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...
by David Bruce Murray | Feb 4, 2022 | News
Jason Crabb announced he will join Steven Curtis Chapman, Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder, and other artists for a concert in Paducah, Kentucky on Sunday, February 20. The event is a benefit for the town of Mayfield, Kentucky which was devastated by a tornado in...
by James Hales | Feb 2, 2022 | LP Review, Reviews
The Goodmans had a lot going on between 1965 and 1966. They signed with Canaan Records in 1965 and by this time, they were appearing across the nation each week on the Gospel Singing Jubilee television show along with the Florida Boys, Dixie Echoes and Couriers....
by David Bruce Murray | Jan 28, 2022 | News
Ben Rochester, who traveled with his parents billed as The Rochester Family until December when his father and mother retired from the road, has announced the formation of The Ben Rochester Family. The group is currently recording new music and plans to start touring...
by James Hales | Jan 26, 2022 | LP Review, Reviews
Last year on my music page on Facebook (James’ Music Page), I embarked on a journey to review each of the albums by my favorite group, the Happy Goodman Family. It was truly a labor of love for me, and I am deeply appreciative that David asked me to share these...
by David Bruce Murray | Jan 21, 2022 | News
NEWS OF THE WEEK Main Street Music & Entertainment announced a solo album by Triumphant Quartet’s Scotty Inman will be released in May on their Berry Hill Records label. Inman says the album will feature “music that might not fit the mold of what I do...
by Sony Elise | Jan 16, 2022 | Uncategorized
“Go, inspect the city of Jerusalem. Walk around and count the many towers. Take note of the fortified walls, and tour all the citadels, that you may describe them to future generations. For that is what God is like. He is our God forever and ever, and he will be...
by David Bruce Murray | Jan 14, 2022 | News
NEWS OF THE WEEK Gold City announced the immediate departure of lead singer Bruce Taliaferro. Taliaferro began his second stint with Gold City in 2020 after previously singing with the group from 2008 to 2010. Singers interested in auditioning for the open position...
by Sony Elise | Jan 9, 2022 | Uncategorized
My brother and I just returned home after dropping our sister off at the airport. She arrived here on Christmas afternoon, and it was a blessing to have her for so long. Because of her visit, though, I haven’t had a lot of time to do my end-of-the-year...
