Gospel Singer and Entrepreneur Bobbi Lane Offers Light in the Darkness
Gospel singer-songwriter Bobbi Lane talks to the Journal of Gospel Music about the genesis of some of the songs on her new EP, Unmatched Grace.
Shanachie Entertainment to Release Special Colored Vinyl Edition of Mahalia Jackson Album on Record Store Day
On Record Store Day, April 12, 2025, Shanachie Entertainment will release special colored vinyl editions of Moving On Up A Little Higher.
The Legendary Ingramettes, “First Family of Gospel Music,” to Appear at Flushing Town Hall June 14 as Part of Juneteenth Festivities
There’s no better way to kick off New York City’s 2024 Juneteenth festivities than by attending a musical program by the Legendary Ingramettes.
“Too Hot to Handel” Indescribable, Says Pianist Alvin Waddles: “You Have to Experience It”
Nineteen years ago, Suzanne Mallare Acton, music director and conductor of Too Hot to Handel: The Gospel Messiah, was in a real jam. Her pianist, Detroit jazz legend Harold McKinney, pulled out of the jazz-gospel interpretation of George Frideric Handel’s Messiah just days before opening night. Needing a musician who could read a score and improvise, she picked up the phone and called the one pianist she knew could fill both bills: Alvin Waddles.
Angie & Friends Live at Daywind Studios: I Feel Like Singing
New Day Entertainment (release date: August 26, 2022)
Kanye’s Conversion Novel but Not New
By Bob Marovich In its first week, Kanye West’s spiritual album Jesus is King made record chart history by topping five charts at once, including the Billboard 200 chart and the Christian and Gospel album charts. The shift in message was a surprising move, even for the enigmatic and politically [...]
34th Annual Stellar Gospel Music Award Winners
April 1, 2019 (LAS VEGAS, NV) – Central City Productions wrapped up the taping of the 34th Annual Stellar Gospel Music Awards on Friday, March 29 at the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas, NV. The biggest night in gospel music, hosted by Kirk Franklin, will premiere on BET Network on [...]
Gospel music’s impact on rock and soul music is focus of new radio documentary
“Gospel Roots of Rock and Soul” will be broadcast by US public radio stations during Black History Month (February) Note: Journal of Gospel Music's Editor-in-Chief Bob Marovich is honored to have been interviewed for this remarkable radio documentary. PHILADELPHIA (JANUARY 15, 2019): A new radio documentary that explores the history [...]
Long-Awaited Aretha Franklin “Amazing Grace” Documentary Makes World Debut at 2018 DOC NYC
NEW YORK, NY, November 5, 2018 – Amazing Grace, a long-awaited documentary featuring Aretha Franklin’s signature performances at New Temple Missionary Baptist Church in Los Angeles, will make its world debut at the 2018 DOC NYC, America’s largest documentary film festival. It was announced today that the film will be [...]
Aretha Franklin, Queen of Soul and Gospel Singer
By Bob Marovich Aretha Franklin, the multi-GRAMMY Award-winning "Queen of Soul," went on home to be with the Lord today at age 76 after a struggle with pancreatic cancer. Born in Memphis but a longtime Detroit resident, Franklin was an accomplished gospel vocalist before and during her professional music career. [...]
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