2007: Stories of the Year Roger Bennett passes away. If I’m not mistaken, Roger Bennett was the only person this year to successfully crash the Singing News server. While numerous performers passed away this year, Bennett was still a (recording) member of a top-tier group and had been keeping the Southern Gospel community...

An Open Letter from the Chuck Wagon Gang The Chuck Wagon Gang issued this open letter over the weekend: Dear friends, fans, and supporters of The Chuck Wagon Gang, We are contacting you to advise you of a situation which we feel that you, the friends, fans, and supporters of The Chuck Wagon Gang should know. We recently learned that the National...

Dove Brothers post song clips from “Life” A few days ago, when the Dove Brothers sent out an email announcing that they had posted clips of their upcoming release (Life) on their website, I started drafting a post summarizing my thoughts on the songs. But yesterday, when I visited Coomer Cove, I saw that Brandon had the same idea I did. His...

Gaither to release new Homecoming titles In February, the Gaithers will be releasing the two latest installments in their Homecoming series. Homecoming Picnic and A Campfire Homecoming are set to release on February 5. Sound clips from the projects can be found here and here. The most notable aspect of the song selection seems to be that A Campfire...

Roy Webb signs agreement with New Day Roy Webb announced in his most recent email update that he’s signed a distribution agreement with New Day: In other news, I have just recently signed a distribution agreement with NewDay Music. This is a blessing! My music will be distributed to all the major retail outlets! I just pray that God uses...

An Interview with Roy Webb I recently had the opportunity to interview Roy Webb; click here for a formatted pdf of the interview. For more information about his current activities, visit http://www.roywebbmusic.com/. A highlight: Q. You had your first concert a few weeks ago. How did that go? How busy has your schedule since been? A....

Personal: Eagle Forum interview posted online On a personal note, I was out of town last Saturday and thus missed my daily post. During this trip, I had the chance to be interviewed by Phyllis Schlafly on Eagle Forum Live. If you didn’t catch the interview on your local station, you can hear the two half-hour segments here and...

Twelve Days of Christmas, Day 12: Roger Bennett’s family As I re-read my series of posts for last year’s 12 Days of Christmas Series, entry #1 really stands out. A year ago, this is what I posted: If I had the power to give anyone any Christmas gift, my first choice would be easy. I would give Roger Bennett a clean bill of health. For years, Roger Bennett...

Twelve Days of Christmas, Day 11: The Fans If I could give any present to Southern Gospel fans, it would be to provide the funding to top groups so they can afford a band. The Kingdom Heirs are pretty nearly the last holdout among top-level groups in maintaining a three (or more)-piece band. I don’t want to see live music totally disappear, or...

CD Review: “We Need a Little Christmas” (Triumphant Quartet) I recently had the blessing of hearing Triumphant Quartet’s latest Christmas CD. It starts with “Jesus, What a Wonderful Child” which the Talley Trio included on their project a while back. Two songs I hadn’t heard before were “Hope Has Hands” and “Mary’s...