2008 in review: Top Radio Singles What were the year’s best radio singles? This list is limited to songs on the Singing News top 80 between January and December 2008. What We Needed (Kingdom Heirs)—#1 in July Reason Enough (Signature Sound)—#2 in December (#1 Jan ‘09)—I can’t believe I omitted this one on my initial...

2008 In Review: Top CDs Several other bloggers have issued lists of the CDs they think were the best of 2008. Here’s my list: Always Have a Song to Sing (Mark Trammell Trio)—The group’s best yet, setting the standard to which their future releases will be compared. When God Ran (Kingsmen)—While this project may not...

Legacy Five video moving forward Legacy Five was taping a DVD of their songs at NQC when, on their third and final set, a man came up on stage and made a disturbance. There had been some question over whether they would be able to move forward with the DVD. Scott Fowler commented yesterday that they were currently doing editing on the...

CD Review: The Gospel Sessions (Oak Ridge Boys) Rating: 4 stars (of 5) Average Song Rating: 3.69 stars (of 5) Song List: King Jesus; He Never Said a Word; I Don’t Know Why Jesus Loved Me; These Hands of Mine; After Calvary; Through it All; The Flowers Kissed the Shoes (Jesus Wore); He Did it All For Me; I Know; Jesus is Coming Soon; Daddy Sang Bass;...

Guy Penrod: Before and After Here are two clips of Guy Penrod singing “I Shall Wear a...

Perfect Heart returns Perfect Heart bass singer Mike Presnell has secured the rights to bring the group back. The new lineup will feature Wesley Anders (tenor), Jimmy Dunn (lead), and Tommy Smith (baritone). Based on the sound clips at their website, www.perfectheartqt.com, it looks like they have a decent sound and will be a...

Saturday News Roundup #33 In the News: Ron Blackwood is launching the Blackwood Quartet. He will be an emcee and occasional baritone vocalist. Regular vocalists will be John Rulapaugh (tenor), Josh Garner (lead), Tracy Trent (baritone), Trent Adams (bass), Joe Cox (pianist). Adams and Cox both performed with the Old Paths Quartet...

Singing News Shrinks My January 2009 Singing News came in today. A couple of changes jumped out as newsworthy. First, it’s staple-bound, not perfect bound. Second, it’s significantly shorter—76 pages as compared to 92 for December and 100 for November. I also notice that a couple of major advertisers are out....

CD Review: Ain’t Nobody (Soul’d Out Quartet) Rating: 4 (of 5) Average Song Rating: 4 (of 5) Producer: Matt Rankin, Arthur Rice, Soul’d Out Quartet. Song List: He’s Coming Back Soon; I Have a Story to Tell; Ain’t Nobody; Please Remember Me; There’s a Bigger Blessing; Heaven Medley; There Is A Fountain; We Shall Rise; A Wonderful...

Songs that exemplify the spirit of Christmas Merry Christmas! I was thinking it might be neat today to each share a thought about a song that isn’t a typical Christmas carol / song but, to us, exemplifies the meaning or spirit of Christmas. I’ll start things off with one that occurred to me today: “God Himself the Lamb”...