Ann Nesby’s “Amen” is not the Wings Over Jordan / Jester Hairston / Lilies of the Field neo-spiritual but a contemporary piece proclaiming, to a bouncy and bracing backdrop, that when things get bad, ...

I was saddened to hear that Spencer Taylor Jr. of the Highway QCs passed away on September 5, 2025, at the age of 97. Here is a brief history of his career, taken from my essay on the QCs from the ...

The Journal of Gospel Music was saddened to learn of the passing of the Reverend Dr. Janice Brown-Stephens. She transitioned from earth to glory on August 30, 2024, at age 80. The following is based ...

Since May 2001, Bob Marovich has hosted Gospel Memories, a one-hour program of classic gospel, spiritual, and jubilee music from the 1890s through the 1990s. Past guests of the show include Rev.

Bob Marovich is a gospel music historian, author, and radio host. Founder of Journal of Gospel Music blog (formally The Black Gospel Blog) and producer of the Gospel Memories Radio Show.

With a touch of a Jamaican patois, Keyondra Lockett gleefully disrespects the devil on “Liar.” Put on the armor of God and the “Holy Ghost fire,” Lockett sings, and nothing the devil can throw at you ...

With “Yes Lord, Yes,” drummer, singer, and songwriter Marcus “Elder Mac” McFarlin sets a straightforward declaration of thanksgiving and discipleship to a simple melody, a mostly acoustic ...

Robert Broussard is sadly one of the unheralded baritone shout leads from gospel quartet’s Golden Age. He led the jubilee-rooted Ever Ready Gospel Singers of Shreveport in 1953-1954, then switched to ...

The Robersons—formerly known as Desmond Roberson & the Roberson Bunch—return with “Keep Blessin’,” a hand-clapper in the gospel quartet tradition.

I was born and raised in Vallejo, California. I wrote a couple of songs when I was in high school, but I didn’t get serious about songwriting until 1988, when I came to New York and worked with Elder ...

Journal of Gospel Music Editor-in-Chief is honored to present “I Can’t Make This Journey By Myself: Gospel Music and the Pursuit of Community and Modernity” at the 2014 Pruit Symposium at Baylor ...

The viewing will be on Friday September 13 between 5pm-7pm. The Musical Tribute will follow immediately from 7pm-9pm or as long as The Holy Spirit moves us! The “Commemoration & Celebration of Life” ...