Eleanor has arrived and we are all excited……tired but excited. She was born on Feb 9 and was 9.2 lbs and 20 inches. We decided to take time away from touring this time instead of having someone fill in for Janna.

Janna and Eleanor are well and I, daddy, am VERY grateful.

Peace

Greg

I have decided that this year is going to be my best yet! We (Jeremi, myself, Ariah and Shalom) are staying busy! We are enjoying being home off the road for a few weeks! The weather is warming up (for us FL folks) and spring is around the corner! We will be celebrating Shalom’s first Birthday in March! I cannot believe how fast a year can pass! Ariah is enjoying ballet and getting really good at it I must say! I am so thankful for my family and God’s blessings in our lives!

I’m so excited for Janna and Greg! We are all anticipating the arrival of baby Long!

“Alive” is our next single! Be listening for it and don’t forget to request it at your local radio stations! Thanks everyone for all of your support!

LOVE to all and here’s to a great 2010!

AMY

Also, Greg and I are helping lead worship at Woodlands Church in Texas.  We are really enjoying this new opportunity.

Well, hope you are having a wonderful 2010.  I know God is up to great things in all of our lives.  Sometimes, we just have to slow down and see where He is moving.

Many blessings and I hope to be reporting baby news soon.

Janna

I love how the book of Isaiah says: When you’re in over your head, I’ll be there with you. When you’re in rough waters, you will not go down. When you’re between a rock and a hard place, it won’t be a dead end – Because I am God, your personal God…

We’ve also had the joy of celebrating our 22nd number one single, Arise! Arise is from our newest project, Reborn.

So now what? Well, it’s Christmas season: it’s time to put up the trees, mix up some spiced tea and celebrate each other and the birth of our Lord. This Christmas, Ariah is so excited. She has miny dance recital on Thursday and Shalom is crawling and has a tooth. Where is time going? I also hope Santa brings everything the girls want

We (The Richardsons) would like to thank everyone for spending another year supporting us (Avalon) and our music. It is an honor to get to know many of you and celebrate on this journey together. Thank you for purchasing Reborn and remember it is a great stocking stuffer.

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

Jeremi

“We are thrilled our latest single ‘Arise’ is blessing so many people,” exclaims member Janna Long. “What a great reminder of the abundant life God calls us to.”

“Arise” has also been added to over 30 more stations across the nation, including American Family Radio and the FamilyLife Network. It’s been in the top 5 on the Billboard Soft AC-Inspo chart for 12 weeks, and has also charted on the INSPO, Indicator AC and Monitored AC stations.

“All of us at E1 Entertainment join in congratulating Avalon on the #1 single, ‘Arise,’ from their groundbreaking album REBORN,” states Jim Sturgeon, E1 Entertainment. “I want to thank Christian radio for their continued support of Avalon over the past 15 years. Get ready for the new single ‘Alive,’ coming in January.”

Since its release, REBORN has achieved much acclaim, with stellar reviews from outlets such as ChristianMusicToday.com, GospelMusicChannel.com, Soul-Audio.com, and AlphaOmegaNews.org. All Music Guide claimed, “Hands down, Reborn is the best album Avalon has released this decade,” while JesusFreakHideout.com stated, “Avalon is still one of the best in their game.”

Just days after wrapping up their “An Evening with Selah & Avalon,” the group will perform two more concerts – December 12th in Tallahassee, FL and Dec. 13th in Hollywood, FL – before the year’s end. For more tour information, please visit www.Avalonlive.com.

Enjoying a dreary Nashville day. However, I have so much to be thankful for. How about you? No matter how life is going, there is always something to give thanks for.

Hope you had a great Turkey Day. We spent time in GA with my family. I ate and ate and ate….. Speaking of eating, I’m now 29 weeks pregnant. This baby loves gymnastics, especially when I’m trying to sleep. We are thrilled about this child coming into our home.

As many of you know by now, Greg’s dad, Curt Long, has been diagnosed with lung cancer. These are challenging days for us all. But, I was reminded in church this past Sunday that God is always working out His plan. Be encouraged today and rest in the peace of His truth.

Bus rolls tonight to begin our Christmas shows. Hope to see you soon.

Janna

We just wrapped our fall tour with Selah. It was so awesome! They are such amazing people and I miss them already! Thanks to all who came out to the shows!

Our family is enjoying being back in Florida. The day we returned, we put our Christmas tree up and hung decorations (let me remind you that it is 85 degrees)… Is that too early? We are trying to catch our breath and unwind from all of the traveling. Shalom just got her first tooth and Ariah is getting excited for Thanksgiving!

I am so thankful this Holiday season! Thankful for my family, friends, health, peace, and the 80 degree Florida weather! God has blessed me so much!

I am looking forward to singing the Avalon Christmas music! Hope to see some of you during December!

Happy Turkey Day!  AMY

Last night was our final night of our tour with Selah and we are sad it’s over.
We had such a great time with them and appreciate their voices and gifts but also love them dearly.
See you at one of the AVALON CHRISTMAS shows in Dec?  Hope so!
Greg

Since its mid-September release to much acclaim, stellar reviews continue to roll in about Reborn:

“With pulsing keyboards, wall-to-wall guitars, palpitating bass lines, and authoritative vocal arrangements, each track cleanly advances from one to the next, casting the aggressive vision from the title track’s first downbeat to the final mega-worship strains of ‘Holy.’…You’d be hard pressed to find four finer vocals channeled in such a cutting edge musical atmosphere in Christian music today…Avalon’s first thirteen years in the biz will forever be in the CCM history books. Reborn is a good beginning to the next thirteen-plus years of Avalon history making.” 
- ChristianMusicToday.com

“The new album is a refreshing new rendition of a time-honored vocal group. It’s like the group has recharged their musical batteries. Reborn is more progressive than their usual style with a much bigger sound, but still with their familiar uplifting lyrics and spectacular harmonies. I imagine that when Avalon takes this on the road it’s going to be impressive…The group has certainly stepped outside of their comfort zone..” 
- AlphaOmegaNews.org

“Avalon has delivered a new project that gives its audience much more by way of the lush harmonies that we were first introduced to coupled with a lot of musical chances for an Avalon album…True to form, the Avalon harmonies are ever present, but a nice surprise is the use of overlapping the harmonies in the songs “Free”, “California” and “Alive”. Just take a listen to the song “Angels” and try to remember that you are listening to Avalon…Reborn re-introduces its audience to the re-invigorated, re-imagining of this quartet, and it is simply REFRESHING!” - TitleTrakk.com