“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 [...]
“One Day” – Deitrick Haddon
Someone can correct me if I’m mistaken, but Deitrick Haddon’s “One Day” may be the first appearance of the highland pipes in an African American gospel song.
Akesse Brempong – The Awakening Live! – Alpha Edition
Known as “The Lion,” Akesse Brempong is an accomplished Ghanian worship artist, with five albums and a handful of single releases to his name. His latest, The Awakening Live! – Alpha Edition, is Praise & Worship but with a distinctive combination of Afrobeats, Pentecostal energy, and a trace of reggae.
JGM Pick of the Week: February 12, 2024
“Have Mercy O Grace” Armstead Ford ft. God’s Harvesters Independent (release date: October 27, 2023)
“Thank You, Lord” – Jayden Williams
Greenville, South Carolina, singer-songwriter Jayden Williams offers a bubbly ode of gratitude to Jesus on “Thank You, Lord.”
“Walking in the Light” – Elder Randall Ogans Sr. & Dorian Ogans
On the charming instrumental “Walking in the Light,” father-son inspirational jazz duo Elder Randall Ogans Sr. and Dorian Ogans evoke the image of a procession of believers swaggering into the light of God’s presence.
JGM Pick of the Week – January 30, 2024
“Blessed My Soul” Jason Singleton & Friends From the Singletone Music Group CD The LowCountry Church Experience (release date: July 16, 2023) By Robert M. Marovich In what artist and minister Jason Singleton calls a Low Country arrangement, meaning the area along South Carolina’s coast, “Blessed My Soul” evokes the [...]
“He Knows How Much We Can Bear” – Eddie Ruth Bradford
Like hymns and early gospel songs. “He Knows Just How Much You Can Bear,” written in 1941 by Phyllis Hall and published by Roberta Martin, is as durable as an eighteenth-century armoire.
Muriel Mwamba – Lesa Alomfwa
Talking drums and bansuri meet saxophone and piano on the journey to spiritual healing.
JGM Pick of the Week: January 23, 2024
Reggie Campbell has been in the independent gospel music community for some time—JGM reviewed his 2014 single “I’ve Got Joy”—but “In My Arms” is his best release to date.
“Been Good” – Lil Prince & Company
The acorn doesn’t fall far from the tree: Lil Prince’s group sings in the tradition of his father's Gospel Hi-Lites.
JGM Pick of the Week – January 17, 2024
“My Life” The Flint Cavaliers feat. Minister Tim White and Minister Darnell Williams Independent (release date: January 1, 2024)
JGM Pick of the Week – January 10, 2024
“On Time” Ashford Sanders Ashyashh Music LLC (release date: January 23, 2023)
Eddy Mann – Chapel Songs
Eddy Mann Chapel Songs Independent (release date: June 2, 2023) By Robert M. Marovich With Chapel Songs, Philadelphia-based Christian folk artist Eddy Mann offers a dozen prayerfully meditative selections with acoustic austerity. The album is aptly-titled. The easy, peaceful songs express the intimacy of an evening chapel service. Examples [...]
JGM Pick of the Week: December 27, 2023
"Somebody Saved Me,” a selection from Rev. Stef & Jubilation’s latest album, Worship Him, has roots in the First Baptist Church of Nutley, New Jersey.
John Paul McGee – A Gospejazzical Christmas
John Paul McGee A Gospejazzical Christmas Jazz Urbane (release date: November 16, 2023) Guest review by David McGee In A Gospejazzical Christmas, the first new recording we’ve heard from Dr. John Paul McGee, Ph.D., since his acclaimed 2022 release, Gospejazzical Vol. 1, the gifted pianist-songwriter-producer-vocal arranger (currently assistant chair of [...]
JGM Pick of the Week: December 19, 2023
“God Said He Would Heal the Land” Cherry and Family Independent (release date: October 20, 2023)
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