Yesterday while trawling Youtube, I came across a video I had forgotten about, and it made me laugh all over again. It’s from the 1992 team-up of Gold City and the Kingsmen, captured on live video and named King’s Gold. (The videos were OOP for a long time but have recently been re-released on DVD.) So naturally they had to include a bit of dueling on “Looking For a City.” Neither Brian Free nor Gary Shepherd attempts to go as… Read more
March 28, 2011
A Song You've Never Heard: "Calvary"
March 28, 2011 By Esther O’Reilly
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Oh the myst’ry of that cursed, blessed hill Where the sinless Son fulfilled the father’s will… *** Today I’m going to point my readers to a song that, as far as I know, has never been professionally cut. It was written by Ben Storie, who was recently interviewed along with Lee Black by Daniel J. Mount. Ben is a gifted writer, and even though nobody has picked this song up yet, I consider it to be among the best I’ve… Read more
March 26, 2011
Inasmuch as ye have done it…
March 26, 2011 By Esther O’Reilly
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The other day I was blessed to find and watch this video about a non-profit organization called Casey’s Cookies. Ernie Haase & Signature Sound recently paid a visit and put up this clip on their facebook page, which included footage of them hanging out with Casey and singing her favorite song with her at a concert — “He Touched Me”: I’m not ashamed to say that once I had watched it a couple times, the tear glands were kicking in… Read more
March 23, 2011
Come on in…it's Kenny Rogers!
March 23, 2011 By Esther O’Reilly
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A while back, I acquired the vintage Cathedrals album Prestigious Cathedral Quartet. It’s probably best-known for containing Danny Funderburk’s sugar stick “Somebody Touched Me” and the oft-covered “An Old Convention Song.” Other highlights include a sweet Roger Bennett song (“When the World Looks At Me”), and a subtly haunting closing number called “Next Time We Meet.” But there was one song on the album that immediately caught my ear, because when I first heard it I had the nagging feeling… Read more
March 22, 2011
Songs that aren't your cup of tea, but…
March 22, 2011 By Esther O’Reilly
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Some time ago, I came across a piece by respected Christian songwriter Joel Lindsey about songwriting. He talked about the experience of teaching a seminar where people brought their ideas for honest feedback. But at the end of the day, only one had really stuck with him: As I lie here in bed thinking back over all the songs I heard today, I can only really remember one song. It was a trainwreck of a song that needs probably more… Read more
March 20, 2011
Rob Bell and the Postmodern Wasteland
March 20, 2011 By Esther O’Reilly
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Uh-oh. I think I may be about to ruffle some feathers with this one. Should be fun. Let’s do it. First of all, I should say that if you’re out there, and you’re reading this, and you think Rob Bell is the greatest thing since sliced bread…I am in no way trying to say that you are an evil person who deserves to rot in hell. (Although come to think of it, we’re all evil people who deserve to rot… Read more
March 17, 2011
Remembering Roger Bennett
March 17, 2011 By Esther O’Reilly
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Four years ago today, gospel music lost one of its greatest pianists. But it also lost a great soldier and hero of the faith. Although he was very ill with cancer for a good part of his life, Roger somehow kept his smile, his humor, and his courage about him. He was an inspiration to many, and his life still continues to touch other lives, including mine. It has “become the light that leads us to the road we each… Read more
March 17, 2011
Songwriting Tip of the Day
March 17, 2011 By Esther O’Reilly
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If you can’t remember your own melody by tomorrow, it probably wasn’t that great of a melody to begin with. Read more
March 16, 2011
Idea: Wayne Haun solo album?
March 16, 2011 By Esther O’Reilly
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Just to clarify so no rumors get started, this is ONLY an IDEA. I have no information to the effect that Wayne Haun is planning to make a solo album in the near future. This is all coming out of my head. Okay, now that we’ve established that, I was musing on this the other day when I found a 2-year-old online streaming episode of Ann Downing’s Reality Check with Wayne Haun as the guest. My favorite parts were when… Read more
March 14, 2011
CD Review: George Younce with Ernie Haase and Signature Sound
March 14, 2011 By Esther O’Reilly
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Some voices are what you might call cookie-cutter voices—if you’ve heard one, you’ve heard them all. Not George Younce. You could peg that voice a mile off. Why? Because even when George wasn’t talking to you, he was talking to you. His voice was like that of an old friend—warm and welcoming. In the words of Statler Brothers bass Harold Reid, “It said hello to you.” And once you heard it, you never forgot it. This project features ten of… Read more
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