Word has it that we no longer need to wait to find out who’s slated to appear on the new episodes of BET’s Bobby Jones Gospel.

GospelFlava.com reports that BeBe & CeCe Winans, Vanessa Bell Armstrong, Fred Hammond, Vickie Winans, Kim Burrell, Karen Clark-Sheard, Vashawn Mitchell, Ricky Dillard & New G, Sheri Jones-Moffett, Ted Winn, Shirley Caesar, Byron Cage, Y’anna Crawley and Jessica Reedy are among the artists expected to perform.

Amendment: AND, I just heard from one of my sources that George Huff is also slated to tape!

THAT’S gonna be a good season!

And I’m glad about it, too, cuz I get so annoyed when I tune in and it’s just a bunch of unknown quartets like Rufus Jenkins & The Anointed West Virginia-aires…

A quick heads-up, folks:  Ted Winn will appear on TBN’s Praise The Lord program tonight at 10pm ET, performing songs from his upcoming debut album, Balance (due September 29th on Shanachie).  The episode will be hosted by Dr. Zachary Tims.

Who’s tuning in???

I CALLED IT last week!  In my Vicki Yohe review, I joked that Shanachie was creepin’, scoopin’ up a bunch of gospel artists for their roster.  And now…

Word has it that Ted Winn has signed with Shanachie Entertainment.  His solo debut album, Balance, is expected to hit stores on September 29, 2009 and will feature guest appearances by Vanessa Bell Armstrong, Myron Butler, DeWayne Woods and Jonathan Nelson.  Well, excuuuuuuuse me!

Some trivia: You’ll note that Ted has chopped of his locks and now sports a short cut.  Also, note that his solo project debuts just a month and some change after the solo debut of Sheri Jones-Moffett, his singing counterpart in the gospel duo, Ted & Sheri.

I do believe I’m anxious to hear it.  What about you guys???

“Uphold Me” is one of my MANY favorite songs from The Winans.  It’s just one of those classic cuts, but… aren’t they all???

This particular video is from a Gospel Heritage conference a few years back.  Rance Allen was singing it, then Donnie McClurkin took the reprise.  He proceeded to pass the mic to Marvin Winans, then to Marvin Sapp… to Kelly Price to Ted Wynn and, finally… Karen Clark-Sheard.  GREAT stuff!

Whatd’ya think?