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...

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...

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...

Blackwood Quartet Reorganizes

Members of the Blackwood Quartet issued several press releases over the night. First off, group manager Ron Blackwood is retiring at the recommendation of his doctor, turning the group over to his cousin Mark Blackwood. Mark Blackwood—who is interestingly identified as Cecil Mark Blackwood in the press...

Couriers to Disband

Several years ago, the founding members of the Couriers handed the name on to a new generation of the group. The leaders of today’s Couriers (www.thecouriers.com) have made a decision to disband the Couriers effective Memorial Day 2010. Dave Kyllonen, Duane Nicholson, and Neil Enloe perform a limited...

Joining Crossroads

I have never measured my value as a Southern Gospel journalist by the distance I maintain from the genre. Some hold that the more distance you keep from your topic, the more accurately you can write about it. But I incline toward the opposite view: The more contacts and friends I make, the more accurate I...

Hoppers sign with Mansion?

After Canaan (more or less) closed its doors six months or a year ago, its artists have had the choice to either seek a new label home or record independently. Canaan’s flagship artist, the Hoppers, chose the independent route, at least initially. They released a table project, Unforgettable, at the...

Dixie Echoes hire Trent Adams

The Dixie Echoes just announced that their new bass singer will be Trent Adams. Adams is nineteen years old and hails from Ashland, Alabama. He’ll start with the group next Thursday, February 11, in Baton Rouge, LA. The press release stated: We believe that Trent is one of the best young bass singers...

Christian Davis joins Dailey & Vincent

Yesterday, bluegrass group Dailey & Vincent announced that Christian Davis would be joining their group as second guitarist and bass vocalist. It’s quite a change for Davis. Not only is it a different genre (though their fairly high ratio of Southern Gospel cover songs helps ease the...

LeFevre Quartet returns

Last year, the LeFevre Quartet announced that at the request of LeFevre family members, they were dropping the name LeFevre. For several months, they went under the name Priority. They have since received the blessing of family members to use the name, and so, according to this press release, they are once...