CD Review: Heaven’s Headlines (The Keetons)

Rating: 3.5 (of 5) Average Song Rating: 3.5 (of 5) Producer: None credited. Song List: It Won’t Be Long; Coming Thru For You; Heaven’s Headlines; Answer For the Lost; Lay Them Down; A Beautiful Life; Following In Their Footsteps; I’ve Been Saved; Never Too Far; Coming Home (Dan’s...

CD Review: Simplified (Ball Brothers)

Rating: 3.5 stars (of 5) Average Song Rating: 3.5 (of 5) Producer: The Ball Brothers. Song List: He’s a Personal Savior; Dig a Little Deeper; Near to the Heart of God; Where Could I Go But To the Lord; There is a River; I Never Shall Forget the Day; My Lord and I; Going Home; He Set Me Free; I...

CD Review: Nothin’ But Good (Mike LeFevre Quartet)

Rating: 3.5 (of 5) Average Song Rating: 3.2 (of 5) Producer: Jason Webb. Song List: Let Me Tell You ‘Bout Jesus; Didn’t It Rain; Take My Life; Glorious; Big Mighty God; Last One Worthy; You Thought of Us; Nothin’ But Good; It’s Time to Sing; You’re Never Too Far Away; Jesus...

CD Review: Help is On the Way (Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver)

Rating: 3.5 (of 5) Average Song Rating: 3.8 (of 5) Song List: I Know, I Know; Help is On the Way; Eternity Has Two; One of These Days; Truly God is Love; Land of the Dying; I Won’t Have to Worry Anymore; When the Hand of God Comes Down; The Black Sheep Returns to the Fold; I’m the Clay in Your...

CD Review: Don’t Let Me Miss the Glory (Gordon Mote)

Rating: 3.5 (of 5) Producer: Gordon Mote & Phil Johnson. Songlist: Adoration; I Know Somebody Who Does; Wake Up Dancin’; Don’t Let Me Miss the Glory; Maplewood Methodist Church; Get Up in Jesus’ Name; Mercy Walked In; All That Noise; I Can’t Even Walk (Without You Holding My...

CD Review: Moment of Truth (Gold City)

Rating: 3.5 (of 5) Average Song Rating: 2.9 (of 5) Producer: Michael Sykes & Daniel Riley Songlist: Don’t Get Me Started; What Children Believe; I Cast My Bread Upon the Water; For the Sake of My Heart; Walkin’ and Talkin’ With My Lord; I Love This Land; I’ll Walk On; When Jesus...

CD Review: On the Way Up (HisSong)

Rating: 3.5 stars (of 5) Produced By: Wayne Haun. Song List: On the Way Up; The Grave Can’t Hold Me; The Miracle Man; Out of His Way; Through Every Storm; Our Highest Praise; Because of the Blood; Joy in My Heart; I Still Have it All; The Things That Won’t Be There; That’s When God Steps...

CD Review: Something More (The McKameys)

Rating: 3.5 stars (of 5) Average Song Rating: 3 stars (of 5) Producers: Jeff Collins, Roger Fortner. Song List: Oh How Precious Is the Flow; Remember the Mountain; Oh What a Trade; How Deep the Father’s Love For Us; Without Him; I Believe; Look How Big My God Is; Something More; I’ve Made Up My...

CD Review: “His Hand in Mine” (Matt Throgmorton)

Rating: ***1/2 Producer: E.T. Everett. Song List: I’ll Tell it Wherever I Go; Consider the Lilies; His Hand in Mine; In the Garden; Little is Much; ‘Tis So Sweet to Trust in Jesus; Jesus Loves Me; Rock of Ages; I’d Rather Have Jesus; Praise to the Lord. Website:...

CD Review: “The Diplomats Present Rita Pearson”

Several weeks ago, I reviewed the Diplomats Quartet’s most recent release, Live in West Virginia. This is a solo project from the most recognizable voice in the group, alto Rita Pearson. Pearson is often compared to Vestal Goodman; as I commented in the Diplomats review, Pearson’s voice captures...