by David Bruce Murray | May 24, 2018 | CD Reviews, Reviews
East To West is the first release by Endless Highway since they changed their name from The Joylanders last year. With the name change, the group also downsized from six members to four. They’re still a family group featuring Jason and Vanessa Griggs and their...
by David Bruce Murray | May 19, 2018 | DVD Review, Reviews
We Have This Moment by the Gaither Vocal Band presents a rare case. The quality of the DVD is top notch, as my 4 1/2 Star rating reflects, but some of you may not want to buy it. The selection includes the same twelve songs that appeared on the We Have This Moment CD...
by David Bruce Murray | May 18, 2018 | News
Gospel Music Happenings A new website indicates the trio of red-haired siblings known collectively as Red Roots will now be billed as Taylor Red. Their Facebook page has also been updated to reflect the new brand. On Monday, Singing News published the finalists for...
by David Bruce Murray | May 12, 2018 | CD Reviews, Reviews
Faithful Again was recently released by StowTown Records, and is the third project recorded by The Taylors since joining the label in 2014. This collection features nine songs and clocks in at 35 minutes. The Taylors, as you may already know, are a trio consisting of...
by David Bruce Murray | May 11, 2018 | News
Gospel Music Happenings On Tuesday, May 8, The Gospel Music Hall Of Fame inducted their 2018 class which includes Carman, Karen Peck Gooch, Greg Nelson, and The Staple Singers. At the same ceremony, Chonda Pierce, Marvin Sapp, Ryan Lampa, and Lipscomb University were...
by David Bruce Murray | May 4, 2018 | News, Streaming Video
Gospel Music Happenings Bob Sellers announced he is leaving the Kingsmen Quartet in June. He will continue to do solo appearances. On a related note, the Kingsmen Quartet announced they are accepting auditions for the lead singer position. If you would like to...
by Diana Brantley | May 3, 2018 | Concert Review
A few weeks ago, Greater Vision appeared at the Heritage Baptist Church in Calhoun, Georgia. I’m always glad when they come to north Georgia since they typically don’t have many concerts in our area. Their members are now Gerald Wolfe (keyboard/emcee/very...
by David Bruce Murray | May 2, 2018 | CD Reviews, Reviews
Debbie Cochran is a Christian Country artist who wrote all ten of the songs that appear on her 2016 CD Born Again Wildflower. I generally like to review CDs closer to release date, but this particular project was just sent my way a couple of weeks ago. Cochran’s...
by David Bruce Murray | May 1, 2018 | CD Reviews, Reviews
The Grace Of Life by Miles & Martha Pike is mostly “unplugged,” featuring Miles’ vocals and Martha’s piano on a total of fifteen tracks, including three instances of “Be Still My Soul.” Most tracks add one or two more...
by Sony Elise | Apr 29, 2018 | Uncategorized
When I was in my early 20s, there was a young lady that was attending the local college who told me that I should go to college because it teaches how to get along with people. I had to chuckle since I was living with my brother, four sisters, and my mom at the time....
by David Bruce Murray | Apr 27, 2018 | News
Gospel Music Happenings Wayne Haun was honored with the Distinguished Alumnus Award from Middle Tennessee State University’s School of Music this week. Haun has produced, arranged, and/or orchestrated for numerous artists. He has also performed as an artist and...
by Kyle Boreing | Apr 23, 2018 | Commentary & Observations, Music Business, Music Tech
In our last Music Biz Monday, we looked at the rise of music streaming (and rather rapid decline of downloads) as the primary method of consuming recorded music. We’ve addressed in the past the pro’s and con’s of streaming music as a whole in the...
