Innholdsfortegnelse for October 2025 i Gospel Music Roadshow

October is a beautiful month. As a child, one of my favorite parts of fall was looking out the dining room window and seeing two of our huge Maple Trees transform. One would always turn orange and the other red. Looking back, it reminds me that even when seasons change, God can still craft it into something beautiful. During the fall season, I had always seen that best through the changes happening around me. Things like green trees bursting into golden colors, or combines harvesting the fields to store up crops in preparation for dormant winter days ahead. Four years ago this month, my perspective on what the harvest season truly meant changed when my mother suddenly passed away. The harvest season wasn’t just the natural cycles of the earth…

“Everything is meaningless,” writes the Teacher in Ecclesiastes, unless our eyes are fixed on the One who holds eternity. Those ancient words still cut through the clutter of our modern lives. They surface in the early morning when the house is quiet and the coffee cup is warm. They echo on busy days when the inbox is overflowing and our calendars feel like tightropes. Ecclesiastes isn’t scolding us; it’s inviting us to pause and ask, where am I looking for meaning? I find that searching heart to be common—especially in ministry and music. Stages, microphones, tours, and lights are good gifts, but if they become the focus, we quickly learn they cannot carry the weight of our souls. The ache for permanence is something only Christ can fill. When our…

Music is such a gift from God. It is a perfect remedy for any situation, and a powerful tool used to worship The Lord. Feeling hopeful? Worship. Feeling encouraged? Worship. Feeling heartbroken? Worship. Feeling overwhelmed? Worship. This “heart of worship” instilled in us is one of the very things carrying us through each season of life. Do you remember when you were young, and you would get the wind “knocked out of you”? The first time it happened to me, I had fallen off of my bike. I remember trying to catch my breath, but I couldn’t! Panic immediately set in and I ran inside to my mom for help. She explained to me what happened, and I told her I never wanted to experience that again! Unfortunately, life has…

Following the retirement of the legendary McKameys in 2019, Peg and Ruben Bean’s eldest daughter and longtime member, Connie Bean Fortner, formed a new trio with her husband, Roger Fortner, and their son, Eli. This incredible trio continues the legacy and signature sound of their beloved family group. “Holding To Truth” is the group’s sophomore recording on Horizon Records. This album is sure to be a blessing to all who listen, as it captures that classic McKamey style. The album opens with the up-tempo “To God It’s Nothing New,” featuring Connie’s soaring soprano. This fun tune reminds us that there has never been a trial that has taken God by surprise. We are always in God’s protection! Roger Fortner is featured on the mid-tempo, country-style “A Burden And A Bible.”…

Laurel, Mississippi was put on the map by HGTV. But this fall, it was the kick off for a brand new program called the Hits & Heritage Fall Tour. This tour features Gold City, The Hoppers and Joseph Habedank for eight concerts across the country that highlight the artists largest career hits while honoring the heritage that led them to where they are today. The Gospel Music Roadshow was honored to be a part of the first two stops on the tour hosted at First Baptist Laurel in Laurel, Mississippi and First Baptist Trussville in Trussville, Alabama. The tour begins with all three groups on the stage doing exactly what this program is all about: the hits and the heritage. From “Marriage Supper of the Lamb” from the Hoppers and…

For more than two decades, The Amundruds have been sharing their heartfelt gospel music, a ministry that began with Glen and Linda Amundrud and has grown to include their children. Over the years, three of their children have continued the family legacy, carrying the group’s ministry forward with the same passion and devotion. Hailing from Lloydminster, Saskatchewan, the Amundruds released their first recording in 2005 and have since graced stages across Canada and the United States, including the prestigious National Quartet Convention. Along the way, they have earned acclaim as award-winning artists in both Southern Gospel and Country Gospel, blending family, faith, and music into a ministry that continues to inspire audiences everywhere. Daryl Amundrud gives us an inside look at their ministry and what it’s like to be part…

For this quarter’s This or That edition, we sat down with Mark Trammell of the Mark Trammell Quartet. Mark has been traveling full time in ministry for 51 years, and we thought it would be fun to sneak in a few items that were released in 1974 into his questions. (Hint hint…there are five things listed below that came out in ’74! But don’t get them confused with a few other ’70s-themed questions.) Can you spot them in our questions below? Connect Four or Rubik’s Cube? Rubik’s Cube! When our ministry started, there was a version of Rubik’s Cube that was like a testimony that told the story of Jesus, his life, death, and resurrection. I always wonder how many people will be in Heaven because of Sunday school teachers…

I first met my wife, Gail, in a recording studio in Kingsport, Tennessee, in 1974. It was a Southern Gospel project, and I was the drummer on the session. Back then, there were very few “tracks,” which meant that everything you wanted to be included in the song had to be played or sung at the same time, including background vocals... there were no “overdubs” (ha). I noticed this cute little blonde girl in the vocal backing group. She had that Farrah Fawcett hairdo and the prettiest blue eyes... AND she could sing! The downside was that I was 19 at the time, and she was only 14. When you’re that age, five years’ difference seems like an eternity! I kind of lost touch with her but knew that she…