- October 9, 2012One day, Sue C. Smith was driving around Nashville thinking about ideas for Christmas songs. “It was spring,” she recalls,…
- August 14, 2012The Essential Songwriter Collection series lists ten songs each from legendary songwriters that every Southern Gospel fan should add to…
- July 23, 2012Past the Press Release is an interview series featuring a new member of a professional Southern Gospel group. It’s a…
- April 5, 2012I recently had the opportunity to interview Haskell Cooley, who played piano for the Cathedrals from 1974-1979. Listen in to…
- January 30, 2012In Southern Gospel, what do we call a rousing, dramatic orchestrated song? We often call it a ballad. But we…
- December 15, 2011This was originally published in four installments. By popular request, all four posts have now been combined into this single,…
- December 8, 2011'Tis the season . . . where people complain about how the familiar Christmas carols are too overdone. Granted, there's…
- October 27, 2011Tim Duncan recently launched a solo career. He also recently started performing with a new group, Canton Junction; a recently…
- July 25, 2011At a concert last night, Roger Talley mentioned that, following Lauren's recent wedding to Brian Alvey, Brian will be joining…