Release Year: 1973 Album Rank for Group: #2 of 6 Here’s a blurb: Touring the City is my personal favorite of the classic Canaan years of the Inspirations. The title track became one of their signature songs. The quartet sounds as smooth as ever on a great selection of old-fashioned convention songs. If you love …
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Oct 12
Top 100: #61 The Journey Home (Kingdom Heirs)
Release Year: 1999 Album Rank for Group: #8 of 10 Here’s a blurb: If City of Light was the first of the modern era of the Kingdom Heirs sound (dominated by Dianne Wilkinson songs), then The Journey Home is the last of the more Kingsmen-esque previous era, marked by Squire Parsons songs. This is an …
Oct 11
Top 100: #62 Something Good (Mark Trammell Trio)
Release Year: 2003 Album Rank for Group: #6 of 8 Here’s a blurb: Something Good was the Mark Trammell Trio’s first project that contained any new songs (three, to be exact). The strongest song, “It’s Jesus,” was the group’s first big hit. The covers are all very well done and show off the terrific vocal …
Oct 10
Top 100: #63 Help Is on the Way (Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver)
Release Year: 2008 Album Rank for Group: #4 of 7 Here’s a blurb: Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver’s most recent entry on this list follows the same formula as most of his albums: hard-driving bluegrass numbers, convention-style singing, and tender country ballads. But this album has something none of his others have had: a big southern …
Oct 06
Top 100: #64 Changed Forever (Perrys)
Release Year: 2001 Album Rank for Group: #1 of 4 Here’s a blurb: This is the first mainline album released by the Perrys after their configuration change to “three men plus Libbi.” What a tremendous decision that turned out to be, and this project was immediate proof. They also returned to something they hadn’t done …
Oct 05
Top 100: #65 City of Light (Kingdom Heirs)
Release Year: 2000 Album Rank for Group: #9 of 10 Here’s a blurb: The Kingdom Heirs have recorded 27 Dianne Wilkinson songs on their last three major studio albums. That relationship really began on City of Light, which contains five Wilkinson cuts. Because of that, this project sounds much like the ones the quartet is …
Oct 04
Top 100: #66 The Son Came Down (Inspirations)
Release Year: 2009 Album Rank for Group: #3 of 6 Here’s a blurb: The Son Came Down was the first Inspirations album in over a decade without Matt Dibler at lead, and the first ever released without Archie Watkins at tenor. But the young lead David Ragan shone, and tenor Dallas Rogers channeled Archie on …
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