Gospel Soundcheck

Starting this Monday, you can test your knowledge of Christian music with the Monday Morning Trivia question. The answer will be posted on Wednesday morning. See how well you know your favorite Christian music artists!

With Fathers’ Day coming up this weekend, I asked some Christian artists to share words of wisdom they’ve gotten from their dads.

Last week I shared a video clip of a (faux) Christian acoustic duo called God’s Pottery, who made it through the first round of “Last Comic Standing” with their song about abstinence.Today, I found their full audition, featuring their song “A Brand New Start With Christ.”Funny? Not funny? Over the top?Do they cross the line…

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If you look at current Christian music pop culture, you might get the idea that all Christian art is about imitating mainstream trends and offering up songs we can sing along to on the radio. Sure, it has a nice beat, but will it sell in WalMart? But deeper in the Christian music culture is…

There’s a new summer music festival on the scene, and while you’ll find much of the same fare as at any of the two dozen other festivals across the nation – music, speakers, some kind of sports – this one offers one very special treat: it’s totally free. God Rally ’08 will be held in…

Rockers P.O.D will kick off the summer Thursday night with a performance on “Last Call with Carson Daly.” The band will perform “Tell Me Why” from their latest CD, When Angels and Serpents Dance. The band will also pre-record a performance of the song “Shine with Me,” to air on the show later this summer.…

This past weekend, Hawk Nelson kicked off their second annual Faith Nights Baseball Tour, where the band will perform before or after a minor league baseball game. Joining the band will be RunKidRun and Audio Adrenaline’s Mark Stuart. Lead vocalist Jason Dunn will throw out the first pitch at the game, RunKidRun will perform during…

Since the Gospel SoundCheck blog didn’t start until June, I thought I’d go back and highlight some recent new releases that you might have missed: Telecast Quiet Revolution I love when a band can come right out and sing about Jesus, and it doesn’t sound like they’re singing about Jesus just to say the word…

Christian music favorite Jeremy Camp has stepped off the stage and in front of the camera in the new web TV show, “Tyler’s Ride.” Camp plays Jesse, the house musician at the fictional The Vine cafe, who provides not only background music but some spiritual guidance to the show’s main character, Tyler, a spoiled, self-absorbed…

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