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JGM Pick of the Week: September 13, 2021
“I Am Strong” Capathia Jenkins Cloud Records (release date: June 11, 2021) http://www.cloudrecordsllc.com/ By Robert M. Marovich “I Am Strong” by Capathia Jenkins is an excellent song, marvelously sung, perfectly arranged and produced, and with a message about courage that transcends the purely spiritual. The Brooklyn-born singer has performed with several orchestras and has a list of acting credits as long as your arm. These include creating the character of Harriet Jackson in the vastly underrated Broadway musical, The Civil War, and the character of The Washing Machine in Caroline, or Change. She was nominated for a Drama Desk Award [...]
Marvin Sapp – Close
Marvin Sapp Close RCA Inspiration (release date: September 29, 2017) www.rcainspiration.com By Bob Marovich Ever since 2007’s Thirsty and its crossover hit, “Never Would Have Made It,” a Marvin Sapp album release has become something of a special event. As a result, every one of his albums, starting with Thirsty, has [...]
“Calvary’s Cross” – Min. David A. Whitfield II & Whitfield Productions
“Calvary’s Cross” Minister David A. Whitfield II & Whitfield Productions (release date: September 29, 2017) http://dawhitfieldproductions.webs.com/ By Bob Marovich On their latest single, “Calvary’s Cross,” Minister David Whitfield II & Whitfield Productions raise aloft the standard of expansive contemporary choir singing established in part by David’s uncle, the late Maestro Thomas Whitfield. This [...]
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JGM Pick of the Week: September 13, 2021
“I Am Strong” Capathia Jenkins Cloud Records (release date: June 11, 2021) http://www.cloudrecordsllc.com/ By Robert M. Marovich “I Am Strong” by Capathia Jenkins is an excellent song, marvelously sung, perfectly arranged and produced, and with a message about courage that transcends the purely spiritual. The Brooklyn-born singer has performed with several orchestras and has a list of acting credits as long as your arm. These include creating the character of Harriet Jackson in the vastly underrated Broadway musical, The Civil War, and the character of The Washing Machine in Caroline, or Change. She was nominated for a Drama Desk Award [...]
Marvin Sapp – Close
Marvin Sapp Close RCA Inspiration (release date: September 29, 2017) www.rcainspiration.com By Bob Marovich Ever since 2007’s Thirsty and its crossover hit, “Never Would Have Made It,” a Marvin Sapp album release has become something of a special event. As a result, every one of his albums, starting with Thirsty, has [...]
“Calvary’s Cross” – Min. David A. Whitfield II & Whitfield Productions
“Calvary’s Cross” Minister David A. Whitfield II & Whitfield Productions (release date: September 29, 2017) http://dawhitfieldproductions.webs.com/ By Bob Marovich On their latest single, “Calvary’s Cross,” Minister David Whitfield II & Whitfield Productions raise aloft the standard of expansive contemporary choir singing established in part by David’s uncle, the late Maestro Thomas Whitfield. This [...]
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“One More Blessing”The Gospel 4From the forthcoming CD: The Gospel 4 Live: “One More Blessing”4 Life Miracle Records 2007www.4lifemiraclerecords.comGeorge Dean and the Gospel 4 wrecked the house at least twice [...]
DrivenThe Canton SpiritualsZomba Gospel 2007Driven is a fitting title for any quartet recording, but especially for the latest release by the Canton Spirituals. For more than 60 years, since Harvey [...]
Speaking of musical innovators….Yale graduate Kersten Stevens, someone you have met before on The Black Gospel Blog, paid a visit to the Gospel Announcers Guild during the Gospel Music Workshop [...]
The multi-talented and multi-award winning Israel (Houghton) and New Breed were in the Windy City Tuesday night, September 4, entertaining a packed auditorium in the DuSable Museum of African American [...]
“He’s Done Enough”Beverly CrawfordFrom the JDI album Live from Los Angeles (2007)My stars, can Beverly Crawford sing!On the down-home bluesy “He’s Done Enough,” the Grammy-nominated Crawford tells her audience, “We’re [...]
“Listen”Trin-i-tee 5:7From the CD T57, released September 18, 2007Spirit Rising Music 2007http://www.trin-i-tee57.com/“Listen Here!”If Trin-i-tee 5:7’s opening exhortation doesn’t hook you, the bumping and weaving uber-cool beat – best described as [...]
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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.
