I recently had the opportunity to interview Haskell Cooley, who played piano for the Cathedrals from 1974-1979. Listen in to this fascinating conversation! Daniel: When did you first become interested in Gospel Music? Haskell: All right. I was raised up in church, hearing the old hymns of the church, and hearing how beautiful the melodies […]
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In Southern Gospel, what do we call a rousing, dramatic orchestrated song? We often call it a ballad. But we don’t use the term “ballad” for just that; we’ll use it for any slow song. So we have any number of qualifiers for the term: “soft ballads” (“There’s Something About That Name”) “big ballads” (a
This was originally published in four installments. By popular request, all four posts have now been combined into this single, 5350-word mega-review. Today, according to CCLI (Christian Copyright Licensing International), the 10 most popular songs in American churches are, in order, “How Great is Our God,” “Mighty to Save,” “Our God,” “Blessed Be Your Name,”
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‘Tis the season . . . where people complain about how the familiar Christmas carols are too overdone. Granted, there’s some truth to the complaint. But this is a glass-half-full sort of website, so let’s look at ten Christmas songs that aren’t overdone. At The Right Time (Booth Brothers, Carry On, 2007, on YouTube here): The Booth Brothers
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Tim Duncan recently launched a solo career. He also recently started performing with a new group, Canton Junction; a recently posted video of the group circulated so quickly that it picked up over 9,000 views in two or three weeks’ time. Daniel: It has been four years since the last time I interviewed you for
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At a concert last night, Roger Talley mentioned that, following Lauren’s recent wedding to Brian Alvey, Brian will be joining the group (hat tip, DBM). [EDIT, 3/16/13: Broken link removed.] I caught up with him this afternoon: Daniel: I heard you mentioned earlier this week that Brian Alvey will be joining the group. Is this true?
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We’ll do a news roundup at some point—either later today, Monday, or next weekend—and catch up with regularly scheduled programming. Last night, my schedule unexpectedly opened up in time to catch the Blackwood Brothers in concert. Within the last year or so, they have added Billy Blackwood as baritone and Mike Hammontree as full-time pianist.
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With last week’s news that former Greater Vision tenor Jason Waldroup is getting back on the road as a duo with his wife, Missy, I thought that this would be a great time to re-introduce him to you with an interview. DJM: Jason and Missy, I recently noticed that you have released a duo CD
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Last night, I attended a Gaither Homecoming concert and videotaping in Charlotte, North Carolina. It was held in an open canvas tent on the grounds of the Billy Graham library. Daddy Sang Bass: Bluegrass mega-group Dailey and Vincent wowed the audience and proved why they have been winning seemingly every award Bluegrass has to offer
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The glory days of the Statesmen are now the stuff of legend. We play back the voices of Big Chief, Jake, Rosie, Denver, Doy, and Hovie on old LPs, and watch the few grainy black-and-white video clips that have survived on YouTube. Yet to this day, there are men still alive who had to turn down
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