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Let’s see how well you know your favorite Christian music artists! This week’s question: Which Christian music artist has won more Dove Awards than any other artist? And if you know who it is, do you know how many he/she has won? Check back on Wednesday for the answer!

We’re used to reading about Christian music events in the U.S. and Canada, but I stumbled across this really interesting article from the Independent Irish news website about the growing trend in Christian rock and festivals in Ireland. The article cites events across the country that are drawing thousands of young people, often at the…

Surfing around the internet today, I found an interesting article with a gospel artist in Ghana named Daniel Ayisi. In the interview he addresses the question, What is Christian music? Since Dave Weiss’s guest post on Friday was on the same topic, I thought it might be cool to share that interview with you and…

Southern Gospel music lovers will gather Aug 6-9, 2008 to celebrate songwriter Albert E. Brumley at the 40th Annual Brumley Gospel Sing. The event will be held at the Cowan Civic Center in Lebanon, MO. In his lifetime, Albert E. Brumley, who died in 1977 at 72, wrote more than 800 songs, including “I’ll Meet…

I just heard from Natasha, lead vocalist for Destination 7, with an update on drummer Jeremy Devore. He has been diagnosed with viral meningitis. The good news, if there is some, is that the rest of the band doesn’t have to be quarantined. I don’t know how long he’ll be being treated but anything involving…

Dunham+Company marketing company recently released results of a survey of Christian radio listeners and I thought the results were interesting. Let me state for the record that I listen to very little Christian radio. We actually have three or four Christian radio stations here in Rochester, but when the radio is on I’m tuned into…

Now here’s a festival that would be fun to visit, if you have a sleigh and eight reindeer, that is. The 3rd Annual North Pole Contemporary Christian Music Festival will take place tomorrow, Saturday July 19, from 2 pm to 8 pm at Lord of Life Lutheran Church in North Pole, near Fairbanks, Alaska.

Funeral services, or as the press release more aptly puts it, “homegoing” services, for Betty Wright and her grandson Daniel (DJ) Wright, Jr. have been announced.

As part of his nationally syndicated radio show, “Intelligence For Your Life Radio,” and in the spirit of loving your neighbor, radio talk show host and entertainment personality John Tesh is running a summer giveaway that will really fill your tank, literally and spiritually. Every day this summer, Tesh will give one lucky winner two…

Hey, all! This bulletin was in my inbox this morning, from the band Destination 7: “Our drummer Jeremy was taken to the ER this morning at 2am. He has been diagnosed with Meningitis. The doctors are waiting on tests to determine if it is viral or bacterial Meningitis. Please pray for him, his family, and…

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