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Did you guess the answer to this week’s Christian music trivia question? Apparently some of you thought is was too easy … is it because you knew the answer or googled Lou Carlozo, LOL? Prominent rock music journalist and solo artist Lou Carlozo recently made what newsworthy discovery while exploring the music archives at a…

To support today’s release of Revelation, Third Day’s first studio album in nearly three years, the Gospel Music Channel launches into a four-night Third Day programming blitz. Right after Third Day appears tonight on “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno,” the Gospel Music Channel will air “Faith & Fame: Third Day,” where the Grammy Award-winning…

Grammy Award winning Israel and New Breed will be holding the 2008 A Deeper Level Conference this September 4-6 in Humble, Texas, just outside metro Houston. The event will be held at Grace Church of Humble located at 7224 North Sam Houston Parkway. The three-day conference is specifically designed to equip and encourage worship leaders…

Hold on Third Day fans. Today is the day the band releases their 10th studio album, Revelation. After 15 years together the band has amassed 25 #1 radio singles, 23 Dove Awards, three Grammy Awards and two consecutive American Music Award nominations, and yet with this album they still manage to offer something fresh, with…

The New York Daily News reported this weekend that Rev. Timothy Wright “remains on a respirator but is conscious and alert three weeks after a car accident that killed his wife and grandson.” The family hopes to move him to a rehab facility later this week. Rev. Wright was told last week about the death…

Ready for this week’s Christian music trivia question? Prominent rock music journalist and solo artist Lou Carlozo recently made what newsworthy discovery while exploring the music archives at a major university? Check back for the answer, and the whole story on Lou Carlozo, on Wednesday!

The great thing about summer is that there are Christian music festivals galore, which bring dozens of great big name bands to fans, all in one place. The not-so-great thing is that, typically, the festivals don’t book many unknown bands. Enter the 5th Annual XFest, the Northwest Christian music festival, which takes place in Stevenson,…

Denver’s Hearts of Palm was recently voted Colorado’s #1 band in the 2008 Denver Post Underground Music Poll. The eight-piece pop orchestra, which includes a soaring trumpet/sax horn section, has been wowing Colorado audiences since 2006. Despite their short history together, you’ll find at some names in the band’s roster: Leanor Till, sax player for…

Word Records’ Grammy and Dove Award-winning artist, David Phelps, will appear on a ABC’s hit show, “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition,” this Sunday, July 27, 2008, 8 p.m. EST. In this episode, the Extreme Makeover team comes to the aid of the Woodhouse family of Colorado Springs. Their daughter has a rare and debilitating neurological disease…

Technically, this isn’t Christian music news, but since the Harvest Crusades have utilized CCM and rock music over the years to reach thousands of people across the country with the gospel, I thought you might want to hear this. Christopher Laurie, 33, son of Pastor Greg Laurie and Cathe Laurie of Harvest Christian Fellowship in…

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