averyfineline

That’s the name of a new franchise being promoted by the NQC and Christian Music Presenters to remake the white gospel music landscape. It’ll be unveiled, I gather, at NQC next month, but the idea has been bouncing around the inboxes of southern gospel via a somewhat loosely written but ambitious proposal for “a new […]

I see Hope’s Cal signed with Daywind. Good for them, I guess. The few times I’ve seen them they’ve had their act together mostly, and they clearly know how to sing (even if the vocal histrionics are still a bit too often in play). But I would thought they’d signed with Wayne Haun and […]

Some real-world obligations and changes have kept away from avfl for a while and may for a bit longer, but I thought it would be ok to note that avfl passed its second anniversary this month. This is probably a good time to thank you for your energetic and enthusiastic response to this site - […]

A follow up to my post on the sensationalization of private tragedy a while back that generated considerable feedback. First up, AG, who approached the subject with a kind of pragmatic cynicism:

You gotta admit that some of these stories are considerably more interesting than “Ed Hill Visits Studio of WPET Radio” or “New Ground Completes […]

I have to spend some time traveling this week and I’ve just filled up my iPod with new material. Here’s what I’m listening to:

Second Mile’s latest
The Lesters new album
Mike Bowling Group’s new recording
Kenny Bishop’s self-titled

Not sure when I’ll work up some responses to what I hear, but there it is, for what it’s worth. What […]

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Just last night I caught the Best of Lynda Randall on some local inspo channel around 330 in the morning and the camera panned past Jason Crabb and Kathy and Gerald in a recording from the early to mid 90s. They all looked as if they existed then in another […]

So now I’ve seen three or four of these Homecoming Best Of features on a single Homecoming artist (Anthony Burger, Lynda Randall, and George Younce among them), I’m surprised at the general low quality of production. I’ve seen dentist office waiting rooms with better lighting and décor than the settings for the AB and LR […]

Via reader DC, let me draw your attention to a new book of scholarly essays on southern gospel: More than Precious Memories. I’ve only quickly skimmed it, so I’ll have to say more later, but it’s clear it’s not for the reader who’s looking for straightahead history or music appreciation. That said, it’s the first […]

Is it possible the Crabbs’s exciting news is that they are calling it quits and Jason is hitting the road solo? I guess we’ll see. Even if they ain’t, it says something that that’s the prevailing speculation.
Update: Chuck Peters hears the same thing.
Later update: Yup, it’s official. Press release announces farewell … A year from […]