by David Bruce Murray | Feb 19, 2017 | Streaming Video
Some years ago, I had the pleasure of meeting Ken and Jean Grady, producers of a weekly television program called Gospel Music Today. They even allowed me to do a few segments promoting SGHistory.com at one point. If you enjoy this week’s episode and would like...
by Sony Elise | Feb 19, 2017 | Uncategorized
Bless them which persecute you: bless, and curse not. ~Romans 12:14 Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth. Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled. Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain...
by David Bruce Murray | Feb 19, 2017 | CD Reviews, History, Reviews
Producer: Bobby Blazier and John Hartley Label: Integrity Music Songs: We Are Waiting/All Sons & Daughters; Not Be Moved/New Life Worship; Hallelujah (King Of Glory)/Dustin Smith; In The Blood/Israel Houghton; Blessed Savior-Fount Of Grace/Darlene Zschech; No One...
by David Bruce Murray | Feb 13, 2017 | News
Last Week’s Happenings Daywind Music Publishing announced that songwriter Dianne Wilkinson has reached the milestone of writing 1,000 songs. Joe and Bill Huffman announced a reunion for Mark V Studios in Greenville, SC will be held on June 6, 2017 at the Tremont...
by Kyle Boreing | Feb 9, 2017 | Commentary & Observations, History
“We were looking for someone who looks like a man and sings like a woman. We got the ‘sings like a woman’ part down….” Emcees have been using variations of this joke for years, and yet somehow, it always gets a laugh. It does, however,...
by David Bruce Murray | Feb 6, 2017 | News
Last Week’s Happenings Former Brian Free & Assurance bass singer Keith Plott announced he has joined the LeFevre Quartet. Plott replaces Trent Adams who was only with the group for a short time in 2016. Sonlite Records announced they have added soloist Steve...
by Diana Brantley | Feb 3, 2017 | Concert Review
I get to see the Booth Brothers in a full-length concert at least once each year close to where I live, and this past weekend I did just that. The reigning Singing News Fan Favorite Artist of the Year was the only artist on the program so they performed a very long...
by Diana Brantley | Feb 1, 2017 | Interviews
I’ve been quite negligent in posting the latest On the Couch sessions, but I no longer have any excuses since I have quit my “day job” and joined the ranks of the “retired folks!” So for those of you that haven’t already seen...
by David Bruce Murray | Jan 31, 2017 | Commentary & Observations
I was a Guy Penrod fan from the first time I heard him sing. That first time was in August 1995 in Spartanburg, South Carolina at Christian Supply’s Choral Festival. Each summer, church music leaders gather there to preview new music from an array of choral...
by David Bruce Murray | Jan 30, 2017 | News
Last Week’s Happenings Cross Music Group announced they have signed a production agreement with Deborah Peek, from Scottsboro, AL. Mark Lowry announced he will be very little touring after 2017. He still plans to appear at a few “spot dates,’ but...
by Diana Brantley | Jan 29, 2017 | Concert Review
For my first concert of 2017 (it sure took a while – Jan. 27th!), I traveled to Millbrook Baptist Church in Aiken, SC to attend the Diapers 2 Depends tour featuring Mark Lowry, Stan Whitmire and Cana’s Voice. It was my first time to see Cana’s Voice...
by David Bruce Murray | Jan 24, 2017 | Polls-Games-Contests
Suppose you want to launch a traditional four singers plus a piano player quartet with only the very best in the business, but there’s just one catch: you’ve never heard any of the applicants. You must hire them based on their experience alone. Who has the...
