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Thanks to sgmblogger for 1)finally deciding to get back in the game after over a MONTH’S hiatus and 2)putting us on to Allison, […]

So I picked up the GQ profile of Kirk Talley in the airport on my way to the beach (which, by the way, was absolutely glorious … I got to sit by the sea, but before the […]

That’s the title of GQ’s August feature on Kirk Talley (hat tip, DA). The online teaser reads thusly:
Singer Kirk Talley was on top of the Christian-music […]

By now many of you have found your way to JoshCobb.com and read these lines from his bio:
Josh’s father was a singing televangelist and preacher for 30 years. Josh went […]

Well it didn’t take long for my post on Kenny Bishop’s new website to awaken old familiar feelings and resurrect the standby rhetoric of holy condemnation that had been […]

He’s back in the news, sort of, thanks to Kenny Bishop. And his story, as it unfolds from around the time of his departure from Legacy 5, is a long and complicated […]

I’ve been hearing here and there that Kenny Bishop may be up to something new in the near future, and sure enough … kennybishop.com just got underway a […]

Kenny Bishop’s political patron, Kentucky Governor Ernie Fletcher, is in a bit of a tight spot these days. The only folks more merciless than sg fans are bulldog […]

By way of homage to Younce, I’m going to avoid well-intentioned but essentially insubstantial eulogizing. Though my devotion to gospel music was (like many others’) significantly shaped by Younce’s influence and example, […]

First Love
First Love
Resting Place, 2005

Even in southern gospel these days, not too much music rises to the level of homegrown quality. There’s plenty of the homemade junk, and […]