Kelly McCrae to leave McRaes Southern Gospel blogger Daniel Britt is reporting on the Musicscribe blog that Kelly McRae Free (who recently married Brian Free & Assurance drummer Ricky Free) is going to leave the McRaes. Sister Annie intends to stay on the road and will probably find two other vocalists and start a trio, which may or...
Ron Grimes joins Old Time Gospel Hour Quartet The Old Time Gospel Hour Quartet announced during the National Quartet Convention that Ron Grimes had joined them as their new baritone. Jeff Stanley, one of the two remaining founding members of the quartet, resigned his position on September 5th due to health reasons. Stanley was probably the group member...
NQC 2006 Highlights I listened to this year’s National Quartet Convention via the live Solid Gospel feed on my local radio station. For those who could neither attend nor listen, here are a few highlights. Memorable New Songs The anthem “Truth is Marching On” was introduced by no less than three grouls at this...
Ernie Haase and Signature Sound I saw and reviewed an August Signature Sound concert. I pulled this review out of the archives to get the website off to a good start with plenty of content for new visitors to read. They started off the concert with a familiar Cathedrals song, “Plan of Salvation” (photo here). Bass singer Tim...
“Come Thirsty” (Perrys) CD Review Rating: 5 Stars I reviewed the Perrys’ Come Thirsty CD a few months ago, when it had just come out. Since it’s still their most recent CD, I thought I’d update the review and post it here as the inaugural CD review for this blog. Let’s start with the big question. Is this CD worth...
Welcome to southerngospelblog.com Many of the initial visitors to this website will know me from running www.cathedralstribute.com, contributing to www.sghistory.com, and from posts on various Southern Gospel forums. I finally decided to take the big plunge and try my hand at blogging. Other bloggers have considered that their position as a...

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