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It’s taken me … well, let’s just say an embarrassingly long time to realize I could download television programs from iTunes onto my iPod and watch them while I’m on the elliptical, and I’ve just started Big Love, which a friend tells me often includes gospel music. But of course one always need to switch […]

I suspect that most sg types could really not care less than they already do about the Doves (the SN hasn’t even bothered to post a link to the story on its site). If you’re one of those people, this is probably not the post for you. Otherwise, here we go:
If you want a round […]

Thanks to this commenter for flagging the Dove Awards’ move to Atlanta, at least for next year. Maybe permanently?
Meanwhile, the Tennesseean’s story describes a fairly grim corporate situation at the GMA: a staff of 18 reduced to three, relying heavily on volunteers, and a significant cutback to GMA week activities. None of this is exactly […]

So what’s going on with southern gospel’s favorite boy band dancing quartet these days? Well, last week it seems they headlined the Stamps-Baxter School of Music, to mostly rave reviews. Here’s an email I received a few days after the event:
I think what blew everyone away is that SigSound hauled in their whole lights/sound/backdrop, etc., […]

I have no idea if Kim Hopper has had plastic surgery (a topic of hot debate in comments recently) and to be perfectly honest, I don’t really care. I won’t exactly say it’s nobody’s business, since Hopper’s a celebrity in gospel music and like most southern gospel personalities, the Hoppers do ask their fans to […]

Some items that don’t warrant posts of their own but might still be worth mentioning as we head into the weekend:

Crossroads Music is offering a free download of Lauren Talley’s new release, “In Christ Alone.” It’s a little Paula-Stefanovichy for my taste but hey … it’s free, until Monday.

Oh the Hairmanity: Via DBM (by way […]

This rubric to lyrics about getting places has been pinging around the twitterverse and blogosphere this a.m.:

Wonder what a sg version of this sort of thing would look like? Off the top of my head:
The gate: old, old highway (the one called straight)
The place where I am waiting now: Damascus Road
That land of perfect peace […]

From “gospelvideohub” via email this a.m., a golden gift: a link to what longtime readers know to be one of my favorite cuts …. well, pretty much ever: the Greenes’ “More Precious than Gold,” from Tenth Anniversary Live (the live video and live audio-only versions are remarkably similar, right down to Tony’s overlong prayer in […]

Since I posted about the Freedom Singers a few days ago, I’ve gotten a few emails and at least one comment in the vein of this reader’s sentiments:
I saw the Freedom Singers at the Gaither Family Fest in May. And anyone with a heart will sympathize with them. Their story is very compelling. And when […]

I was just writing about this song earlier in the week and so was thrilled today to happen upon what looks like a fairly recent upload to youtube of the Greenes performing it live in the 1980s (at least it sure appears to be the 80s, judging by Kim Greene’s hair, among other cosmetic differences). […]