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Reba Rambo – Lady Live (Digital Reissue)
Reba Rambo Lady Live Entertainment One (original release: 1982; reissue: July 30, 2021) www.rebarambo.com By Robert M. Marovich In June 1981, just months after winning her first Grammy for co-writing and performing on an all-star gospel album called The Lord’s Prayer, Christian singing star Reba Rambo appeared at the Anaheim Convention Center in California for a solo live recording. The product, Lady Live, came out the following year and garnered Rambo yet another Grammy nomination, one of nine in total for the singer thus far. Remastered from the original tapes, the album is being reissued in digital form July 30. [...]
JGM Pick of the Week: June 14, 2017
“Alabaster Box” Lillie Nicole McCloud From the album Red Apples (release date: May 27, 2015) https://store.cdbaby.com/cd/lillienicolemccloud By Bob Marovich In 2013, Lillie Nicole McCloud of Orlando, Florida, wowed all four judges and the entire audience on Season 3 of the television competition show The X Factor with her rendition of CeCe [...]
Hello, Dolly: Gospel Artist Jermaine Dolly Offers a “Different Dynamic of Being a Christian”
By Bob Marovich In 2012, Jermaine Dolly, a background vocalist for Tye Tribbett, began toying with becoming a solo gospel artist. But he set it aside. Growing up, the southwest Philadelphia native never thought of being an out-front performer. "I was happy singing background," Dolly told the Journal of Gospel [...]
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Reba Rambo – Lady Live (Digital Reissue)
Reba Rambo Lady Live Entertainment One (original release: 1982; reissue: July 30, 2021) www.rebarambo.com By Robert M. Marovich In June 1981, just months after winning her first Grammy for co-writing and performing on an all-star gospel album called The Lord’s Prayer, Christian singing star Reba Rambo appeared at the Anaheim Convention Center in California for a solo live recording. The product, Lady Live, came out the following year and garnered Rambo yet another Grammy nomination, one of nine in total for the singer thus far. Remastered from the original tapes, the album is being reissued in digital form July 30. [...]
JGM Pick of the Week: June 14, 2017
“Alabaster Box” Lillie Nicole McCloud From the album Red Apples (release date: May 27, 2015) https://store.cdbaby.com/cd/lillienicolemccloud By Bob Marovich In 2013, Lillie Nicole McCloud of Orlando, Florida, wowed all four judges and the entire audience on Season 3 of the television competition show The X Factor with her rendition of CeCe [...]
Hello, Dolly: Gospel Artist Jermaine Dolly Offers a “Different Dynamic of Being a Christian”
By Bob Marovich In 2012, Jermaine Dolly, a background vocalist for Tye Tribbett, began toying with becoming a solo gospel artist. But he set it aside. Growing up, the southwest Philadelphia native never thought of being an out-front performer. "I was happy singing background," Dolly told the Journal of Gospel [...]
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Malcolm Williams and Great FaithWalking in My DestinyUnivocal 2006www.univocalrecords.comHaving been wowed by Malcolm Williams and Great Faith live at GMWA in Milwaukee last August, I was eager to hear how [...]
Vickie Winans“It’s Alright”From the forthcoming album Woman to Woman: Songs of LifeVerity 2006www.verityrecords.comIt’s alright, indeed! Vickie Winans' new single “It’s Alright” melds the musical excitement of a dance club with [...]
Already Looking Bettah!Bishop Larry D. Trotter and the Sweet Holy Spirit ChoirTyscot 2005www.tyscot.comLarry Darnell Trotter, International Presiding Bishop of the United Pentecostal Churches of Christ is one of the reasons [...]
Zion Jubilees:In the Precious Name of JesusPrivate RecordingOne More River to CrossJubu Records 2004In today’s perpetual search for The Next New Thing in music, we can overlook the value of [...]
Tuesday, February 21, 2006 By ROBERT BAXTER Courier-Post Staff Eugene Thamon Simpson confronted a career choice 50 years ago. Would it be medicine or music? "I decided music was a [...]
“How, Why, When” KhristianFrom the Nahor Music CD This Year2005www.KhristianMusic.comI had the same sensation listening to This Year by Christian Dentley (aka Khristian) that I had the first time I [...]
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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.
