by David Bruce Murray | Aug 24, 2018 | News
Gospel Music Happenings The Dunaways announced the addition of new group member Landon Villines. Mark 209 announced they are conducting auditions for a bass singer following the departure of Ray Woconish who sang with the group for the past 6 years. Interested...
by Kyle Boreing | Aug 23, 2018 | Commentary & Observations, Music Tech
Let me preface this post by saying this – I am a fan of music being available in digital formats. The convenience of being able to listen to pretty much any song I want on demand (for a nominal fee) at high quality is amazing. This is part of the reason that...
by Diana Brantley | Aug 20, 2018 | Concert Review
I recently saw these three groups at Welcome Hill Baptist Church in Ringgold. With Poet Voices based in nearby Chattanooga, the Hullender Family from Ringgold, and Appointed from nearby Tunnel Hill, I think you could safely say that the hometown crowd showed up!...
by David Bruce Murray | Aug 18, 2018 | CD Reviews, Reviews
Most Southern Gospel fans became familiar with Gordon Mote when he joined the Gaither Homecoming tour after the death of Anthony Burger in 2006, but Mote had been playing on recording sessions and touring with some of Country music’s biggest stars for many years...
by David Bruce Murray | Aug 17, 2018 | News
Gospel Music Happenings The Old Paths announced they will return to touring full-time in 2019. The group left the road in 2015, then returned to touring on a part-time basis in 2017. Gadsden, Alabama’s Exodus has announced they will perform as a female trio in...
by Diana Brantley | Aug 16, 2018 | Concert Review
A few weeks ago, I was able to see Avenue Trio in concert not once, but twice in north Georgia, at Taylorsville Baptist and Smyrna Baptist Churches! This trio is brand new but I already knew two of their members, Kasey Kemp and Corey Lackey, from Allegiance. The third...
by Kyle Boreing | Aug 13, 2018 | Commentary & Observations, History, Music Business, Music Tech
In 1990, Hank Williams, Jr., won a Grammy award for Best Country Vocal Collaboration for “There’s A Tear In My Beer,” an award he shared with his father, Hank Williams, Sr. The video for the song, in which father and son perform the song together,...
by David Bruce Murray | Aug 13, 2018 | CD Reviews, Reviews
Soul’d Out Quartet has been traveling and singing since 2004. The current line-up includes their ten-year veteran tenor Dusty Barrett, lead Jason McAtee who is celebrating two years with the group, baritone and group founder/owner Matt Rankin, and bass Ian Owens...
by Diana Brantley | Aug 13, 2018 | News
Bob Sellers held the lead position with the mighty Kingsmen since 2011, so when it was announced that he would be stepping down, many folks were wondering who the new man would be to take his place on the stage. We don’t have to wonder any more! It’s Chris...
by Sony Elise | Aug 12, 2018 | Uncategorized
If someone were to ask who in the Bible you would like to emulate apart from Jesus, what would you say? Maybe you would think of Peter or Paul–dynamic, bold preachers, full of the Holy Spirit. Or you might think of Moses or Gideon, strong leaders whom God chose...
by Kyle Boreing | Aug 11, 2018 | CD Reviews, Reviews
Producers: Michael Sykes, Holly Robinson-Branch, Scott Whitener Song Titles: Come By Here; The Old Dirt Road I Grew Up On; I Don’t Have To Stay; Everyday American; Can’t Hurry The Harvest; Down By The River; American Morning; If You Had Only Seen Me Then;...
