Sonlite Records and Down East Boys Together Again After 20 years of separation, Sonlite Records and Down East Boys have reunited to put together a new recording due out in October. The Down East Boys began traveling in the mid-1980s and have had numerous Top 40 songs including their hit song Beautiful Valley which was released in 1989 on the Sonlite label....

Sony’s Thoughts: Letting Our Light Shine “Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father which is in Heaven” (Matthew 5:16). I’ve wondered at times why we don’t see more souls coming to know God. With everything Christ has done for us and everything He has to offer, why...

Concert Review: Inspirations (Millersburg, OH, 8/29/09) Last night, I had the chance to catch the Inspirations live at Gospel Haven Mennonite Church in Millersburg, Ohio. This was my first time to see the new lineup with Dallas Rogers on tenor and David Ragan on lead. A song list: Jesus is Mine (featuring Dallas) I Can Tell You Now the Time (featuring Dallas and...

DVD Review: Nashville Homecoming (Gaither Homecoming Friends) Rating: 4.5 stars (of 5) * * * About two and a half years ago, Bill Gaither hosted two video tapings on consecutive days. One day was a hymns taping; three DVDs/CDs resulted (Rock of Ages, How Great Thou Art, and the Grammy®-nominated Amazing Grace). The other day featured a more familiar Homecoming mixture...

Could they Make It? Entry 2: The Von Trapp Children Just for fun, every now and then, we’ve been taking a video of a group from a different genre and discuss how they would fare if they tried their hands—or, more precisely but less idiomatically, their voices—at Southern Gospel. Today’s entry: The Von Trapp Children. They are the grandchildren...

How do you use this site? How do you use this website? More specifically, do you use it as your primary (or sole) source of news, or do you keep up with the news elsewhere and come here for commentary? From the start, I’ve posted big stories (Roger Bennett’s passing, Penrod/Hall leave GVB) within 5 minutes of when I hear...

Daniel Riley on the future of Gold City SoGospelNews has posted an interview with Daniel Riley, baritone and emcee for Gold City, about the group’s future in the light of several recent lineup changes. The full interview is here; a couple of highlights: He said that while Tim Riley has made guest appearances and may make others, he’s...

EHSSQ posts preview of Christmas Project Ernie Haase and Signature Sound posted a video preview of their upcoming Christmas project a few days...

Sony’s Thoughts: The Greatest of These is Love For those who have figured out that I often write on the same theme over and over, I tend to write on what God is doing in my life and, right now, love and care for others seems to be a major part of what God is speaking. I was reading First Corinthians 13 yesterday morning and was struck again by the...

Daniel Britt posts Joseph Habedank interview Daniel Britt has posted an mp3 of an interview he did with Joseph Habedank about Habedank’s engagement to Lindsay Bowman this Tuesday. The interview even has an mp3 of the song he sang for her. (Perhaps not anticipating the level of interest—according to the interview—he even posted a video of the...