The Nelons – Loving You
What should have been a celebratory album launch is now a memorial tribute to a beloved southern gospel group.
Members of the Nelon Family and Friends Perish in Plane Crash
One of America’s most cherished Gospel music families, The Nelons, were involved in a tragic plane crash on Friday afternoon.
First Gospel Album by The SteelDrivers Sets Sacred Lyrics to the Group’s Signature Sound
By Robert M. Marovich Take in a concert by The SteelDrivers and, in between songs like “Blue Side of the Mountain,” "Wearin' a Hole," and “Long Way Down,” you might hear a song or two from the canon of southern gospel music. But until yesterday, one could not find an [...]
Gaither Tribute: Award-Winning Artists Honor the Songs of Bill & Gloria Gaither
Gaither Tribute is a big bouquet of roses for Bill and Gloria Gaither.
Producing Gaither Tribute Album “Like a Godsend” to Music Veteran Tony Brown
Produced by Brown, Gaither Tribute features Gaither compositions reinterpreted by stars like Reba McEntyre, Alabama, Hillary Scott, Jamey Johnson, CeCe Winans, and Ronnie Milsap. The album is slated for release by the Gaither Music Group (distributed by Capitol Christian Music Group and Universal Music) on Friday, August 25.
RIP: Morris Chapman, gospel and CCM singer-songwriter
By Bob Marovich The Journal of Gospel Music has learned that gospel and CCM singer-songwriter and worship leader Morris Chapman passed away on May 2, 2020, at age 82. Born February 26, 1938, in Camden, Arkansas, Chapman moved to Las Vegas, Nevada, in 1957 and married in 1959. He didn't [...]
Jason Nelson – The Answer
Jason Nelson The Answer RCA Inspiration (release date: May 18, 2018) www.rcainspiration.com By Bob Marovich What makes Jason Nelson’s The Answer the finest of his five solo albums to date is the quality of the songs. Several of the melodic and biblically-based worship ballads on this live project are not only infectious, [...]
The Gaithers and Southern Gospel: Homecoming in the Twenty-First Century – Ryan P. Harper
The Gaithers and Southern Gospel: Homecoming in the Twenty-First Century. By Ryan P. Harper. Jackson, MS: University Press of Mississippi, 2017. 326 pp. (printed casebinding). Index. ISBN 978-1-4968-1090-8. $65 By Bob Marovich Rarely have television programs or video franchises received the microscopically detailed analysis that ethnographer Ryan P. Harper gives [...]
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