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JGM Pick of the Week: July 26, 2021
“It’s Time” Mary Glover Independent (released October 20, 2020) By Robert M. Marovich In tone, tempo, and message, Mary Glover’s “It’s Time” commands people to snap out of it, get right, act right, and be joyful in the Lord. Glover’s sassy and declarative alto, honed in the community of quartet singers, is the ideal vehicle to lift everyone out of their seats and feel the excitement she feels. As such, she evokes other powerhouse gospel singers like Monica Lisa Stevenson, Lemmie Battles, and Lisa Knowles. From Lima, Ohio, and now living in Cleveland, Glover started singing at age six and [...]
“Trouble in My Way” – New Friendship Anointed Voices feat. Betty Lott
“Trouble in My Way” New Friendship Anointed Voices feat. Betty Lott From the CD A Long Time Coming: Legacy Fulfilled https://www.facebook.com/NewFriendshipMissionaryBaptistChurch/ By Bob Marovich “Trouble in My Way” is not the kind of gospel song you hear on urban radio, necessarily, but it is the kind of gospel song you [...]
“Lord, Give Me Strength” – The Prof. Harold Boggs Story
“Lord, Give Me Strength” – The Prof. Harold Boggs Story By Opal Louis Nations During the dark ages of slavery, those African Americans who escaped bondage and headed north to more liberal, free states traveled “The Underground Railroad,” led by those who risked their lives in the name of freedom. [...]
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Bob Marovich of the Journal of Gospel Music interviews gospel recording artist Lil Prince.
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JGM Pick of the Week: July 26, 2021
“It’s Time” Mary Glover Independent (released October 20, 2020) By Robert M. Marovich In tone, tempo, and message, Mary Glover’s “It’s Time” commands people to snap out of it, get right, act right, and be joyful in the Lord. Glover’s sassy and declarative alto, honed in the community of quartet singers, is the ideal vehicle to lift everyone out of their seats and feel the excitement she feels. As such, she evokes other powerhouse gospel singers like Monica Lisa Stevenson, Lemmie Battles, and Lisa Knowles. From Lima, Ohio, and now living in Cleveland, Glover started singing at age six and [...]
“Trouble in My Way” – New Friendship Anointed Voices feat. Betty Lott
“Trouble in My Way” New Friendship Anointed Voices feat. Betty Lott From the CD A Long Time Coming: Legacy Fulfilled https://www.facebook.com/NewFriendshipMissionaryBaptistChurch/ By Bob Marovich “Trouble in My Way” is not the kind of gospel song you hear on urban radio, necessarily, but it is the kind of gospel song you [...]
“Lord, Give Me Strength” – The Prof. Harold Boggs Story
“Lord, Give Me Strength” – The Prof. Harold Boggs Story By Opal Louis Nations During the dark ages of slavery, those African Americans who escaped bondage and headed north to more liberal, free states traveled “The Underground Railroad,” led by those who risked their lives in the name of freedom. [...]
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From The Belle Report: Mills River, NC - Grace Community Church in Mills River and Greater New Zion Baptist Church in Fletcher are sponsoring a benefit concert next month featuring [...]
“If My People”Donny JonesFrom the album The ReactionDamazing Works 2006www.myspace.com/damazingworksFrom the Forties to the Seventies, gospel music had a more powerful social conscience and sense of history than it does [...]
“I Know the Lord”Rev. Lawrence Roberts and the Angelic ChoirSavoy 4169 (also on Savoy LP MG 14049)1961And you thought the Angelic Choir was charged up on “Peace Be Still!” Listen [...]
From a press release distributed by JDI Records:Sony BMG Red Distribution, the world leader in the distribution of music and JDI Records, #1 fastest growing gospel record company in the [...]
This message comes to TBGB from Al "The Bishop" Hobbs via Tammy Taylor:To the GMWA family and Gospel music lovers everywhere, I have just been informed by the Chairman of [...]
From Elder Mack C. Mason's "The Gospel Trade" Monthly Newsletter:Over 150,000 people from around the world will descend on the city of Los Angeles later this month (April 25 - [...]
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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.
