JGM Pick of the Week – March 18, 2025
When you have the estimable talents of gospel singer Michelle Prather, strong background vocalists, and a buoyant rhythm section, you are more than halfway to an excellent single.
“Don’t Faint” – Jekalyn Carr
“Don’t Faint” Jekalyn Carr WayNorth Music (release date: March 15, 2025) By Robert M. Marovich Jekalyn Carr, gospel music’s princess of positivity, its empress of encouragement, has made a career of releasing singles designed to reach down and pick people up in their distress. The latest is “Don’t Faint.” [...]
Various Artists: House of David: Season One (Music inspired by the Prime Video Original Series)
Ten songs by a mix of CCM, gospel, country, and pop artists comprise the soundtrack to the first season of the Amazon Prime Video series House of David.
JGM Pick of the Week – March 11, 2025
“Brighter Days” Roshawn Nicole Roshawn Nicole Records (release date: May 4, 2024)
Strange Things Happening – Kid Ramos feat. Brian Templeton and Johnny Ramos
On Strange Things Happening, the first album in five years by California-born guitarist, singer, and songwriter David “Kid” Ramos, the bite of no-holds-barred roadhouse blues meets timeless gospel songs that have shaken the rafters of many churches for decades.
JGM Pick of the Week – March 3, 2025
“It’s In Your Praise” Lamont McCoy David’s Dance Music (release date: December 31, 2024)
JGM Pick of the Week: February 25, 2025
“Like Jabez” Ernest J. Lee David’s Dance Music (release date: December 31, 2024)
JGM Pick of the Week: February 18, 2025
“Let Him In” Flint Cavaliers feat. Pastor Shawn Brown From the Flint Music Group album The Fellowship (Psalms 133:1) (album release date: March 15, 2024)
JGM Pick of the Week – February 11, 2025
UK-based modern worship artist Faithful Forever offers a stunning cover of “10,000 Reasons,” the Matt Redman hit from 2012.
Regina Vandereijk – The Lord is There
The Lord is There is the first full-length album by CCM singer Regina Vandereijk and the follow-up to her spectacular 2024 EP Love Called Her Home, which included “Jesus,” JGM’s Best Song of 2024.
JGM Pick of the Week: January 28, 2025
“He Will Heal the Land” Rev. Hayward Anderson & the Davis Chorale Singers Anderson Music Group (release date: August 26, 2024)
“Light in a Dark Place” – Bobbi Lane
When Chicagoland-area gospel singer-songwriter Bobbi Lane’s father, Pastor Abram Lane, passed away, she wrote “Light in a Dark Place” to heal her pain.
JGM Pick of the Week – January 20, 2025
“Near” The Beautiful Gate Music From the album We All Need Jesus (single release date: January 31, 2025)
“You Won It All” – Taushey Sias
“You Won It All” Taushey Sias TVL (release date: April 19, 2024) By Robert M. Marovich What sets “You Won It All” apart from other current gospel singles are the playfulness of the piano intro, the island rhythm that drives the lyrics, and Taushey Sias’ sassy staccato vocals. A song [...]
Pick of the Week: January 16, 2025
“Blessings” Yolanda Adams From the Epic Records album Sunny Days (album release date: September 13, 2024)
Various Artists: Parchman Prison Prayer – Another Mississippi Sunday Morning
Given the unexpected success of, and critical acclaim for, the 2023 release Parchman Prison Prayer – Some Mississippi Sunday Morning, GRAMMY Award-winning producer and author Ian Brennan flew back to the Mississippi penitentiary to do a second album, Parchman Prison Prayer - Another Mississippi Sunday Morning.
Various Artists – Gospel Diaries Golden Memories (Live)
Gospel Diaries Golden Memories is a series of musical moments captured by historian Eric Maurice Clark during his visits with vocalists and musicians, most of whom have direct links to gospel’s earliest days, especially in Chicago, the genre’s birthplace city.
JGM Pick of the Week: January 6, 2025
Mervin Mayo, the Richmond, Virginia, policeman whose gospel singing was caught on video in 2020 and subsequently went viral, sings “In This Place” with a gritty and instantly-compelling R&B-style vocal delivery.
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