JGM Pick of the Week – January 20, 2025
“Near” The Beautiful Gate Music From the album We All Need Jesus (single release date: January 31, 2025)
Gaither Tribute: Award-Winning Artists Honor the Songs of Bill & Gloria Gaither
Gaither Tribute is a big bouquet of roses for Bill and Gloria Gaither.
“I Go to the Rock: The Gospel Music of Whitney Houston” Soars to Top of the Charts, Lyric Video Available
I Go to the Rock: The Gospel Music of Whitney Houston chronicles the singer’s journey from the junior choir to singing hymns in major motion pictures and large arenas. The fourteen-track album rocketed to the top of Billboard’s Top Gospel Albums chart shortly after its release on March 24.
Chosen Vessel – Marvin Sapp
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 [...]
Dawn Thomas Wallace – Live in Luxembourg
Dawn Thomas Wallace Live in Luxembourg Zoe Records (release date: 2020) By Bob Marovich UK Christian singer Dawn Thomas Wallace deserves major props for pulling on classics from the contemporary gospel canon for Live in Luxembourg. Recorded before a polite but appreciative audience at Luxembourg’s Oasis Church of God (Pastor [...]
Richard Smallwood Discusses his Autobiography, “Total Praise”
By Bob Marovich Richard Smallwood, the multi-award-winning composer, keyboardist, arranger, and Gospel Hall of Fame inductee, talked with the Journal of Gospel Music about his autobiography, Total Praise, released last month. JGM: What inspired you to write your autobiography? RS: I started off with the idea of writing a book [...]
Braxton D. Shelley & Testimony – Sermons in Song
Braxton D. Shelley & Testimony Sermons in Song Independent (release date: August 16, 2018) Available on Amazon and CD Baby By Bob Marovich On Sermons in Song, Braxton D. Shelley & Testimony blend the austerity of a concert choir with the swagger of a gospel choir. The result is a [...]
Robert E. Person – Classic Covers (EP)
Robert E. Person Classic Covers (EP) REP Music (release date: June 1, 2018) www.roberteperson.com By Bob Marovich Washington DC singer Robert E. Person has peppered his previous projects with songs representing a variety of genres. His latest release, Classic Covers, is more of a jazz than a sacred EP, though [...]
JGM Music Hour – Best of 2017
Click on the image to begin streaming the show The Playlist - JGM Best of 2017: “Isaiah 40 (Intro)” – Preashea Hilliard (Daywind Records) “Jesus (What Grace Have I Found in Thee)” – Adam Everett (Polytone Records) “I Refuse” – Anthony Brown & group therAPy (Tyscot Records) [...]
JGM Music Hour: Episode 116
Click on the image above to begin streaming the program. Playlist for Episode 116: It pays to serve Jesus - LaVarnga Hubbard Bigger than me - Le'Andria Serve - Jermaine Dolly Because of you - Sherwin Gardner If it wasn't for your love - Meg [...]
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