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JGM Pick of the Week: April 20, 2015

2015-04-21T00:32:20-05:00April 21st, 2015|

“But God” Pastor Judge Gardner Jr. presents The Voices of Testimony Ensemble Twitter: @LTMCHICAGO Who can resist a hand-clapping choir rouser, Chicago style? I sure can’t. “But God” by the Voices of Testimony Ensemble from the Living Testimony Church on Chicago’s Southeast Side (Judge Gardner Jr., Pastor) satisfies the appetite [...]

Gone but not Forgotten: Rev. Dr. Johnnie Colemon

2014-12-24T17:22:42-06:00December 24th, 2014|

The Journal of Gospel Music learned from Ron Barrett that Rev. Dr. Johnnie Colemon, founder of Christ Universal Temple in Chicago, died December 23. Here is a link to the church's website: http://cutemple.org/?page_id=2457 Colemon founded Christ Universal Temple (CUT) in 1956 and expanded her New Thought Church concept into a ministerial empire called [...]

Coming April 2015: A City Called Heaven: Chicago and the Birth of Gospel Music

2022-12-08T18:07:24-06:00October 8th, 2014|

Journal of Gospel Music Editor-in-Chief Bob Marovich has written the definitive history of gospel music from Chicago, the genre's birthplace.  Available from the University of Illinois Press starting in April 2015. Read more here: UI Press | Robert Marovich | A City Called Heaven: Chicago and the Birth of Gospel Music. [...]

Pick of the Week: August 5, 2014

2014-08-06T00:47:05-05:00August 6th, 2014|

“Forever Mine Lord” The New Gospel Saints From the NGS Records CD Forever Mine Lord (2012) www.newgospelsaints.com On “Forever Mine Lord,” the doo-woppy title track of their 2012 CD, the New Gospel Saints of Chicago demonstrate why they are called the “Temptations of Gospel Music” Possessing a silky smoothness reminiscent [...]

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