JGM Pick of the Week – April 22, 2024
“Jesus Dropped the Charges” Earl Bynum and Phillip Carter SOV Inc. (release date: March 30, 2024)
Dr. Mark A. Williams – One Touch (EP)
Dr. Mark Williams' One Touch is a three-track EP and the first issue of a planned three-volume succession of releases called The Reconciled Series.
JGM Pick of the Week: April 15, 2024
“Father in Heaven (Right Now)” BeBe Winans feat. Gerald Albright Regimen Records (release date: April 12, 2024)
Jason Buckley – “Victorious”
Jason Buckley’s “Victorious” is another in a litany of gospel songs written during, or in response to, the COVID pandemic.
Mighty Men of Faith – Faithful Journey: Let It Be So
For those who like sweet singing gospel quartets who minister in a Whispers/Spinners/Dramatics style, the Mighty Men of Faith deliver.
JGM Pick of the Week – April 8, 2024
“Prayer Room” Sarah Betshabaz Independent (release date: February 19, 2024)
Marcus Mason – Resounding Praise
Although technically Resounding Praise is Marcus Mason’s solo album, it’s a collective accomplishment.
JGM Pick of the Week – April 1, 2024
“I’m Redeemed” Beloved St. John Evangelistic Church Music and Fine Arts Ministry Independent (release date: October 6, 2023)
“Grace and Mercy” – Jennifer Lynn
Christian singer-songwriter Jennifer Lynn’s “Grace and Mercy” sparkles with tenderness and authenticity.
JGM Pick of the Week: March 25, 2024
“No Stressing” Damon Little feat. Angie Stone Little World Music (release date: May 16, 2023)
“Come Go With Me” – Betty Griffin Keller
“Come Go With Me” Betty Griffin Keller Enon Music Group (release date: March 15, 2024) By Robert M. Marovich Betty Griffin Keller, a former Cleveland Singer, member of the Southern California Community Choir and GMWA Mass Choir, and a solo recording artist, is back with her version of Rudolph Stanfield’s [...]
“God is Good” – Powerhouse Fellowship Soul Choir feat. Shawn Cotterell
Lead vocalist Shawn Cotterell delivers an earnest reading on the choir’s latest single, “God is Good,” a high-spirited mid-tempo gospel complete with false ending and polyrhythmic vamp.
JGM Pick of the Week: March 11, 2024
Warm, energetic, and with a longstanding passion for churchy gospel music, Bishop Neal Roberson injects each of these characteristics into his new single, “Keeps on Making a Way.”
JGM Pick of the Week – March 4, 2024
“Live Your Best Life” Brent Jones JDI Records (release date: February 12, 2024)
“No Weapon” – Calvin Bridges
“No Weapon,” the latest single from Chicago’s indefatigable singer-songwriter-director Calvin Bridges, puts a Hawkins-meets-GMWA-Chapter-Choir touch to Isaiah 54:17.
“We Lift You Up” – EJ
Opening with an audio montage of news clips about gun violence, homelessness, substance abuse and other social evils, EJ’s “We Lift You Up” is a clarion call for God to give us the strength to fight for justice.
JGM Pick of the Week – February 26, 2024
Veteran singer CeCe Winans has the training, the talent, the experience, and the chops to put any song over. Her new single, “That’s My King,” is no exception.
“At the Center of Grace” – Lillian Lilly
“At the Center of Grace” Lillian Lilly Xpress Music Group, Inc. (release date: January 23, 2024) By Robert M. Marovich What’s particularly gratifying about Lillian Lilly’s new single “At the Center of Grace” is that it evokes in lyric and arrangement an older gospel music tradition while planting itself firmly [...]