by James Hales | Nov 5, 2025 | LP Review, Reviews
After releasing a couple of independent live albums, along with their previous two studio albums starting out under the “Inspirations Records” umbrella, this is the first purely Canaan release for the Inspirations in 2 years. With the sudden passing of Marvin Norcross...
by James Hales | Oct 29, 2025 | LP Review, Reviews
By the 1980’s, we reach an interesting point in the Inspirations career as a group, because by this time they had enough hit songs and concert favorites to put on their very own all-night singing all by themselves, and not repeat a single song! Where it seemed almost...
by James Hales | Oct 22, 2025 | LP Review, Reviews
As I stated in my last article, this particular era of the Inspirations was a bit of a transitional period, brought on by changes within the group and within the music industry. Additionally, with the sudden passing of Canaan Records’ head, Marvin Norcross in June...
by James Hales | Oct 15, 2025 | LP Review, Reviews
As I mentioned in my last article, after 6 years with the same vocal line-up, changes had settled in, and it basically ended up being a bit of a domino effect over the course of the next couple of years with additional changes. Eddie had been pastoring a church since...
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...
