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...

Dan Keeton joins Blackwood Quartet

Blackwood Quartet There was apparently one more change in the works after the merging of the Blackwood Quartet and the Blackwood Gospel Quartet. As of yesterday, former Dixie Melody Boys / Dan Keeton Quartet tenor Dan Keeton is now officially their new tenor singer. It’s great to see him back on the...

Marshall Hall fills in with GVB

Michael English has been off the road for several days recovering from back surgery. Wes Hampton posted on his Twitter status that English’s fill-in tonight was . . . Marshall...

Triumphant signs with Mansion

Triumphant Quartet, which has released all their mainline recordings with Daywind since their launch, is making the first label move of their career. The Mansion Entertainment distributed a press release this evening announcing the signing of Triumphant to a “long term recording...

Attending The Extra Mile

Southern Gospel aficiandos have gathered in different ways over the years. First there were singing schools (and an occasional church homecoming). Then there were concerts. The live Southern Gospel experience has largely revolved around the 90-minute-concert format for decades. But any concert promoter will...

Ryan Seaton launches solo career

As many suspected, Ryan Seaton’s big announcement this morning was that he is launching a solo career. Phil Boles was the first with the story, and he has enough details and insight that I’ll just link there. Or check out the original announcement on Seaton’s Facebook...

Ryan Seaton to announce plans on Monday

Ryan Seaton will be announcing his future plans on Monday on his Facebook page. Meanwhile, two pieces of information have just surfaced. First, he has posted a video of pictures from a photo shoot. He’s the only one getting his picture taken, at least in these shots—but then, group projects do tend...

Michael English to have neck surgery

Michael English will undergo surgery on a bulging disc in his neck this afternoon. Keep him in your prayers, especially since the doctor will be within inches of his vocal...

Vestal Goodman’s Sister

Vestal Goodman’s brother, Cat Freeman, was a well-known tenor singer. It turns out she also had a sister, Millie. At least as of a year ago, Millie was still alive and still singing: Even if Vestal might have gotten the strongest set of musical genes in the family (apologies to Cat Freeman fans!), it...

Gospel Music’s Biggest Loser

Former Dixie Melody Boys / Dan Keeton Quartet tenor Dan Keeton recently got serious about losing weight. Here are the results: Dan Keeton 2007 Dan Keeton 2010 Congratulations, Dan! This is an inspiration to all of us who should do the...