2007 Singing News Fan Award Nominees: Round 3, My Picks Here my picks in the final round of the Singing News Fan Awards: Group – Ernie Haase & Signature Sound. They are at the top right now. The other day (while in Washington, D.C.), I told a co-worker that I enjoyed Southern Gospel. He said: “Oh–like the Cathedrals, Gaither, and Ernie...

CD Review: We Still Believe (Collingsworth Family) Rating: **** (Very Good) Song list: The Blood of Jesus; We Still Believe; When God Whispers; Trumpet Medley; He Already Sees; Not the Same; I Can Trust Jesus; What Noah Knew; It is Well with My Soul; More than Just a Swear Word; In Awe; God Can Do Anything; My Favorite Things; Blessed Be the...

An album in the making: An insider’s view I admit to being fascinated by the inner workings behind-the-scenes details of the recording process. So with that in mind, this from-the-studio post by Paul Jackson of the Prophets Quartet goes down as one of the most interesting posts I’ve seen in a...

Modern vs. Progressive: The Album Rating System revisited My schedule finally calmed down enough for me to put some time into the blog. Several loose ends from previous threads were waiting to be tied, and one of these is our uncompleted discussion about my proposed system of including in album reviews a discussion of how traditional or progressive it is. I...

An Interview with Kyla Rowland I recently had the privilege of interviewing one of the greatest songwriters of our time, Kyla Rowland. Click here for the interview. Highlights include an insider’s look at how song publishing has changed in the 35 years she has been writing music, and the story behind the song that means more to her...

Still Light Posting I’m checking in here for a few minutes before heading off to Washington, D.C. on business this afternoon. I’m planning on being back Thursday. In the meantime, I notice the Kingdom Heirs have a new pianist, Andy Stringfield,  and also a fill-in, Joshua Pope. I’m looking forward to getting...

Light Posting Alert Over the next seven days I have speaking engagments at a conference to promote my book (The Faith of America’s Presidents), a TV interview on local TV (also for the book), and a business trip to Washington, D.C. I won’t be around the computer much, so please pardon the days that don’t bring...

Florida Boys to go out in Grand Style I was thrilled to see this press release drop into my inbox today: Earlier this month, owners of legendary Gospel quartet, The Florida Boys announced plans to retire from touring in July. While that retirement date is still firm, the multi-award winning quartet has agreed to perform at all of their...

Jeremy Peace joins Old Paths SoGospelNews has a press release posted announcing that Jeremy Peace has joined the Old Paths Quartet. Incidentally, he explained in a post here why he left the Kingsmen, and expressed his confidence in Harold Reed’s abilities to fill his...

Diamond Award Top 5 Announced The top 5 finalists in the online Diamond Awards poll have been announced. You can view them and vote here. Here are my picks: J.D. Sumner Living Legend Award: Roger Bennett Group of the Year: The Perrys Trio of the Year: No vote cast (my two favorites, Greater Vision and the Mark Trammell Trio, were not...