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Please remember Buddy Liles in your prayers today as his precious wife of more than fifty years, Esther passed away. Our thoughts and prayers go out to the family.
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The Kingdom Heirs Sing in Service of the Gospel on No Better Time
November 4, 2024
Arden, North Carolina — “2023 was a year of change for The Kingdom Heirs,” Dollywood’s resident Southern Gospel group observe at the start of the liner notes to No Better Time, their new album for Sonlite Records. What follows proves that they’re masters, not just of legendary singing, but of understatement. “In our 40-plus years of ministry, we had never seen anything quite like it. Within a six month span, we replaced three out of four of our front line vocals and added a guitar player/vocalist. This project is nothing short of a miracle from God, along with help and encouragement from so many people!”
Indeed, though the turnover has been substantial since last year’s collection of genre classics, Something Good, Vol. 3, the release of three singles in advance of the full project reassured longtime and recent fans alike that the Kingdom Heirs sound and spirit were as strong as ever. From the classic, jaunty opening piano of the “The Lord’s Been Good to Me” to the more contemporary flavor of the closing “Yesterday, Today, Forever Faithful,” No Better Time offers up a rounded portrait of multi-dimensional artistry placed in the service of the Gospel.
Yet while a string section makes appearances on radio favorite “Until Prayer Changes Me” and the meditative “Already Free,” and horns enliven the title track, country flavors, soulful harmonies, and traditional touches predominate on numbers such as the up-tempo “All The Way To The Gates,” recent single “I Want To Live Like Jesus,” the gently syncopated “We’ll Be Moving” and focus track “I Went Down.” And though there are somber moments in the empathetic “Life Hurts, God Heals” and “He Still Is,” with its aching tenor lead vocal, most of No Better Time’s themes are perfectly summed up in the chorus of its title track:
No better time than the present
No better time than the now
No better time than the moment
To be touched by His power
And see once again He’s so faithful
He’s always changing lives
No better way, no better day, no better time
“This album is something every member of our group should be very proud of,” the liner notes affirm. “Each guy was involved in every aspect of the finished product. There also would not be a ‘finished product’ if not for all the songwriters who submitted material that took a considerable amount of time to process. There were so many great songs, and we feel that we chose the best of the best. Thank you, songwriters, for your talent and commitment to keep sharing words that change people’s lives!
“Last but certainly not least, THANK YOU to our family and friends, who not only support what we do, but more importantly, you BELIEVE in what we do! Without each one of you who is sitting in our audience daily or sitting at home praying for us daily, this ministry would be nothing more than a bunch of guys playing music! We love you, and thank you…YOU make this possible!!”
No Better Time is streaming in Dolby Atmos spatial audio on Apple Music, Amazon Music, and TIDAL. Listen to it
Support For Autumn Nelon Streetman
July 30, 2024
A GoFundMe has been set up for Autumn Nelon Streetman and the families of the other victims of last weekend’s tragedy.
Please donate if you feel led and you are able.
Donate HERE: https://give.cornerstone.cc/projectlovethyneighbor
Autumn’s baby registry: https://www.babylist.com/list/autumn-streetman…
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Ernie Haase & Signature Sound’s Live in Memphis Celebrates Golden Era of Quartet Singing
August 16, 2024
NASHVILLE, Tenn.—Paying tribute to an American original—the quartet—GRAMMY-nominated, Dove Award-winning Gospel tastemakers Ernie Haase & Signature Sound return October 4 with Live In Memphis. The 14-song Club44 Records release, recorded at the famed Memphis Quartet Show earlier this year, boasts a distinctive selection of Broadway, Gospel, Great American Songbook, and Spiritual standards spanning more than a century.
Steeped in history while brimming with modern vitality, Live In Memphis was executive produced by Haase and produced by 40-time Dove Award-winner Wayne Haun (Celine Dion, Jason Crabb) and is hallmarked by noted guest appearances from Gospel trailblazers the Blackwood Brothers, as well as Duane Allen of the legendary Oak Ridge Boys, among others.
“We are returning to our roots with this album,” Haase shares. “In the mid-1950s, Beale Street Rhythm & Blues collided with southern Spirituals and hymns, helping bring to the forefront a genre of music that is still loved today—quartet singing. Our desire is to breathe new life into songs that not only shaped the musical identity of this country but continue to influence generations of fans around the world.”
Encapsulating the nostalgic joy imbued throughout Live In Memphis, debut single “Put On A Happy Face”—from the 1961 Tony Award-winning musical “Bye Bye Birdie”—is now available on streaming platforms. “We thrive on making people happy, even if it’s for just a few minutes out of their day,” Haase explains of the group’s musical mission. “While we will always sing positive songs that bring hope, peace, and joy, we also love the music of stage and screen and the Great American Songbook, and we enjoyed putting our own unique spin on this wonderful standard.”
Further highlights of Live In Memphis include album opener “Great Day,” an infectious jazz-infused Gospel tune from the 1929 Broadway production of the same name, and such timeless classics as “Old Man River,” “Swingin’ On The Golden Gate” and “Look For The Silver Lining.” In addition, The Oak Ridge Boys’ Duane Allen joins Ernie Haase & Signature Sound for a new rendition of The Oaks’ impassioned anthem “He Did It All For Me,” while Southern Gospel pioneers the Blackwood Brothers take a guest turn on the genre stalwart “Give The World A Smile.”
Blending seamlessly alongside the album’s century-spanning quartet classics, Live In Memphis also spotlights two contributions from Ernie Haase & Signature Sound’s own renowned repertoire. Haase co-penned “He Made A Change,” featuring Legacy Five’s Scott Fowler and former Signature Sound member Paul Harkey, as well as “You’ll Find Him There,” the latter of which was inspired by the 2005 motion picture The Nativity Story and is set to be the album’s debut single at Gospel radio formats.
A STATEMENT FROM GAITHER MANAGEMENT GROUP:
One of the best loved Gospel music families in America, The Nelons were involved in a tragic, fatal plane crash on Friday afternoon on their way to join the Gaither Homecoming Cruise to Alaska. Killed in the crash were Jason and Kelly Nelon Clark, Amber and Nathan Kistler and their assistant, Melodi Hodges, along with the pilot, Larry Haynie and his wife, Melissa. The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating the accident.
Autumn, Jason and Kelly’s youngest daughter, and her husband, Jamie Streetman were not on the plane and arrived safely into Seattle and were notified of the accident. They were brought to the hotel where artists were gathered with Bill and Gloria Gaither to pray, sing and embrace them in their grief, pledging to support them in whatever needs arise.
Autumn and Jamie will return home for now to Kelly’s brother, Todd Nelon and his wife, Rhonda, to begin the hard tasks that lie ahead. Please keep them, the Kistler family, the Haynie family and the family of Melodi Hodges in your prayers.
A STATEMENT FROM AUTUMN NELON STREETMAN
As many of you have heard by now, my father and mother, Jason and Kelly Nelon Clark, along with my sister, Amber and brother-in-law, Nathan, as well as our dear friends Melodi Hodges, Larry and Melissa Haynie were involved in a tragic plane crash on Friday. Thank you for the prayers that have been extended already to me, my husband, Jamie, and our soon-to-be-born baby boy, as well as Jason’s parents, Dan and Linda Clark. We appreciate your continued prayers, love and support as we navigate the coming days.
Autumn Nelon Streetman
Tennessee State Officials Recognize 70th Anniversary of Sunday Tradition
July 29, 2024
State officials were on hand to give special recognition to Tommy Spencer for the 70th Anniversary of the television program, Sunday Tradition. The presentation was made to Tommy Spencer by State Representative Lowell Russell and Tennessee Lt. Governor Randy McNally at a Paul Belcher concert in Knoxville, Tennessee, at the Knoxville Civic Auditorium.
Sunday Tradition is a television program that was started in 1954 by J. Bazzel Mull, who was a prominent preacher, radio personality and promoter in the Knoxville area for decades. Known for years as “Mull’s Sunday Tradition,” the television program became a Gospel Music institution in East Tennessee, being seen by scores of thousands of people every week in the East Tennessee region. J. Bazzel and his wife hosted the program until Mr. Mull died, and at that point, the program was continued by Mr. Mull’s daughter, Charlotte Mull, who was General Manager of WJBZ Radio. While Charlotte hosted the program, Tommy Spencer, a sponsor of the program, would frequently co-host with her.
When Charlotte Mull passed away, it was uncertain as to whether or not the long-running program would continue. Resolved to not let the program go off the air, Tommy Spencer took over the program as host and worked to maintain the show’s sponsors. Ten years later, the show is still seen on the CBS and CW affiliate stations in Knoxville and reaches most of East Tennessee. Now known as simply “Sunday Tradition,” the program has a Nielsen Ratings confirmed viewership of 150,000 plus every week. As it has been on the air continuously for 70 years, Sunday Tradition is the longest running Gospel music program in history.
“I’m so thankful that God has allowed me to continue the great tradition started by Preacher Mull,” stated Tommy Spencer. “Thanks to our devoted viewers and faithful sponsors, I’m confident Sunday Tradition will be seen on TV in East Tennessee for years to come.”