Marvin Sapp Chosen Vessel RCA Inspiration / Verity (release date: October 9, 2020) www.rcainspiration.com By Bob Marovich Every successive Marvin Sapp solo album release after 2007’s Gold-certified Thirsty, with its blockbuster hit, “Never Would Have Made It,” has assumed something of Major Event status. Here I Am (2010), with its [...]
Nashville, TN -- He is known as The Godfather of Gospel Jazz. He is also known as an airplane pilot and mentor, a former NBA player, a television star, a pastor of a thriving church, and dedicated a father and loving patriarch to a large family (Oh yes..and husband to [...]
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 [...]
By Bob Marovich From time to time, such as on major holidays or when the young people’s choir was singing, young Gloria Fowles and her family accompanied their grandmother to Abyssinian Baptist Church in Newark, New Jersey. At Abyssinian, they would listen to sermons from its pastor, the Reverend Raphus [...]
Donnie McClurkin A Different Song RCA Inspiration / CamDon Music (release date: November 15, 2019) www.rcainspiration.com By Bob Marovich On the heels of the 20th anniversary celebration of the release of Live in London and More..., which contained the smash hit “We Fall Down,” multiple GRAMMY Award-winner Donnie McClurkin has [...]
Congratulations to the nominees in the Gospel and Christian categories for the 62nd GRAMMY Awards, to be held at L. A.'s Staples Center and televised Sunday, January 26. I am honored to be part of this list for the first time (see Category 67). 36. Best Gospel Performance/Song LOVE THEORY [...]
“Blessings on Blessings” Anthony Brown and Group TherAPy Key of A / Tyscot / FairTrade (release date: May 3, 2019) www.tyscot.com By Bob Marovich “Every time I turn around…blessings,” Anthony Brown sings, and he knows whereof he speaks. The group has gone from backing Maurette Brown Clark on her highly-acclaimed [...]
Janice Gaines Lead Me (release date: March 22, 2019) www.janicegaines.com By Bob Marovich Janice Gaines’ Lead Me is a brief but satisfying journey through the hymnbook. It is also a far better showcase for her affecting vocal delivery than Greatest Life Ever, her 2015 album for Motown Gospel. Whereas that [...]
Congratulations to the GRAMMY Awardees in the Gospel/Contemporary Christian Music categories: GOSPEL/CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN MUSIC BEST GOSPEL PERFORMANCE/SONG “Never Alone,” Tori Kelly Featuring Kirk Franklin; Kirk Franklin and Victoria Kelly, songwriters BEST CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN MUSIC PERFORMANCE/SONG “You Say,” Lauren Daigle; Lauren Daigle, Jason Ingram and Paul Mabury, songwriters BEST GOSPEL ALBUM [...]
Congratulations to the nominees of the 61st Grammy Awards: Best Gospel Performance/Song “You Will Win” Jekalyn Carr; Allen Carr & Jekalyn Carr, songwriters “Won't He Do It” Koryn Hawthorne “Never Alone” Tori Kelly Featuring Kirk Franklin; Kirk Franklin & Victoria Kelly, songwriters “Cycles” Jonathan McReynolds Featuring DOE; Jonathan McReynolds, songwriter [...]
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