by James Hales | Jul 1, 2026 | LP Review, Reviews
With the immense success of the Bishops’ previous 2 mainline recordings, along with releasing “Front Porch Collection, Volume 2” and “Classics Live” in 1997, the guys ended up not releasing any new music in 1998. In 1999, the Bishops released “Let’s Celebrate Jesus”,...
by James Hales | Jun 24, 2026 | LP Review, Reviews
Trying to follow up an immensely popular recording is a plight that many artists over the years have had to overcome; many have failed, but many have passed the test with flying colors. Honestly, it’s a great place to be, but by the same token, it can also be rather...
by James Hales | Jun 17, 2026 | LP Review, Reviews
Though their last recording was a big seller for the Bishops, it didn’t yield any major hit songs, but their next recording, “You Can’t Ask Too Much of My God” would be a defining moment for the group, yielding the Bishops their third #1 song…AND a #2 song…AND a top...
by James Hales | Jun 10, 2026 | LP Review, Reviews
How do you follow-up the immense success of the Bishops’ monumental recording, “Chapter X Live”? You do what the Bishops did…you record a “hymns” album! I have a deep love and appreciation for hymns, and historically, most artists in our genre have tended to take a...
by James Hales | Jun 3, 2026 | LP Review, Reviews
1994 was a celebratory year for the Bishops, as they were commemorating 10 years together as a group! Some groups struggle to make a name for themselves within 10 years’ time, but for the Bishops, it was a rapid fire of hits, and they were about as close to an...
by James Hales | May 27, 2026 | LP Review, Reviews
With this article, we’ve reached the halfway point with this series on the Bishops, as we’ve talked through 8 recordings so far, and we have 8 more to go (including this one). As we come to 1993, the Bishops had been singing for 9 years, and they released some...
