.com By Robert M. Marovich Kim Person gives the Reverend F. C. Barnes’ classic “So Many Wonderful Things” a loping, shoulder-shaking treatment. Slowing the tempo ever so slightly, Person offers a litany of the many wonderful things about Jesus. Although she gives no specific examples, Person makes it plain that her praise comes from blessings received. “When I call, you’re right on time.” She closes with a flowering of melisma. It’s gratifying when an artist recycles a favorite song in the gospel music canon, and also gratifying to see an [...]
“Hallelujah” – Ben Harrell feat. Alisha Bender
Ben Harrell. Photo credit: Writers Foundation LLC “Hallelujah” Ben Harrell feat. Alisha Bender (release date: December 10, 2017) http://www.writersfoundationllc.org/ By Bob Marovich “Hallelujah” is part confessional, part praise song, part CCM, and part gospel. In her lovely soprano, Alicia Bender, a classically-trained singer and former member of the [...]
JGM Pick of the Week: January 22, 2018
“Church Medley II” Syreeta Thompson Trumpetlady From the CD Evolution of a Winner (release date: September 15, 2017) www.trumpetlady.com By Bob Marovich At one time, brass instruments in the service of God were found only in Pentecostal and Spiritual churches and, of course, in the famed shout bands of the United House [...]
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JGM Pick of the Week November 15, 2021
“Wonderful” Kim Person KLP Music Enterprise (release date: October 2021) www.kimpersontheartist.com By Robert M. Marovich Kim Person gives the Reverend F. C. Barnes’ classic “So Many Wonderful Things” a loping, shoulder-shaking treatment. Slowing the tempo ever so slightly, Person offers a litany of the many wonderful things about Jesus. Although she gives no specific examples, Person makes it plain that her praise comes from blessings received. “When I call, you’re right on time.” She closes with a flowering of melisma. It’s gratifying when an artist recycles a favorite song in the gospel music canon, and also gratifying to see an [...]
“Hallelujah” – Ben Harrell feat. Alisha Bender
Ben Harrell. Photo credit: Writers Foundation LLC “Hallelujah” Ben Harrell feat. Alisha Bender (release date: December 10, 2017) http://www.writersfoundationllc.org/ By Bob Marovich “Hallelujah” is part confessional, part praise song, part CCM, and part gospel. In her lovely soprano, Alicia Bender, a classically-trained singer and former member of the [...]
JGM Pick of the Week: January 22, 2018
“Church Medley II” Syreeta Thompson Trumpetlady From the CD Evolution of a Winner (release date: September 15, 2017) www.trumpetlady.com By Bob Marovich At one time, brass instruments in the service of God were found only in Pentecostal and Spiritual churches and, of course, in the famed shout bands of the United House [...]
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A New DayPaul PorterLight Records 2008http://www.lightrecords.com/Paul Porter left the Christianaires earlier this year, after three decades with the quartet, to give voice to musical ideas that have been forming in [...]
Be sure to attend the Chicago Area Gospel Announcers Guild's 13th Year Gala Anniversary Celebration and Gospel Music Summit on October 10 and 11, 2008.Friday, October 10, 7:00 p.m.: "Dress [...]
The iconic Blind Boys of Alabama join forces with the equally legendary Preservation Hall Jazz Band at the MacAninch Arts Center at College of Du Page in Glen Ellyn, Illinois [...]
"Vengeance is Mine"TonyaFrom the Kingdom Records CD Special Friendwww.kingdomrecordsinc.comOn "Vengeance is Mine," singer-songwriter Tonya Baker of Dayton, Ohio exhorts listeners to not take matters into their own hands when things [...]
He Changed MeDr. Bobby Jones presents Renee Spearman and PrezJDI Records 2008www.jdirecords.comGospel Music Workshop of America Duo of the Year Renee Spearman and Eugene “Prez” Blackmon II enjoyed a very [...]
“Here in Me”DeLeonFrom the CD Here in MeDemari Entertainment/Arrow Records 2008www.deleonmusic.comThe Grammy and Stellar-nominated singer, songwriter and actress DeLeon Richards Sheffield is back in the spotlight with a gospel CD [...]
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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.
