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News Nuggets: 7-17-26
Asheville, North Carolina and MORE in NewsNuggets!
NewsNuggets: 4-10-26
A new label for The Hyssongs and MORE in today’s NewsNuggets!
The Bishops – “Can’t Stop Now” (1986)
“Can’t Stop Now” was the Bishops second national release, yielding them their first top 20 song with, “Battle Scarred Soldier”. Read it all about…
A Time for Hope
For there is hope for a tree, If it is cut down, that it will sprout again, And that its tender shoots will not cease. Though its root may grow old in the earth, And its stump may die in the ground, Yet at the scent of water it will bud And bring forth branches like a...
NewsNuggets: 4-3-26
It’s a slow news week, but we do have a list of upcoming releases.
REVIEWS
Hymnal Review: The Sing Hymnal Lay-Flat Edition with Chords
DBM reviews The Sing Hymnal.
The Inspirations – “Have Something to Sing About” (1979)
“The Inspirations Have Something to Sing About” is the first of 2 albums released in 1979. With it’s iconic cover shot, long with the iconic song “A Wedding Invitation”, remains one of their most popular albums.
The Inspirations – “Looking For You” (1978)
“Looking For You” remains one of my all-time favorite studio albums by the Inspirations. Is it one of yours? Read all about it!
The Inspirations – “When I Get Home” (1977)
After releasing 3 iconic albums in 1976, they settled on releasing only 1 album in 1977, titled “When I Get Home”. With its own unique sound and feel, it’s another fantastic album by the Inspirations…
The Inspirations – “Sunday’s Coming” (1999)
Closing out the decade of the 90’s, the Inspirations released “Sunday’s Coming”, which welcomes 2 familiar faces…Jack Laws and Ronnie Hutchins! Read all about it!
The Inspirations – “Two Shoes” (1998)
This 1998 release featured one of the Inspirations’ best loved songs, “Two Shoes”, a uniquely written story song of faith. Read all about that song, as well as the rest of the recording!
HISTORY
The Originals: What A Day That Will Be
It’s been recorded hundreds of times, but who did it first?
#NewsNuggets: 12-15-17
Kingsmen, Crossroads, Poets Voices, Wes Hampton, and more!
#NewsNuggets: 12-8-17
Remembering a former Cathedrals baritone…
Memorial Quilts Find Their Permanent Home at SGMA (Pigeon Forge, TN)
First, the background: Once upon a time (sometime during the early 2000's, I think), Singing News maintained a forum/chat board on its web site to promote discussions between its subscribers. When they decided to discontinue it, Daniel Mount picked up the baton and...
Libbi Perry’s Fundraiser For SGMA
The Perrys will appear at NQC in these outfits if you give $$$ to the SGMA!
Universal Music Group: Decades of Masters Lost
Last year, I wrote an article detailing how record companies have a checkered past when it comes to properly archiving their master recordings. Among some of the revelations noted (thanks to a brilliant piece by Bill Holland) were: A large number of masters are...
VIEWS AND COMMENTARY
Was there a better year for Gospel Music than 1985?
Was there a better year for Gospel Music than 1985? The Cathedrals were in the middle of the Danny & Mark years. Gold City was in the Brian & Ivan years. The Kingsmen had Anthony and Big Jim. For those with nostalgia for the 1950s and 1960s, Jake, James, JD,...
The Future (or Past?) of Online Concerts
In May of 2020 (just as the pandemic began to really take hold globally), I wrote an article about how it could potentially impact the gospel music industry, especially live presentations. In hindsight, one of the solutions discussed may have been a double-edged...
My 2022 SGMA Hall Of Fame Nominees
The Southern Gospel Music Association is currently accepting nominees for the Hall Of Fame. Each member of the SGMA is asked to submit two living and two deceased individuals for consideration. Three of my 2022 nominees are the same as my 2021 nominees. (My other...
SONY’S DEVOTIONS
Hold On to the Prince of Peace
Hold me, Jesus,For I'm shaking like a leafYou have been King of my gloryWon't you be my Prince of peace ~Rich Mullins I expect that many have prayed this prayer this year. The saying that "the only sure thing is death and taxes" has been felt more vividly although...
Still Trusting
As I ate dinner this afternoon, I watched the first set of the Jubilee Reunion that Bill Bailey Concerts aired the other day. Although I have heard Jim & Melissa Brady sing "I Know Him Better Now" a number of times, I hadn't closely listened to the lyrics but,...
It’s Time to Take a Stand
“Adulterers and adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.” ~James 4:4 I bet we all know people who are trying to have the world and Jesus too....
Cold Prayers?
My eyes are dry; my faith is oldMy heart is hard; my prayers are coldAnd I know how I ought to beAlive to You and dead to me I wonder how many Christians can identify with Keith Green when he wrote these lyrics. I expect that most would not admit that this is where...
God Is God … I Am Not (Thankfully!)
I've read stories of emperors and others who have desired to be gods. Personally, I don't understand that desire. There is so much freedom in acknowledging the fact that God is God, and I am not! Sure, there may be times that I would do things differently, but I don't...
Speak Life
"You are so stupid! How can you be as old as you are and not know how to do simple things? I feel sorry for whoever marries you and has to live with you." Although it's been 30 years since Sandy heard these words, she has never forgotten them. God kept her from...
The Year of Uncertainty
"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. It was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness." The opening line from A Tale of Two Cities describes 2020 pretty well. Some may argue that there is no "best of times" about it, but I have seen it bring...
Great Is His Faithfulness
This past week, the song that kept rising up in my heart was "Great Is Thy Faithfulness." Great is Thy faithfulness, O God my Father God truly is a faithful father. Many of us cannot say that about our earthly fathers, but what a blessing to know that God is faithful...
Pray for the Persecuted Church
Voice of the Martyrs has called an International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church today and throughout the month of November. I don't think it was coincidental that my daily Bible reading this morning was Psalm 70. As I read the Psalms, my focus is typically on...
How about You?
In the Bible study Experiencing God, the question was asked, "What did God do to draw you to Himself, specifically?" The answer that popped into my head as I pondered this was a line from an old Happy Goodman Family song: "I came through tribulation. How about you?"...
Pursue Righteousness
Flee also youthful lusts; but pursue righteousness, faith, love, peace with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart. ~2 Timothy 2:22 When you think of lust, the first thing that probably pops into your mind is that of a man lusting after a woman, but lust can...