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The spirit mostly seemed to keep its own counsel apart from me on this final night of NQC 10, save for some lovely moments in Stan Whitmire’s accompaniment of Chris Allman on “Blessed Assurance.” Tonight was a marked improvement over last night, but that only meant that things were mostly serviceable and ordinary, though I […]
I may or may not decide to weigh in at my usual length tonight. I’m going to let the spirit move. In the meantime, feel free to talk amongst yourselves about what you’re hearing, whether in the hall or from afar.
I took no notebook and made sure MNP insisted I surrender the extra ink pen I keep in my pocket in case I tried to jot notes on my hand (h/t, Sarah Palin) and just sat and listened. Which is just as well. The event wasn’t about music as much as memories and reunions, a […]
There are basically two types of NQC fans: the True Believers, a varietal of the Joyful Noisers, for whom the music matters to the degree that it affirms bedrock beliefs about gospel music’s religious superiority and cultural uniqueness (and for whom technical or artistic proficiency matters less than celebrating the tried and true), and what […]
From one of our most esteemed Canadian readers, NG, offers a historical perspective on the strange segues between acts that I commented on last night:
Enjoyed your report on Thursday’s doings. I’m wondering if these time wasters between acts is to reduce the amount of competition between groups. In the 70s, groups came on one after […]
Reader MM locates a handheld video of Josh Cobb and Gold City reprising Cobb’s signature tune during his debut with L5 ten years ago:
Via MM, a few thoughts
1. Daniel Riley asked Scott Fowler if they could sing this song. Good thing he said yes or the brand new track and stacked vocals would have been […]
Lots of twitter activity yesterday (#NQC) leading up to the Sarah Palin event … and mostly silence after the fact. The NQC finally issued a press release this afternoon that celebrated her inspirational remarks, including the influence that Gaither music had on her.
Sue Smith, the songwriter, found her reflections on faith to seem sincere, but […]
Good morning, gospel music fans. By now, most of you surely know this drill. I listen and write, you read and tell me how dumb/wrong/stupid/sinful/add-your-own-complaint I am. So there’s no need to make the preamble all that preambly, except to say how great it is to have MNP back with me this year. I’ve already […]
Day 3.
The mono thing seems to be fixed with the streaming feed, and the sound seems at the very least to suck less than in year’s past, perhaps even improving a bit.
As for the instrument pit (the doughnut hole where live musicians have been positioned on the mainstage), it doesn’t seem to be a hit. […]
So the house sound may (may) be improved this year? And the subscription-only streaming feed is mono. Win some and lose some, I guess.
Meanwhile, whilst you wait for our intrepid correspondents from the field to report in, go over and check out David Bruce Murray some other NQC related items.
