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Warner Bros. Records has announced that renowned record producer and music publishing executive Mark Bright has been named President and CEO of Word Entertainment. He succeeds Word’s CEO Jim Van Hook, who retired after more than 30 successful years in the faith-based music industry. Bright launched his production career in 1993 with the country group…

My friend Dave Weiss, ever on the lookout for new and unusual forms of artistic expression, shared the above video with me yesterday. It’s a performance art piece of sorts from the worship band at Fellowship Church in Grapevine, Texas and is part of a DVD filmed live to accompany the church’s new album of…

This past weekend, the East Coast leg of the “To Write Love On Her Arms” tour kicked off in Georgia.The tour is an extension of To Write Love On Her Arms (TWLOHA), a non-profit movement dedicated to presenting hope and finding help for people struggling with depression, addiction, self-injury and suicide.

Arizona rockers Blessthefall kick of their latest tour, with guests Confide, on November 17 in Bakersfield, CA, the first tour with their new lead vocalist Beau Bokan. Bokan joined the group after former frontman Craig Mabbitt left the band suddenly in 2007 during the band’s European tour with Silverstein. Not one to give in easily,…

Michael W. Smith’s latest project, A New Hallelujah, debuted recently at No.1 on the Nielsen SoundScan Christian Albums Chart, and No. 19 on Billboard’s Top 200. On March 17, 2009, Smith will unveil an accompanying DVD of the moving worship event that became the CD, and was recorded live in Houston on June 20 before…

The Christian community was shocked recently when Christian recording artist Ray Boltz come out of the closet and announced that he was gay. The world was much less shocked when recording star Clay Aiken made the same announcement, but was puzzled by his assertion that he’s a Christian. Christian recording artist Brian Bates has something…

OK, this doesn’t have to do with Christian music. In fact, it doesn’t have to do with Christianity at all. But I’m so excited about this I wanted to share it with you. My Erma conference pal Kelsey Timmerman is getting ready to release his book, Where Am I Wearing? and TIME magazine reviewed it.…

Nominees were recently announced for the 2009 Stellar Awards, which will be presented January 17, 2009 at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, TN. Gospel Music Channel will premiere The Stellar Awards on Sunday, March 1 after the show’s first broadcast syndication window run. Gospel Music Channel also will debut a new, CCP-produced series, “The…

Better Me – Mission Six from Christopher at Lightvox on Vimeo.I don’t have tween kids, but my 23-year-old daughter and I both went, “Aww!” when we heard the album Superhero by Mission Six, a group of cute teen and pre-teen guys who, thankfully, are a pop band and not a hyper-energetic, highly choreographed dance troupe.The…

Southern Gospel artist Brothers Forever had a close call recently with carbon monoxide poisoning on their tour bus. It’s not unusual for the group to travel with their families, and on this trip the bus held nine people. While traveling by tour bus to a show in North Carolina, member Gary Ballew’s daughter Alexis woke…
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