Saturday News Roundup #48

In the News: SoGospelNews has announced the nominees for their 2010 Ovation Awards. While any one individual looking at an awards list will always find an occasional artist they think should have made the list but didn’t, overall, this is quite a strong list, perhaps their strongest list yet. Ryan...

Saturday News Roundup #47

In the news: Chris Allman has launched a site to mentor aspiring songwriters who pay a membership fee. There are different levels of membership ranging from $25 to $50 per month; the highest level includes demos of songs they decide to publish. Brian Free & Assurance is in the studio, working on a...

Saturday News Roundup #46

In the news: Collingsworth family soprano Brooklyn Collingsworth got engaged last weekend, to William Blair III of Zanesville, OH. She will remain in her position as soprano; he is earning a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Cincinnati and will travel with the group as...

Saturday News Roundup #45

In the news: Ernie Haase & Signature Sound has launched a contest that puts any of mine to shame. Their prize will be for a trip for two to London, England to see their February 21, 2010 solo show. More details are forthcoming, but Haase’s preliminary post is here. Gold City’s announcement...

Saturday News Roundup #44

There haven’t been an overabundance of news stories lately. There have been a few big ones—Billy Blackwood joining the Blackwood Brothers and the Southern Gospel Grammies announced—but I’ve already covered them earlier in the week. Worth reading: Burke’s Brainwork has another...

Saturday News Roundup #43

In the news: Tribute Quartet started their career with close ties to the Beckie Simmons Agency; she did their booking, and they were on the agency’s in-house label, BSA World Records. In September, they released their first project on the Crossroads label, and now the other shoe has dropped—for...

Saturday News Roundup #42

With it being a Thanksgiving Weekend, there’s been little in the way of news. But two random things I can’t pass by mentioning: A Facebook exclusive: “Clayton Inman has joined the group Casting Crowns.” Indeed. (Gotta love Facebook!) Perrys pianist Bryan Elliot is busy putting...

Tuesday News Roundup #41

An infected/inflamed finger is to a blogger what laryngitis is to a singer. At least that’s what I’ve been concluding the last few days. I’m not sure what exactly is wrong. All I’m praying is that it’s nothing that requires a doctor’s visit that could eat up my NQC fund. ...

Saturday News Roundup #40

Just a couple of quick items worthy of note this morning: Southern Gospel tenor singer Matt Felts (Cross 4 Crowns, Monument Quartet, and one or two other groups) and his wife Jennifer had a daughter, Abigail, born on Tuesday. Abigail had an infection and is in intensive care; the Felts family would...

Saturday News Roundup #39

In the news / worth reading: The Collingsworth Family announced that they will be releasing a new studio CD, The Answer, on August 15. The project, produced by Wayne Haun, will be their first studio project in over two years. Songwriters with cuts on the project include Chris Allman, Dianne Wilkinson, Kyla...