by David Bruce Murray | Aug 2, 2019 | News
GOSPEL MUSIC HAPPENINGS The Mark Trammell Quartet announced Stephen Adair will leave the Dixie Echoes to join their group in early September. Jeff Hawkins of Cookesville, Tennessee will fill the tenor spot until Adair’s arrival. In related news, the Dixie Echoes...
by David Bruce Murray | Jul 30, 2019 | News, Uncategorized
DBM’s Note: We RARELY print complete press releases here, preferring instead to give you condensed News Nuggets with all the extraneous fluff and puffery removed. This tongue-in-cheek “real press release” from the Dixie Echoes today is an exception....
by David Bruce Murray | Jul 26, 2019 | News
GOSPEL MUSIC HAPPENINGS Roger Talley has joined the Artists & Repertoire team at Crossroads Music. Talley will work with artists who record on the Horizon, Sonlite, and Skyland labels. RELEASING TODAY July 26 – Mac Powell & The Family Reunion –...
by David Bruce Murray | Jul 23, 2019 | CD Reviews, Reviews
The only major release in July was the Gaither Vocal Band’s Good Things Take Time, their second studio recording since Reggie Smith replaced David Phelps in 2017. Like virtually every GVB release from the past 30 years, Good Things Take Time includes a balanced...
by Sony Elise | Jul 21, 2019 | Uncategorized
This is later than I would typically write my Sunday devotional but where I am in Arizona, it is only a little after 6:00 PM. It is also 106 degrees. I would not wish this on anybody. But then I heard it was going to be close to 100 degrees in Michigan too....
by David Bruce Murray | Jul 19, 2019 | News
GOSPEL MUSIC HAPPENINGS IMC Concerts announced their annual Southwest Gospel Music Festival is relocating to the Ikeda Theater at the Mesa Arts Center in Mesa, AZ for 2020. The festival dates are Monday, January 6 through Wednesday, January 8. The Gatlin Brothers...
by Diana Brantley | Jul 17, 2019 | Commentary & Observations, Social Media, Streaming Video
Another year has passed since I performed this analysis. Although I don’t think I went to as many concerts or posted as many new vidoes as last year, it’s interesting to see what people chose to watch. This first group is for the total number of...
by David Bruce Murray | Jul 12, 2019 | News
GOSPEL MUSIC HAPPENINGS Singer Lindsey Graham is in the process of recording a TV series that will focus on worship, teaching, speaking, and singing for the country of Sweden’s Channel 10. The show will be called Conversations with Dr. Lindsey Graham and will...
by Diana Brantley | Jul 10, 2019 | News
Many folks will remember K.C. Armstrong from his time singing bass with The PromisedLand Quartet and his appearances at NQC with the U.S. Army Chorus singing the National Anthem. Now as he is preparing to retire from the Army and moving back to Tennessee, he is also...
by Diana Brantley | Jul 9, 2019 | Concert Review
I don’t care what Facebook says, I always have a great time seeing Pat Barker in concert! This time it was a solo concert at Meadowbrook Baptist Church where Pat spent several childhood years when his father was the music director there. This was an occasion to...
by David Bruce Murray | Jul 6, 2019 | Uncategorized
Jeff Stice – Bridge Pros: Jeff Stice moves effortlessly through styles ranging from cinematic (“Praise The Lord”/”Down From His Glory”) to pop (“That’s What Friends Are For”) to meditative (“It Is Well With My...
by David Bruce Murray | Jul 5, 2019 | News
GOSPEL MUSIC HAPPENINGS The Dixie Melody Boys announced tenor singer Derrick Boyd has returned to the group. Boyd previously sang with the group in the late 1980s and early 1990s. The Sound has signed a recording agreement with New Day Records. The group name was...
