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Last Friday marked the first day of summer and before long many of us will hit the road for a summer vacation (if gas prices don’t continue skyrocket, that is!). So let’s take a little survey: If you were taking a summer road trip, what music would you absolutely have to have in your CD…

This Saturday, June 28, Detroit plays host to The City of David Gospel Fest and Car Show, the city’s biggest outdoor gospel concert event of the summer. The event is hosted by Greater Grace Temple and will be held at God’s Graceland Park, in front of the church at 23500 W. Seven Mile Road in…

Let’s see how well you know your favorite Christian music artists, with our Monday Morning Trivia. Today’s question: What hard rockers were described in 2007 by MTV Buzzworthy as offering their film crew, “[A]n overwhelming amount of goodwill and generosity so real that you couldn’t fake it even if you wanted to?” Check back for…

You call her Katy Perry, we call her Katy Hudson, the singer who at the tender age of 16 released her self-titled debut album in the Christian marketplace. You got it. Katy Perry, whose single “I Kissed A Girl” is tearing up the Billboard charts, got her start in the Christian industry.

As you probably know by now, on May 21st Steven and MaryBeth Chapman lost their youngest adopted daughter in a tragic accident in the family’s driveway. In lieu of flowers, the family had asked that donations be made in honor of Maria to Shaohannah’s Hope, the ministry the couple founded to care for orphans by…

It’s been three years since Superchick released a new studio project, but on Tuesday, June 24 the sister-fronted rock band is back with Rock What You Got. With their signature powerhouse rock, pop/punk sound the album is everything Superchick fans love about the band, and more. The band made an intentional effort to leave nothing…

Here’s some big rocking wedding news: Tricia Brock, lead vocalist for Superchick, and Nick Baumhardt, guitarist for Thousand Foot Krutch, are getting married later this summer. Superchick’s new album, Rock What You Got, releases on Tuesday. TFK’s latest studio project, The Flame In All of Us, released in the spring. Both bands are currently on…

It’s official: this September will be recognized as Gospel Music Heritage Month. The Gospel Music Channel television network has joined forces with Senator Blanche L. Lincoln (D-Ark.), Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas), Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas), Congresswoman Mary Bono Mack (R-Calif.), and The Recording Academy to launch the “Gospel Music…

I was recently talking to a writer doing some research about Christian music groupies. You know, those rabid fans who’ll do anything to meet their favorite artist or band. I suppose in the church community we like to think that Christian music fans and bands are immune to the idol worshipping pop culture so prevelent…

Far too often I think the evangelical Christian community writes the Catholic community off as not really being Christian, doubting the validity of their faith and perpetrating and “us vs. them” mentality. I happen to disagree with that notion. The labels “Christian” and “Jesus follower” are not necessarily interchangeable in today’s vernacular. I think there…
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