NewsNuggets: 2-6-26

by | Feb 6, 2026 | News

NEWS NUGGETS

Legacy Five announced the additions of 22-year-old tenor singer Caleb Ozee and pianist Philip Kolb. Ozee and Kolb replace Lee Black and Tim Parton respectively who left the group in 2025.

 

Last Saturday, Kim Hopper called out cyberbullies who made distasteful comments about her daughter Karlye during a live video streamed from the Singing At Sea cruise. Kim’s Facebook post/video has since received over 650,000 views and sparked an anti-bullying movement across social media platforms with the hashtag: IStandWithKarlye

 

Grammy Awards winners in Christian categories this past week include: “Come Jesus Come” (CeCe Winans featuring Shirley Caesar) for Best Gospel Performance/Song; “Hard Fought Hallelujah” (Brandon Lake with Jelly Roll; Chris Brown, Steven Furtick, Benjamin William Hastings, Jason Bradley Deford & Brandon Lake, songwriters) for Christian Music Performance/Song; Heart of Mine (Darrel Walls, PJ Morton) for Best Gospel Album; Coritos Vol. 1 (Israel & New Breed) for Best Contemporary Christian Music Album; and I Will Not Be Moved (Live) (The Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir) for Best Roots Gospel Album.

NEW RELEASES

Click HERE to listen to new February releases.

February 6 – Band Reeves – My Country (EP/digital)

 

February 6 – The Craguns – Steadfast Love (CD/digital)

UPCOMING RELEASES

Dates listed here typically reflect official release dates for retail and/or online outlets. Dates titles become available direct from the artists may differ.

February 13 – Jonathan Wilburn – Jesus Can (CD/digital)

 

February 13 – Niki Lou Savich (CD/digital)

 

February 20 – Chosen Road – American Morning: Side A (EP)

 

February 27 – Kim Collingsworth – His Gift, My Story (CD/DVD)

 

February 2026 – Evan Bradford – The Kingsmen: Then And Now (documentary film)

 

March 24 – Mary Beth Chapman and Steven Curtis Chapman – Still Here: Life Together on the Long Way Home (book)

 

March 27 – Gaither Gospel Series – I Go To The Rock

 

Various Artists – We Shall Behold Him: A Tribute to Dottie Rambo (vinyl)

 

Spring – The Hyssongs – Title TBA

 

???? – Kingsmen Quartet – 70th Anniversary (CD/digital)

 

???? – Gold City – Acapella Gold (vinyl/digital)

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David Bruce Murray

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.

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