Gospel singer and a bluegrass legend James Roy “Pop” Lewis, who passed away in 2004 at the age of 98, was the founder of The Lewis Family group, regarded by many as the first family of bluegrass gospel. And now the road where Lewis spent almost his entire life will bear his name in a…

GospelCity.com reports that Gospel singer Richard Smallwood has been “barred from the Bush Administration’s Black Music Month Celebration.” He spoke to the publication while he was in Denver to perform at the 45th Democratic Convention. According to the website, back in June Smallwood was invited to the White House to perform during September’s Gospel Music…

Ray Boltz returns to Nashville to headline the Our Family Matters conference, October 22-25, 2008, at the Second Presbyterian Church in Nashville. The four-day conference offers a contemporary Christian perspective on being gay and Christian. Also performing will be worship artist Michael Popham, who has published and sold 1,000,000 units during his 26-year Christian music…

Surfing around the internet this morning I came across a blog called the Scofield Prophecy Studies, and a post on Christian music. The blog host, Dr. Mal Couch, shared his thoughts on the contemporary Christian music, writing: “The issue is entertainment, and nothing else! Don’t let anyone fool you that it has to do with…

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