Gospel Soundcheck

You can get a free download of the song “I Wonder If It’s Me” from Abandon Kansas’ new EP, We’re All Going Somewhere, this week at iTickets.com. The project releases today on Gotee.

There’s some big changes afoot at the Gospel Music Association HQ, which are reported to be the result of the current economic downturn. The Gospel Music Association announced yesterday that John Styll is stepping down as President, allowing “the Board to substitute a managerial level professional to oversee staff at the GMA office.” Several other…

In this week’s Cooking With Christian Music feature, we go off the stage and behind the scenes, with music writer (and my dear friend) Paula Parker. Paula (pictured here with her husband and fellow writer, Mike) is one of those folks who covers entertainment for magazines and websites, in addition to dozens of other interesting…

Platinum-selling chart-topping award-winning gospel brother and sister duo BeBe & CeCe Winans are set to release their first album in more than 15 years, Still. The album will be available online and in stores on Tuesday, October 6.The album features 11 new songs, including the first single, “Close To You,” “Grace,” “Things” (featuring brother Marvin…

You can get a free download of The Evan Anthem’s song “Testing” from their album Sens, this week at itickets.com. Here are the lyrics:

You can get a free Christian music download this week of the song “Dishes,” from Flynn Adam’s album, 500,000 Boomin’ Watts. Adam is founding member of L.A. Symphony. Here are the lyrics:

Big congratulations to rockers Kutless; their worship-based album Strong Tower was awarded RIAA Gold Certification. Gold Certification was also awarded for their Long-Form video “Live From Portland.” RIAA Gold Certification certifies that an album has sold 500,000 units (digital downloads, CDs, cassettes, etc.) Kutless is readying for the release of their second worship album, It…

Hard to believe it was 40 years ago that brother and sister Richard and Karen Carpenter released their debut album. They went on to become the most successful brother-sister duo and one of the best selling artists of all time. Now you can relive those memories with 40/40, produced by Richard Carpenter. The album includes…

It’s official: Season 8 American Idol winner Kris Allen’s debut album is set to release November 17. Even more exciting, he’s reportedly been in the studio with Mat Kearney. Whoa, this album’s sounding better and better every day.

Despite the fact that he claimed he couldn’t say anything about which genre he’s decided on, American Idol contestant Danny Gokey told EW.com’s Michael Slezak that “it’ll be country”, adding that it’ll be marketed a new way. Maybe it’s my constantly irritated mood this week, but puh-leeeze. There is nothing new under the sun, whether…

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