Southern Gospel News SGNScoops Digital

MusicScribe Publishing Releases Eight-Volume Edition of Murray’s Expanded Encyclopedia of Southern Gospel Music

ELLENBORO, North Carolina (June 5, 2020) – MusicScribe Publishing is pleased to announce the release of Murray’s Expanded Encyclopedia of Southern Gospel Music. This new eight-volume collection is designed for ordinary fans to enjoy and to aid serious Southern Gospel historians and diehard record collectors in their research. Entries include biographical treatments of individual performers and key industry figures, historical articles on an array of organizations, group histories, group member lists, and extensive discographies.

David Bruce Murray

Murray’s Expanded Encyclopedia of Southern Gospel Music was compiled by David Bruce Murray, owner of the industry’s leading history website SGHistory.com and the news/commentary website MusicScribe.com.

This week on Gospel Music Today

The members of Beyond the Ashes are the guests on Gospel Music Today for the week of May 20.  Ken and Jean Grady host southern gospel news and concert updates, the Feature Group is Royal City, and Jean reviews a new CD by Ernie Haase and Signature Sound.  “Turning Points,” featuring Jeff Hawes of Karen Peck and New River, is the subject of this week’s Singing News Notes, and David Bruce Murray looks at the history of The Nelons. The Melody Boys Quartet and The Booth Brothers sing, and the show includes an exclusive concert video of Heaven’s Echoes, captured by the Gospel Music Today cameras at  the Mid-Arkansas Quartet Convention, in Plumerville, AR. The show is on KWBH TV47 in Oklahoma every Monday at 6:00 PM, and it’s online now at the Gospel Music Today website,www.gospelmusictoday.com

Brian Free And Assurance Special Guests on Gospel Music Today

The Members of Brian Free and Assurance are the guests on the current edition of Gospel Music Today. The Feature Group is The Johnson Family Quartet. Jean reviews a new CD by Soul Purpose, David Bruce Murray has a Page From The Past look at The Lefevres, and the show has singing by The Chuck Wagon Gang and The Booth Brothers. The Gospel Music Today cameras visit the Southern Gospel Worship Gathering, in Broken Arrow, OK, for a concert by The Dixie Melody Boys. The latest show is online now at the Gospel Music Today website, www.gospelmusictoday.com.

The Freemans on Gospel Music Today

Darrell and Misty Freeman are the guests on the current edition of Gospel Music Today. The Feature Group is Steel Bridge, and Ken and Jean Grady host southern gospel news and concert updates. Gospel Music Today visits the Texas Gospel Music Hall, in Athens, TX, to hear The Kingsmen Quartet sing. Jean reviews a new CD by The Gospel Messengers, and the show features singing by The Freemans and Carla Bragg, and David Bruce Murray takes a look at Southern Gospel History with The Florida Boys. The latest edition of Gospel Music Today is online now at the Gospel Music Today website, www.gospelmusictoday.com.

Dysart Family on Gospel Music Today

The members of The Dysart Family are the guests on the current edition of Gospel Music Today. The Feature Group is The Gardners, and Ken and Jean Grady host southern gospel news and concert updates. Ken and Jean visit The Assembly, in Broken Arrow, OK, to hear The Blackwood Brothers sing. Jean reviews a new CD by Lanita Wright, and the show features singing by Three Bridges and a vintage video by The Hoppers, and David Bruce Murray looks at the history of The Dove Brothers Quartet. The latest edition of Gospel Music Today is online now at the Gospel Music Today website, www.gospelmusictoday.com.