RECENT HAPPENINGS
Chris Bryant announced he has left the Kingsmen Quartet after a four-year tenure (to the day as of July 25, 2022).
REMEMBERING
Producer, songwriter, engineer, session guitar player, and record company executive Joe Huffman passed away last week. Huffman participated in the creation of albums recorded by the Kingsmen Quartet, Dallas Holm, Henry & Hazel Slaughter, the Speers, and many others. Huffman co-founded both Mark Five Studios and Meadowgreen Music.
RELEASED THIS WEEK
Click HERE to listen to July 2022 releases on YouTube Music.
UPCOMING RELEASES
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.
Date TBA – New Ball Brothers album
Date TBA – The King James Boys – Walk On Faith (CD/streaming)
There have been many things happen through the years at Mark V studios. But I believe when the Sheltons recorded Jesus Is Coming Soon and later was picked up by the Inspirations and the Oak Ridge Boys this was instrumental in all the there careers catapulting all these groups into a limelight they had never seen
Joe Huffman was involved.
I’ve known Chris Bryant even from his time with the Bibletones and always appreciated his voice and love for gospel music.
Praying the Lord leads and encourages him.
Do the Kingsmen and Gold City have permanent lead singers now?
The Kingsmen do not have a new lead singer yet. They have been using various fill-ins…mostly Phillip Hughes, but a few others like Bob Sellers have also filled in.
Cole Watson has been singing lead for Gold City for several months, but they have not yet made any sort of announcement that he will be the permanent lead nor have they updated their website.