Gospel Soundcheck

On Tuesday, September 16th Krystal Meyers releases her third studio album, Make Some Noise. The hot pop/dance album is not only energetic and fun, it also offers listeners some thought-provoking lyrics about life and faith. And we have 5 copies of Krystal’s new album to give away! Krystal says that this album is a call…

Back in January, Christian rock band Third Day traveled to Kuwait and Iraq to perform for (and with) U.S. troops. The trip, part of the USO’s activities in the area, also included performances at Camp Arijan in Kuwait and Camp Liberty in Baghdad. The family of Army Spc. Richard Burress (who was killed in action…

Gospel songtress Sherrie Keys has launched Chubby Girl Records, with the goal of not only featuring plus-size Gospel artists but “a unique opportunity to positively reach out to plus-size consumers” with a new clothing line. Keys believes that plus-size women deserve “fashion equality” and that the demographic has strong growth potential in an otherwise stagnant…

On Monday, Derick Thompson, frontman for the band Strive, will be sharing a guest blog post about … well, sex, and how great it is. Within marriage, that is. In fact, that sentiment is the inspiration behind the song “Fire” from the band’s new album of the same name, which released in August. Derick will…

My friend Kevin Sparkman sent me this video and I cracked up. I think it’s a joke … I hope it is, anyway … it’s from a “band” called Sonseed and is called “Jesus Is My Friend”:And here’s another video that’s in the same vein that I found online, from The Way International, called “The…

The Gospel Music Channel will air an exclusive one-hour special Sunday, September 14 highlighting the annual BMI Trailblazers of Gospel Music Awards Gala, which was held January 11, 2008 in Nashville. The show press release didn’t make the connection, but I’m guessing the reason they’re airing it now has to do with September being Gospel…

As we’ve been talking a bit this week about Britney Spears and a bit of news I found that said she started as a Christian singer, I also found out that her mom’s book comes out next week.The book, which was originally titled Pop Culture Mom: A Real Story of Fame and Family in a…

I got a press release today that says that the Gospel Music Channel will add a Southern Gospel show to its weekly programming, starting in 2009. The production crews are at the National Quartet Convention this week, where they’re shooting performances of artists like The Dove Brothers Quartet, The Hoppers, The Kingdom Heirs, Brian Free…

Watch CBS Videos OnlineSteven Curtis Chapman performed “Cinderella” live on today’s “The Early Show.” (If you’re having trouble watching the above embedded video, head over to the CBS Early Show site. And just for the record, the ad on the video clip is from CBS, not Beliefnet.)

I stumbled across this piece of news this morning at monstersandcritics.com: Apparently the Jonas Brothers got to meet their “idol” Britney Spears at the MTV video music awards on Sunday, and a “backstage source” reports: “They all looked so excited to see Britney and meet her, and she was thrilled too. She seemed to be…

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