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Voices Won held their 8th annual Homecoming last weekend. Here’s some excerpts of them and their guests The Crist Family.
Each year at the National Quartet Convention, Crossroads hosts an event where groups can chat with the artists and get liners for their radio programs. Here’s a video of Lauren Talley explaining what happens:
Here she records one:
The McKameys were recently at Crossroads Studios recording the music tracks for their upcoming release. “The McKameys continue to select incredible songs that work so well for them and their audience,” states co-producer Jeff Collins. “We knew when we were cutting the songs and listening to the lyrics that the McKameys very likely have more hits on the way!” Peg commented that “Sheryl was a little apprehensive about being in the studio for the first time in a good while, but soon was at ease and enjoyed a wonderful day of creativity and fun. Everyone had a great time in the studio, and we look forward to finishing up our vocal tracks soon.”
Look for the new McKameys release in November of this year.
Photo L to R: Co-producer Roger Fortner, musicians David Johnson and Tony Creasman, Sheryl Farris, engineer Scott Barnett, Eli Fortner, Peg Bean, Connie Fortner, Ruben Bean, co-producer Jeff Collins
Simply put she’s the cream of the crop and we’re very proud to pass on this WGOG press release involving our legendary songwriting friend and Asheville Music Publishing writer, Sandy Knight. Her impressive list of hits includes “Mighty Deep Well,” “You Keep Praying,” “The Next Cloud,” “I’ll Not Turn My Back On Him Now,” “In the Twinkle of an Eye,” “One More Miracle” and “Hit the Ground Running.”
96.3 WGOG AWARDS FIRST EAGLE AWARD TO SONGWRITER
The first Eagle Award to be given annually by 96.3 WGOG for the Southern gospel music Artist of the Year was presented Saturday at the station’s 50th Anniversary Gospel Music Concert held at the Walhalla Civic Auditorium.
Sandy Stephens Knight, a Walhalla native who has garnered international and national awards for her twenty-five years of songwriting and singing in the family group The Roy Knight Singers based in Six Mile, was named recipient of the Eagle.
A near-capacity audience was on hand as the award was presented by Wayne Morton, 96.3 WGOG’s operations manager and host of The Golden Corner Gospel program heard Sunday mornings. Auditorium director Ray Burroughs and former announcer and on-air program host for WSNW in Seneca – our sister station – Freeman Martin assisted in the presentation.
As the station’s 50th anniversary observance continues, 96.3 WGOG will welcome the internationally-known bluegrass group Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver to the Walhalla Civic Auditorium August 21, 2009.
At Walhalla Civic Auditorium in the “golden corner” of up-state South Carolina pictured L-R are: Wayne Morton of 96.3 WGOG, Roy Knight, Sandy Knight, Freeman Martin, and Ray Burroughs of the Walhalla Civic Auditorium.
(Photo by Rickey Herring)
Nationally known female gospel artist, Janet Paschal, has reached her first #1 on the National Singing News Chart for the month of August. Hide Me Sweet Rock of Ages, written some 30 years ago by Nancy Harmon, experienced a true revitalization in the hands of Janet and producer Wayne Haun of Vine Records. When asked about the success of the song Janet offered, “It is both amazing and humbling that the ladies and gentlemen of radio have continued to support my work for all of these years. What is especially gratifying is the fact that some of the radio personalities who played the original version some 30 years ago, are able to have a new generation of listeners embrace it. The genre, the songs, and the messages live on.”
Wayne Haun and Kevin Ward of Vine Records, partnered with Crossroads to bring the new album, Treasure, to Gospel fans last November. Haun adds, “I used to play this song over and over when I was a kid listening to the Rex Nelon Singers. Songs like this helped to mold me into the producer I am today. Little did I know that I’d have to honor to re-record, 27 years later, a song that would still thrill audiences. Great songs really are timeless!”
Crossroads Radio Department director Jim Stover diligently promoted the song and comments, “For over ten years I’ve had the distinct honor of promoting singles for many Southern Gospel music treasures. I must confess, as a fan, working in that capacity for Janet Paschal will always be a highlight of my career. She’s a lady in the truest sense of the word! On behalf of all of us at Crossroads, thank you radio friends for making her first Singing News # 1 song a reality!”
You can download the song Hide Me Sweet Rock of Ages along with the full album, Treasure at crossroadsmusic.com
Crossroads celebrated with the Talley Trio to recognize the recent success of the song, Life Goes On, which reached #1 in the month of June on the Singing News National Airplay Chart. The celebration included a special luncheon with the group and the Crossroads staff at the Crossroads studio and offices.
Veteran radio promoter Jim Stover congratulated the group for gaining their 10th #1 single. “When a true heart for ministry is coupled with extraordinary vocal and arranging talents like this wonderful family has, the result is bound to be chart-topping songs. The old adage about ‘the cream’ rising definitely applies here! Crossroads is honored to be the Talley Trio’s record company, and we’re grateful to our many radio friends for making ‘Life Goes On‘ their 10th # 1 song!”
Pictured L to R Roger Talley, Debra Talley, Jim Stover, and Lauren Talley
Life Goes On is the title track of the album by the same name available at crossroadsmusic.com
Along with sales and promotion here at Crossroads, I am the Bluegrass Guru. I play it, listen to it and love it. Sometimes I am made fun of for it but it is worth it! Especially when some good friends and extremely talented guys like the members of Balsam Range produce such a great recording like the one that was released on Mountain Home this January. The CD: Last Train to Kitty Hawk has already hit the national Bluegrass charts published by Bluegrass Unlimited [edit: link expired] debuting at 27 for the title track and 15 for the overall album play. That was quick! If you are in the area you can attend the band’s CD release party at the Colonial Theater in Canton, NC this Saturday March 14th at 7 p.m.
Here’s a video of Mark Bishop working with the Crossroads Studio team on “I Can Rejoice”:
Grammy’s, Dove’s, IBMA’s!!! Awards won, nominations placed… We have the Grass, and Full Gospel Grass to move ya! Hall of Fame Mandolin Players… Three of the world’s greatest banjo players, and 4 Bluegrass groups you don’t want to miss!!! Don’t take my word for it, ask their peers and the music industry that awarded the [...]
Every month, Crossroads Entertainment & Marketing releases new songs to radio stations throughout the United States, Canada, and in several other parts of the world. Our January 2012 Crossroads Airplay Sampler had the top four most favored songs in the Nation, according to the Singing News Top 10 New Releases list to be published in [...]
Darin and Brooke, along with sponsors Choice USA, distributor of Sun Drop, held a mini music festival at the Cleaveland County Fairgrounds in Shelby, NC to celebrate the new Mountain Home Music release, So Much In Between, which finds its official street date August 16, 2011. The event also included multiple vendors and an emerging [...]
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