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News Nuggets: 7-3-26
New leadership at Crossroads and MORE in NewsNuggets!
NewsNuggets: 2-27-26
Janet Paschal returns with a new single and MORE in NewsNuggets!
The Inspirations – “Old Time Religion” (1997)
Featuring a very similar sound and feel as their last recording, 1997’s “Old Time Religion” would be the final recording for this iteration of the Inspirations. Read all about it…
A Better Way
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new. ~2 Corinthians 5:17 In the last century, salvation has been watered down to a simple "pray-this-prayer-and-you're-saved" technique. Gone are the...
NewsNuggets: 2-20-26
A new booking process for The Whisnants and MORE in NewsNuggets!
REVIEWS
The Inspirations – “Keep Your Eyes on Jesus” (1970)
1970 brought more changes to the Inspirations, as Troy and Jack depart and Ronnie returns. This particular iteration of the group would record 2 albums before Jack and Troy return about a year later. Check it out…
The Inspirations – “The Night Before Easter” (1970)
As a new decade dawned, so did a new version of the Inspirations. With Ronnie’s departure in 1969, this album introduces us to a young Eddie Dietz.
The Inspirations – “The Next Step You Take” (1969)
This album marked the Inspirations’ venture into full-time ministry. Additionally, as they prepare to release their 2025 recording which boasts a similar cover as this 1969 release, check out how the original cover came to be!
Concert Report – Carolina Gold GospelFest
Diana Brantley reviews a concert event she attended last week.
The Inspirations – “My Anchor Still Holds” / “The Country Needs the Cross” (1991)
The Inspirations did not release any new music in 1990, but in 1991, they released this highly popular recording, that was eventually picked up by Canaan Records and re-released with a new cover and title. Read all about it…
The Inspirations – “What’s That I Hear?” (1989)
Before 1989 was out, the Inspirations would release a new recording, and it was a spectacular piece of work. Featuring important elements that made the Inspirations who they were, it’s one of my personal favorite recordings by the group.
HISTORY
2017 Survey: Final Voting Round
It’s time to choose the winner!
2017 Survey: Second Voting Round
Be sure to vote in the Second Round by Tuesday, August 15!
The Originals – Try A Little Kindness
Do you remember this 1969 crossover hit?
Concept Video: Ernie Haase & Signature Sound – Give Me Jesus
Ernie Haase & Signature Sound perform another of Fanny Crosby’s previously unpublished songs.
Music Biz Monday: New Recordings with Original Parts
What if you could take an old recording and make a new one?
#tbt Throwback Thursday: Gaither Vocal Band – “Testify”
A look back at a classic Gaither Vocal Band album
VIEWS AND COMMENTARY
Best Albums And Songs From 2020
Check out DBM’s selections for the best of 2020!
StowTown Records Vault Series
On Friday, November 27th, 2020, StowTown records surprised SG fans by releasing a digital remaster of a long-out-of-print record by the Cathedrals, Smooth as Silk. This album, originally released as a table project in 1979, is noteworthy for being the first full...
Opinion: Reinventing The Southern Gospel Music Association’s Museum
The SGMA’s museum is leaving Dollywood. Where would you like to see it land?
SONY’S DEVOTIONS
Where Is Your Trust?
"And Asa in the thirty and ninth year of his reign was diseased in his feet, until his disease was exceeding great: yet in his disease he sought not to the LORD, but to the physicians" (2 Chronicles 16:12). A few weeks ago, I reconnected with a friend whom I hadn't...
Don’t Stop the Lyrics
My dad and I attended a small music festival last evening. The opening act was the worship team for a local church. The lead singer had a good testimony, and the songs were all focused on the Lord. Next up was an African children's choir. They were lively and radiated...
Do You Know Jesus?
When asked the title question, I'm guessing everyone reading this would say, "Sure I do." You may go on to explain how you attend church regularly, sing in the choir, read the Bible, pray, etc. But that's not the question. Do you really know Jesus? Do you know who He...
Our God Is …
If I asked you to describe God in one word, what would you say? I expect some would immediately shout out, "awesome," "wonderful," "amazing." And He is all of these things, but I wonder how many would say, "holy," "righteous," "just." Hebrews 12:29 tells us that "Our...
Dixie Echoes: Keeping It Real
A rare instance of a complete press release published on MusicScribe.
Keep On Keeping On
This is later than I would typically write my Sunday devotional but where I am in Arizona, it is only a little after 6:00 PM. It is also 106 degrees. I would not wish this on anybody. But then I heard it was going to be close to 100 degrees in Michigan too....
New Music Reviews – June 2019
Jeff Stice - Bridge Pros: Jeff Stice moves effortlessly through styles ranging from cinematic ("Praise The Lord"/"Down From His Glory") to pop ("That's What Friends Are For") to meditative ("It Is Well With My Soul"). Most arrangements on Bridge are jazz with the romp...
#NewsNuggets: 6-21-19
Carmen, Top BMI Songs, and more in this week’s episode of News Nuggets.
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...
There’s Power in Prayer
I've been thinking lately of some of the prayers that God has answered for me--both recently and in times past. I can also think of some that He hasn't, but I am increasingly convinced of the truth of James 4:2: "You do not have because you do not ask." It's also true...
Thankful for God’s Mercy
In reading through Exodus, I am struck by God's mercy--even to Egyptians who had no regard for Him whatsoever. Emphasis is often placed on the plagues that God sent their way, but more often than not, He warned them of what was to come if they continued to disregard...