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“Keep Blessin’”
The Robersons
OpenHeart Music Group (release date: August 28, 2026)

By Robert M. Marovich

No strangers to JGM, the Robersons—formerly known as Desmond Roberson & the Roberson Bunch—return with “Keep Blessin’,” a hand-clapper in the gospel quartet tradition.

“I should have lost it all,” declares the four-person family grou...


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“What work do interviewees say gospel performs in religious life, and how do they distinguish sacred ministry from style, entertainment, and commercial success?”

This was the question Hongbai Zhu (Joe), a religious studies student at Brown University, asked the Rev. Dr. Demetrius Lawrence at Mother Zion AME church in New York, church musician Charles Lavelle, St. Phili...


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The Exciting Holy Sons
Greatest Hits, Volume 1
Flight 14 Productions (release date: June 26, 2026)

By Robert M. Marovich

By offering an hour’s worth of highlights from the Exciting Holy Sons’ two-decade recording career, Greatest Hits, Volume 1 is like having a ticket to a program by the award-winning Chicago-based gospel quartet.

L...


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“Holy One” (Live)
Calvin Bridges
Independent (release date: August 7, 2026)

By Robert M. Marovich

There are songwriters, and there are Songwriters. The latter write songs that last. Calvin Bridges is among the latter.

His churchy “I Can Go to God in Prayer” turned fifty this year, but his latest single, “Holy One,” is at least twenty-five years old, ...


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(L-R) Jonathan “JJ” Jones, Vice President-Creative of R&S at ASCAP, Kenneth Leonard Jr., Grammy Award-winning artist and ASCAP songwriter, Tasha Cobbs Leonard, J. Marie Jones, Senior Director, Rhythm & Soul at ASCAP, and Jason Reddick, Director of Creative Services at ASCAP (Photo by Alston Media Group)


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