Tag: Kyla Rowland

The Playlist #6: Prayer

One of the greatest things about being a child of God is the opportunity to boldly approach the throne of grace for our every need.  Every Christian needs prayer, and I’m sure most Christians love to hear songs about prayer.  Here’s an 80-minute playlist of some of my favorite songs on this subject. For me, …

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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, …

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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 …

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