Brian Crout

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Album Review: Keeps On Rolling Along (The New Gospel Singing Caravan)

Spurred on by a hit debut at the 2010 National Quartet Convention, the New Gospel Singing Caravan is a joint venture of the Chuck Wagon Gang, the Blackwood Brothers, and the LeFevre Quartet.  This interesting conglomeration of gospel styles and formats is touring together on select dates, and Keeps On Rolling Along is their debut …

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The Songwriter Series #1: Squire Parsons

This series will highlight some of my favorite songwriters in southern gospel, both past and present. All the information will be comprised of data from my personal music collection only.  I’d love to hear from you readers in this series, telling us about some of your favorite songs written by these songwriting greats. Unique songs …

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Quartet Madness: The Champions

After four weeks of voting, the madness has finally ended, and you have chosen your Quartet Madness Championship Quartet. Along the way, we’ve seen some legends go down to great young talent, and some legends show their impressive staying power in dominating the voting. The final round of voting was as exciting as any, with …

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Quartet Madness: The Championship Round

After nearly a month of voting for your favorite southern gospel singers of all time, we have finally reached our final round.  This week you will choose the four members of our Quartet Madness Championship Quartet.  There have been several upsets along the way, and some singers who haven’t even sniffed an upset.  Your votes …

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Quartet Madness: Final Bracket Analysis

With all the voting done except for the finals, let’s take a look at some of the numbers. Here’s how our eight finalists rank in terms of highest total percentage of vote throughout the tournament: George Younce – 93.0% Tim Riley – 83.5% Glen Payne – 82.6% Mark Trammell – 80.2% Jay Parrack – 63.0% …

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Quartet Madness: Baritone and Bass Brackets, Round 3 Results

Our championship round is now set after your votes have come in for your favorite baritones and basses in the third round of voting! There were no surprises here, and no close matches either. After 65 votes: BARITONES: Mark Trammell remained dominant, beating Scottie Inman 47-17. In the only match that was close in early …

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Quartet Madness: Favorite Baritones and Basses, Round 3

Click here to take survey With two final matchups on the books, we turn our attention to the Baritone and Bass Brackets, where upsets have been plenty, but the very top seeds have dominated. Scott Inman has a very loyal and passionate set of fans; will it be enough to stop Mark Trammell’s dominance in …

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