Gospel Soundcheck

In our weekly Cooking With Christian Music feature, worship leader Frances Drost shares a recipe for one of her husband’s favorite meals. “It’s called Chicken Parmesan,” she says. “But you could call it, ‘I’m sorry I have to be on the road again, but here’s your favorite meal to make up for it'”

I don’t know whether to laugh or poke my eye balls out with a knitting needle, but as part of the Jonas Brothers’ promo for their upcoming new release, Lines, Vines, and Trying Times, which releases June 16th, Joe Jonas donned a black unitard and danced to Beyonce’s “Single Ladies.”All I can is that I…

In a four part video series, Mat Kearney talks about his new album, City of Black & White, and the stories behind the songs. I love Mat Kearney, and he’s offered up yet another great album, so I thought you might enjoy the video series, where he shares he stories behind the songs. You can…

According to some reports, Derek Webb is in hot water with his record label about his new album, Stockholm Syndrome. The controversy is apparently over one of the songs on the album that includes the word “sh*t.” Knowing what little I know about Webb, my guess is that the use of a curse word isn’t…

Australian-based Christian rock/worship band Hillsong United has earned the #2 spot on the iTunes Top Album Charts for its just released CD A Cross The Earth:Tear Down The Walls. The album sits just behind Eminem’s new CD Relapse, which is at #1. “For a band that is virtually unknown outside the Christian culture to be…

GMA In The Rockies, one of the Gospel Music Association’s premiere events for aspiring songwriters, worship leaders and Christian music artists, has moved to Nashville and changed its name to IMMERSE.IMMERSE is scheduled for July 29 to August 2 on the campus of Belmont University, and will feature training, professional and personal feedback, one-of-a-kind concerts…

Here’s the second installment of our Cooking with Christian Music weekly feature: a quick and easy recipe forTeriyaki Steak & Brown Rice from NFL Superbowl Champ new recording artist Ben Utecht (tight end for the Cincinnati Bengals) and his wife, Karyn. Karyn says, “We love this meal because it is healthful, but not labor intensive.…

If the finale of American Idol has left you feeling empty and confused about what to do on Tuesday and Wednesday nights, or if the final word on the results still doesn’t settle the question of who really won this season, maybe it’s time to start looking for a way to move on. Here are…

USA Today reports that while in fact a handful of AT&T employees did bring cell phones to parties celebrating American Idol’s Kris Allen, even if there was voting going on it wouldn’t have made a difference in the outcome of the show. The paper cites an AP report that says:

For the past week, Adam Lambert fans have been, if I can be honest, acting like very sore losers over last week’s win by Kris Allen on season of American Idol. They’ve been complaining that viewers who cast votes for Kris Allen did so because they’re homophobic, tone deaf, stupid, and possibly cheaters. As far…

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