CD Review: “Sweet Land of Rest” (Palmetto State Quartet) Rating: 4 Stars The Palmetto State Quartet released their most recent project, Sweet Land of Rest, on June 13, 2006. It is the final Palmetto State project featuring tenor John Rulapaugh and bass Aaron McCune in the same group. It was Rulapaugh’s fifth project with the group and McCune’s...

Inspirations and Signature Sound: Male Quartets of the Year Ever since the Inspirations and Signature Sound tied for Male Quartet of the Year in last Thursday’s Fan Awards, this unlikely tie has been the topic of heated discussion on various Southern Gospel message boards. Most of this discussion has centered around how hard it would be to find two less similar...

Ernie Haase thanks fans for awards Ernie Haase made a post on the Signature Sound message board today thanking the fans for nominating and voting for Signature Sound in the Fan Awards. It’s worth joining the message board to read it. (The first link only works for registered members.) He tells the story of how, on one of his first...

Is the Message of the Cross Foolishness? Of course, we know that the answer is “yes.” I Corinthinans 1:18 says:”For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness, but unto us which are saved it is the power of God.” If we’re actually presenting the message of the Cross, and not some watered down...

American Gospel Music: Not Dead on Arrival The National Quartet Convention, Christian Music Presenters, and Lifeway Worship Group have been working for several months to prepare a roster of top-notch Southern Gospel groups and market them as “American Gospel” artists. This attempt to re-think Southern Gospel was immediately declared dead...