by James Hales | Nov 19, 2025 | LP Review, Reviews
1984 was a celebratory, “Twentieth Anniversary” year for the Inspirations. Though 20 years had passed, and many changes had taken place since those humble beginnings in Martin’s basement, Archie, Martin and Jack (who were part of those first basement sessions in...
by James Hales | Nov 12, 2025 | LP Review, Reviews
By 1983, the Inspirations were celebrating 12 years with Canaan Records (though “Sing Me a Gospel Song” and “Is That Footsteps That I Hear” were initially released independently, but later picked up by Canaan), and they were enjoying renewed success with such songs as...
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...
