http://www.southerngospelblog.com Positive Daily Commentary on Southern Gospel Wed, 23 Jul 2008 13:56:50 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en In the news: The Southern, a website identifying itself as Southern Illinois's Homepage, recently featured an interesting interview with Roger Menees, currently filling in on bass for the Stamps Quartet. The interview is a fascinating look at someone who has been in and around the genre for decades. David Bruce Murray has ... http://www.southerngospelblog.com/archives/932 David Mann launched a new Southern Gospel blog, Southern Gospel Discussions, at www.southerngospeldiscussions.blogspot.com. There's currently only one post up, so I don't really have any in-depth commentary as of yet, but I thought I'd pass the word along. http://www.southerngospelblog.com/archives/936 Yesterday afternoon, an anonymous individual posted comments on several blogs that pianist Matthew Holt had left the Perrys. (I didn't approve the comment left on mine.)  The official announcement came out last night; Holt will be leaving the group after this weekend's concerts. The press release states: The award-winning Perrys have ... http://www.southerngospelblog.com/archives/935 Last night, I had the chance to catch the Mark Trammell Trio in Shelby, OH. First set: Won't it Be Wonderful There (old one) I Still Believe Weary At the Well How Great Thou Art Moving the Hand of God Introductions There's Something About That Name / In the Garden Hallelujah, I'm Going Home Glory Road Once Upon a Cross The group ... http://www.southerngospelblog.com/archives/931 A couple of weeks ago, I set up an account at Pandora Radio, www.pandora.com. It is a free online radio service that plays a customized mix of songs based on songs you've said you like (or don't). You set up an account by defining one or more artists whose style ... http://www.southerngospelblog.com/archives/760 Earlier this year, we went to the next county over see the Collingsworth family at a medium-sized church in a small town in rural Ohio. But the church was packed, the Collingsworths gave it everything they had, and brought the house down several times. What we didn't realize (and, undoubtedly, they ... http://www.southerngospelblog.com/archives/929 Rating: 3.5 (of 5) Average Song Rating: 2.9 (of 5) Producer: Michael Sykes & Daniel Riley Songlist: Don't Get Me Started; What Children Believe; I Cast My Bread Upon the Water; For the Sake of My Heart; Walkin' and Talkin' With My Lord; I Love This Land; I'll Walk On; When Jesus Saves; ... http://www.southerngospelblog.com/archives/919 Rating: 4.5 (of 5). Average Song Rating: 3.9 (of 5). Producer: Roger Talley. Song List: God is Great, Good, and Merciful; True Love Has No Limits; Paramount Love; The Broken Ones; That's Enough; We Who Come Behind; I Think Too Much of Her; I Don't Understand it But it Does; Too Much to ... http://www.southerngospelblog.com/archives/889 SGConcerts.com, the website I launched a week or two ago, is off to a running start. We have reviews up from five of our contributors to date. Some of our contributors live in areas (Oregon/Idaho, California, etc.) where Southern Gospel groups rarely come, so they will only be able to ... http://www.southerngospelblog.com/archives/923 A couple of weeks ago, I wrote a post about what it would sound like if the Booth Brothers covered an entire Cathedrals album, Easy on the Ears, Heavy on the Heart. This was supposed to start a weekly, multi-part series, but then there were a couple of busy weeks ... http://www.southerngospelblog.com/archives/922