by David Bruce Murray | Feb 16, 2024 | News
NEWS OF THE WEEK Tribute Quartet announced they have hired Branson Self for the position of live sound engineer. Self replaces Corey Lackey. In an email to subscribers, Singing News magazine announced they will be delivering digital issues in a simpler manner going...
by James Hales | Feb 14, 2024 | LP Review, Reviews
1977 brought us one of the finest albums of the decade with “In God’s Sunshine”, which ranks as one of my all-time favorite albums by the Hemphills. I first heard the album when I was a DJ in 1988 and I fell in love with it the first time I heard it. I borrowed it...
by Sony Elise | Feb 11, 2024 | Uncategorized
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. ~Matthew 6:13 This past week, a man that we used to attend church with was murdered. This has brought up the age-old discussion of, If God could have stopped it, why didn’t He? There are things we will...
by David Bruce Murray | Feb 9, 2024 | News
NEWS OF THE WEEK Echoes Of The South by Blind Boys Of Alabama won the Grammy for the Best Roots Gospel Album this week, beating out albums by The Blackwood Brothers Quartet, Becky Isaacs Bowman, Brian Free & Assurance, and the Gaither Vocal Band. The Mark Trammell...
by James Hales | Feb 7, 2024 | LP Review, Reviews
1976 was a transitional year for the Hemphills. Candy was now a part of the group and Joey was transitioning from playing drums to singing on the front lines as well, and both Joey and Tim are singing on this album. Sometime after “Without a Doubt” was released, Tim...
by David Bruce Murray | Feb 2, 2024 | News
NEWS OF THE WEEK The National Quartet Convention announced that Turning Point Ministries, the broadcast ministry of Dr. David Jeremiah, is the title sponsor for the 2024 National Quartet Convention and all NQC produced events. In the same press release, the National...
by James Hales | Jan 31, 2024 | LP Review, Reviews
2 years after the Hemphills released their first live recording, the group recorded another double live album entitled, “One Live Family”. By this time, Bob MacKenzie had moved on to other endeavors, and Phil Johnson was tapped to produce this album for the Hemphills....
by David Bruce Murray | Jan 26, 2024 | News
NEWS OF THE WEEK The Inspirationals Quartet of Texas announced they will be traveling in a 2024 Prevost motorcoach in a couple of months. Finishing touches are being made in a Nashville shop. Ernie Haase & Signature Sound announced their Friday Night Sing series...
by James Hales | Jan 24, 2024 | LP Review, Reviews
After enjoying some good success with “Ready to Leave”, the Hemphills released another album in 1974 entitled, “Sing the Glory Down”, and this ranks as one of my all-time favorite albums by the Hemphills. I first heard the album as a teenager back around 1987, when I...
by David Bruce Murray | Jan 19, 2024 | News
NEWS OF THE WEEK The Kingsmen announced they have hired 19-year-old bass singer Brady Jones from Morgantown, Kentucky. Jones began traveling with the group on December 29, replacing Drew Laney. Songwriter, producer, and co-founder of Red Street Records Don Koch passed...
by James Hales | Jan 17, 2024 | LP Review, Reviews
After signing with Heartwarming Records in the latter half of 1973, the group immediately began work on a new studio album and in early 1974, “Ready to Leave” was released. Actually, it appears the album was likely released right around the new year, as on my personal...
by David Bruce Murray | Jan 12, 2024 | News
NEWS OF THE WEEK The Gaither Vocal Band announced their 16-city Moments To Remember tour will launch in the Spring. Artist Resource Services, the independent artist and label services arm of New Day Christian Distributors, announced they have added Kim Pennington as...
