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Singing News Fan Awards nominees announced
Singing News posted their top 10 Fan Awards nominees here. As it frequently is year to year, there are few surprises. A couple of things I noted: David Phelps and Michael English picked up nominations for tenor and lead, respectively. Despite what some anticipated, it looks like Southern Gospel’s more...Dove Nominees Announced
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Feb 19th, 2010 |
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The nominees in the 2010 Dove Awards were announced yesterday. Southern Gospel picked up about thirty nominations, including a number in the high-profile overall categories.
Producer Wayne Haun picked up seven nominations, more than any other nominee from any genre. (Edit: As Chris points out in the...
Video of Crabb acceptance speech
Oak Tree productions has posted a (public) video of Jason Crabb’s Grammy acceptance speech on Facebook,...Singing News moves Fan Awards to Dollywood
Yesterday. Singing News announced that they will be ending their nearly four-decade partnership with the National Quartet Convention, moving the Fan Awards to Dollywood this year. The event will be combined with the SGMA Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony, and the two events will be held Wednesday, September...Signature Sound, Triumphant pick up Grammy nominations
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Dec 4th, 2009 |
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The 52nd annual Grammy® Awards nominees were announced earlier this week. This year’s nominations—at least the two or three of those representing Southern Gospel—made more sense than in some previous years. Southern Gospel’s nominations were led by Triumphant Quartet’s Everyday and...
Singing News Fan Awards Top 5: Guess the Winner
Singing News released the top 5 nominees in the Singing News Fan Awards several days ago. David Bruce Murray saved me the trouble of analyzing the nominations by releasing such a thorough analysis that I can just point you his way. So let’s do something entirely different and post our guesses as to the...Post of the Day: Sue C. Smith on winning a Dove
If anyone has a chance of actually capturing what it feels like to win one of the highest honors in Christian music, someone who won it for their writing skills probably has a head start. Check out Sue C. Smith’s post; it’s a worthwhile read—especially the last...Singing News launches beta site
Singing News hasn’t had a website redesign in years, but they are getting close to ready to launch a new site design. The new site design can be viewed at beta.singingnews.com. The design has been under development for months (and perhaps even a year), and it looks like the design time was worth...BMI honors most played 2008 Christian radio singles
Last night, BMI honored 26 Christian radio singles as the “Most Performed Christian Songs on Radio during 2008.” Five Southern Gospel singles were honored: I CAN PRAY Nathan Markee Asheville Music Publishing Chris White Music Dove Brothers Sonlite Records I’VE BEEN CHANGED Earl Galloway...Ovation Awards … and what constitutes “traditional”
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Apr 15th, 2009 |
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SoGospelNews handed out their Ovation Awards last night; a complete list is here. Among the highlights, Kim Collingsworth won well-deserved awards for Musician of the Year and Special Event Project of the Year (for Personal), the Booth Brothers took home the most awards (5), and the Perrys won Traditional...