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Feb 19, 2024 · According to many of the histories written about Southern Gospel music, 1910 was the year that Southern Gospel was established as a separate, distinct genre of music. This was the year that J.D.Vaughan from Lawrenceburg TN formed the very first professional Southern Gospel quartet.
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- Karen Peck and New River. Karen Peck started singing professionally in 1981 with The Nelons. She remained with the group for 10 years before she felt like God was calling her to take the next step in her musical journey.
- Tribute Quartet. The Tribute Quartet formed in 2006, and within two years, had been named the "Horizon Group of the Year" at the National Quartet Convention.
- The Ball Brothers. Andrew and Daniel Ball, their brother-in-law Chad McCloskey, and Matt Davis form the group called The Ball Brothers. The brothers grew up in central Illinois and were singing at early ages.
- Greater Vision. The trio known as Greater Vision has been touching audiences around the world since 1990. With over 200 performances a year and 30+ releases, they have become the most awarded trio in the history of Gospel music with awards for Song of the Year, Album of the Year, Video of the Year, and Artist of the Year.
- It’S A True Story of Grace and Second Chances
- It Stars An Emmy-Nominated Actor ... Who Was Baptized on Set
- It’S Not A Typical Faith-Based Film
The film is based on the true story of Samuel and Julie Allen, who founded Dream Church in Florida in 1986. The film, though, spans multiple decades. Southern Gospelopens in the 1950s, with a young Samuel sitting in a straight-laced Sunday School class while his gray-haired teacher tells the children they’ll end up in hell if they curse. The film q...
Emmy-nominated actor Max Ehrich plays the lead role, portraying a teen-aged Samuel and then (via makeup and a beard) an older Samuel. He is best known for his portrayal of Fenmore Baldwin in 100-plus episodes of The Young and the Restless, for which he received four Daytime Emmy nominations. Ehrich is phenomenal in Southern Gospel. He also sings. “...
Like many faith-based films, Southern Gospelincludes a clear presentation of the Good News. But unlike those movies, it also incorporates PG-13 content. It includes some coarse language (details below). It includes a suicide scene (we see a man point a shotgun at himself before the screen goes black; we then hear a shot). We see a father slap his t...
Origins of Gospel Music One can pursue the origins of gospel music through the academic discipline of ethno-musicology (going back to Europe and Africa), through a study of the 2,000-year history of church music, and through a study of rural folk music traditions, but for practical purposes, gospel music as we know it began in the late 19th ...
Jul 28, 2009 · The term “southern gospel” as a description of this particular wing of the gospel music industry seems to have been solidly in place by the late 1970s. The earliest issues of Singing News did not use the term to mean anything other than gospel music in the South, that is, “southern” gospel. However, later issues placed greater ...
Mar 1, 2023 · From its humble beginnings in the Southern, States Gospel had made its mark on the culture of America. Alongside the plethora of groups, ensembles and choirs came the rise of the Gospel stars as we move towards the 1950s. There were many. The Pilgrim Travelers, Soul Sisters, and the Reverend James Cleveland were household names; Gospel superstars.
