Clinton Utterbach

Two Losses for the Detroit Gospel Music Community: Ronald J. Kelly and Bishop Earl J. Wright Jr.

Two Losses for the Detroit Gospel Music Community: Ronald J. Kelly and Bishop Earl J. Wright Jr.

Bob Marovich2025-05-05T20:32:35-05:00May 5th, 2025|

The Thomas Whitfield Company and the Detroit gospel family lost tenor singer Ronald J. Kelly and keyboardist extraordinaire Bishop Earl Jerome Wright, Jr. in the space of mere days.

RIP: Bernard Pinder (Newberry Singers, Utterbach Ensemble)

RIP: Bernard Pinder (Newberry Singers, Utterbach Ensemble)

Bob Marovich2020-08-20T00:51:00-05:00August 20th, 2020|

Willy Leiser and Linwood Heath informed JGM that Bernard Pinder has passed away. Here is a brief bio, courtesy of andre-café.com: Bernard Pinder is an anointed gospel singer whose gift has allowed him to travel extensively across the country as well as overseas. Bernard has sung before some of the most [...]