JGM Pick of the Week – April 1, 2024
“I’m Redeemed” Beloved St. John Evangelistic Church Music and Fine Arts Ministry Independent (release date: October 6, 2023)
Donald Lawrence to Revive the Edwin Hawkins Music & Arts Seminar as “Music + Arts Global”
GRAMMY® Award winning choirmaster Donald Lawrence is reviving his mentor, the legendary late Edwin Hawkins’ annual Music & Arts Seminar that was birthed in 1979 and reimagining it for the 21st century as a bi-annual conference, Music + Arts Global.
JGM Music Hour – 2022 Christmas Special
The Christmas anthem – Gregory G. Pearson Noel – Sylvia Fedrick
Jekalyn Carr on McDonald’s 16th Annual Inspiration Celebration Gospel Tour Holiday Experience: It’s “Black Excellence on One Stage”
Christmas spirit filled the air when the McDonald’s Inspiration Celebration Gospel Tour: Homecoming Edition hit Houston, Texas, on December 2.
BMI Celebrates the Best in Gospel Music at the 2022 Trailblazers of Gospel Music Awards
Right: BMI Gospel Songwriter of the Year honorees Kierra and J Drew Sheard II at the 2022 BMI Trailblazers of Gospel Music Awards. Photo Credit: Steve Lowry for BMI. “Speak To Me” Named BMI’s Gospel Song of the Year Aaron Lindsey, J Drew Sheard II, Kierra Sheard and Jeshua “TedyP” [...]
EJ Gaines Promoted to SVP Marketing / Co-Executive Director of Motown Gospel
(Nashville, TN) - February 9, 2022 - Capitol Christian Music Group (CCMG) has promoted EJ Gaines to SVP Marketing/Co-Executive Director of Motown Gospel. Gaines has served as Co-Executive Director of Motown Gospel and Vice President of Marketing at CCMG since 2018, prior to his position as Motown Gospel’s Vice President [...]
BMI Celebrates its Top Gospel Music Creators at 2021 BMI Trailblazers of Gospel Music Awards
Donald Lawrence, Sir the Baptist, Kanye West and Songs of Kobalt Music Publishing Receive Top Honors The 20 most-performed Gospel songs were also announced NEW YORK, NY (June 7, 2021) – BMI (Broadcast Music, Inc.) is proud to celebrate the 2021 BMI Trailblazers of Gospel Music Awards, honoring some of [...]
Speak Truth, Says Brian Courtney Wilson, But Also “Be Still and Know”
By Bob Marovich Like all of us, Brian Courtney Wilson is navigating the raging tempests of 2020 as best he can. He is also using his platform as a GRAMMY-nominated gospel singer, and specifically his new album, Still, to help others weather the storms of life. Wilson’s fifth studio album comes [...]
35TH ANNIVERSARY STELLAR AWARDS VIRTUAL SPECIAL PREMIERING ON BET & BET HER THIS SUNDAY, AUGUST 23 AT 6 PM ET
RENOWNED ANNUAL SALUTE TO GOSPEL MUSIC CELEBRATES 35TH ANNIVERSARY MILESTONE BY HONORING FIRST RESPONDERS AND THE LATE CONGRESSMAN JOHN LEWIS VIRTUAL PRODUCTION ENCORES AT 9PM ET AND AIRS IN SYNDICATION NATIONWIDE AUGUST 29 – SEPTEMBER 27 (CHICAGO, IL) August 21, 2020 - This Sunday, music fans, Gospel enthusiasts and anyone [...]
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 [...]
