Gospel Soundcheck

Christmas is just around the corner, so it’s the perfect time to bring you some more favorite recipes from Christian music artists!! Shane Everett, one half of the duo Shane and Shane, shares his favorite recipe for hot cocoa, perfect as the temperatures start to dip!

The nominations are in for the 2010 Annual Grammy Awards. In addition to the Gospel category, which is loaded with familiar names (complete list at the end of the post), some Christian artists make appearances in other categories – and amen for that! The Fray’s sophomore release, an album on which the band was very…

Christmas just isn’t Christmas without Bing Crosby singing “White Christmas” or Burl Ives singing about silver and gold while Rudolph runs away from the North Pole. This morning on the The Glenn Beck radio show, Glenn and his colleagues were discussing Christmas songs, and they all agreed that no one really wants to hear an…

Here’s a special Christmas present, just for Beliefnet readers: The premiere of Ruben Studdard’s new Christmas song, “Christmas In Your Arms”! The song doesn’t release until December 8th, when you can buy it on iTunes, but you get to hear it here first! Listen to “Christmas In Your Arms” in Windows Media Player Listen to…

Gospel duo Mary Mary took home a 2009 Soul Train award last night for Best Gospel Performance, with Kiki Sheard. The duo was nominated for three awards. Beyonce swept the awards, taking home Best Female Artist, Song of the Year, and Album of the Year. You can see all the winners on the Soul Train…

Now that Thanksgiving is over, the Christmas season is officially in high gear! Here is list of new Christmas albums and songs from Christian artists to help celebrate the season! Special Christmas Singles: Abandon Kansas “O Come All Ye faithful” digital download Echoing Angels “God Bless us” written by Jeff Peabody and Scott Krippayne (season…

Well, it’s official! GMA Week is on! The Gospel Music Association recently announced that GMA Week, the Dove Awards, and GMA’s Immerse Week will all happen in 2010. Given some of the recent rumors there was a question if these three big GMA events would be able to take place; I’m happy to see they…

Casting Crowns rocked the music charts this week with with the blockbuster debut of the band’s fourth studio album, Until The Whole World Hears. The album scanned 167,432 copies its first week, making it No. 1 on the Nielsen SoundScan Current Contemporary Christian Album Chart and No. 4 on Billboard’s Top 200 chart. That makes…

Gospel duo Mary Mary follow up their American Music Award win with three 2009 Soul Train Award nominations. The hottest sister act in gospel music are nominated for Best Gospel Performance (Male, Female or Group), along with BeBe and CeCe Winans, Fred Hammon/John P Kee, Marvin Sapp, and Smokie Norful. Mary Mary is also nominated…

American Idol’s Scott MacIntyre will join Alice Cooper’s Christmas Pudding at the Dodge Theater in Phoenix, Arizona on Friday, December 18. Also appearing will be Dee Snider, Warrant, Lita Ford, Roger Clyne and the Peacemakers, Gary Mule Deer, Runaway Phoenix, River of Life Choir, ventriliquist Ronn Lucas and world champion magician Murry Sawchuk. Brad Perry…

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