#NewsNuggets: 6-24-22

David Bruce Murray June 24, 2022

Kingdom Heirs tenor singer Jacob Ellison announced his engagement to be married to Laynie Rath.

The Bibletones are celebrating their 50th anniversary singing gospel music with a concert tomorrow night in Gulfport, Mississippi featuring the Inspirations, Dixie Echoes, and Josh & Ashley Franks. Click HERE for all the details.

Greater Vision baritone singer Jon Epley was recently honored by Kentucky governor Andy Beshear with the title Kentucky Colonel. The list Colonel Epley has joined includes famous names like Ansel Adams, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, Ty Cobb, Franklin Graham, and of course, Harland Sanders.

Voting for the final round of the 2022 Singing News Fan Awards was scheduled to begin today.

Check out the latest video from 11th Hour for their single “Letters To Heaven” below:

PRAYER REQUEST

Please pray for Oak Ridge Boys tenor singer Joe Bonsall who returned home this week after a 6-day stay in the hospital for a pulmonary embolism (blood clot).

RELEASED TODAY

June 24 – Booth Brothers – Take Another Step (CD/streaming retooled release of album originally released in 2021 with Paul Lancaster/this version with Jim Brady adds three songs and removes one)

June 24 – Phillips & Banks – Sing Them Again (streaming)

June 24 – Mac Powell – New Creation (vinyl)

June 24 – The Morrison Sisters – Still (CD/streaming)

June 24 – The Foster Triplets – Grace Carried Me Here (CD/streaming)

June 24 – Legacy Five – Strong In The Strength (streaming re-issue of 1999 album)

UPCOMING RELEASES

Click HERE to listen to June 2022 releases on YouTube Music.

The dates listed here are distribution dates when music will officially be available through retail and online outlets. Some titles may be available sooner direct from the artists.

July 1 – Carolina The Band – Turn: A Legacy Of American Songs (CD/streaming)

July 15 – 3 Heath Brothers – Into The Deep (CD/streaming)

August 5 – Ernie Haase & Signature Sound – Decades Of Love (CD/streaming)

On the radar, date TBA – New Ball Brothers album

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David Bruce Murray

David Bruce Murray is a church music director in Ellenboro, NC. He is the author of Murray's Encyclopedia Of Southern Gospel Music and the owner of both SGHistory.com and MusicScribe.com. David plays piano for Southern Sounds Quartet and the Foothills Community Choir.