Interview with the Ball Brothers The Ball Brothers learned to sing harmony while growing up Central Illinois. After hearing an uncle’s Cathedrals records and cassettes, they learned to pick out the parts and started to sing songs for their church. The four brothers, Andrew (tenor), Daniel (lead), Stephen (baritone), and Josh (sound...

Tribute/Monument Quartet: Situation Developing No Tribute/Monument Quartet news has come out in official press releases since yesterday afternoon’s press release announcing the formation of the Tribute Quartet. But it’s almost funny to watch this Singing News forums thread where people purporting to know various individuals involved are...

Monument Quartet update In a post earlier this morning, I mentioned that there was a rumor that the Monument Quartet was disbanding. When I contacted the Monument Quartet’s office, my email was answered by Marshall Pugh, who informed me that the Monument Quartet was not disbanding. Sharp reader Jennifer noticed that Singing...

Go figure… Southern Gospel online magazine www.thesoutherngospel.com has their Southern Gospel Music Awards online voting taking place right now. In the “Favorite Male Soloist” category, the top five nominees are Kirk Talley, David Phelps, Ivan Parker, Guy Penrod, and Michael Combs. Guy Penrod? For whatever...

Monument Quartet Not Disbanding A recent poster in the Singing News forums posted a rumor that the Monument Quartet was disbanding. The Monument Quartet formed just last year, by two former members of the Wilburns (Gary Casto singing lead and Josh Singletary singing baritone and playing piano), Dennis Dugger at the bass position, and...

AP Wire: “Kenny Bishop Makes Comeback as Gospel Singer” The Associated Press wire recently put out a feature story on Kenny Bishop. This story can be found online in Lexington, Kentucky’s Herald-Leader. Kenny Bishop was fairly open with the story’s writer (Roger Alford) about his journey as a prodigal – and what prompted him to come back...

Daniel Britt posts audio on McRaes, AGM Daniel Britt, who has established a reputation for getting the scoop on Southern Gospel news, has posted the audio on the story of Kelly McRae’s announcement that she is coming off the road. He also posted the audio from the American Gospel Music press conference at the National Quartet...

Terah and Adam Crabb to start new group A member of the Providence Gospel Trio posted on the Singing News forums a review of a Crabb Family last night in Oklahoma. At the concert, it was announced that Terah and Adam Crabb are planning to start a new group. Aaron and Jason still plan to expand their preaching ministries. (Although it was not...

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...