CD Review: For Such a Time As This (Couriers)

Editor’s note: This review was scheduled to appear in several months; however, with today’s announcement of the group’s disbanding, I bumped the review up while their webstore was still up. Though the Couriers started in 1955 as a quartet, their best known configuration, from the 1960s...

CD Review: Home for Christmas (Mark Trammell Trio)

Home for Christmas was actually released last year, while Eric Phillips was still with the group, but as I did not get it in time to review last year, I decided to hold it over to this Christmas season’s review section. On first glance, if that first glance is at song titles and soundtrack choices, one...

CD Review: Hold On (Dove Brothers)

Rating: 3.5 stars (of 5) Average Song Rating: 3.2 stars (of 5) Members: Jerry Martin (tenor), McCray Dove (lead), Eric Dove (baritone), David Hester (bass), Jerry Kelso (pianist). Song List: Hold On; I’m Gonna Rise; Leavin’ On My Mind; When I Wake Up in the Morning; He’s Gonna Smile on Me;...

Joint CD Review: What Will My Cross Testify (The Rowlands)

This is a joint review with Adam Edwards of Southern Gospel Critique. 1. “What Will My Cross Testify” Adam: Ron Martin’s power vocals on this Kyla Rowland tune really kick this project off. Ron is one of the best vocalists in Southern Gospel music that chooses to remain in the ministry instead of the...

CD Review: Bill Gaither’s 12 All-Time Favorite Homecoming Hymns

Rating: 3.5 stars (of 5) Available from: Cracker Barrel. * * * Perhaps unfortuately, the Homecoming phenemonon is a primarily visual experience. It all started with a video. The appeal of the video was more in seeing the legends singing together than hearing the choir. And ever since, though Gaither has...

Classic CD Review: A Tribute to the Songs of Bill & Gloria Gaither

Rating: 3.5 stars (of 5) Average Song Rating: 3.4 stars (of 5) Song List: Family of God (Squire Parsons); Then Came the Morning (Won By One); Get All Excited (Talley Trio); The Longer I Serve Him (Perry Sisters); I Just Feel Like Something Good is About to Happen (Isaacs); Because He Lives (Kingdom Heirs); I...

CD Review: Hymns from Chigger Hill (Chigger Hill Boys & Terri)

Rating: 3.5 stars (of 5) Producer: none listed on pre-release. Song List: In the Sweet By and By; In the Garden; Since Jesus Came Into My Heart; Blessed Assurance; Leaning on the Everlasting Arms; Oh How I Love Jesus; When the Roll is Called Up Yonder; Without Him; Are You Washed in the Blood; Farther Along;...

CD Review: A Classic Canaan Christmas

Rating: 3.5 (of 5) Average Song Rating: 3.4 (of 5) Song List: O Holy Night (Happy Goodman Family); O Little Town of Bethlehem (Mercy River Boys); Christmas (Lewis Family); Forgive Me Santa (Jimmie Davis); The First Noel (Rex Nelon Singers); God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen (Cathedral Quartet); Away in a Manger...

CD Review: Southern Gospel’s 15 All-Time Favorites Vol. 2

Rating: 3.5 stars (of 5) Average Song Rating: 3.46 stars (of 5) Executive Producer: Ken Harding. Song List: Still Feelin’ Fine (Booth Brothers); Please Forgive Me (Crabb Family); I’m Not Giving Up (Gold City); Grace (Martins), For God So Loved (Brian Free & Assurance); Sweetest Song I Know...

DVD Review: Live in Concert Kings Mountain, NC (Chuck Wagon Gang)

Rating: 3.5 (of 5) Producer: Harold Timmons. Song List: Getting Ready to Leave This World; Echoes From the Burning Bush; Jesus, Hold My Hand; If We Never Meet Again; This World is Not My Home; Heaven’s Jubilee; The Joy of Heaven; I’ll Meet You in the Morning; When I Walk on the Streets of Gold;...