by David Bruce Murray | Feb 14, 2025 | News
#NEWSNUGGETS Greater Vision announced that baritone singer Jon Epley is leaving the group at the end of February. Epley has performed with Greater Vision since 2017. Voting for the Southern Gospel Music Association’s 2025 Hall Of Fame begins on March 3rd. Those...
by James Hales | Feb 12, 2025 | LP Review, Reviews
The months leading up to this recording was another time of great change for the Kingsmen, both professionally and personally. After playing for the Kingsmen for about a year, Tim Lovelace (who had gotten married in 1996) decided it was time to slow down and he...
by David Bruce Murray | Feb 7, 2025 | News
#NEWSNUGGETS The Kingdom Heirs announced they will pause appearances at Dollywood for several weeks in June, July, and early August. The group will instead be hitting the road for a summer tour. Artist Resource Services (ARS), the label services arm of New Day...
by James Hales | Feb 5, 2025 | LP Review, Reviews
After almost 3 years without any personnel changes, the winds of change blew through the Kingsmen bus once again as Tim Surrett and Randy Matthews both departed the Kingsmen. In June 1996, Tim left to join the Isaacs, where he remained until 2002, after which he...
by David Bruce Murray | Jan 31, 2025 | News
#NEWSNUGGETS Universal Music Group and Spotify announced an agreement that should lead to “new paid subscription tiers, bundling of music and non-music content, and a richer audio and visual content catalog.” The announcement stated the new agreement will...
by James Hales | Jan 29, 2025 | LP Review, Reviews
By 1995, this current iteration of the Kingsmen had been together for 2 years and they were riding high in the charts with their #1 song, “I Will Rise Up From My Grave”. It was decided that it was time for the Kingsmen to record a new live album, which would be their...
by Sony Elise | Jan 26, 2025 | Uncategorized
But also for this very reason, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue, to virtue knowledge, to knowledge self-control, to self-control perseverance, to perseverance godliness, to godliness brotherly kindness, and to brotherly kindness love ~2 Peter 1:5-7,...
by David Bruce Murray | Jan 24, 2025 | News
#NEWSNUGGETS The Dixie Echoes announced the departure of tenor singer Buddy Bates. Those interested in auditioning for the open position should send a demo and résumé to: scootde78@aol.com Singing News announced the winner of their 2024 Songwriter’s Search is...
by James Hales | Jan 22, 2025 | LP Review, Reviews
Given the massive changes the Kingsmen experienced in early 1993, by the time 1994 came around, the dust had settled, and they were gelling very nicely! I bought “Ridin’ High” when it first came out, and I immediately fell in love with the recording, and it has...
by David Bruce Murray | Jan 17, 2025 | News
#NEWSNUGGETS Daywind announced they have signed the Chuck Wagon Gang to their Thoroughbred Records label. Group leader Shaye Smith said of the change, “We have a foothold in Southern, Country, and Bluegrass Gospel. Thoroughbred Records recognizes this and has given us...
by James Hales | Jan 15, 2025 | LP Review, Reviews
The year leading up to this latest recording was filled with lots of impactful changes within the Kingsmen. As a quick recap, Gary Dillard left towards the end of 1991, then Anthony Burger left in February/March of 1993, with Garry Sheppard departing a few months...
by David Bruce Murray | Jan 10, 2025 | News
#NEWSNUGGETS Alan Kendall announced his first book will be released on March 12. Titled Decades of Music, Decades of Memories, Volume One: 70 Years Of Songs, Stories, and Moments From The Kingsmen, the 350+-page book will feature stories of 120 songs, stories from...
