GRADE:  B Album:  Home Artist:  Mark Bishop Label:  Sonlite Style:  Folk, Country Producer(s):  Jeff Collins Release Date:  01/26/24 Running Time:  41 Minutes SYNOPSIS: Today we are going to take a look at the latest album from Mark Bishop; Home. Mark’s singer/songwriter ‘down home’ folk style has endeared him to many listeners since becoming a solo artist over 20 years ago.  Mark’s 2024 album release, Home, only enhances that style.  As with all of Mark’s recordings, he wrote all eleven new songs found on Home. HIGHLIGHTS: Mark outdid hims ..read more

GRADE:  B+ Album:  Nobody Like Jesus Artist:  LeFevre Quartet Label:  New Day Style:  Progressive, Country Producer(s):  Wayne Haun Release Date:  11/17/23 Running Time:  35 Minutes SYNOPSIS: I’m still playing catch up with album reviews.  I’m hoping to get back to a regular schedule where I post a missing 2023 album review and a newer 2024 album review in the same week.  Today we take a look at the 2023 album release from the LeFevre Quartet; Nobody Like Jesus. I ranked Nobody Like Jesus one of the top five albums released in 2023.  Le ..read more

Thanks for listening to my weekly playlists on both Apple Music and Spotify.  You are driving this weekly chart of total streams for current Southern Gospel singles. The chart will always represent a running (4) week tally of total streams.  If you want to find my weekly playlists, on Spotify search SGVBR and Apple Music search Southern Gospel Back Row.  Here is the SGVBR weekly top 20 for the week of 05/10/24 ..read more

Thanks for listening to my weekly playlists on both Apple Music and Spotify.  You are driving this weekly chart of total streams for current Southern Gospel singles. The chart will always represent a running (4) week tally of total streams.  If you want to find my weekly playlists, on Spotify search SGVBR and Apple Music search Southern Gospel Back Row.  Here is the SGVBR weekly top 20 for the week of 05/03/24 ..read more

Thanks for listening to my weekly playlists on both Apple Music and Spotify.  You are driving this weekly chart of total streams for current Southern Gospel singles. The chart will always represent a running (4) week tally of total streams.  If you want to find my weekly playlists, on Spotify search SGVBR and Apple Music search Southern Gospel Back Row.  Here is the SGVBR weekly top 20 for the week of 04/26/24 ..read more

Thanks for listening to my weekly playlists on both Apple Music and Spotify.  You are driving this weekly chart of total streams for current Southern Gospel singles. The chart will always represent a running (4) week tally of total streams.  If you want to find my weekly playlists, on Spotify search SGVBR and Apple Music search Southern Gospel Back Row.  Here is the SGVBR weekly top 20 for the week of 04/19/24 ..read more

Thanks for listening to my weekly playlists on both Apple Music and Spotify.  You are driving this weekly chart of total streams for current Southern Gospel singles. The chart will always represent a running (4) week tally of total streams.  If you want to find my weekly playlists, on Spotify search SGVBR and Apple Music search Southern Gospel Back Row.  Here is the SGVBR weekly top 20 for the week of 04/12/24 ..read more

Thanks for listening to my weekly playlists on both Apple Music and Spotify.  You are driving this weekly chart of total streams for current Southern Gospel singles. The chart will always represent a running (4) week tally of total streams.  If you want to find my weekly playlists, on Spotify search SGVBR and Apple Music search Southern Gospel Back Row.  Here is the SGVBR weekly top 20 for the week of 04/05/24 ..read more

Thanks for listening to my weekly playlists on both Apple Music and Spotify.  You are driving this weekly chart of total streams for current Southern Gospel singles. The chart will always represent a running (4) week tally of total streams.  If you want to find my weekly playlists, on Spotify search SGVBR and Apple Music search Southern Gospel Back Row.  Here is the SGVBR weekly top 20 for the week of 03/29/24 ..read more

REASON FOR RANKING:  Congrats to the Steeles for releasing the best Southern Gospel album of 2023.  A career that spans nearly 40 years found the group releasing one of the best albums of their recording career.  Also, Brad Steele is currently one of Southern Gospel music’s premier songwriters. FIVE BEST SONGS FROM THE ALBUM:  (1) “A Hundred Different Altars”; (2) “Braggin On Jesus”; (3) “In The Dark”; (4) “On The King’s Shoulders”; (5) “On The Way”. REASON FOR RANKING:  Southbound burst on the scene several years ago with their ‘high powered’ live performances. The ..read more