JGM Pick of the Week – August 19, 2025
Blue-eyed soul singer Heroy enjoins listeners to “Keep On Smiling” by combining gritty retro soul with the sunny lyricism of gospel.
JGM Pick of the Week – August 11, 2025
“Be Alright” Mr. Sipp feat. Williams Brothers, Paul Porter, and LaTeriance “Tee” Burns Malaco Music Group (2025) By Robert M. Marovich Castro Coleman, aka the award-winning Mississippi bluesman Mr. Sipp, gathers together several quartet legends and a new generation singer, Tee Burns, to offer a simple and soulful song [...]
“All In His Hands” – Darien Brooks
The independent single “All In His Hands” has the elements of a radio hit.
JGM Pick of the Week: August 4, 2025
Christian artist Gerren Lavey sings about the struggle for his soul on “Soul War.”
JGM Pick of the Week: July 28, 2025
Kelly Young Hart delivers a gorgeous worship ballad called “You Are Holy.”
“Great Is Thy Faithfulness” – Donnell Russell
“Great Is Thy Faithfulness,” written by Aaliyah Franklin, starts out soft and sweet—almost too softly in the first few seconds—but builds to a robust apex and ends with a traditional-sounding vamp.
JGM Pick of the Week – July 1, 2025
Shekinah Glory Ministry stomped on the devil’s head. Criegh Riepe orders the devil out of his house.
“Heavenly Daughter” – Ann-Marie
“Heavenly Daughter” is a radio-sized single with a pop melody and arrangement, and country/CCM-inspired vocals courtesy of young Jamaican-born artist Ann-Marie, who lives in Manchester, UK.
JGM Pick of the Week: June 11, 2025
“Bless Your Name” is a straightforward worship song based on the opening verses of Psalm 34, but where some worship leaders would play it straight, Tonya Baker juggles the melodic line like a jazz chanteuse.
Brent Jones – Praise in the Choir Stand
Brent Jones and the Best Life Choir’s rafter-raising Praise in the Choir Stand offers Sunday morning gospel chock full of R&B influences.
JGM Pick of the Week: June 2, 2025
“This is Redemption” is a tuneful and energetic paean to the power of salvation.
“Already Done” – USC Upstate Gospel Choir
The USC Upstate Gospel Choir’s single “Already Done” uses Psalm 46:10 (“Be still and know that I am God”) as the foundation for a statement of divine victory.
The Lord Is There (Deluxe Edition) – Regina Vandereijk
North Carolina-born and bred Regina Vandereijk has re-released her recent five-star album, The Lord Is There, as a Deluxe Edition.
“Pass Me Not” – Desmond Roberson & the Roberson Bunch
Desmond Roberson and the Roberson Bunch take on the Tindley standard “Pass Me Not” with cheerful delight.
Lynda Randle – By the Riverside
By the Riverside is a 10-song house wrecker that comes straight out of the country church.
JGM Pick of the Week – May 6, 2025
With Mother’s Day nearing, John P. Kee’s latest solo release, “Mother, I Miss You,” as Pick of the Week is appropriate.
“Praise in the Choir Stand” – Brent Jones
Brent Jones’ latest single, “Praise in the Choir Stand,” is a hand clapper set to a loping tempo where the spotlight is not on the soloist but on the singers moving and grooving in their robes.
Various Artists – Altar Call
Like his 2018 compilation Bible of Love, Snoop Dogg’s new Death Row production, Altar Call, is the genuine article.
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