I recently had a most unusual Sunday! As rare as quintets are, I managed to see two of them on the same day - two quintets with such different styles and sound but with such similar themes in their music. The Mylon Hayes Family, conisting of parents Mylon and Wendy...
Here's the press release from Mark Trammell regarding the new pianist for his group. Since Steve Hurst traveled with the group during 2006-2007, the group has not had a dedicated pianist. This is great news!! July 17, 2017 For Immediate Release Gadsden, AL - After...
With the departure of Michael Helwig, Billy Blackwood had quite a challenge finding a new lead singer to take his place. That challenge has now been met with the hiring of 24-year old Jonathan Mattingly, who formerly sang with the Mattingly Family. He has been with...
A few weeks ago I had the opportunity to hear Allegiance Trio in concert. Allegiance is a fairly new group and was named Declaration when they first started. I hadn't seen them in quite a while since they don't come “south” very often, so I was very interested to hear...
During the Memorial Day weekend, I was able to attend several concert events. The last one was at The Ball Brothers' home church, Peavine Baptist in Rock Spring, Georgia. I think it is always special to see groups at their home church if most or all of the members are...
The latest interview by Legacy Five bass singer Matt Fouch is with the Legacy Five's tenor, Josh Feemster. All I can say is, it's about time!! Enjoy!!
Matinee: Legacy Five During the first couple of years of the Memphis Quartet Show, Legacy Five didn't participate because it was during the week of their family vacations, which we all know are very important for these guys since they miss their families so much...
We had another wonderful evening of great quartet music at the “all night sing” last night. Because there were six artists instead of the four or five that usually appear, this one went on until 11:00 and had the biggest variety of sounds yet – from the VERY classic...
Matinee: Second-Half Quartet I don't know where to really start with my review of today's matinee at the Memphis Quartet Show. This “group” is made up of members from 2 other groups and a soloist - tenor Chris Allman, lead Rodney Griffin, baritone Mark Trammell, bass...