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NewsNuggets: 4-3-26
It’s a slow news week, but we do have a list of upcoming releases.
The Inspirations – “It’s Still the Blood” (1987)
This would be Ronnie Hutchins’ only mainline release during his brief tenure with the group in the 80’s. It was a great album, with the title song becoming one of the Inspirations’ most loved tunes and one of Archie’s sugar sticks.
News Nuggets: 12-5-25
A singer returns and MORE in NewsNuggets!
The Inspirations – “Tell It To A Friend” (1986)
After about 6 years with the same line-up, Jack Laws left the Inspirations, and though he is on the album, he is not on the cover. This was a unique album for the group and ranks as one of my personal favorites. Check it out…
News Nuggets: 11-28-25
A new label for Right Road Quartet and MORE in NewsNuggets!
REVIEWS
The Inspirations – “What a Wonderful Time” / “From the Heart of the Great Smokies” / “He’s Our Guide” (1967)
These next 3 albums, you hear the Inspirations really coming into their own, vocally, as they work to create their own musical identity. Listening to these albums is truly a treat, hearing the youthfulness of their sound. Check out the article, and listen to the albums yourself on You Tube!
The Inspirations – “Our Pioneer Heritage” / “Cool Water” / “Just as Long as Eternity Rolls” (1966)
The Inspirations will be our next group/topic of discussion, as we comb through 35 years of music from 1966 through 2001. In this first article, we’re talking about their first 3 albums from 1966. Check it out!
The Talleys – “A Night to Remember” (1992)
For our final installment for this series on the Talleys, we come to their final recording before coming off the road. “A Night to Remember” was an amazing “Swansong” for the Talleys, highlighting 8 years of fabulous music!
The Talleys – “Love Will” (1990)
This would be the final studio recording for the Talleys, which yielded one of their biggest hit songs, “He is Here”. This would be their most contemporary offering, filled with songs that could easily be found on the hottest CCM stations at the time. Read all about it…
The Inspirations – “Someday” (1982)
The early 80’s continued to bring great success for the Inspirations, and their 1982 release, “Someday”, continued that success with the song, “They’re Holding Up the Ladder”.
The Inspirations – “Is That Footsteps That I Hear?” (1981)
1981 brought the Inspirations one of the best known and best loved songs, with the title song, “Is That Footsteps That I Hear”. Read all about it!
HISTORY
NQC 2017: SGMA Benefit Showcase (Tuesday)
Showcase Report!
NQC 2017: Tuesday Chapel
DBM attends the Tuesday Chapel service at NQC 2017.
NQC 2017: Monday Evening & NQC History, Pt. 1
NQC – A highlight from Monday and some history.
Singing News – October 1970
NQC in Singing News, 47 years ago…
#NewsNuggets: 11-10-18
We’re a day late, but we still have News Nuggets!!
A Research Project: How Recent Were the Good Ol’ Days?
How long has it been since the good ol’ days? This is almost impossible to quantify, so let’s ask a more specific question. Now and in the past, how close are Southern Gospel’s leading groups to their own good ol’ days? How close are they to the era that everyone...
VIEWS AND COMMENTARY
Southern Gospel Music’s Audience (?)
Get your torches and your pitchforks ready…Kyle’s opening another can of worms!
Release Oddities – “Between Here and Heaven”
How did an album go from new release on a major gospel label to essentially “leaked”?
Best Albums And Songs From 2020
Check out DBM’s selections for the best of 2020!
SONY’S DEVOTIONS
Wait on the Lord
Back in September, my friend Daniel Mount got married to the lady of his dreams. I've known Daniel for about 15 years, and it was never a secret that he wanted to get married and have a family. Through the years, he moved out of state, was busy with work and church...
Standing on the Promises
Standing on the promises I cannot failWhen the howling storms of doubt and fear assailBy the living Word of God, I shall prevailStanding on the promises of God This past week has been a rough one physically. Thankfully, I am home this month so, although I have a lot...
God Will Provide
Six and a half years ago, I stopped working for a company that I'd worked for since I was a teenager, and I joined with my brother to help him with his writing and speaking ministry. The following year, I started my editing business. I tend to be leery of change, but...
Take Time to Hear His Voice
"For we have become partakers of Christ if we hold the beginning of our confidence steadfast to the end, while it is said: 'Today, if you will hear His voice, Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion.'" ~Hebrews 3:14-15 I don't know about you but I have a hard...
Thanksgiving: A Sacrifice?
I love how God works. This morning, I was thinking that I would finish and post something that I started to write last week. Then I decided to hold off on that and write about giving thanks since the holiday is coming up quickly. I got up, got dressed, grabbed some...
How Is Your Heart?
"You have proved my heart; you have visited me in the night; you have tried me, and shall find nothing; I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress" (Psalm 17:3). Wow. I wonder how many of us can say, "God, You have proven my heart; You have tried me and found...
#NewsNuggets: 11-8-19
Christmas starts in November now. The latest issue of News Nuggets reflects that trend.
Don’t Take God’s Mercy for Granted
When I deserved justice, He gave me mercyWhen bonds held me fast, He set me freeNow my one goal in life's to liveFor the day that I can giveGive Him thanks for the day He showed mercy to me* Have you ever had a word come up over and over in your studies that you...
Turn Your Burdens to Prayer
I confess that I am guilty of taking way too many burdens upon myself. Family members who don't know the Lord, others making bad decisions, some having financial difficulty ... you name it, I feel it, and it can literally affect my health. In Matthew 11:28-30 Jesus...
Looking Forward
"Brethren, I do not count myself to have apprehended; but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead, I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus" (Philippians...
Come Worship the King
Still through the cloven skies they come With peaceful wings unfurled And still their heavenly music floats O'er all the weary world; Above its sad and lowly plains They bend on hovering wing. And ever o'er its Babel sounds The blessed angels sing. ~from It Came Upon...