by James Hales | May 18, 2022 | LP Review, Reviews
“Better Hurry Up” was the most unique recording the Happy Goodmans ever released. Sadly, this 1979 recording would be the last recorded effort for Howard, Sam, Rusty and Vestal, as a collective unit, until The Reunion was released in 1990. Recorded at Woodland Sound...
by David Bruce Murray | May 13, 2022 | News
The Absolutely Gospel Music Awards will be presented in front of a live audience for the first time since 2019 on Tuesday, May 17, 2022 at 6:00 PM (CDT). Click HERE to buy a ticket to attend in person at the Franklin Theater in Franklin, Tennessee or purchase a...
by James Hales | May 11, 2022 | LP Review, Reviews
Sometime in mid to late 1977, Johnny Cook had returned to the Goodmans, as had Eddie Crook, upon Johnny Minick’s departure. After their return to the group, work began on this recording, which was probably their biggest musical endeavor to date, and it was a slight...
by David Bruce Murray | May 6, 2022 | News
The Ball Brothers recently returned from a mission trip to Romania and Ukraine. Using Cluj-Napoca, Romania as a base, they delivered much-needed food supplies to Revival Baptist Church in Vizhnitsa, Ukraine where more than 100 displaced citizens are housed. They also...
by James Hales | May 4, 2022 | LP Review, Reviews
We have finally come to the album that is my all-time favorite album. From the very first time I heard it, I fell in love with this record. I literally have it so engrained on my brain that I can just about quote all the monologue of the entire album from beginning to...
by David Bruce Murray | Apr 29, 2022 | News
The Primitive Quartet announced they intend to sing full-time for the next 12 months to complete 50 years since the founding of the group in 1973. After that, they will cease full-time travel, but will still perform from time to time. Singing News notified Fan Awards...
by James Hales | Apr 27, 2022 | LP Review, Reviews
The time between when “Covered in Warmth” was released and the release of this album, the group once again, experienced a good bit of change. By late 1975, Eddie Crook had left the group to focus on studio work, enter Johnny Minick and his long association with the...
by David Bruce Murray | Apr 22, 2022 | News
The Mark Trammell Quartet is accepting applications for a bass singer. Interested singers should email a resume with a recent photo and demos of no more than 2 songs to mark@marktrammellministries.com The Guardians announced a brand-new recording and catalog...
by James Hales | Apr 20, 2022 | LP Review, Reviews
She’s back!!!Much to the delight of fans everywhere, Vestal returns to the group with their 1975 release, “Covered in Warmth”. Though she only sings one song on the album, it’s like a breath of fresh air and the group sounds refreshed as well! While some Goodman fans...
by Sony Elise | Apr 17, 2022 | Uncategorized
If you knew Him like I know HimYou would know that He’s aliveIf you felt Him like I feel HimResurrection deep insideYou’d know He’s living, and death has died! If you attend a traditional church, there’s a good chance that you sang the...
by David Bruce Murray | Apr 15, 2022 | News
Abraham Productions announced that Dr. Ralph Sexton will preach at the times scheduled for Dr. David Jeremiah at the upcoming Singing In The Sun event in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Dr. Jeremiah is recovering from a recent medical procedure to correct residual...
by James Hales | Apr 13, 2022 | LP Review, Reviews
It was the best of times; it was the worst of times. 1974 was a very exciting, yet uncertain time for the Goodmans. The Happy Goodman Family left the Gospel Singing Jubilee television show by early 1973. By 1974, they had begun work on their own TV show, “The Happy...
