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Christina Bell – Still Faithful
Christina Bell Still Faithful Malaco Music Group (release date: July 30, 2021) www.malaco.com By Robert M. Marovich There's no place like home. So that's just where Christina Bell went, to her hometown of Shreveport, Louisiana, to record a live worship service and package it as Still Faithful. Bell’s star has risen from her days in the youth choir at Shreveport's Bright Star Baptist Church, to membership in the popular female gospel group Zie'l, to solo artist, and then actress, playing Twinkie Clark in Lifetime's Clark Sisters biopic. Although Bell demonstrates dramatic flair on Still Faithful, it's all about the singing. [...]
Ruth La’Ontra – I Got You
Ruth La'Ontra I Got You ALJR Music Group/Tyscot Records (release date: September 22, 2017) www.tyscot.com By Bob Marovich To the best of my recollection, the last time a Ruth Jones was in gospel music, she was a teenager singing with Sallie Martin. Finding it difficult to keep boy-crazy Ruth in [...]
RIP: Pastor Shawn Jones
Photo Credit: Facebook By Bob Marovich The Journal of Gospel Music was saddened to learn of the sudden passing of Pastor Shawn Jones of the Alabama quartet Shawn Jones and the Believers. Here is the group's biography, from their Facebook page: "Pastor Shawn Jones (Formally of The Alabama [...]
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Christina Bell – Still Faithful
Christina Bell Still Faithful Malaco Music Group (release date: July 30, 2021) www.malaco.com By Robert M. Marovich There's no place like home. So that's just where Christina Bell went, to her hometown of Shreveport, Louisiana, to record a live worship service and package it as Still Faithful. Bell’s star has risen from her days in the youth choir at Shreveport's Bright Star Baptist Church, to membership in the popular female gospel group Zie'l, to solo artist, and then actress, playing Twinkie Clark in Lifetime's Clark Sisters biopic. Although Bell demonstrates dramatic flair on Still Faithful, it's all about the singing. [...]
Ruth La’Ontra – I Got You
Ruth La'Ontra I Got You ALJR Music Group/Tyscot Records (release date: September 22, 2017) www.tyscot.com By Bob Marovich To the best of my recollection, the last time a Ruth Jones was in gospel music, she was a teenager singing with Sallie Martin. Finding it difficult to keep boy-crazy Ruth in [...]
RIP: Pastor Shawn Jones
Photo Credit: Facebook By Bob Marovich The Journal of Gospel Music was saddened to learn of the sudden passing of Pastor Shawn Jones of the Alabama quartet Shawn Jones and the Believers. Here is the group's biography, from their Facebook page: "Pastor Shawn Jones (Formally of The Alabama [...]
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From D.A. Johnson of Malaco Records:Jackson, MS. March 24, 2008- On Friday, March 21, 2008, Gospel music lost another legend. Dillard Crume, producer, guitarist and lead singer of the legendary [...]
Interpretations of GraceLeAnne PalmorePassion Parts Entertainment 2008www.leannepalmore.comIt’s hard not to fall madly in love with this CD.And this comes from a reviewer who prefers the extremes, the traditional and the [...]
Love Forever Shines in Stores May 13First Single “God Is Good” #1 Most Added at Gospel RadioMegaChurch Tour Scheduled for Spring and SummerFrom a press release by: Gwendolyn QuinnRobyn Ryland-SandersGQ [...]
Back At ‘Ya, Lord!Miz TEverybreath Productions 2008http://www.miztgospelcomedienne.com/Tranea’ (known as Miz T) is a very funny lady. She has a comfortable and intimate rapport with her audience, which enjoys listening to [...]
red dress kattyblack24Attending the world premiere of the Chicago Black Ensemble Theater’s “I Am Who I Am” (The Story of Teddy Pendergrass) last night, I learned that the man whose [...]
“Show Yourself Mighty”Albert Jamison Presents the New York State Mass ChoirFrom the Light Records CD Show Yourself Mighty 2007http://www.light-street.com/Chairman of the Gospel Music Workshop of America and former leader of [...]
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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.
