by James Hales | Mar 9, 2022 | LP Review, Reviews
Well, here we are…1969. A year filled with Woodstock, the first man on the moon, Hurricane Camille, the Vietnam War, social unrest and peace signs…it was a year of so much trouble and uncertainty for our country and the world…but it was also a year of so much hope for...
by Sony Elise | Mar 6, 2022 | Uncategorized
“Two are better than one, Because they have a good reward for their labor.For if they fall, one will lift up his companion.But woe to him who is alone when he falls,For he has no one to help him up.” ~Ecclesiastes 4:9-10 In the first line of these verses,...
by David Bruce Murray | Mar 4, 2022 | News
The Blackwood Brothers Quartet announced former Kingsmen Garry Sheppard is filling the tenor role with the group this weekend at two appearances in Missouri. On stage at NQC Spring Break Thursday in Pigeon Forge, Inspirations bass singer Wyatt Austin asked his...
by James Hales | Mar 2, 2022 | LP Review, Reviews
I am exceptionally excited about this week’s review because this is one of my all-time favorite records. It’s one of the records I found in the bottom of my dad’s closet that introduced me to the Happy Goodman Family. These songs are part of my earliest musical...
by David Bruce Murray | Feb 25, 2022 | News
Lynda Randle made her debut on the Grand Ole Opry on February 15. Randle performed her new single “Plenty Good Room” and also sang “God On The Mountain.” Absolutely Gospel Music announced the nominees for their 21st annual awards show. Click HERE to view the...
by James Hales | Feb 23, 2022 | LP Review, Reviews
As we begin this week, for those who may be unfamiliar with the group and their history prior to 1963, I want to take a moment and give a very brief history and catch us up to where we are now. The group started as a large family unit in the Sand Mountain area of...
by Sony Elise | Feb 20, 2022 | Uncategorized
“Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, clamor, and evil speaking be put away from you, with all malice.” ~Ephesians 4:31 “Pursue peace with all people, and holiness, without which no one will see the Lord: looking carefully lest anyone fall short of the...
by David Bruce Murray | Feb 18, 2022 | News
Celebrate Gospel Music returns to Disneyland in Anaheim, California as a two-day event on February 19 and 26. The event will feature black talent including Kierra Sheard on the 19th and Jonathan McReynolds on the 26th. Reba McEntire’s upcoming DVD My Chains Are...
by James Hales | Feb 16, 2022 | LP Review, Reviews
Still riding off the hugely successful “What a Happy Time” album (which had only been released a year earlier), the Happy Goodmans released their 3rd Canaan album sometime in the latter half of 1967. On this release, Canaan Records and the Goodmans did a play on the...
by David Bruce Murray | Feb 11, 2022 | News
The Pine Ridge Boys announced the addition of baritone singer Tim Webster who previously performed with his father George Amon Webster as a member of the Heartland Boys/Quartet. Webster replaces long-time baritone and founding tenor singer Wayne Shuford who retired...
by Kyle Boreing | Feb 11, 2022 | Commentary & Observations, News
With the recent announcement of the Southern Gospel Music Association joining forces with the Biblical Times Theater in Pigeon Forge, TN, the SGMA now has not just a new home for the SGMA Hall of Fame, but also a venue to bring in artists for special events (the...
by James Hales | Feb 9, 2022 | LP Review, Reviews
I hope you enjoy reading these as much as I have been enjoying writing them. I generally stay a few albums ahead in my writing as I read, re-read, edit and re-edit and I have enjoyed remembering all the things I love about the music of the Happy Goodman Family. Their...
