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Celebrating the Life of Gospel Legend Shawn McLemore
For Immediate Release (Houston, Texas) The music community is mourning the loss of a Gospel music legend with the passing of Shawn McLemore after an extended illness. "Shawn was a great spirit with enormous talent and personality to match", says Blacksmoke Music Worldwide CEO Kerry Douglas. "To see him take the stage and have absolute command of the room was just magic. He was genuine, he had a great sense of humor and when he sang, God listened. Shawn was a gift to us and he will surely be missed." Life began for Shawn McLemore in Los Angeles, California, where [...]
Cheryl Fortune – Simply Cheryl
Cheryl Fortune Simply Cheryl LuDawn Music / Tyscot Records (release date: October 13, 2017) www.tyscot.com By Bob Marovich On a selection from her album Simply Cheryl, gospel singer-songwriter Cheryl Fortune sings: “You don’t know the half of it, and I just can’t tell it all.” Cheryl, a background vocalist for Kirk [...]
JGM Music Hour – Episode 119
Click on the image above to begin streaming the program. Episode 119 Playlist: God is making a change – Endurance Just fine – Mama Sheila feat. Bryan Andrew Wilson Amazing Grace party – Tim Bowman feat. Tim Bowman Jr. Just like you – Free Will [...]
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Celebrating the Life of Gospel Legend Shawn McLemore
For Immediate Release (Houston, Texas) The music community is mourning the loss of a Gospel music legend with the passing of Shawn McLemore after an extended illness. "Shawn was a great spirit with enormous talent and personality to match", says Blacksmoke Music Worldwide CEO Kerry Douglas. "To see him take the stage and have absolute command of the room was just magic. He was genuine, he had a great sense of humor and when he sang, God listened. Shawn was a gift to us and he will surely be missed." Life began for Shawn McLemore in Los Angeles, California, where [...]
Cheryl Fortune – Simply Cheryl
Cheryl Fortune Simply Cheryl LuDawn Music / Tyscot Records (release date: October 13, 2017) www.tyscot.com By Bob Marovich On a selection from her album Simply Cheryl, gospel singer-songwriter Cheryl Fortune sings: “You don’t know the half of it, and I just can’t tell it all.” Cheryl, a background vocalist for Kirk [...]
JGM Music Hour – Episode 119
Click on the image above to begin streaming the program. Episode 119 Playlist: God is making a change – Endurance Just fine – Mama Sheila feat. Bryan Andrew Wilson Amazing Grace party – Tim Bowman feat. Tim Bowman Jr. Just like you – Free Will [...]
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The story continues..Hang in there, Pilgrim Baptist!From the website of WGN-AM 720 Chicago:Governor Rod Blagojevich is giving $1 million to the historic Pilgrim Baptist Church on Chicago's South Side, because [...]
Check out Chicago Tribune Jazz Critic Howard Reich's superb story on DeLois Barrett Campbell's annual birthday celebration and tribute, held today at Chicago's historic First Church of Deliverance.http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/music/chi-0309_barrettsmar09,1,3089690.story
“I Will Sing”Gerald Scott & CompanyFrom the CD INTROhttp://cdbaby.com/cd/gescott A native of Washington, DC and product of a musical family, Gerald Scott – affectionally known as “G” – is a [...]
Fall On MeBishop Simon Gordon & Triedstone ChurchTehillah Church/Light Records 2008Listening to Fall On Me, you will think the choir of Triedstone Full Gospel Baptist Church on Chicago’s southwest side [...]
TBGB: Welcome to Illinois politics...and is anyone else as outraged as I that Loop Lab School would take that $1 million last year and not say a word?From The Chicago [...]
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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.
