Gospel Soundcheck

Capital Lights debuts a new video today on the homepage at Purevolume.com. The song is “Outrage,” from the band’s debut album, This Is An Outrage. When the album released in July, it went right to the iTunes Top 40 Rock Albums Chart. Purevolume is a really great site for promoting and checking out new music,…

It’s Halloween, and what could be scary than dozens of Christmas albums hawked by your favorite Christian music artists! Seriously, I’ve been getting press releases about Christmas albums since July. I think the fact that we’re selling Christmas so early has helped to remove the sacredness and excitement of the holiday that I remember as…

Doing a little surfing around the internet, I came across this blog post about a call for repentence. The blog appears to be part of a ministry of Grace Bible Church and is a preview of a message for Grace Academy High School Chapel. But it was definitely thought provoking, and I have to say…

CCM icon Michael W. Smith told the Associated Press that he’s met with Sen. John McCain, and tried without success to meet with Sen. Barak Obama, to urge both presidential candidates that if they win, to continue President Bush’s emergency plan to fight AIDS in Africa. The AP story reports that Smith says he will…

Gospel artist Mary Mary’s latest project, The Sound, released last week and immediately jumped to the top spot on Billboard’s Top Christian & Gospel charts. The album claimed the #7 spot on the Billboard Top 200, the week’s third highest debut, behind AC/DC and the High School Musical 3 soundtrack. With The Sound, Erica Campbell…

Get ready, red- and battleground-state Christian radio fans. David Brody, at CBNNews.com, says new radio ads supporting Barak Obama are coming to a Christian radio station near you. The ads are from the Matthew 25 Network political action committee, and will begin airing in Michigan, Colorado, Ohio, Missouri, Indiana, Virginia and North Carolina. Don’t live…

Hopefully, you caught the webisodes of the show “Jesus People” that I posted last week. The web series satires a Christian dance pop group, from their beginnings to success, complete with the Christianese and secret lives of believers.The comedic formula is often described as “truth + pain or exaggeration = funny,” and in this case…

Punk and indie bands have gotten together for a tribute to music legend Johnny Cash. All Aboard: A Tribute To Johnny Cash features covers done by a bunch of bands, but I caught MxPx on the track listing, with their rendition of “Hey Porter.” The album released last week. Anchorless Records has partnered with www.Punknews.org…

Kutless had announceed that their song “The Feeling” is featured on the Rock Band 2 downloadable tracks that will be available November 4th. Finally! This song will be one of the 20-featured songs free to those who purchase Rock Band 2 on Playstation 3, Xbox 360, and Wii. The tracks will be made available on…

I’m a woman who grew up around guns (my father was a police officer) and went on to marry a hunter (who has graced our table with venison and our walls with dead deer heads), but increasingly I’ve found that many people I meet are against gun ownership and hunting. (Poor Bambi!) So when I…

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