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June 2014

June 05, 2014

Stowtown: Southern Gospel's Most Cutting-Edge Record Label?

To show that there are no hard feelings between myself and Chris Unthank, with whom...

June 03, 2014

On New Hymns and Perfect Rhymes

A while back, I ran across some new hymns by progressive southern gospel songwriting regular Lee...

May 2014

May 28, 2014

CD Review: Measure of Grace, by The Taylors

Measure of Grace is young family group The Taylors' debut release on Ernie Haase and...

May 26, 2014

Memorial Day: No Greater Gift

May 22, 2014

CD Review: Angel at the Crossroads, by High Road III

Sara Davison, Kiley Phillips, and Anna Grace Kimbrough, the ladies of High Road III, burst on...

May 15, 2014

International Songwriting Contest, 2013: My Picks

I enjoy browsing the winners of large songwriting contests. It's always fun to discover brand...

May 13, 2014

Concert Review: Mark Trammell Quartet (April 17th 2014), Kalamazoo, MI

I apologize for the lateness of this concert review, but so many other things conspired...

May 02, 2014

A Chapter Closed in Southern Gospel

My erstwhile blogging colleague Daniel Mount has decided to close down his site Southern Gospel Journal...

April 2014

April 20, 2014

Easter Morning Music: Hallelujah

He is risen. He is risen indeed.

April 18, 2014

Good Friday Music: "Behold the Lamb of God"

Behold the Lamb of God. Behold him that taketh away the sins of the world.

April 17, 2014

Maundy Thursday Music: "Go to Dark Gethsemane"

For in the night in which he was betrayed, he took bread. And when he...

April 15, 2014

Sing it Again: "Taking My God At His Word"

In 2005, Brian Free took a break from quartet singing and put out what is still...

April 10, 2014

CD Review: Into His Presence, by the Perrys

Into His Presence is the Perrys' debut effort with Wayne Haun and Ernie Haase's new...

April 08, 2014

Anatomy of a Song: "Come Back to Me"

It's been a really long time since I did an entry in this series, formerly...

April 03, 2014

Kickstart Something Good: Jean Watson

For those who are weary of the pablum now paraded as "music" on the airwaves of...

April 01, 2014

An Interview With Rebecca Peck

Apologies for not posting anything yesterday. First I thought it was April 1st, then...

March 2014

March 27, 2014

Matt Fouch and Scott Inman on Writing for Legacy Five

Here are two neat videos I just found and enjoyed, where Matt Fouch and Scotty...

March 26, 2014

Featuring… A Reader's Music

A gentleman named Judson Hair left a nice comment on one of my songwriting posts...

March 18, 2014

CD Review: Hymns, by the Gaither Vocal Band

This hymns project is a parting gift from the last Gaither Vocal Band lineup of...

March 11, 2014

SG vs. CCM Smackdown: "Who Am I" vs. "Because of Whose I Am"

We haven't had a southern gospel versus CCM song smackdown in a while, so now...

March 04, 2014

Songwriting Tip: Using Colors In Your Lyrics

There are many marks of a clever songwriter. One is the quiet insertion of little...

February 2014

February 27, 2014

Most Marketable Southern Gospel Singers?

We all have our favorite southern gospel singers. But some of the qualities that make...

February 18, 2014

CD Review: Legacy Five, Great Day [Updated]

As a backer of Legacy Five's new project, I just recently received the final mix...

February 14, 2014

Todd Suttles: Future GVB Material? (Video!)

[Update: As of February 18th, Suttles has joined the GVB. My thoughts on the new...

January 2014

January 21, 2014

CD Review: Drive, by Doug Anderson

After a Dove award-winning solo debut, plus another table project, EHSS baritone Doug Anderson is...

January 14, 2014

CD Review: Surrender, by Adam Crabb

I put off reviewing this one all last year, but it seems to be perfect...

January 05, 2014

The Twelve Essential Tracks of Christmas, Day 12: Haven of Rest Quartet's "As With Gladness"

First, my inner Anglican has to apologize---technically this final track is not a Christmas song but an Epiphany song....

January 04, 2014

The Twelve Essential Tracks of Christmas, Day 11: David Phelps' "O Holy Night"

It's the penultimate day of our series, and I have saved the best for near-last!...

January 03, 2014

The Twelve Essential Tracks of Christmas, Day 10: Mannheim Steamroller's "Silent Night"

Mannheim Steamroller's last entry in this series was their rockin' "Good King Wenceslas." But Mannheim...

January 02, 2014

The Twelve Essential Tracks of Christmas, Day 9: Take 6's "Hark, the Herald Angels Sing"

Happy New Year Everybody! We are starting to wrap up (har-har) our Twelve Essential Tracks...