Ark encounter
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Victoria Bowlin Signs Exclusive Recording Agreement With 65/40 Records
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – (January 4, 2018) – Popular singer/songwriter Victoria Bowlin recently signed an exclusive recording agreement with new Country Gospel record label 65/40 Records, a division of Red Hen Records.
Victoria Bowlin stated, “I am so excited about this new season of ministry I am stepping into. I have known Rick and Micah Schweinsberg for a very long time and have the utmost respect for them. I look forward to many great things to come with 65/40 Records.”
Micah Schweinsberg of 65/40 Records said, “I have known Victoria for years, and from the first time I ever heard her sing, I knew that she was incredibly talented. But more than that, I felt her heart and love for others. I am so excited to work with her and her music. I think she’s going to reach more people with this album than she ever has, and that excites me more than anything!”
65/40 Records’ Rick Schweinsberg also commented, “We are currently researching material for Victoria’s project. We are planning on a fresh new sound for her. Victoria is a fantastic singer and will be very successful in the Country Gospel music field.”
65/40 Records is a division of the Red Hen Records. The new label launched December 20, 2017 and already the home of such talented acts as Trade Mark, The Kendricks, and Tony Allen Bates.
Victoria’s debut for 65/40 Records is due in 2018. More information on that release will be available in the coming months. In the meantime, be listening for Victoria’s music currently playing on Southern Gospel radio. In addition to her ministry as a soloist, Victoria travels the country with her husband doing evangelical work through churches and other organizations.
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Karen Peck and New River Make Big Announcement From Israel
Left to Right: Kari Gooch, Rickey Gooch, Karen Peck Gooch, Matthew Gooch, Preslee Mortenson, Janice Mortenson
Once In a Lifetime Memories Made From the Holy Land
DAHLONEGA, GA – (July 27, 2017) – Four-time Grammy Award-nominated and six-time Dove Award-winning family group Karen Peck & New River has made some once in a lifetime memories on their first ever tour to the Holy Land.
In addition to the group’s usual time of ministry, Karen Peck & New River took in the sites and experienced a time of reflection at many of the places recorded in the Gospels, such as Megiddo, the Nazareth Overlook, Mount of Olives, Sea of Galilee, and the Tomb of Lazarus where New River was given permission to sing their career-making song “Four Days Late”.
In addition, the family group stopped by the Mount of Beatitudes where another trip highlight was made.
Matthew Gooch announced on July 20th from Israel, “Today the love of my life, Preslee Mortenson, said yes to being my wife. I have waited my entire life for what happened today. I proposed to her on the Mount of Beatitudes overlooking the Sea of Galilee, and it was perfect. I can’t wait to spend the rest of my life with this amazing woman!”
Karen commented, “What a big day for our family. We sang. We cried. We learned new things. Most of all we experienced the Holy Spirit in a powerful way. All of us were baptized into the Jordan River, and on the Mount of Beatitudes Matthew asked Preslee to marry him. Also, he baptized her. It was precious. So y’all, I’m gaining another daughter. Ever since I was expecting him, I’ve asked the Lord to give him a good Godly spouse. I’ve prayed for her since the day Matthew was born. God is good!”
New River spent several days receiving spiritual nourishment and rejuvenation while visiting Christianity’s touchstone sites like Pool of Bethesda, Mount Zion, the Upper Room, Garden of Gethsemane and Church of All Nations, and the Garden Tomb among many other site visits.
This memorable Israel tour comes on the heels of the group’s critically acclaimed new release Hope For All Nations and the video shot in Honduras featuring the title track. The video has gone viral since being posted on the group’s FaceBook page.
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About Karen Peck and New River
No doubt the most popular mixed trio in Gospel Music, Karen Peck and New River is a music powerhouse in the music industry. With hit after hit and multiple number one songs, they are one of the most sought after groups today. Karen is known country flair and for having possibly the finest soprano voice in any genre of music. Karen was also recipient of the Susan Unthank Memorial Award, an award given by Absolutely Gospel Music only to women who have excelled in their work in a man’s world. Karen had a feature role in the hit movie “Joyful Noise”, starring Dolly Parton and Queen Latifah. New River’s hit song “Four Days Late” has become a classic in Gospel music.
Crossroads Label Group Proudly Congratulates Artists On Ballot for the 2017 GMA Dove Awards
ARDEN, N.C. – (July 27, 2017) – The first ballot for the 48th Annual GMA Dove Awards was released to industry professionals this week and Crossroads Label Group had several artists and writers represented among the eligible entries.
Greg Bentley stated, “Each year it’s exciting to see the nominations for the annual GMA Dove Awards. This year is no exception, and we are thrilled to have so many of our artists and songwriters make the first ballot. It’s an honor and privilege to get to work with each and everyone of these and we are more than proud to represent each one.”
The 48th Annual Dove Awards will be presented October 17th, 2017 at Allen Arena at Lipscomb University in Nashville Tennessee and the nominees represent the biggest and bright names in all of Gospel music each year.
Crossroads Label Group proudly congratulates our first round ballot contenders for the 2017 GMA Dove Awards(R).
Southern Gospel Artist:
Kingsmen
Lauren Talley
Kingdom Heirs
New Artist:
Jordan Family Band
Southern Gospel Song:
11th Hour / He Welcomes The Beggar
11th Hour / Can You Burn
Kingdom Heirs / Never Made A Promise
Kingsmen / They Don’t Know
Lauren Talley / I Hear A Song
Mark Bishop / That’s When It’s Time To Pray
Forget The Sea / I Will Sing
McKameys / That’s Why There’s A Cross
Talleys / There Is Coming A Day
Wisecarvers / Don’t You Think You Ought To Worship Me
Regina Walden (writer) / Never Will I Ever Again
Karen Gillespie (writer) / Gotta Get To Jesus
Bluegrass Song:
Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Burden Bearer
Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Best Friends
Southern Gospel Album:
Kingdom Heirs / Something Good
Lauren Talley / The Gospel
Kingsmen / They Don’t Know
Mark Bishop / Seasons
McKameys / Something Worth Saving
Bluegrass Album:
Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Burden Bearer
Lawson & Williams / Chapter 3
Christmas Album:
Jeff Collins / Keys To Christmas
Kingdom Heirs / Glory To God In The Highest
More information the GMA Dove Awards can be found at www.doveawards.com [1].
To learn more about Crossroads Label Group, visit the company online at www.crossroadslabelgroup.com [2].
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About Crossroads
Crossroads is a market leader in the Southern Gospel, Bluegrass, and Performance Track fields. Established in 1993, following the combination of Horizon Music Group and Sonlite Records, Crossroads now operates several divisions including Crossroads Label Group (Horizon Records, Sonlite Records, Mountain Home Music, Skyland Records, Pisgah Ridge Records, Crossroads Records, and Organic Records), Crossroads Distribution, Crossroads Radio Promotions, Crossroads Publishing Group and Crossroads Recording Studios. Led by a strong executive team of Christian music and Bluegrass music veterans, Crossroads combines cutting-edge technology with creative innovation to connect fans with our artists’ life-changing music.
NQC AND SGMA PARTNER FOR INAUGURAL SGMA HALL OF FAME INDUCTION AND BENEFIT CONCERT
The program will honor the 2017 SGMA Hall of Fame class of inductees – Troy Burns, LaBreeska, Hemphill, Randy Shelnut, and Tony Greene – and will also feature special performances by the Jim Brady Trio, the Hoppers, the Kingdom Heirs, Karen Peck & New River, the Second Half Quartet, the Guardians, Triumphant, the Whisnants, and Tribute. Serving as master of ceremonies will be SGMA Hall of Fame member, Dr. Jerry Goff.
The event will serve as a benefit for the SGMA Hall of Fame and Museum, which is located at the main entrance of Dollywood. The SGMA Hall of Fame and Museum features many important pieces of memorabilia and historic artifacts of Southern Gospel Music history.
“We are so grateful to the NQC Board of Directors for partnering with us to help keep the vision of the SGMA alive,“ states Arthur Rice, SGMA President. “This special event will be our biggest fundraiser of the year. Many of the legends who have been inducted into the Hall of Fame will be present to participate in the concert. Having all these artists in one place, at one time, onstage… will be one of the highlights of the convention.”
Admission for this event is $20.00, the same price as all of the other NQC Showcase Spectaculars, and can be purchased at www.nqconline.com or on site at NQC. The event will be from 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. on Tuesday, September 26, 2017, at the LeConte Convention Center in Pigeon Forge.
Information about all the daytime and evening activities at the NQC can also be found at www.nqconline.com.
The addition of this program is just one more reason why the 60th Anniversary NQC will be an event you just can’t miss!
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The Freemans Announce Details For 21st Annual Homecoming
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – (March 30, 2017) – Multi-award winning family group The Freemans are excited to announce details about their 21st Annual Homecoming concert. This year’s homecoming event will take place at Boles Free Will Baptist Church in Boles, Arkansas on Saturday, May 6, 2017.
In addition to fans enjoying the sounds of this unforgettable family, The Freemans are proud to share the stage with Dove Award nominated mixed group The Perrys.
Daryl Freeman commented, “This is our 21st Homecoming and every year it just gets better. I’m excited that the Perrys will be our guests, and we will have a great time.”
As in years past, this event will be free admission with a love offering received to help cover expenses. The concert will begin promptly at 4:00 p.m.
The Freemans current single “It Still Takes The Blood” is already impacting radio coming in at #5 on the top 10 new releases for May 2017.
For more information on the event, visit www.the-freemans.com [1].
Group matriarch Chris Freeman has started the year out with three nominations in the upcoming Absolutely Gospel Music Awards. Chris’ first ever solo recording, The Hinson Side of Me, earned her nominations in the Female Vocalist of the Year, Country Recording of the Year, and Special Event Project of the Year categories. Chris will be a featured performer at the 2017 Absolutely Gospel Music Awards Celebration in Nashville, Tennessee on Tuesday evening, April 11, 2017.
To learn more about The Freemans go to http://www.the-freemans.com [1].
Follow them on FaceBook at https://www.facebook.com/thefreemans [3]or Twitter at https://twitter.com/thefreemansfans [4].
To book the Freemans contact The Freemans, PO Box 2514, Hendersonville, TN 37077.
Booking in-house – Chris or Darrell Freeman, Office 615-824-6161 – Text 615-390-6486 or E-mail bookingthefreemans@gmail.com [5].
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About The Freemans
History, experience and spiritual wisdom are three attributes that can be used to describe the foundation of the Freeman ministry. Deeply rooted with family, the Freemans experience spans 30+ years. From Darrell’s entrance at age 16 with his family’s group, the Pathways, to Chris’s award-winning teenage years with the Hinsons, the Freemans know the ins and outs of Southern Gospel music.
No doubt, Chris’s unique sound is the reason she was the youngest female artist ever to receive the coveted “Queen of Gospel Music” award two years in a row (’76, ’77) as voted by the readers of Singing News Magazine. In 1980, the lives of Darrell and Chris Freeman became one when they married on August 2nd. After singing with the Pathways for three years Darrell and Chris headed for Nashville and began the Freemans. Joe Freeman, Darrell’s cousin, soon joined. them as the third part harmony, as well as their keyboard player. With this sound they have garnered tremendous growth and success.
In 1997, Darrell and Chris’s daughter, Misty, began playing acoustic guitar with the group on stage. Then in 1998, she began singing with them when they recorded Standing Out. Also on stage is Caylon Freeman, Darrell and Chris’s youngest child. He decided to join his family on the road full-time in 2002. He is now playing the drums and singing some with the group.
Now in their 20th year, the Freemans, still do approximately 250 dates a year, and continue to experience tremendous success.
Obituary for Hovie Walker
A friend to everyone he met and a man who would give you the shirt off his back, Hovie Walker, went to meet his Savior he sang so well about in the early morning hours March 24th with his wife and two daughters at his side.
Hovie Walker was one of the greatest Bass singers to ever approach a microphone reaching lower notes than most any Bass singer today. Hovie sang with such groups as the Thrasher Brothers, Willie Wynn and the Tennesseans, the Statesmen, Leon Russell. After a time of reflection and returning to his calling Hovie joined Jim Murray, Sherman Andrus and Terry Blackwood and put together the Classic Voices or former “Imperials”. Lastly he sang with his wife, Sondra. Not only could Hovie sing great, but he could deliver a sermon with the best of them. Hovie was born to be in Gospel Music. He was named after Gospel Great Hovie Lister and was recently inducted into the Tri-State Gospel Music Hall of Fame.
Hovie was a person that treasured anything and everything that people gave him and more than likely he still has all of those things today. Hovie also couldn’t meet and talk with you without sharing a funny story. Some were just jokes he had heard, but others were stories from the road and you would laugh until your side hurt so for those of you who really knew Hovie, his family would like you to remember him by his famous last words “Hey, call me, I’ve got a joke!”
Hovie is preceded in death by his parents, Thomas Jackson and Nellie Ada (Critteneden) Walker; brother, Kenny Walker; sisters, Wanda Williams and Zanda Leamon.
He is survived by his wife, Sondra Walker; two daughters, Keisha and husband, Steven Shelton, and Chelsea Lynn Walker; two grandchildren, Colby Graham and Adasyn Graham; two brothers, Cecil Walker and Bud Walker. Hovie is also survived by a host of relatives and friends.
Serving as pallbearers will be Ken Davidson, Jeff Walker, Lucas Walker, Justin Mercer, Brodie Logan, Raymon Whitt. Serving as honorary pallbearers will be James Dean, David Clark, John Foster, Jerry Brown and Fred Mercer.
In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to
http://absolutelygospel.com/agm/hovie-walker/ [1]
A celebration of life service will be held on Tuesday, March 28, 2017 at 10:00 AM with visitation one hour prior to service time, beginning at 9:00 AM at the River of Life Church (596 Sam Ridley Pkwy W Smyrna, TN 37167). Visitation will be held on Monday, March 27, 2017 from 4:00 PM until 8:00 PM at Spring Hill Funeral Home (5110 Gallatin Rd. Nashville, TN 37216). Interment will take place in the Historic Spring Hill Cemetery.
Renown Bass Singer Hovie Walker Passes Away
Nashville, Tenn. (March 24, 2017) A friend to everyone he met and a man who would give you the shirt off his back, Hovie Walker, went to meet the Savior he sang so well about in the early morning hours March 24th with his wife and two daughters at his side. Sondra Walker said, “Please pray for me, Chelsea and Keisha as we said our final goodbye to Hovie!!! We know where he is going!!! Thanks everyone for your prayers!!!”
Keisha Walker Shelton posted on her Facebook page. “At 1:42am CST my daddy, Hovie Walker, went to celebrate my birthday with my Granny. He is in his heavenly Papa’s and his Momma’s arms this morning. Please pray for us.”
Hovie Walker was one of the greatest Bass singers to ever approach a microphone reaching lower notes than most any Bass singer today. Hovie sang with such groups as the Thrasher Brothers, Willie Wynn and the Tennesseans, the Statesmen, Country singer Leon Russell. After a time of reflection and returning to his calling Hovie joined Jim Murray, Sherman Andrus and Terry Blackwood and put together the Classic Voices or former “Imperials. Lastly he sang with his wife, Sondra. Not only could Hovie sing great, but he could deliver a sermon with the best of them. Hovie was born to be in Gospel Music. He was named after Gospel Great Hovie Lister.
Hovie couldn’t meet and talk with you without sharing a funny story. Some were just jokes he had heard, but others were stories from the road and you would laugh until your side hurt. Fellow Bass singer Jeff Pearles commented, “Linda and I would run into him and his wife periodically at various restaurants in Hendersonville. Hovie would always come over to our table and tell us a quick joke and then abruptly turn around and leave while we were laughing trying not to choke on our food…. great memories.”
More information will be coming as final arrangements are completed. Please keep Sondra, Chelsea, and Keisha in you prayers.
Karen Peck and New River Lands a Stellar 7 Singing News Fan Award Nominations
DAHLONEGA, Ga. – (March 23, 2017) – Grammy-nominated and Dove Award-winning family group Karen Peck & New River received news this week of seven Top 10 nominations in the 2017 Singing News Fan Awards. New River landed spots in multiple categories including Favorite Song (for “Calling”), Favorite Artist, Favorite Soprano and Songwriter (for Karen Peck Gooch), Favorite Alto (for Susan Peck Jackson) and Favorite Mixed Group. In addition, Kari Gooch landed a spot among the Top 10 Favorite Young Artist nominees.
“We are absolutely thrilled and honored for the Singing News Fan Award nominations,” responded Karen Peck Gooch. “It is such a blessing to be a part of this wonderful, amazing Southern Gospel community. This year, KPNR is celebrating 26 years of ministry. We are very thankful to everyone who voted for us. We pray that our music will always bring light and encouragement to your life.”
The group is also excited to announce its 2017 homecoming – Christian Music Nights. Karen Peck & New River will continue its annual tradition of hosting Christian Music Nights on Father’s Day weekend. This year it will fall on Friday, June 16, 2017 and Saturday, June 17, 2017 and take place at New River Park in Dahlonega, Georgia.
In addition to New River, Christian Music Nights will feature Grammy-nominated bluegrass favorites The Isaacs and on Friday evening. Dove Award winners Brian Free & Assurance and the Wilmington Celebration Choir will join New River as special guests on Saturday night. In addition, the New River band will accompany Karen Peck & New River as in years past.
Karen Peck Gooch said, “Every year, we look forward to having people come to our home in Dahlonega. We built a stage that looks like an old church which makes our place have a sweet down home setting. We are inviting everyone to join us Father’s Day weekend for a wonderful time of music and fellowship. We promise you will be blessed!”
It was also recently announced that New River would join The Isaacs on the group’s first tour of the Holy Land. New River is excited to invite all of their friends, family, and fans to join them on this amazing 10-day event. The all-inclusive trip will take place from July 17-26, 2017. New River and The Isaacs have teamed up with Inspiration Cruises & Tours to offer a deluxe trip of a lifetime. The price includes beautiful hotels in Israel and all meals, tips, taxes, site entry fees, and much more.
More information on this once-in-a-lifetime trip and this year’s Christian Music Nights, visit New River’s site at
www.karenpeckandnewriver.com [1] or the Inspiration website at http://www.inspirationcruises.com/tii [2] and tell them you want Karen Peck and New River to be your host to the Holy Land.
To learn more about Karen Peck and New River go to
http://www.karenpeckandnewriver.com [1].
You can follow the group on FaceBook [4] or
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Karen-Peck-and-New [4]-River or on Twitter at https://twitter.com/KarenPeckNR [5].
Karen Peck and New River is booked by The Harper Agency. Contact them at http://www.harperagency.com [6]or by E-mail at info@harperagency.com [7].
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About Karen Peck and New River
No doubt the most popular mixed trio in Gospel Music, Karen Peck and New River is a music powerhouse in the music industry. With hit after hit and multiple number one songs, they are one of the most sought after groups today. Karen is known country flair and for having possibly the finest soprano voice in any genre of music. Karen was also recipient of the Susan Unthank Memorial Award, an award given by Absolutely Gospel Music only to women who have excelled in their work in a man’s world. Karen had a feature role in the hit movie “Joyful Noise”, starring Dolly Parton and Queen Latifah. New River’s hit song “Four Days Late” has become a classic in Gospel music.
