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Brian Crout
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May 24
Album Review: Make Mine the Real Thing (Barry Rowland & Deliverance)
The name “Rowland” is as significant a name in the past 20-30 years of southern gospel as any other, primarily because of the songs written by Kyla Rowland. After traveling and singing for many years herself, Kyla’s son Barry now carries the family tradition on the road, along with his wife, Tammy, and Shawn Rupert, …
May 21
Songwriter Series #4: Kyla Rowland
In this songwriter series, we’ve covered two, Squire Parsons and Dianne Wilkinson, who would be on my personal “Mount Rushmore” of gospel songwriters. There is no doubt that a third would be Kyla Rowland. She has been a major source of great songs for southern gospel’s top groups for over 30 years now. Many of …
May 15
The Playlist #2: The Word of God
I’m sure most all of us would agree that one of the reasons we love southern gospel music is because of the sound Biblical basis of the lyrics. Not only are southern gospel songs rooted in the Word of God, but many songs treat the Word itself as a lyrical subject. The Bible is the …
May 09
Songwriter Series #3: Dianne Wilkinson
There are a select group of about four or five southern gospel songwriters who are a cut above the rest for me personally. If you pressed me to give you a single favorite, however, my answer would have to be Dianne Wilkinson. I have yet to meet this remarkable lady, but from listening to her …
May 07
The Playlist #1: Salvation
I don’t know how many other people still do this, but I hardly ever listen to my music by popping a commercial CD into a CD player. I almost always burn my music onto blank CDs so I can fit more songs onto it. Typically I put a couple of full projects on one CD, …
May 01
Songs From Scripture #5: “We Still Have to Pray” (Greater Vision)
After being consumed by my Top 100 countdown for quite a while, it’s time we got back to some other series on the ol’ blog. Let’s look at scriptural basis for another song written by Rodney Griffin. When listening to Greater Vision’s latest major recording last year, the ballad “We Still Have to Pray” jumped …
Apr 24
Top 100 Breakdown: By Producer
We are all familiar with the voices who sing our favorite songs and record our favorite albums. But often, we don’t think about the ones who are behind the scenes, creating the sound we love. In this final post on my Top 100 countdown, I’ll show you the breakdown based on these “men behind the …
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