For all those interested in lyrics and scores of the old hymns of the church, Daniel Mount has just launched an extensive archive for these things: FreeHymnal.com! Click here for more information.

In a short press release at SoGospelNews.com and the Singing News, the Mark Trammell Trio breaks the first big story of 2010 and announced that they are soon to become the Mark Trammell Quartet. I’ve always felt that they were the best “quartet-without-a-bass” in the business; their Always Have A Song project featured arrangements that a bass singer would seamlessly fit into. Be looking for the announcement on who the bass singer is.

The end of 2009 brought the beginning for two new lineups of two different groups: Gold City and Legacy Five. Legacy Five videos are hopefully coming soon, but for now, our friend DinanaSN had her camera ready last night for the first song of the first concert for the Gold City lineup featuring Josh Cobb on tenor, Bruce Taliaferro on lead, Daniel Riley on baritone, the return of Tim Riley on bass, and Roy Webb as piano player. They hit the stage and started this new chapter in GC history with a classic: “One Scarred Hand.”

If this is how the group does on three hours of practice, they’ll be a force to be reckoned with in a couple months’ time.

Be sure to go to Youtube later to see more videos of that concert! I’ll post a video of Gus Gaches’ debut on tenor with Legacy Five as one becomes available.

Update: Here’s a video of Gus Gaches taking Frank Seamans’ solo on “Great Is Thy Faithfulness.” I think he’ll do just fine! There is also a clip of Legacy Five singing with only piano accompaniment on “Life Will Be Sweeter Someday.”