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Brian Free and Assurance

Brian Free and Assurance #1 on this month’s Texas Gospel Canada’s top 20

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DAVID INGRAM, TEXAS GOSPEL CANADA MUSIC DIRECTOR

The very recognizable tenor voice of Brian Free along with a message that strikes a chord with Southern Gospel listeners has carried Brian Free and Assurance’s latest release Without Jesus to the #1 spot on this month’s Texas Gospel Canada Top 20.  

Without Jesus was co-written by award-winning song writer/singer Joseph Habedank who said in a recent interview, “I’d heard so many people say they don’t know what it would be like to live without Jesus, but had never heard a song written about it…probably one of my favorite songs written with Tony Wood and Devin McGlamery. ”

He went on to say, “This was toward the beginning of Devin’s songwriting career, so he was trying to write with different people, it was just a cool day for us to be able to hang out and come up with such a powerful song.”

By the way, Brian Free & Assurance received a nomination this year for Favorite Trio in the Singing News Fan Awards.

Congratulations to Brian Free & Assurance for taking the top spot in our top 20!

Here is the October Texas Gospel Canada Top 20:

1Without JesusBrian Free and AssuranceDaywind/New Day
2I’ll never get over the blood that I’m underKingdom HeirsSonlite/Crossroads
3God has provided Himself a LambMark Trammell QuartetCrimson Road
4This graceJoseph HabedankDaywind/New Day
5Amazing amounts of amazing graceDown East BoysSonlite/Crossroads
6Between the prayer and the answerLeFevre QuartetNew Day Records
7Fear NotTribute QuartetDaywind/New Day
8His name is JesusTim MenziesNew Day Records
9Learning to dance in the rainJeff & Sheri EasterGaither Music
10I sang myself happyOld Time Preacher’s QuartetFamily Music Group
11After the stormErwinStowTown/Provident-Sony
12Great God AlmightyThe SoundNew Day Records
13I believe the bookLegacy FiveDaywind
14Just a little bit wiserChelsea EstesButler Music Group
15The God I serveKaren Peck and New RiverDaywind
16Grace became amazingGordon MoteNew Haven
17Brand new songSistersIndependent
18King of KingsKingsmenHorizon
19Great changeVoice of TruthIndependent
20JordanNelonsDaywind

2020 Singing News Fan Award Categories and winners!

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Here’s the rundown of all of the Singing News Fan Awards winners. Thank you to Daywind Records for sending us the list!

Favorite Artist
1 Booth Brothers
2 Collingsworth Family
3 Greater Vision
5 Kingdom Heirs
5 Triumphant Qt winner

Favorite Quartet
1 Ernie Haase & Signature Sound
2 Kingdom Heirs
3 Mark Trammell Qt
4 Tribute Qt
5 Triumphant Qt winner

Favorite Mixed Group
1 Collingsworth Family winner
2 Hoppers
3 Karen Peck & New River
4 Mylon Hayes Family
5 Perrys

Favorite Trio
1 Booth Brothers
2 Brian Free & Assurance
3 Greater Vision winner
4 Jeff & Sheri Easter
5 Whisnants

Favorite Soloist
1 Bishop, Mark
2 Clark, Riley Harrison
3 Habedank, Joseph winner
4 Parker, Ivan
5 Phelps, David

Favorite Young Artist
1 Clark, Autumn Nelon – Nelons
2 Conkle, Trevor – Mark Trammell Qt
3 Gooch, Kari – Karen Peck & New River winner
4 Hayes, Kennedy – Mylon Hayes Family
5 Whisnant, Ethan – Whisnants

Favorite Tenor
1 Allman, Chris – Greater Vision winner
2 Booth, Michael – Booth Brothers
3 Free, Brian – Brian Free & Assurance
4 Haase, Ernie – Ernie Haase & Signature Sound
5 Sutton, David – Triumphant Qt

Favorite Lead
1 Booth, Ronnie – Booth Brothers winner
2 Brady, Jim – Jim & Melissa Brady
3 Griffin, Rodney – Greater Vision
4 Inman, Clayton – Triumphant Qt
5 Rice, Arthur – Kingdom Heirs

Favorite Baritone
1 Harris, Loren – Kingdom Heirs
2 Inman, Scotty – Triumphant Qt
3 Lancaster, Paul – Booth Brothers
4 Singletary, Josh – Tribute Qt
5 Trammell, Mark – Mark Tammell Qt winner

Favorite Bass
1 Barker, Pat – Guardians
2 Bennett, Eric – Triumphant Qt winner
3 Byrd, Randy – Mark Trammell Qt
4 Chapman, Jeff – Kingdom Heirs
5 Fouch, Matt – Legacy Five

Favorite Soprano
1 Blair, Brooklyn – Collingsworth Family
2 Brady, Melissa – Jim & Melissa Brady
3 Erwin, Katie – Erwins
4 Gooch, Karen Peck – Karen Peck & New River
5 Hopper, Kim – Hoppers winner

Favorite Alto
1 Easter, Sheri – Jeff & Sheri Easter
2 Hopper, Connie – Hoppers winner
3 Metz, Courtney – Collingsworth Family
4 Stuffle, Libbi – Perrys
5 Whisnant, Susan – Whisnants

Favorite Musician
1 Collingsworth, Kim – Collingsworth Family winner
2 Mote, Gordon – Soloist
3 Stringfield, Andy – Kingdom Heirs
4 Townsend, Josh – Legacy Five
5 Wolfe, Gerald – Greater Vision

Favorite Band
1 Dixie Echoes
2 Gaither Vocal Band
3 Isaacs
4 Kingdom Heirs winner
5 Primitives

Favorite Songwriter
1 Black, Lee
2 Griffin, Rodney winner
3 Habedank, Joseph
4 Inman, Scotty
5 Wilkinson, Dianne

Favorite Album
1 Everything In Between – Kingdom Heirs
2 Pure Love – Legacy Five
3 Victory Shout – Kingsmen
4 Yes – Triumphant Qt winner
5 You’ve Arrived – Greater Vision

Favorite Song
1 Come Sunday Morning – The Old Paths
2 Going There – Triumphant Qt winner
3 Shame On Me – Joseph Habedank
4 The Healer Hasn’t Lost His Touch – Tribute Qt
5 What Kind Of Man – Legacy Five

Favorite New Artist
1 3 Heath Brothers winner
2 Jordan Family Band
3 Kramers
4 Sunday Drive
5 The Sound

Favorite Radio Station
1 KWFC – Springfield, MO
2 WBTG – Sheffield, AL
3 WHQA – Piedmont, SC
4 WJBZ – Knoxville, TN winner
5 WXRI – Winston-Salem, NC

The Erwins

New song from The Erwins playing now before CD is released

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Today we added another first radio single from a yet-to-be-released Erwins project. The new album will release in November. You can hear it on Texas Gospel Canada before it is available at the store.

This song will be familiar to many of you. It’s message is timeless and one we need to hear often. Jesus. 

Listen for the new song Nobody by the Erwins starting today (Sept. 16) On Texas Gospel Canada.

Karen Peck and New River

New music from Karen Peck and New River, Michael Booth and more!

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JEFF TURNER, MUSIC REPORTER/TEXAS GOSPEL CANADA VOLUNTEER

Texas Gospel Canada added new music to our rotation Wednesday evening including songs from Karen Peck and New River, Michael Booth and Donna Ulisse. As the world goes through extraordinary times, the songs released this week seem to reflect a message needed by Christians and non-Christians alike: Hope..

Karen Peck and New River

Fresh off the success of The God I Serve, Karen Peck and New River’s song Made Right comes from the same album, Lift His Name.  The words are perhaps the perfect message for today, “Not by power, not by might, by might. By the Spirit of the Lord it’s going to be made right.”

Michael Booth

Michael Booth’s This side of Heaven is a slow ballad with a progressive Southern Gospel sound. It comes from the project Dear Yesterday. The theme of the CD seems to be encouragement. Other songs from the same project include Dear Yesterday, Thy Will be Done and We Trust in the Name.  The lyrics of This Side speak of worshiping God in the good and the bad, even when we have to say goodbye to someone we very much love.

Donna Ulisse

Donna Ulisse may be a new name to some Southern Gospel listeners.  She has a distinctively Bluegrass sound. Her song Come to Jesus Moment was co-written by Donna and Rick Stanley.  The song comes from the project Time for Life, and is produced by another well-known name in Bluegrass Gospel, Doyle Lawson of Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver. Donna is known to Country Music fans from her days with Atlantic Records in the early 1990’s.

Jordan Family Band

The Jordan Family Band has a single release this week, Hope for the World. The song speaks of healing, and of doing our part to reach the world with the Gospel. The Jordan Family Band is based in Calhoun, Georgia.

Nathan Woodard

Live Forgiven from Nathan Woodard has a definite folk-country influence. Though the song was previously recorded by Gordon Mote, Nathan co-wrote the song with Sue C. Smith and he puts a distinctive sound in his version. The words say, Even when we’re certain God’s grace is all we got… we are all His children.”

Listen for these songs added this week to the music lineup of Texas Gospel Canada!

Isabella Bennett

Triumphant Quartet scores another #1…and a new grandchild!

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JEFF TURNER, TEXAS GOSPEL CANADA VOLUNTEER, MUSIC REPORTER

A group that’s been together since its first performance in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee in 2003 is our #1 pick for the month of August

The Triumphant Quartet takes the top spot with Yes.  The song is the title cut from a project that also earned the quartet a Dove award in 2019.

David Sutton is the tenor, Eric Bennet sings bass, Clayton Inman is lead and Scotty Inman is the baritone for Triumphant. By the way, Eric has more to celebrate than just a top song.  He became a grandpa last month with the birth of granddaughter Isabella Bennett.

Here is the August Texas Gospel Canada Top 20:

1 Yes Triumphant Quartet
2 I see revival Crabb Family
3 The God I serve Karen Peck and New River
4 A song to remind you The Steeles
5 I got the grace, He gets the glory The Old Paths
6 Love like I’m leaving Gaither Vocal Band
7 I remember the fish Greater Vision
8 Great God almighty The Sound
9 God has provided Himself a lamb Mark Trammel Quartet
10 Love don’t 11th Hour
11 Grace became amazing Gordon Mote
12 I’ll never get over the blood that I’m under Kingdom Heirs
13 Awesome power of prayer Collingsworth Family
14 Learning to dance in the rain Jeff and Sheri Easter
15 After the storm The Erwins
16 House of God The Taylors
17 I want to live for Jesus Mylon Hayes Family
18 I believe the book Legacy Five
19 Heaven Soul’d out quartet
20 Table of a king Tim Livingston