Gospel Soundcheck

Author and five-time Grammy-winning music producer John Carter Cash, the only son of music legend Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash, will release his first children’s book, Momma Loves Her Little Son, in March 2009 by Little Simon Inspirations, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing. The book is illustrated in Americana art style…

Pop sensation Krystal Meyers will be the host of the mainstream Top 40 Kiwi Radio show on Denver’s KVUU, this Sunday, November 16. Krystal will introduce the songs on the chart, which will include her own single, “Make Some Noise,” the title track from her latest album. In Japan, the hip Meyers is a pop…

High school sophomore Robert Pierre’s (coincidentally) sophomore album Identity doesn’t come out until February, but through a partnership with Family Christian Stores more than 30,000 music fans have gotten an advance copy by making a $10 donation to The James Fund, an organization whose mission is to help widows and orphans both locally and worldwide.…

On November 10, the folks at Tooth & Nail and the guys in the band Underoath spent the day making dreams come true for Jonathan Stewart, a young adult who suffers from osteosarcoma, a malignant form of bone cancer. Stewart had been granted the opportunity to have his wish come true through the Make-A-Wish foundation,…

ABC Family launched their new show, “One Good Turn With Joey T” and tapped indie act The Sonflowerz’s single “All Around The World” as the show’s theme song. ABC also used the single “More Than I Think I Am” in the show’s premiere episode. The Sonflowerz have been finding success both in the US and…

Grammy-nominated rockers Red made history in the Radio & Records when the first radio single, “Fight Inside,” from their upcoming sophomore release Innocence & Instinct debuted at #1 on the R&R Christian Rock chart. No band has ever had a single debut at #1 on that chart. Ever. “Christian Radio has been such a backbone…

When Stephen Baldwin offers you a dare, beware. The Christian bad boy (actor, author, speaker, skateboarder, 15-year-old in an adult body) met teen pop sensation Miley Cyrus and her mom at the 2007 White House Easter egg hunt, and offered her a dare: he’d get a tattoo of Hannah Montana’s signature “HM” initials if she’d…

Surfing around the web today, I stumbled across an interview and story in the Press-Enterprise about Jessica Simpson. In the story, Simpson talked with reporter Vanessa Franko about how her gospel music background influenced her. “You sing from a place of prayer, a place of hope. I think that’s one thing gospel music definitely instilled…

In the discussion about Christian music, there’s always a question lingering in the back of my mind: how do you balance being a Christian music celebrity with biblical, Christian faith?Sure, there are a lot of bands who sing about Jesus, and there are a lot of bands made up of Christians who offer great entertainment…

Centricity Music’s “Bethlehem Skyline” Christmas tour kicks of December 3 with five great artists that, for the most part, usually fly under the radar. And now you can catch them all together on the same stage. The tour features modern rockers Downhere, jazzy pop singer Lanae Hale, worship artist Jaime Jamgochian, the adult comtemporary music…

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