Concert Review: Perrys (3/11/10, Wilmot, OH)

Update (3/14/10): Here are photos! Winter is coming to an end in Ohio, and Southern Gospel groups are starting to venture back north. This Perrys concert would have been my second concert of the year; however, being snowed out from a Legacy Five concert in February makes this first. Song list: I Love to...

Dan Keeton joins Blackwood Quartet

Blackwood Quartet There was apparently one more change in the works after the merging of the Blackwood Quartet and the Blackwood Gospel Quartet. As of yesterday, former Dixie Melody Boys / Dan Keeton Quartet tenor Dan Keeton is now officially their new tenor singer. It’s great to see him back on the...

Marshall Hall fills in with GVB

Michael English has been off the road for several days recovering from back surgery. Wes Hampton posted on his Twitter status that English’s fill-in tonight was . . . Marshall...

Aaron Swain interviews Michael English

Aaron Swain at Swain’s Musings posted his first interview earlier this week, featuring Michael English. It’s a 26-minute video, with numerous fascinating tidbits. Among them: English mentions several songs on the Gaither Vocal Band’s upcoming CD. The CD will include “That Sounds Like...

Question of the Week: Pat Barker

Every time I ask what you want to see more of here, more interviews always heads the list. So today I am rolling out a new weekly feature, our question of the week. As I considered who to catch up with for the inaugural question, there was no doubt in my mind who I should email. And fortunately, new Mark...

Triumphant signs with Mansion

Triumphant Quartet, which has released all their mainline recordings with Daywind since their launch, is making the first label move of their career. The Mansion Entertainment distributed a press release this evening announcing the signing of Triumphant to a “long term recording...

Attending The Extra Mile

Southern Gospel aficiandos have gathered in different ways over the years. First there were singing schools (and an occasional church homecoming). Then there were concerts. The live Southern Gospel experience has largely revolved around the 90-minute-concert format for decades. But any concert promoter will...

Ryan Seaton launches solo career

As many suspected, Ryan Seaton’s big announcement this morning was that he is launching a solo career. Phil Boles was the first with the story, and he has enough details and insight that I’ll just link there. Or check out the original announcement on Seaton’s Facebook...

CD Review: It Just Started For Me (Cross 4 Crowns)

Last year, when Cross 4 Crowns released Turning Point, I gave it a 5-star rating (here)—pretty much unheard of for a debut project, particularly from a group not started by an already known personality. Since that album’s release, the group’s one previously known name, Dallas Rogers, left and...

Sony’s Thoughts: He Locked the Gates

“He locked the gates of Hell behind me and then He threw the key away.” Have you heard that song from the Kingdom Heirs? I get excited each time I hear it as I think about the reality of those words. Do you ever stop to think about what God saved you from? If you do, I don’t know how you...