by David Bruce Murray | Oct 10, 2025 | News
NEWS NUGGETS Justified Quartet co-founder/owner/baritone Mark Jacoby announced he is stepping down from the group at the end of 2025. The Akron, Michigan-based quartet was formed by Jacoby and Tim Caldwell in 2010. GloryWay announced that Philip Kolb will be leaving...
by James Hales | Oct 8, 2025 | LP Review, Reviews
In 1979, the Inspirations released 2 studio albums, and “Songs of Love” was recorded during that summer, and released the following fall. “Songs of Love” is a pretty special album to me, as this was the very first record that I ever bought with my own allowance money...
by David Bruce Murray | Oct 6, 2025 | Reviews
Publisher: Crossway/Getty Music Release: Available now Rating: 3 Stars (scale of 1 to 5 Stars) The Sing Hymnal is a brand-new collection of modern and traditional hymns. The basic hymnal is available in four bindings: hardcover (black), cloth (green), goatskin...
by David Bruce Murray | Oct 3, 2025 | News
NEWS NUGGETS The Museum of Christian and Gospel Music holds its grand opening today in Nashville, Tennessee. For the first time in its 55-year history, the GMA’s Gospel Music Hall of Fame will have a physical location within the museum. The Hall’s first...
by James Hales | Oct 1, 2025 | LP Review, Reviews
With this latest article, we’ve come to the half-way point with my series on the Inspirations, as “The Inspirations…Have Something to Sing About”, lands about midway through the pile of recordings we are going through in this series…I can’t believe we are halfway...
by David Bruce Murray | Sep 26, 2025 | Commentary & Observations, Major Concert Events
2025 marked my 12th trip to Pigeon Forge, Tennessee for an NQC-produced event. I’ve been there for 11 fall Conventions (2014-2019; 2021-2025) and 1 Spring Break (2021). Prior to 2014, I attended the fall Convention 15 times in Louisville, Kentucky (1997-2010;...
by David Bruce Murray | Sep 26, 2025 | News
NEWS NUGGETS The National Quartet Convention began this past Sunday and will conclude tomorrow. The annual event draws thousands of fans, artists, and industry-related individuals to Pigeon Forge, Tennessee every fall. The Southern Gospel Music Association formally...
by James Hales | Sep 24, 2025 | LP Review, Reviews
As we come to 1978, we find what I consider to be one of the Inspirations’ absolute best studio recordings, “Looking for You”. A lady that my mom worked with had given me this recording (along with a few others, including “The Inspirations Have Something to Sing...
by David Bruce Murray | Sep 19, 2025 | News
NEWS NUGGETS The Southern Gospel Music Association announced an anonymous donor is matching gifts through Tuesday, September 23 up to $5000. The challenge was issued a few weeks ago and is now down to the final four days. Click HERE or call 865-908-4040 to support the...
by James Hales | Sep 17, 2025 | LP Review, Reviews
After releasing 3 iconic albums in 1976, the Inspirations took a bit of a breather and released just one album in 1977. Recorded at Mark V in Greenville, South Carolina, “When I Get Home” had a very unique feel and sound, and featured a lot of reverb in the mix,...
by David Bruce Murray | Sep 12, 2025 | News
NEWS NUGGETS Kingsmen Quartet alumni Bryan Hutson, Jerry Martin, Bob Sellers, Arthur Rice, Ray Talley, Chris Bryant, Greg Fox, Josh Horrell, and Garry Sheppard joined current group members in Asheville, North Carolina on Tuesday to participate in a recording to be...
by James Hales | Sep 10, 2025 | LP Review, Reviews
1976 was a huge year for the Inspirations, and they were enjoying the overwhelming success of “12th Anniversary Live” and “A Night of Inspiration”, but before the year ended, the guys recorded and released a brand-new studio album called, “On Heaven’s Bright Shore”,...
