The King's Heralds, the oldest active Gospel Quartet, has announced the addition of a new member. Hailing from Deland, FL, Jared Otto joins the group as their new Lead singer.

Jared is 25 years old and single. Prior to coming to the Heralds, Jared was an IT professional for the Health Department in the State of Florida. Jared replaces Joel Borg who came off the road to spend more time with his family.

The Herald’s Tenor Don Scroggs stated “We are proud to welcome Jared to our ministry team. He adds some youth and vitality to the group. The Kings Heralds is the first full time group that he has been with. He is very committed to the Lord and is excited about this opportunity to be in full time music ministry.”

Jared commented, “This is certainly different than working with computers, but these guys are great men who love the Lord and make traveling a real adventure. Mostly it's exciting having the opportunity to sing about the most important message in the world and to see hearts and souls lifted up and their lives changed forever.”

With the personnel change the Heralds are looking for new material to produce a new album, so be looking for some new music from them in the near future.

Ashley DeRamus is an inspiration to every one she comes in contact with because she never gives up on achieving her goals. One of her many goals is to say the Pledge of Allegiance and sing the National Anthem on as many stages and as many different venues as possible. Part of the reason is her love for this country and another is to be an inspiration to others with Down Syndrome in showing them that they can achieve things that everyone would aspire to accomplish.

She sang the National Anthem on the main stage at the National Quartet Convention in front of thousands on September 11, 2013. She was joined on stage by the popular Southern Gospel group, The Dixie Melody Boys. She received a thunderous ovation at the conclusion of the song and plenty of hugs from the group and others at the convention.

On September 11th, The Kingdom Heirs, The Old Paths, and representatives of Sonlite Records, a division of Crossroads Entertainment & Marketing, gathered at the Cardinal Restaurant in Louisville, Kentucky to celebrate two recent #1 hits. The Old Paths' radio single "God's Great," written by Rodney Birch, was #1 on the June 2013 Singing News Top 80 chart. The Kingdom Heirs' #1, "Just Beyond the Sunset," written by Dianne Wilkinson, is #1 on the current October 2013 Singing News Top 80 chart.

"What a run it's been," said Kingdom Heirs baritone and manager Steve French. "It took us several years to ever reach that #1 position but now we've had eight to make it to the top.  That's what happens when you have great songs, a great production, and the best radio department in the business!"

Award winning singer/songwriter Daryl Williams has signed an agreement with AG Publicity. Daryl has written over 1,100 songs with many of them huge hits in the Gospel music world.

Deon Unthank of AG Publicity said “Daryl is a personal friend whom I have known for thirteen years. I've watched him go through good times and bad times and can tell you that he lives what he writes about. I am thrilled to be able to send news of Daryl Williams around the world.”