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Reader DA writes to rightly remind us that there IS a nasty and often overlooked history of outright vote-buying in sg for Dove Awards. I speak of course of the infamous James Blackwood episode of 1971. The Blackwoods were accused of aggressively recruiting votes for themselves and “tainting the process” by giving out ballots with […]

[And with that, comments are now closed] 
By now, the Dove nominations are old, old news. So I’ll let others round up general reactions.
For my part, I want to focus on what no one seems to want to say publicly and what a lot of people are saying (and have said to me) privately: that even […]

Tired of GC vs EHSSQ? Here’s something to take your mind off it: PORN. Or, to be more accurate: the pornbots who appear to be slipping past someone’s rather porous borders at this Myspace fan site for Legacy 5 [NOTE: If you’re going to get up in arms about seeing suggestive photos of trampy teenage […]

Maybe this video clip is already making the rounds (I haven’t looked to see) and is old news by now. But still … what thuh…?
I mean, I know Wilburn and Ladd are trying to be funny and “just joshin with Ole Ernie … we love i’m.” But don’t you think some of the other guys […]

No, you haven’t gone crazy. At least not if you assume you’d have to be insane to see Avery’s byline in the Singing News. I indeed have a short piece on blogging and gospel music in the March issue (thanks to all of you who have emailed to comment on the article). It’s a modest […]

Notice how so many personnel changes “unannounce” the departure of the old guy by simply announcing his replacement? Look at the Jeremy Lile press release from Daywind. Unless I missed something, this is the first official mention of a replacement at the bass spot for BFA, and there is simply no reference to Keith Plott. […]

Chris Unthank declares that what’s really ailing southern gospel is not enough “revival”:

I’m not saying that the individuals in Southern Gospel need personal revival in their lives (though that may be the case) - I’m saying that our personal concerts and experiences with the fans are lacking that spiritual punch that was so prevalent […]

I usually don’t plug this kinda stuff, but I just noticed (via Daniel Mount) that the Diamond Awards ballot is online now, which strikes me as worth promoting to the main page. The SN should take note. If they require you to identify yourself to see part of the SN’s website content, they ought to […]

They don’t have a clue what southern gospel is. DBM is on the case.

I’m hoping web-savvier minds than mine can help me out here. Lately I’ve started having pings/trackbacks show up in my comments moderation que from a site called Gospel Planet. I’ve spent a decent amount of time poking around the site and I can’t find anything to disprove my sense that it’s an automated shell aggregating […]