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Ruth Black and the Harmonettes – He Woke Me
Ruth Black and the Harmonettes wikipedia CherryHe Woke Me Raymarkable Music, Inc. (release date: August 13, 2021) www.raymarkablemusic.net By Robert M. Marovich Production by Ray Braswell Jr. at his Raymarkable Studios in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, is a seal of quality for any quartet project, as it for the latest Braswell-produced CD, Ruth Black and the Harmonettes’ He Woke Me. The five-member female quartet from Alexander City, Alabama, offer ten quintessentially deep southern soul quartet selections. The album toggles between high-energy songs like “Weeping May Endure” (where the group bears an aural resemblance to the Ingramettes) and “I Know I’m [...]
G.I. – Winning
G.I. Winning BGA Records / Shanachie (release date: September 8, 2017) www.shanachie.com By Bob Marovich Depending on your political point of view, “winning” can be a timeless mantra or a creepy coded message. For Richmond, Virginia’s G.I., however, winning is not a political football but a forgone conclusion. Just believe. [...]
JGM Pick of the Week: October 30, 2017
“God is Making a Change” Endurance From the SCCME CD Changed (release date: September 29, 2017) www.musicbyendurance.com By Bob Marovich Infrequently in Journal of Gospel Music's 13-year history has an artist charted two successive Picks of the Week. Houston’s Endurance has done it this time. Last week, we featured the [...]
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Ruth Black and the Harmonettes – He Woke Me
Ruth Black and the Harmonettes wikipedia CherryHe Woke Me Raymarkable Music, Inc. (release date: August 13, 2021) www.raymarkablemusic.net By Robert M. Marovich Production by Ray Braswell Jr. at his Raymarkable Studios in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, is a seal of quality for any quartet project, as it for the latest Braswell-produced CD, Ruth Black and the Harmonettes’ He Woke Me. The five-member female quartet from Alexander City, Alabama, offer ten quintessentially deep southern soul quartet selections. The album toggles between high-energy songs like “Weeping May Endure” (where the group bears an aural resemblance to the Ingramettes) and “I Know I’m [...]
G.I. – Winning
G.I. Winning BGA Records / Shanachie (release date: September 8, 2017) www.shanachie.com By Bob Marovich Depending on your political point of view, “winning” can be a timeless mantra or a creepy coded message. For Richmond, Virginia’s G.I., however, winning is not a political football but a forgone conclusion. Just believe. [...]
JGM Pick of the Week: October 30, 2017
“God is Making a Change” Endurance From the SCCME CD Changed (release date: September 29, 2017) www.musicbyendurance.com By Bob Marovich Infrequently in Journal of Gospel Music's 13-year history has an artist charted two successive Picks of the Week. Houston’s Endurance has done it this time. Last week, we featured the [...]
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Detroit Remembers, Vols. I and IIVarious ArtistsSound of Gospel 2002 (Vol. I), 2007 (Vol. II)Gospel historian Professor L. Stanley Davis introduced me to this collection, which contains some of the [...]
TBGB has reviewed Byrnes' House of Refuge and the Sojourners' own project Hold On. Here's a photo and an informative article from Vancouver's Vue Weekly about the Original Sojourners of [...]
...can be found in the January 2008 issue of Black Grooves:http://blackgrooves.org/?p=496
“Lift Him Up”Dexter Walker & Zion MovementFrom the Found Sound Music CD Move (2007)http://www.zionmovement.org/Rev. Dr. Stanley Keeble says that what makes the Chicago gospel choir special is its attack: attack [...]
The 23rd Annual Stellar Gospel Music Awards, held last night at the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville, Tennessee, was an evening to remember, especially for Detroit. Artists from two [...]
Look At Me NowWess MorganOak Tree Productions 2006http://www.wessmorgan.com/I must admit that when I first saw the dapper, bow-tie adorned Wess Morgan in a crowd at the Gospel Music Workshop 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.
