Mary Alice Vanderwaters, centerstage!:
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If you were to take Emmy Lou Harris, Reba, Alison Krauss, The Judds, and mix in a healthy dose of the Holy Spirit, you’d find yourself face to face with Mary Alice Vanderwaters, My SPOTLIGHT ARTIST for this edition of Gospel Music Roundup . I found myself right IN that spot, this past week, as I was listening to new music on SONGRAMP, a site that features singers, songwriters, and their new work~ You ought to check it out, sometime!
Mary Alice Vanderwaters, is a singer, songwriter and performer who calls Louisiana her earthly home.A small town girl born into a very large family, she was the youngest child of 13 children.Her mother played the harmonica; her big brother would play the guitar, and at the young age of 7, she used to beg him to let her play his guitar. He didn’t take her seriously, until she went & made her own guitar out of a scrap of wood and some rubber bands.
Only then did he see her determination, and taught her Her first song to play, a song by “The Carter Family” entitled, “The Wild Wood Flower”. She’s been picking and grinning ever since.
As a teenager she joined her first Bluegrass band as the lead singer and toured for years with some of the biggest talent in the business. Those experiences taught her a wealth of knowledge that she still uses today in her country band.
During that time she also started writing and developing a passion for songs that are meaningful, with positive messages. Her writing continues to convey those same qualities.
She is a member of BMI and the Nashville Songwriting Assoociation International.
Mary shared with me the story behind her song, “It’s Just So Beautiful Here” via email: She writes, “This song was inspired by a true story. One night I was watching The Weather Channel and “Storm Stories” had featured a family that had lost their two daughters in a freak tornado in the state of Maryland. The two girls had went to the college where their dad worked and he told them as soon as they walked in, “Hurry on home, there was a storm coming.” Well, when they got back into the car, the tornado hit and they were both killed. The dad never considered the storm would be producing a tornado because basically, tornados are unheard of in the state of Maryland . Their mother was at home at the time and before anyone had a chance to tell her that her daughters had passed, she heard the voice of one of them say, ” Mom, It’s Just So Beautiful Here.” Well, needless to say, I was quiet affected by their story. I wrote the song and after the demo was finished, I made it my mission to get a copy of the song to the parents. They sent me the nicest thank you card that read, “We were very touched by the song you wrote about our Colleen’s first impression of Heaven.” That card means the world to me and it’s something I will treasure the rest of my life.”
The goosebumps you get from a story like that are the same kind of Goosebumps you get when the spirit touches your heart through Mary Alice Vanderwaters and her songs…she wrote to me in another email these words: “I still remember the day that I wrote these songs and feeling the glory of God’s presents around me as He gave me the words to say, and the beautiful melodies came as easy as if I had played them a million times already.
I want to say that I know that my talent is a GIFT from God, a gift that I can’t thank Him enough for.”
There are several ways to see and learn more about Mary Alice Vanderwaters! Check out her original music page at SONGRAMP:
http://www.songramp.com/homepage.php?userid=19816
Or contact her through her MySpace Page,
http://www.myspace.com/vanderwatersmaryalice
Thank you, Mary Alice, for sharing with us here, on this edition of Gospel Music Roundup! Your songs ministered to me and so many others, and I pray they continue to do so!
Other songs and artists included in this edition:
Greg White -Thank you Jesus (Roy Harris)
John Eric Anderson - My Heavenly Father Watches Over Me
The Barkley Family - Carry On
Right On Time - I wish I were there
Mark High - Until Then
Joanne Moore - Where the Roses Never Fade
Dave Berland - Calvary’s Mountain
Mike Wilhoit - The Night After The Day of Grace
Blessed Assurance Ministries - I’ll Be Alright As Soon As I Touch Calvary
Grandpa’s Neighbors - Purple Robe
BK Minor - Let’s All Get Together
GMR Show 02/04/08:
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THOMAS JAMES is a wonderfully talented and gifted singer who captured my attention this week, so I thought I would bring him centerstage in this episode and let you ALL have a wonderful earful of some of his recordings!
Check him out at www.ThomasJamesLive.com
Also new music and new artists all sharing just a small portion of the bounty that God has given them. It is my prayer that you each and every one enjoy this, my humble return to sharing these podcasts.
For now, though, ON WITH THAT WONDERFUL SOUTHERN GOSPEL MUSIC, And So Much MORE!
Head em up and move em out! It's the Missourians!:
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Get ready to ride, because this show is downright MOVIN’!
From the western stylings of Belinda Gail to the tight Harmonies of the Missourians, it’s non-stop rejoicing in the KING!
The MISSOURIANS started singing in November, 1988. Charlie (Burnett) and Jareld (Burnside) had been singing many years with the Calvarymen, and Richard (Crow) along with Bob Durham had sung together for many years with the Regents.
All that’s left of the originals is Bob Durham, but some worthy artists have come to step up and fill the void left by their predecessors… Stephen Gilmore, Tenor, in MAY 2004; Tim Gould, Lead, in November 2004; Doug Luton, the group’s BARITONE, joined in march 2005, and David Markley in August 2005. You can read more on EACH of these singers in their BIOs by logging on to www.themissourians.com, and you may even learn some REAL INTERESTING FACTS…. like which one of these guys lost control of a GO KART on the University of Arkansas Quad~!
The Missourians sing across Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma and Arkansas,( locally known as the four state area) Bringing the Gospel in Song to churches and community events. They are heard regularly on a weekly 2-hour radio program hosted by Bob Durham, “Make Mine Southern,” heard on KKOW, 860 AM, Pittsburg, KS . the PROGRAM features several regional groups, as well as old and new music from national gospel recording artists. The Missourians have appeared on a local television Gospel Music program “Southern Singing” as well, and have recorded 10 albums and 2 videos since their formation. They have currently released
a new CD, “Coming Soon,” which speaks to our Lord’s return. Known far and wide, for their tight harmonies and joyous spirit, I am proud to introduce to YOU, my Gospel Music Roundup listeners and Fans, THE MISSOURIANS!
Also in this edition, music from The Old School Bluegrass Band, Belinda Gail, Wes and Marilyn Tuttle, and MORE
http://www.themissourians.com
http://www.belindagailsings.com/
JR & The Redneck Band:
http://www.soundclick.com/pro/view/01/default.cfm?bandID=593462
http://www.oldschoolband.com
Romans 8:
36 Just as it is written, “F orY our sake we are being put to death all day long; W e were considered as sheep to be slaughtered.” 37 But in all these things we overwhelmingly conquer through Him who loved us. 38 For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, 39 nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, will be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
With a powerful verse like that, how can anything even THINK to come against us? The same spirit that empowers us tbrough that verse empowers us in the music we have here, in southern gospel music. Take time to listen, to reflect, and to open your heart to what the word has to tell you this day!
IN THIS EPISODE:
Mike Wilhoit
Ron Harris
Blessed Assurance Ministries
and so much more!
Hamilton Road Quartet, Bluegrass Gospel Project, Blessed assurance Ministries cap off this older episode: Good stuff here, worth listening to several times over!
More music with a mission! Join me, Tom Whiteman, as we visit MORE groups and singers who are out there singing the message of Christ!
THE BLUEGRASS GOSPEL PROJECT
Featuring six of the Northeast’s premiere bluegrass, country, and folk musicians, the Bluegrass Gospel Project emphasizes bluegrass songs infused with gospel lyrics. Steeped in the tradition of this powerful and unique strain of Appalachian music, the BGP crafts both classic and original gospel-inspired songs with impeccable instrumentation and sublime vocal harmonies.
Each member of the band brings decades of performance experience to the stage. The trading of lead singers and diversity of styles reveals a variety of band configurations in each performance, delivered with a relaxed and expert ease and powered by a palpable affinity of the band members for each other and the music.
http://www.bluegrassgospelproject.com/index.html
Peter Nielsen
Old Meeting House Arts Ministries
1620 Center Road
Montpelier, VT 05602
Peter@BluegrassGospelProject.com
TEL: 802-223-9831
Hamilton Road
is a part time music ministry based in Columbus, Ohio. We are dedicated to spreading the Gospel message through song and fellowship. They have been singing for two years and have enjoyed every moment of worship and fellowship. We took our name from the place where God chose to have us meet and begin our ministry. They began as a group of guys who would sing now and again at their church, located on Hamilton Road. Soon, they had put together a substantial amount of music and people began to request that they come to their church. God touched them with a desire to minister, and found that by sharing their gift with churches, The CHURCH would share their gifts of love and prayer with all of us.
For Booking Contact Zachary Olah at614-477-0141
or e-mail us at
HamiltonRoadQuartet@hotmail.com
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Just a necessary procedure to get the podcast approved there, but don’t let that stop ya! Keep on listening!
Here, in the Midwest, I am making this pod cast in the middle of February. It has been cold and icy all week, and when you work out-of-doors as I do, it gets old quickly; Especially as I get older.
But in my quiet times, my mind looks forward to the spring, and with spring come thoughts of our Easter Celebration. The songs of praise and worship and southern gospel Music stir my mind to those thoughts, and what a difference salvation has caused in MY life. Even now, as cold and dark as the days are, I know I can look forward to warmth and sunshine not too far off in the future.
What a WONDERFUL correlation: His love- on the cross and in my soul, has stripped away the darkness and cold and replaced it with warmth and sunshine. Yes, I am human, and all too often I might allow that old cold feeling to return, but the Christ who saved ME is always right there when I am once again defeated from trying to fight my own battles. I look up from whatever pit I am in, and he’s right there, so close that it all the more emphasizes the futility of trying to win my own wars. If I trust in Him, he is faithful to forgive me of my sins and cleanse me from all unrighteousness, and once again, a sweet and beautiful relationship is restored.
Did you catch that? A common misconception is to think that God somehow cannot accept us because we may have stumbled or fallen. Yet that is EXACTLY WHY we need him. Were we able to save ourselves, or to somehow be on a par with God, we would have no NEED for salvation, and certainly no idea of what sovereignty, or LORDSHIP, really means.
That would lead to utter chaos, each man trying to be lord of his own world, wouldn’t it? No one respecting another, every man out for himself? Wait… Isn’t that what the world looks like more and more every day? Who could be behind such a plan, so as to create this mindset, but the very one the bible points to; the one cast from glory due to his OWN attempt at equality with God to the point of waging war in heaven… Satan thought he could WIN in heaven, and now he tries to win here on earth.
We need to hold fast to the one who made us; who has laid down his only son, that being the Christ, as a pathway to bring our wayward souls back to him.
Jesus said, “come to me, all who are weary laden. And I will give you rest.” Let me tell you, those are mighty comforting words after a long, hard, cold day.
At least, to ME, they are…
