Gospel Soundcheck

P.O.D. will be performing their current hit single, “Shine With Me,” tonight on NBC’s “Last Call with Carson Daly Show.” The song is currently #6 on R&R’s Christian Rock chart and #9 CRW’s Christian Rock chart, and is from the band’s latest album, When Angels and Serpents Dance. Check your local listings for air times…

This week, the Newsboys released their live CD/DVD project, “Newsboys Live: Houston We Are GO.” The two disc set was recorded and filmed live in front of a packed house in Houston, TX as part of the band’s GO tour, and includes a CD with hits like “Shine,” “Entertaining Angels,” and “Blessed Be Your Name,”…

One of my favorite rock worship bands, Starfield, heads out next week for their first ever headlining US tour. The band, which hails from Canada, has has toured with great artists for several years, and spent the summer performing in Europe, the UK and Amsterdam. This is the first time they’ll get to headline their…

While the rest of America sat in stunned silence on September 11, 2001, Christian music artist Tammy Trent was dealing with a deeper, more personal tragedy. The day before, Tammy and her husband Trent Linderink (Tammy uses her husband’s first name as her stage last name) were on a part mission trip/part vacation to Jamaica.…

As he wraps his nationwide, headline “Back to School” tour this week, American Idol finalist Chris Sligh is asking fans to help him create his next video, by lip-syncing to the original vocals for Sligh’s debut, top 10 AC hit single, “Empty Me.” The sardonically witty and outspoken Sligh made quite an impression when he…

Rockers Dizmas left last week for a seven week tour of the Czech Republic, where the band will be performing in high schools and working alongside an organization called Josiah Venture. The ministry is located in Eastern Europe and shares the gospel, creates disciples and offers gospel resources to help build the local Church body.…

With global cumulative sales of more than 5 million units of their six albums, and dozens of chart singles, Switchfoot is releasing an anthology of their signature tracks on The Best Yet. The collection is a greatest hits but also a collection of songs that represent the history of the band. “These are songs that…

My friend Dave Weiss, supplier of all ideas unusual, sent me this video today from a Christian rock band called WinterBand. Their YouTube profile says, “We hope our music is a blessing to you. We play original Christian Bible based songs, original contemporary Christian music. Christian rock music.”It’s kind of … ZZTop with choir robes.Music…

That Christian parody band, ApologetiX, is adding another guitar player to the line up and they’ve put out a call for auditions. While the band, which takes current hit songs and turns them into Bible lessons, may have been ignorned by most of the Christian industry (when the band started, no label wanted to touch…

With the presidential election just over a month away (or as I write this, 37 days, 8 hours, 57 minutes and counting, according to the Redeem the Vote election countdown) few artists are taking political sides.But the guys in Bread of Stone have teamed up with Redeem the Vote to reach out to young evangelical…

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