I do agree with Jeri that music is best viewed as not a competitive activity, my band is better than your band. But there are different tastes in music here at Mudcat, and there are different levels of musical skill that groups demonstrate. It's not surprising that when you ask for response to a group you're promoting that you get response and it may be an unsettling response.

It's better than silence. ;~)

I was intrigued with a group from Indiana in the 1970's called Eclectricity, i.e. "I'm Goin' Back to Beethoven 'Cos Country Music Sucks;" alas, they imploded and I never could play at their level. But I admired what they were doing.

I find NeXtTradition exciting when it comes to a capella gospel. "Little Black Train" by Jeff Warner is a classic. Great Big Sea does fine work with their traditional material; I'm less impressed with their rock renditions; they just don't correlate. Black September from Seattle is much more interesting but that's a subject for another thread.

And I wish the Agnostic Mountain Gospel Choir well but they got a lot more work to do.

Cheerily,
Charley Noble

Cheerily,
Charley Noble