Gospel Soundcheck

Worship artist Phil Wickham recently invited listeners to sing along with him and other fans in his first-ever live worship album, aptly titled Singalong. The album was recorded at Solid Rock Church in Portland, OR where 3,000 fans gathered together to see Wickham perform 15 songs from his self-titled debut album and sophomore record Cannons.…

Just when I thought I’d seen it all, the parallel Christian universe surprises me yet again.Move over “High School Musical” – the church has created its own clean teen stage sensation, “Sunday School Musical.” Seriously.Here’s the project synopsis, from the Arts Alliance American site: “This original production currently being filmed in Los Angeles joins the…

The August 15th issue of People magazine will incude a major feature on Steven Curtis Chapman, his wife Mary Beth, and children Emily, Caleb and Will as the family shares their memories of Maria, their faith in God, and their strong love for each other. The Chapmans suffered a tragedy in May when their youngest…

Last week I posted some coverage of the Kingdom Bound music festival. As promised, here is the link to some Kingdom Bound pics from writer and photographer, Rick Campbell. Rick takes much better pics than I do, so head over to his site and check out his gallery. (Just remember that Rick owns the copyright…

R&B, hip hop and gospel artist Kirk Franklin will perform his first ever Central-Eastern European concert in Warsaw, Poland on September 11th. From what I can tell by the event website (I don’t read Polish so I can only go by the English parts) the concert kicks off a gospel music weekend, with workshops and…

Fans across the ocean are getting to enjoy one of my favorite bands this month, as Starfield takes part in a bunch of festivals in Europe and the UK. In June, the band played in the Netherlands at the EO Youth Day, and recently performed in Sweden at the Frizon Festival and headlined a show…

If you’ve caught any of the promos for NBC’s 2008 fall line up, then you’ve also caught Krystal Meyer’s hot single, “Make Some Noise,” the title cut from Meyers’ new project, which releases September 16. “Make Some Noise” is the theme song for NBC’s fall line up, and if you haven’t heard it yet, you’ll…

House of Heroes is set to release their latest project The End Is Not The End on September 23 (although the site says the 22nd, and that you can get the album at shows beginning September 18). But that doesn’t matter, because you can get three songs from the album for free, right now. Just…

The rap duo GRITS – Teron “Bonafide” Carter and Stacy “Coffee” Jones – is set to release their eighth studio album, Reiterate, on September 16th on their new indie label, Revolution Art. Supporting them on the project are Toby “tobyMac” McKeehan, CEO of the duo’s former label, Gotee, who appears on the song “Say Goodbye”,…

Christian modern rock band Sanctus Real heads out on their headlining We Need Each Other tour this fall, with special guests Tenth Avenue North, VOTA (formerly known as Casting Pearls) and speaker Sammy Adebiyi. Sanctus Real has been captivating audiences for more than a decade. They’ve had a string of number one hits, including six…

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