JGM Music Hour – Episode 177
This episode includes music reviewed on the Journal of Gospel Music between mid-December 2023 and late January 2024.
JGM Pick of the Week: March 19, 2024
“Only One Way Home” Mississippi Mass Choir Malaco Music Group (release date: March 29, 2024)
“At the Center of Grace” – Lillian Lilly
“At the Center of Grace” Lillian Lilly Xpress Music Group, Inc. (release date: January 23, 2024) By Robert M. Marovich What’s particularly gratifying about Lillian Lilly’s new single “At the Center of Grace” is that it evokes in lyric and arrangement an older gospel music tradition while planting itself firmly [...]
A Message from Malaco Music Group
A message from Darrell Luster of Malaco Music Group
Clarksdale’s Role in the Development of Gospel Music
Clarksdale, Mississippi's links to the blues and its roots in history have influenced the church and its music for decades.
JGM Music Hour – Episode 172
This episode includes music reviewed on JGM between late May and late June 2023
“The Promise” – Mississippi Mass Choir feat. Stan Jones and Myron Butler
The Mississippi Mass Choir’s latest single “The Promise” has more of a pop sound than we’re used to from a group best known for combining the intensity of quartet singing with the full-throated sound of a community choir.
Various Artists – Malaco 50th Celebration
Various Artists Malaco 50th Celebration Malaco Music Group (release date: February 25, 2022) www.malaco.com By Robert M. Marovich The nearly two-hour Malaco 50th Celebration two CD set (and companion DVD) is one of the best releases thus far this year. Recorded live on July 12, 2018, at the record company’s [...]
RIP LaShun Pace: Soloist, Member of Anointed Pace Sisters
By Robert M. Marovich JGM was saddened to learn of the passing of LaShun Pace. Her sister Lydia reported that LaShun passed from organ failure on March 21, 2022, in a Metro Atlanta hospital. She had been on kidney dialysis for five years. Homegoing arrangements will be reported when announced. [...]
Lillian Lilly, James C. Birdsong Jr. to be Honored at Antigua & Barbuda Gospel Music & Media Awards October 22
Birdsong and Lilly will receive recognition for their contributions to the gospel music industry St. John’s, Antigua – James C. Birdsong, Jr., a member of the renowned famed Birdsong family and award-winning figure in gospel music; and Lillian Lilly, the longtime principal vocalist of the world-renowned GRAMMY® Award-nominated Mississippi Mass [...]
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