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www.southerngospelblog.com » Blog Archive » Good News from Canaan — Sun, 29 Jul 2007 00:27:00 +0000

[...] Last time I posted news about Word’s re-launch of Canaan, it didn’t sound as though Word was putting much effort into getting Canaan back off the ground. A sales rep at CBA’s International Christian Retail Show said that Canaan was in talks with no new artists and that it was quite unlikely that Canaan would pursue digital distribution of their back catalog. [...]

By: Jim2

Jim2 — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 13:29:38 +0000

Daniel,
Thanks for the clarification and I don’t mean to be nitpicky, but what i read there was “an interview I posted” . – so I was looking for a bit more. I guess if I’d read your blog before I read his, I would have understood. I’m just now getting ready to pop the Hopper’s “Ride” CD in for a first listen, so I am genuinely curious to find out what is going on over at Word/Canaan.
Keep up the good work!

By: Daniel J. Mount

Daniel J. Mount — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 11:08:44 +0000

Jim, I referred to it as a “tidbit” and as a conversation. It wasn’t my idea to call this an interview, since it isn’t really; my interviews are much more formal.

By: Jim2

Jim2 — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 10:52:30 +0000

Am I missing something? I admit I am not a frequent reader of your blog and may not be familiar enough with it to navigate successfully, but I came looking for the interview with a Word Sales rep that you mentioned (on averyfineline) having posted about the direction of the resurrected Canaan label. All I can find is this thread with a few comments about an interview. Am I being too picky? I expected something along the lines of a Q & A format, with your questions and the Word Reps quoted answers.
Just wondering,
Jim

By: www.southerngospelblog.com » Blog Archive » Scattered Thoughts

www.southerngospelblog.com » Blog Archive » Scattered Thoughts — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 20:34:23 +0000

[...] First, I notice that Averyfineline has some thoughts up about an interview I posted with a Word/Canaan sales rep a few days back. Why he refers to it as “unposted” when I posted it beats me, but his thoughts are an interesting read. And I wholeheartedly agree that a full-time sales rep would be a great addition to the label. [...]

By: Inquirer

Inquirer — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 21:13:26 +0000

It’s heartening to know that Word intends to re-release the older Canaan material…there is a lot of good music in those vaults that hasn’t been available for a long time.

Rather than merely compilations of material from various artists, I would like to see them reissue some of the original albums from those days, remastered and featuring CD quality.

By: GospelMusicFan

GospelMusicFan — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 12:32:08 +0000

Reading the press release of June 8, 2007 from Word saw the following paragraph at the bottom:

“Rhonda Thompson of Rhonda Thompson Promotions will play an integral part in the establishment of Canaan’s role in Southern Gospel’s presence on the radio waves. For over thirteen years, Rhonda’s career includes promoting over forty number one hits as well as being named “SGMA Radio Promoter Of The Year” for an unprecedented five years. ”

http://www.gospelmusic.org/newsmedia/OMNewswire_detail.aspx?iid=25942&tid=33

So I check out Rhonda Thompson’s website and see what I found:
No news yet on Canaan but alot of interestiing pictures

http://www.rhondathompsonpromotions.com/
http://www.rhondathompsonpromotions.com/clients.htm