by David Bruce Murray | Jul 24, 2020 | News
NEWS THIS WEEK Daywind Studios announced the completion of renovations on its state-of-the-art recording studios in Hendersonville, TN. Ernie Haase announced Signature Sound is launching a weekly “webisode” series called Friday Night Sing. The series will...
by David Bruce Murray | Jul 17, 2020 | CD Reviews, Reviews
Click HERE to listen all of these albums on YouTube Music. The McKameys sang from 1954 to 2019 with one group member (Peg McKamey Bean) impressively present for the group’s entire 65-year run! Peg’s husband, Ruben Bean, has also been present for 62 of...
by David Bruce Murray | Jul 17, 2020 | News
NEWS THIS WEEK The Pennsylvania Gospel Music Festival has been postponed until September 3-4, 2021. Those who have already purchased tickets for the 2020 event have the option of a refund or rolling them over for the 2021 event. The Gatlinburg Gathering scheduled for...
by David Bruce Murray | Jul 10, 2020 | News
NEWS THIS WEEK The Dixie Melody Boys announced the addition of tenor singer Buddy Bates of Millville, Ohio. Bates replaces Derrick Boyd who is completing his second stint as the group’s tenor singer (1987-1993; 2019-2020). The National Quartet Convention...
by David Bruce Murray | Jul 6, 2020 | CD Reviews, Reviews
Click HERE to listen both of these albums on YouTube Music. What Love Does features eight songs by The Old Paths. The singers remain unchanged since January 2017 when the group relaunched with Steve Ladd filling the tenor slot. Any time a CD has less than ten songs,...
by Sony Elise | Jul 5, 2020 | Uncategorized
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. It was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness.” The opening line from A Tale of Two Cities describes 2020 pretty well. Some may argue that there is no “best of times” about it, but...
by David Bruce Murray | Jul 3, 2020 | News
NEWS THIS WEEK The Inspirations announced younger members Luke Vaught, Wyatt Austin, and Roland Kesterson along with a fill-in vocalist Isaac Moore will resume touring. The older group members (Archie Watkins, Marlin Shubert, and Eddie Dietz) plan to return to...
by David Bruce Murray | Jun 26, 2020 | News
NEWS THIS WEEK Ernie Haase & Signature Sound announced the group is suspending touring in 2020 with plans to resume in March 2021. The group also announced plans to launch a “longer expanded weekly concert series/ TV/webisode” on September 11. Chapel...
by David Bruce Murray | Jun 19, 2020 | News
NEWS THIS WEEK Governor Bill Lee of Tennessee officially declared Gateway Management a Goodwill Ambassador for the State of Tennessee. Godsey Media Management announced the launch of Arize Partners. Arize Partners’ goal is to bring artists and audiences together...
by Sony Elise | Jun 14, 2020 | Uncategorized
This past week, the song that kept rising up in my heart was “Great Is Thy Faithfulness.” Great is Thy faithfulness, O God my Father God truly is a faithful father. Many of us cannot say that about our earthly fathers, but what a blessing to know that God...
by David Bruce Murray | Jun 12, 2020 | News
NEWS THIS WEEK GaitherTV announced a new subscription program offering the entire Gaither video library plus exclusive content to customers on Roku, Amazon FireTV, AppleTV, Android TV, iOS, and GooglePlay platforms. Subscriptions include a 7-day trial period with...
by David Bruce Murray | Jun 5, 2020 | News
NEWS THIS WEEK The Southern Gospel Music Association announced the 2020 additions to their Hall Of Fame are songwriter Dianne Wilkinson, Daywind Music & New Day head Dottie Leonard Miller, the Klaudt Indian Family’s Melvin Klaudt, and former LeFevres member...
