Gospel Music Workshop of America

RIP: Bernard Pinder (Newberry Singers, Utterbach Ensemble)

2020-08-20T00:51:00-05:00August 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 [...]

Greg Harris – Reaching

2020-03-30T01:54:24-05:00March 30th, 2020|

Greg Harris Reaching KNEntertainment / Sabbath Day Records (release date: January 5, 2020) By Bob Marovich Reaching, the new studio CD by Pastor Greg Harris of Little Rock, Arkansas, features a handful of songs of praise, inspiration, and gratitude sung in several styles by Harris and a small choir. JGM’s [...]

JGM Pick of the Week: March 16, 2020

2020-03-17T00:57:03-05:00March 17th, 2020|

“Never Forget” Atlanta Chapter of the GMWA Mass Choir Aspire International Music Group (release date: February 22, 2020) www.atlantagmwamasschoir.org By Bob Marovich The choir representing the Atlanta Chapter of the Gospel Music Workshop of America (GMWA) gives the classic Soul Stirrers hit from 1954, “Jesus I’ll Never Forget,” a distinctive [...]

“All of My Help” – Northern Delaware Chapter of GMWA Recording Choir

2019-05-30T01:41:04-05:00May 30th, 2019|

“All of My Help” Northern Delaware Chapter of GMWA Recording Choir Enon Music Group (release date: January 18, 2019) By Bob Marovich With the full-throated energy of a workshop choir, which it is, and the intrepid technique of New G, the Recording Choir of the Northern Delaware Chapter of the [...]

“Going” – Christina Bell

2019-01-05T22:46:29-06:00January 5th, 2019|

“Going” Christina Bell Malaco Music Group (2018) www.malaco.com By Bob Marovich When I first heard the Shreveport, Louisiana, female gospel group Zie’l singing a Ward Singers classic a cappella at the 2005 Gospel Music Workshop of America, I knew then it would be a group to watch. Though Zie’l tended [...]

Gospel Music Workshop of America Detroit Chapter – Bringing It Back Home

2019-01-01T16:55:34-06:00November 21st, 2018|

Gospel Music Workshop of America Detroit Chapter Bringing it Back Home GMWA Detroit Chapter (release date: September 1, 2018) By Bob Marovich After listening to Bringing it Back Home, I’d say the Detroit Chapter of the Gospel Music Workshop of America (GMWA) has the best choir of all workshop chapters [...]

JGM Pick of the Week: September 4, 2018

2018-09-05T01:21:10-05:00September 5th, 2018|

“He’s Never Failed Me Yet” Saint Mark Sanctuary Choir From The Saint Mark Experience Live (2018) https://store.cdbaby.com/cd/saintmarksanctuarychoir By Bob Marovich From the opening strains of “He’s Never Failed Me Yet,” the Sanctuary Choir of Saint Mark Baptist Church in Little Rock, Arkansas, is unrelenting in its praise of an unfailing [...]

RIP Dr. Rodena Preston, Musician, Director, GMWA Executive

2017-09-16T00:44:39-05:00September 16th, 2017|

By Bob Marovich JGM was saddened to learn from Gayle Lecus and others in Southern California today that Dr. Rodena Preston has transitioned from earthly labor to heavenly reward. Rodena's music career was fostered by her mother, Mrs. Robbie Preston-Williams, who had her daughter playing piano at age three. By age [...]

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