Gospel Soundcheck

As you know, I’m in Nashville this week for Gospel Music Week. That means that Idol comes on at 7 pm where I am, so I wasn’t able to watch the show because I was at the Centricity dinner and showcase (awesome, can’t wait to tell you about it). I did catch the wrap up…

I’m away at Gospel Music Week in Nashville, so in my place I’d thrilled to share a guest blog from filmmaker Dan Millican. Dan is the filmmaker behind the movie “The Imposter,” starring Christian music artist Kevin Max. The film is a journey of self-discovery, and also a realistic behind-the-scenes look at Christian music and…

Arrived in Nashville with no problems. Had lunch with publicist Lori Lenz and radio promoter Shannon Becker at a cute cafe called Provence. Chatted about lots of stuff, including why the chickens Shannon owns laid all of their eggs in a laundry basket in his garage. My roommate for GMA, Kathleen Burke, is doing publicity…

I’m leaving in the morning for Gospel Music Week in Nashville, the week when Christian music artists, hopefuls, media and industry folks all get together for a week of showcases, interviews and networking. The week will culminate in the Dove Awards on Thursday, April 23. While I’m gone, I’ll be updating periodically throughout the week.…

In Last night the Top 7 American Idol contestants sang their hearts out to song from the cinema, with special guest mentor Quentin Tarantino. Tonight, we find out who goes home. Top performers last night included Danny Gokey and Adam Lambert. Kara and Randy were divided on Kris Allen’s performance. Anoop Desai proved that he…

Wow, we’re really getting down to the wire here, as tonight the Top 7 American Idol contestants perform live. They’ll be singing songs from cinema, with guest Quentin Tarantino. I have no idea what Quentin Tarantino can mentor them about, musically speaking, but it’ll be interesting nonetheless. Join me here live at 8 pm as…

Some time ago, I told you about Billy Wilkins’ biblically-based sleep program, and I used the opportunity to sound off about the whole industry of bible-based products. At the time, I was in a snarky mood, which isn’t unusual, but as regular readers of this blog know, I’m also very fair, so I gave him…

You can get a free music download from critically-acclaimed rock band Building 429’s latest album. The song is “Always,” and was inspired by an encounter that lead vocalist Jason Roy had with a woman who shared her heartbreaking story about how her son’s life was taken away by his own father. Roy explains, “There is…

Maranatha! Music singer-songwriter and passionate worship leader Tommy Walker releases a new recording of his classic worship song “He Knows My Name,” and you can get a free download of the song this week at iTickets.com Walker explains the inspiration for the song and it’s new version: “In 1997, I met a 7 year-old orphan…

Check out this free Christian music download from worship artist Kristian Stanfill. The song is “Lord Of All”, from his sixstepsrecords debut, Attention. Attention met early approval from teens who attended the Student Life tour, on which Stanfill debuted his new music in 10 major cities including Dallas/Ft. Worth, Atlanta, Houston, and Oklahoma City through…

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