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Jim Robinson wants to hear Old Time Gospel songs, so post links to your favorite Gospel Songs and Gospel Groups in this thread. >Chris Robinson posted Jim's request in post 1395 of the following thread. "He wants to hear old-time gospel songs, such as “Amazing Grace” and “I’ll Fly Away”. Dad and Amy sang “He Walks with Me” - very beautiful!" Prayers requested for Jim Robinson

Rap legend Kanye West said he will only make gospel music going forward -- no more secular music, according to a Chicago music promoter who was in the room. West reportedly made the comment Saturday at a listening party in Chicago for his new album "Jesus is King: A Kanye West Experience." "Kanye also announced that he is no longer making secular music," said Andrew Barber, owner of music media company Fake Shore Drive. "Only Gospel from here on out." West said he is "done being an entertainer," Barber told FOX Business. Anyone attending the Chicago listening party was required...

Jim & Jesse McReynolds, with the unmistakable voice of Mac Wiseman, performing Little White Church. The tune is on their 1981 album Music Among Friends. THE WESTERNER https://thewesterner.blogspot.com/

Our gospel tune this Sunday is Too Much Trouble by Barry Ward. THE WESTERNER https://thewesterner.blogspot.com/

Our gospel tune today is I'm S-A-V-E-D by the Blue Sky Boys (Bill & Earl Bolick) from 1940. THE WESTERNER https://thewesterner.blogspot.com/ Ranch Radio on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/RanchRadio4U/

Faron Young - What Can He Do (1958)

The Kingdom Choir is heading Down Under. The group, which famously performed at Meghan Markle’s nuptials to Prince Harry back in May, is set to show off its pipes at the Invictus Games closing ceremony in Sydney on Oct. 27. Prince Harry, who served two tours of duty in Afghanistan, established the Invictus Games in 2014 for sick and wounded service members and veterans from around the globe. The gospel choir’s conductor, Karen Gibson, reflected on the upcoming trip. “We love what the Games stand for and are privileged to be able to honor the men and women competing.” The...

Chi Coltrane - Go Like Elijah (Lyrics)

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) – Singer Joey Feek of the country duo Joey and Rory has died after a long battle with cervical cancer. Joey, 40, passed away around 2:30 p.m. Friday in her hometown of Alexandria, Indiana. “When a person has been through as much pain and struggle as Joey’s been through, you just want it to be over,” Rory wrote on his online blog. “You want them to not have to hurt anymore more than that you want them to stay with you. And so, it makes the hard job of saying goodbye just a little easier.”

Some music for Sunday Morning Vocals: EmyLou Harris Mandolin: Vince Gill Where could I go but to the Lord?"

Legendary gospel music singer, songwriter and choir director Andrae Crouch who had been ailing for some time, died Thursday after reportedly suffering a heart attack. He was 72. Crouch, who also served as pastor of the New Christ Memorial Church in Los Angeles, California, along with his sister, Sandra Crouch, died at Northridge Hospital Medical Center where he had been admitted since Saturday, according to his publicist, Brian Mayes, in an Associated Press report. The prolific songwriter whose career spanned more than 50 years after writing his first song at 14, won seven Grammys from The Recording Academy. In a...

The prosperity gospel has not produced a new generation of great Christian hymns. Neither have Positive Thinking or Progressive Christianity. There is a reason we would not expect them to. The fact is, the deepest songs come from the deepest truth. The most faithful songs come from the most faithful expressions of the Christian faith. The richest songs come from the richest understanding of who God is and what God has done. As Christians we are told to sing from the gospel, for one another, to the Lord—a ten-word summary of Colossians 3:16 which says, “Let the word of Christ...

According to Essence magazine, the GRAMMY Award winning gospel dou Mary Mary will Join Stevie Wonder in his Florida concert boycott following the acquittal of former neighborhood watchman George Zimmerman. "We will stand with Stevie Wonder & boycott Florida until the Stand Your Ground Law is changed," the pair reportedly told their Twitter followers. The pair explained "We love our fans but we MUST do something. We understand that a No from us isn't as big as a 'No' from Stevie Wonder, but if all our voices join together we can REALLY change things." Before the announcement, Mary Mary singer...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Former GOP vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin is scheduled to speak at a gospel music convention in Louisville. The National Quartet Convention board announced Tuesday that Palin will be the keynote speaker Sept. 16 at Freedom Hall. It will mark the second time Palin has spoken to a convention crowd in Louisville since losing in the 2008 election. She gave a speech to a Christian women's conference in April.

Can anyone help me identify the quartet that performs this SWEET rendition of "Great Is Thy Faithfulness"? .mp3 file at the link is only the first part of the whole song, reproduced for fair comment. I thought at first that it might've been the Oak Ridge Boys, but can find no record of them having recorded this song.

New Haven (WTNH) -- The sound of shots being fired could be heard at the annual Gospel festival Sunday evening. It happened at around 8 PM at Goffe Street Park, where hundreds gathered for the event. When officers escorted a group of teenagers out of the park to prevent a fight, one pulled out a handgun, firing it into another group of teens. A bullet grazed one young man in the arm. The shooter then tossed the gun and lead police on a short foot chase before being arrested. "The young men were being escorted form the park just to...

MOUNT VERNON, Mo. - , an influential gospel singer and songwriter, died early Sunday when her tour bus ran off the highway and struck an embankment. She was 74. Seven other people on the bus were injured in the wreck about two miles east of Mount Vernon on Interstate 44, the Missouri Highway Patrol said. They were hospitalized in Springfield with moderate to severe injuries, according to the patrol. It was unclear whether the crash was related to the severe storms and tornadoes that hit the region on Saturday. Storms also swept through the area later in the night, according...

OKYO, JAPAN (ANS) -- Japanese DJ Ikarashi Yoshitaka says, “We see what we are doing is introducing Gospel Music to Japan as well as helping new Japanese Artists as an extension of the long history of Christianity in Japan.” What Ikarashi is referring to is “Gospel Revolution”, the first Gospel Music Program on a regular Radio Station in Japan. Begun, just a year ago the program is gaining not only market share and a good solid listener base, but also regular sponsorship. Station Representative, Hirofumi Araki, says, “At first we were surprised and a bit hesitant of having a Gospel...

Chattanooga’s oldest radio station, WDOD, has ended its 11-month experiment with progressive talk radio. At 10 a.m. this past Monday, the station switched to a format featuring musical oldies and standards from the late 1950s and the 1960s and 1970s, according to Danny Howard, director of programming and operations for WDEF and WDOD. The new format, which is locally controlled, is known around the station as Ruby AM 1310. Who’s Ruby? “It’s kind of funny,” Mr. Howard said with a laugh. “When we started talking about doing this, it turned out that everybody had an Aunt Ruby or a grandmother...

Walk the Line Ignores Cash's Christianity by Jack Langer Posted Nov 21, 2005 Just as I began contemplating walking out of the new Johnny Cash biopic, Walk the Line—it was when Cash is in the throes of a drug addiction withdrawal scene ripped off from the movie Ray—I turned my head and saw the middle-aged woman next to me dabbing her tears with a handkerchief. I found the display deeply surprising and somehow unsettling; I’ve been more emotionally affected by Kenny’s death in most episodes of South Park than I was by any scene in this movie. But my weepy...