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RIP – Sandra Crouch, GRAMMY Award-Winning Gospel Singer, Twin Sister of Andrae’ Crouch

By |March 18th, 2024|Categories: Breaking News, Gospel Music, Prayer List|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

By Robert M. Marovich JGM is saddened to learn of the passing of gospel singer, songwriter, and percussionist Sandra Elaine Crouch on Sunday, March 17, 2024, at age 81. Born July 1, 1942, to Benjamin and Catherine Crouch, Sandra was the twin sister of Andrae' Crouch. As part of the COGICs--with Billy Preston ("the fifth Beatle"), Gloria Jones ("Tainted Love"), Edna Wright (Honey Cone), and Sondra "Heartaches" Williams--the Crouch siblings sang "The Blood Will Never Lose Its Power," based loosely on an older COGIC hymn, into a gospel classic. Reaching prominence during the Jesus People movement of the late 1960s [...]

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RIP – Sandra Crouch, GRAMMY Award-Winning Gospel Singer, Twin Sister of Andrae’ Crouch

By |March 18th, 2024|Categories: Breaking News, Gospel Music, Prayer List|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

By Robert M. Marovich JGM is saddened to learn of the passing of gospel singer, songwriter, and percussionist Sandra Elaine Crouch on Sunday, March 17, 2024, at age 81. Born July 1, 1942, to Benjamin and Catherine Crouch, Sandra was the twin sister of Andrae' Crouch. As part of the COGICs--with Billy Preston ("the fifth Beatle"), Gloria Jones ("Tainted Love"), Edna Wright (Honey Cone), and Sondra "Heartaches" Williams--the Crouch siblings sang "The Blood Will Never Lose Its Power," based loosely on an older COGIC hymn, into a gospel classic. Reaching prominence during the Jesus People movement of the late 1960s [...]

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LATEST 5 STAR REVIEWS 

  • John Paul McGee A Gospejazzical Christmas Jazz Urbane (release date: November 16, 2023) Guest review by David McGee In A Gospejazzical Christmas, the first new recording we’ve heard from Dr. John Paul McGee, Ph.D., since his acclaimed 2022 release, Gospejazzical Vol. 1, the gifted pianist-songwriter-producer-vocal arranger (currently assistant chair of piano at the Berklee College [...]

  • For its sixth album and first in three years, gospel group Anthony Brown and Group TherAPy offers a battery of scripture-based affirmations on its album of the same name.

  • Jekalyn Carr Jekalyn New Day Entertainment (release date: October 20, 2023) By Robert M. Marovich Jekalyn Carr, gospel music’s queen of encouragement, returns with a self-titled album that captures her unconquerable energy even as the lyrics focus less on the power of positive thinking and action, and more on the power of praise, worship, [...]

  • Gaither Tribute is a big bouquet of roses for Bill and Gloria Gaither. 

  • Live From New Orleans delivers marvelous singing, well-written songs, professional musicians, and all of it expertly curated. It’s a worship experience in a jewel case.

LATEST PICK OF THE WEEK – SINGLES

  • Warm, energetic, and with a longstanding passion for churchy gospel music, Bishop Neal Roberson injects each of these characteristics into his new single, “Keeps on Making a Way.”

  • “Live Your Best Life” Brent Jones JDI Records (release date: February 12, 2024)

  • Veteran singer CeCe Winans has the training, the talent, the experience, and the chops to put any song over. Her new single, “That’s My King,” is no exception.

  • “Have Mercy O Grace” Armstead Ford ft. God’s Harvesters Independent (release date: October 27, 2023)

  • “Blessed My Soul” Jason Singleton & Friends From the Singletone Music Group CD The LowCountry Church Experience (release date: July 16, 2023) By Robert M. Marovich In what artist and minister Jason Singleton calls a Low Country arrangement, meaning the area along South Carolina’s coast, “Blessed My Soul” evokes the exuberance of the antiphonal and [...]

CONVERSATIONS WITH THE GOSPEL LEGENDS

Conversations with the Gospel Legends Special Edition: Eric Clark

December 9th, 2019|

On this episode of Conversations with the Gospel Legends, we talk with Eric Clark, a young man reconnecting with gospel legends to share their stories on a variety of media platforms. He's also a singer and songwriter, and has gospel music history in his own family. Enjoy!Conversations with the Gospel [...]

A City Called Heaven

By Robert Marovich

In A City Called Heaven, gospel announcer and music historian Robert Marovich shines a light on the humble origins of a majestic genre and its indispensable bond to the city where it found its voice: Chicago.

A City Called Heaven

By Robert Marovich

In A City Called Heaven, gospel announcer and music historian Robert Marovich shines a light on the humble origins of a majestic genre and its indispensable bond to the city where it found its voice: Chicago.

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