by David Bruce Murray | Apr 18, 2025 | News
#NEWSNUGGETS Southern Gospel Music Association President Arthur Rice called Jeanette Cooke last week to let her know that she is being inducted into the SGMA Hall Of Fame as part of the class of 2025. Cooke began singing in 1962 with her husband Hubert. As their...
by James Hales | Apr 16, 2025 | LP Review, Reviews
Call me a Grinch, but I’ve never been a big fan of Christmas music. After a couple of weeks of listening to Christmas music, I’m usually done with it for another year! Plus, it is my opinion that Christmas music is its own unique genre and should have a certain sound...
by David Bruce Murray | Apr 11, 2025 | News
#NEWSNUGGETS Greater Vision continues to audition potential baritone singers. Isaac Hughes, Cody Shaneyfelt, Aaron Swain, and Carson Edwards have filled in over the past few weekends. Glenn Price will appear with them at dates in Oklahoma and Texas tonight through...
by James Hales | Apr 9, 2025 | LP Review, Reviews
Enjoying the success from their “United” album, which was released in 1986, the Talleys did not release a new recording in 1987. They did manage to get into the studio during the latter half of 1987, and in early 1988, they released “For Every Generation”, which took...
by David Bruce Murray | Apr 4, 2025 | News
#NEWSNUGGETS The Georgia House of Representatives recently passed Resolution HR 692: “honoring the lives and legacy of Kelly Nelon Clark, Jason Clark, and Amber Nelon Kistler of The Nelons and commending Autumn Nelon Streetman.” Click HERE to read the...
by James Hales | Apr 2, 2025 | LP Review, Reviews
With 2 successful albums under their belt, the Talleys decided to start broadening their music, and “United” would have a bit more of an edgier feel to it. The Talleys were very comfortable expanding their horizons and creating music that had a bit more of a...
by David Bruce Murray | Apr 1, 2025 | Humor
WHAT’S NOT IN THE NEWS The Artificial Intelligence (AI) version of Randy Travis issued a statement assuring Gospel fans that just as soon as an acceptable peak in fame has been achieved by the digital clone in the Country and Pop markets, Gospel recordings by AI...
by David Bruce Murray | Mar 28, 2025 | News
#NEWSNUGGETS The Country Music Hall Of Fame announced their 2025 inductees include former Dixie Melody Boys/Stamps/Oak Ridge Boys/Elvis pianist Tony Brown as well as June Carter Cash and Kenny Chesney. The Ben Speer’s Stamps-Baxter School Of Music announced they...
by James Hales | Mar 26, 2025 | LP Review, Reviews
After the immense success of their first major album, “Wherever I Am”, would the Talleys be able to top it? Many sophomore recordings have fallen flat, as artists feverishly try to exceed the success of their first hit recording, rather than just enjoy the ride and...
by David Bruce Murray | Mar 21, 2025 | News
#NEWSNUGGETS The Top Ten nominees have been announced for the 2025 Singing News Fan Awards. Click HERE to see if your nominees made it! Singing News Radio announced several changes in programming: 1. The long-running program Gospel Music Today hosted by Ken & Jean...
by Kyle Boreing | Mar 20, 2025 | Commentary & Observations, History, Music Tech
We all know how streaming music has resulted in performers and songwriters getting abysmally-small payouts compared to physical media. I’ve written on this a number of times in the past, including running numbers established by the RIAA and various streaming...
by James Hales | Mar 19, 2025 | LP Review, Reviews
By summer of 1984, the Talleys had signed with Canaan Records and were soon in the studio recording their first label album, and the comparison between this album and their first 2 independent recordings is like night and day! During the time leading up to signing...
