Still Together Again for the First Time

So you’ve no doubt seen that the Crabb Family is back together again, sort of (h/t, DY). A reader writes of this latest reunion gambit, “I can’t get excited about them getting back together cause seems like every year they are at it again. It’s really like they never went away.” Precisely. How can we […]

Just Sing, Little Darlin’

In the car the other day, I caught this song during an interview with the singing Swedish sisters who are First Aid Kit. No, it’s not gospel, but the harmonies are about as close and fine as anything a southern gospel fan could want.

I could honestly do without all the visual palavering of the video’s […]

Joyful Noise

That was one of the titles I considered for my book, actually, but I think we’ve probably had enough of that topic for the time being, nes cafe?
So instead let’s talk about the Dolly Parton/Queen Latifah film by that title soon to be released. Via DBM, here’s a clip of Karen Peck in the film.

I’ll […]

Cover story

Since I posted information about my forthcoming southern gospel book, there’s been some chatter about the cover, and specifically some curiosity about the image. One reader wondered about the propriety of using the image of these four celebrities to grace the cover of this book, which seems to take for granted a far greater symmetry […]

Reading between the lines of silence … or, the sound of a singing soul

Regular readers will know that the past year or so has seen a diminishing number of posts around here. Y’all have done an excellent job of running the asylum in my pseudo-absence, so I won’t apologize (not least of all because many of you probably don’t really miss the sound of my e-voice). But the […]