by Diana Brantley | Aug 29, 2018 | Concert Review
I recently had a great weekend in the great state of Mississippi. I combined my annual trip to Paid In Full’s homecoming concert in New Albany with seeing Unity 4, since they are also based in Mississippi and were singing near their home in Iuka. The members of...
by Kyle Boreing | Aug 28, 2018 | Commentary & Observations
A common tactic in SG music songwriting and production is to insert a portion of one song into another similarly-themed song. For example, in “Calvary Came Through,” written by Terry and Barbi Franklin and recorded first by Gold City in 1994, a chorus of...
by Kyle Boreing | Aug 27, 2018 | Commentary & Observations, Music Business, Music Tech
One of my most common complaints any time I do an album review is the level of auto-tuning involved. Nearly every album I review includes SOMETHING about tuning being too high (to the point that I actually started using a “tune-o-meter” scale when rating...
by David Bruce Murray | Aug 24, 2018 | News
Gospel Music Happenings The Dunaways announced the addition of new group member Landon Villines. Mark 209 announced they are conducting auditions for a bass singer following the departure of Ray Woconish who sang with the group for the past 6 years. Interested...
by Kyle Boreing | Aug 23, 2018 | Commentary & Observations, Music Tech
Let me preface this post by saying this – I am a fan of music being available in digital formats. The convenience of being able to listen to pretty much any song I want on demand (for a nominal fee) at high quality is amazing. This is part of the reason that...
by Diana Brantley | Aug 20, 2018 | Concert Review
I recently saw these three groups at Welcome Hill Baptist Church in Ringgold. With Poet Voices based in nearby Chattanooga, the Hullender Family from Ringgold, and Appointed from nearby Tunnel Hill, I think you could safely say that the hometown crowd showed up!...
by David Bruce Murray | Aug 18, 2018 | CD Reviews, Reviews
Most Southern Gospel fans became familiar with Gordon Mote when he joined the Gaither Homecoming tour after the death of Anthony Burger in 2006, but Mote had been playing on recording sessions and touring with some of Country music’s biggest stars for many years...
by David Bruce Murray | Aug 17, 2018 | News
Gospel Music Happenings The Old Paths announced they will return to touring full-time in 2019. The group left the road in 2015, then returned to touring on a part-time basis in 2017. Gadsden, Alabama’s Exodus has announced they will perform as a female trio in...
by Diana Brantley | Aug 16, 2018 | Concert Review
A few weeks ago, I was able to see Avenue Trio in concert not once, but twice in north Georgia, at Taylorsville Baptist and Smyrna Baptist Churches! This trio is brand new but I already knew two of their members, Kasey Kemp and Corey Lackey, from Allegiance. The third...
by Kyle Boreing | Aug 13, 2018 | Commentary & Observations, History, Music Business, Music Tech
In 1990, Hank Williams, Jr., won a Grammy award for Best Country Vocal Collaboration for “There’s A Tear In My Beer,” an award he shared with his father, Hank Williams, Sr. The video for the song, in which father and son perform the song together,...
by David Bruce Murray | Aug 13, 2018 | CD Reviews, Reviews
Soul’d Out Quartet has been traveling and singing since 2004. The current line-up includes their ten-year veteran tenor Dusty Barrett, lead Jason McAtee who is celebrating two years with the group, baritone and group founder/owner Matt Rankin, and bass Ian Owens...
