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Old Time Preachers Qt live album set for release

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The Old Time Preachers Quartet recorded its first live album! Titled “A Century of Southern Gospel Music,” this album was recorded live at the Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame and Museum and features hits from the past century.

Les Butler, Founder and member of OTPQ, said, “Less than 48 hours before the REAL Southern Gospel Weekend was set to begin, the Williamsons, one of the featured groups, had an outbreak of Covid. I tried to find someone to take their place, but everyone was already booked. I called my fellow OTPQ members to see if they were available, and, remarkably, they were! We didn’t have time to rehearse, choose songs for a live album, get the audio equipment, or set audience mics for a recording. We just showed up and did what we do – real, traditional Southern Gospel quartet singing. No rehearsal. No run-throughs. No stacked vocals. No extra band members. No special guests. Just the Old Time Preachers Quartet and ‘A Century of Southern Gospel Music,’ raw and REAL! We hope it blesses you!”

This new album will be available on 1 August 2024.

Texas Gospel Canada top 30 songs

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This is our Top 30 song list reported to The Singing News and SGN Scoops the first week of July.

This list is based on actual airplay throughout the moth of June and was compiled the first week in July.

1 Middle Of Nowhere – Southbound – Daywind/New Day
2 You Have Always Been My Shepherd – Legacy Five – StowTown/Provident-Sony
3 What I Don’t Know How To Do, Jesus Does – Mark Bishop – Sonlite/Crossroads
4 Sheltered in the arms of God – Kim Hopper – Daywind
5 Where You’ve Walked – Lauren Talley – Horizon/Crossroads
6 It Won’t Be Long – Poet Voices – StowTown
7 After All – Mark Trammell Quartet – Crimson Road
8 The day I get home – Kelly Garner – Heritage
9 When God dips his pen of love in my heart – Phillips & Banks – DreamBig!
10 He Sent Him For Me – Inspirations – Horizon/Crossroads
11 When I Lift Up My Head – High Road – New Day Records/New Day
12 Your Healing Is On The Way – Greater Vision – Daywind/New Day
13 Dear Heavenly Father – 11th Hour – Sonlite/Crossroads
14 We Are The Church – Ernie Haase & Signature Sound – StowTown
15 Come On In – Kingdom Heirs – Sonlite/Crossroads
16 There’s A Song For That – Down East Boys – Sonlite/Crossroads
17 Waiting For Me – TrueSong – Daywind/New Day
18 At The End Of Every Prayer – Debra Perry & Jaidyn’s Call – ARS/New Day
19 Forgiven – Joseph Habedank – Daywind/New Day
20 Made A Mess – Tim Menzies – ARS/New Day
21 He Pilots My Ship – Tribute Quartet – Daywind/New Day
22 He’s got the victory – Siler Family – Heritage
23 Like Jesus Can – Taranda Greene – StowTown
24 Take Me To The Water – Lauren, Amber & Kenna – Horizon/Crossroads
25 Living Water, Bread Of Life – Ben Rochester Family – Independent
26 Wings Of A Dove – Jonathan Wilburn – Daywind/New Day
27 Keep On Leaning – Sharon Walker – ARS/New Day
28 Heaven’s Getting Sweeter Each Day – Kristen Bearfield/Darin & Brooke Aldridge – Daywind
29 Victory Story – Wisecarvers – Horizon/Crossroads
30 Walk on water – Crabb Family – Daywind

Karen Peck Gooch Celebrates 44 Years in Southern Gospel

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Karen Peck Gooch recently celebrated an extraordinary milestone: 44 years in Southern Gospel music. Reflecting on her journey, Karen marvels at the time she’s spent on the road.

“I tell everyone, I’m just a hometown girl whose dream came true,” Karen shares. “I joined Uncle Alf and the Lefevre’s on June 26, 1980. Then, exactly one year later, on June 26, 1981, I joined the Rex Nelon Singers. I have been incredibly blessed to travel with such wonderful people,” she says, fondly referring to Rex Nelon and The Lefevres as “legends” and “heroes.”

Karen maintains that both groups still feel like family to her today.

Currently, Karen tours with her group, Karen Peck and New River. This talented ensemble has been nominated for six Grammy Awards and has won nine GMA Dove Awards. Most recently, in 2021, Karen was inducted into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame and was voted Favorite Soprano in the Singing News Fan Awards.

You can catch Karen Peck and New River’s latest song, “Be Ready,” playing throughout the day on Texas Gospel Canada!

The Lore Family’s “There Was A Day When”is a powerful musical testimonial

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Arden, North Carolina (June 28, 2024) — “I can’t say enough good things about this song,” The Lore Family’sFayth Lore Whisnant enthuses about “There Was A Day When,” the group’s latest single from Horizon Records.  

“To begin with, when Dad first heard this song, he knew that there was something special about it. It tells the story that almost every believer can relate to.”

Indeed, “There Was A Day When” is a powerful new musical testimonial that uses the strong songwriting craft of Kristi Fitzwater, Jason Davidson and Donna King to proclaim the triumph of faith over sin. Offered at a stately pace, with expansive instrumentation and a vocal arrangement that features each of the Lore Family â€” Darren Lore, Sandy Lore, Fayth Lore Whisnant and Jake Whisnant — in ever-changing combinations, the song contrasts days of uncertainty and doubt with days of redemption:

There was a day when I was broken
There was a day when I was lost
And I bought into what life sold me
Before I even knew the cost…

There was a day when Jesus saved me
There was a day when love came in
When He wrapped His arms around me
And He forgave my every sin
There was a day when
There was a day when Jesus saved me 

“What beautiful lyrics,” Fayth continues. “My most favorite part of the entire song, though, is when my mother, Sandy Lore, takes the lead on the final verse. She beautifully sings about the day when we will see Jesus face to face. I am so thankful that ‘There Was A Day When’ Jesus saved me! What a blessed hope we have to know that we will get to see our Savior face to face. It is our prayer that this song blesses thousands of others as they hear the message. If you cannot remember a day when Jesus saved you, today could be your day!”Listen to “There Was A Day When” throughout the day on Texas Gospel Canada!

Dr. Mark Trammell, Chiropractor?

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It’s always intriguing to find out what Southern Gospel artists might have done if they didn’t pursue singing. Mark Trammell says if not for singing, he might have been a chiropractor.

“Well, it was either this or be a chiropractor. That has always stuck with me. When I was in school, in George sports, there was an old doctor that came in to help the football team there in North Little Rock, and he was a chiropractor,” said Mark.

“He got me interested in cranial structure, spine, how all of that works. The miracle of our muscle makeup and what it does and how Our brain tells all of our body how to do what to do. It was very intriguing for me at that age. I could have gone that way.”

But he says God gave him the desire to sing Gospel Music and opened the door.

Mark has been in the studio this week working on vocals for his project that will celebrate 50 years of ministry!

The Mark Trammell Quartet is traveling through six U.S. states throughout July with dates in North Carolina, Tennessee, Arkansas, Kentucky Alabama and Georgia.

Here is their schedule as of this writing (June 29):

  • Fri, JUL 5@ 6:30 PM
    GREAT SMOKY MT. EVENTS PARK
    Bryson City, NC
  • Sat, JUL 6@ 6:00 PM
    FLAT ROCK PENTECOSTAL HOLINESS
    Mount Airy, NC
  • Sun, JUL 7@ 11:00 AM
    Mountain View Baptist Church
    Hendersonville, NC
  • Wed, JUL 10@ 6:00 PM
    Jackson Sings The Gospel
    Jackson, TN
  • Fri, JUL 12@ 7:00 PM
    MOUNTAINTOP COWBOY CHURCH
    Heber Springs, AR
  • Sat, JUL 13@ 6:30 PM
    Shadow Valley Gospel Music Festival
    Fayetteville, TN
  • Sun, JUL 14@ 9:30 AM
    Central Baptist Church
    Hawesville, KY
  • Fri, JUL 19@ 7:00 PM
    Washington Ave Baptist Church
    Cookeville, TN
  • Sat, JUL 20@ 1:00 PM
    Gospel Music Hymn Sing
    Blairsville, GA
  • Sat, JUL 20@ 6:30 PM
    Union County Schools Fine Arts Center
    Blairsville, GA
  • Sun, JUL 21@ 6:00 PM
    Pleasant Grove Baptist Church
    Hiram, GA
  • Wed, JUL 24@ 7:00 PM
    Lawrenceburg Crockett Theatre
    Lawrenceburg, TN
  • Thu, JUL 25@ 12:00 PM
    Gospel Music Hymn Sing
    Lawrenceburg, TN
  • Fri, JUL 26@ 7:00 PM
    MTQ Homecoming
    Gadsden, AL
  • Sat, JUL 27@ 7:00 PM
    MTQ Homecoming
    Gadsden, AL
  • Sun, JUL 28@ 10:30 AM
    MTQ Homecoming
    Gadsden, AL
  • Wed, JUL 31@ 7:00 PM
    RUSH COUNTY FAIR
    La Crosse, KS