Have you heard of these artists?

As you read each week, you may notice that I love the mainstream artists of today, but what about those obscure artists? I love them too, sometimes even more. Today I want to introduce you to a few artists. Maybe you’ve heard of a few of them, some have been on the radio, some have not though. Let's dive right in.

First, I want you to get to know Gloryway Quartet. Four gentlemen from Ohio and West Virginia. They

were founded in 2002, since then they have not let the grass grow under foot. Each year they travel over 60,000 miles and have had nationwide success with many songs, with two hitting the Top 80 charts in Southern Gospel. They have been on nationally syndicated radio shows as well as on stages across America.

They have just released “Nobody”, a song that may sound familiar to CCM fans. Written by Mark Hall, Matthew West, and Bernie Herms, and originally released by Casting Crowns. I’ll be the first to admit I do not like or appreciate crossover songs from CCM to Southern Gospel. I’ve not liked a single instance of it, until now. Gloryway’s rendition of “Nobody”, outreaches the original recording both in musicality and vocal prowess. I’ve listened to it on repeat for weeks now. I highly recommend it. 

Now, here’s one that you may have heard of. The Lore Family, one of SG’s rising stars. I met Darren Lore in 2017, after talking for 20 minutes we realized that we really should write some of this conversation down. We scheduled an interview later that week and got to meet family too. Since then, we’ve had multiple conversations and have stay in touch via text and social media. Their latest album “Hidden Blessings” is full of great songs like "Keep Praying", “Didn’t He Promise”, and “His Cross is Now Empty”, and “I’ve Got a Really Good Feeling”. Darren has a wonderful talent for writing and arranging, the family harmonies are sure to please your ear from the very first song. 

I’ll not take the time to detail some other artists but I do leave their names for you to check out. The Chandlers, Dustin Lambert, The Phillips Family and Tammy Jones Robinette. Tammy has released a song that honestly drives me crazy It’s a great song, but I can swear to anyone that I’ve heard it before and not by her. She wrote it, recorded, and published it and I cannot find anyone else that has recorded it. The song is “I know that Man”. If you listen to it and figure it out, please email me. 

There, you now have six new artists that you can search out and listen to some great music. They may not be household names, but by all accounts, they seem to be doing things right, but that’s just my Southern Gospel Point of View. 

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