Worth Knowing

• Recently departed Inspirations tenor Jodi Hosterman has joined the Holy City Quartet.
• Stow Town executive Ernie Haase tweeted that J. Mark McVey, a Broadway tenor who sings some inspirational material, will be doing a record with Stow Town.
• Rodney Birch, author of the #1 December 2012 Singing News hit “Battle Stand” (Old Paths), has signed with Crossroads’ Asheville Music Publishing. He is the son-in-law of legendary writer Sandy Knight, and performs with her in the Roy Knight Singers.

Worth Watching

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Worth Discussing

It’s open thread Saturday—you decide!

For several years, I have known that well-known songwriter Sandy Knight tours and sings with a family group called the Roy Knight Singers. But I didn’t know that up-and-coming songwriter Rodney Birch was Sandy’s son-in-law and also tours with the group. Last week, I had a chance to meet them and watch them in the studio, and I put together this video for the Crossroads Music blog: