Gospel Soundcheck

OK, time for a little non-Christian music self promotion. Back in November, I did a review of the movie “House,” based on the psychological thriller novel by Frank Peretti and Ted Dekker. The review ran at MovieJungle.com. The DVD of “House” comes out on March 17th, and the film company has used a quote from…

On last night’s American Idol Wild Card show (you can read my live show recap), the judges surprised everyone by naming 13 contestants instead of 12. Ricky Braddy blew his chance by singing “Superstition” and looking like a karaoke contestant. I was really excited at the prospects of him being in the Top 12. Tatiana…

Tonight on American Idol we get to see the last group of performers and find out which three will make it to the Top 12. The contestants will perform and then the judges will announce their decisions. Peforming tonight: Anoop Desai Ricky Braddy Von Smith Jesse Langseth Jasmine Murray Megan Corkrey Matt Giraud and horror…

A press release this morning announced that “1in3Trinity, a Faith-inspired company of lifestyle products, is proud to announce that it has signed worship band SONICFLOOd to endorse their newly released faith-inspired energy drink, 1in3Trinity Energy Drink.” Yes, you read it right. A “faith-inspired energy drink.” People, I don’t make this stuff up. The press release…

Yup, you read that right! House of Heroes has teamed up with Amazon.com to offer you a free download of a three-song EP. The EP includes, “If,” “In the Valley of the Dying Sun,” and “Lose Control.” Head over to Amazon.com and get your free House of Heroes EP!

Christian Music Today has a really nice interview with Joy Williams that you might find interesting. When she was just 17, Joy Williams launched onto the CCM pop scene with a bang, and then kind of faded away. She’s spent the last several years writing for film, TV and other artists. In this interview she…

Last night, Scott MacIntyre, Lil Rounds and Jorge Nunez joined Danny Gokey, Alexis Grace, Michael Sarver, Allison Iraheta, Kris Allen and Adam Lambert, and the judges announced the 8 contestants who will vie tonight for the final three spots in the Top 12. They are: Anoop Desai Ricky Braddy Von Smith Jesse Langseth Jasmine Murray…

Tonight we get the results from the Group 3 live performances of last night. You can read my comments as I blogged live last night but my predictions: Lil Rounds, Scott MacIntyre and Felicia Barton. In the competition so far, I’m 3 for 3 in my predictions. Here’s a live recap of the Group 3…

A story in the TimesNews.com reports on a potential scam involving Gospel promoter Wade Weaver: “According to reports, in previous cases checks written by the agency may be returned for insufficient funds, some scheduled gospel programs might be canceled, and some money collected at gospel shows might not go to the local organization that sponsored…

What do you get when you mix a little Hanson with some Cheap Trick and a dash of Smashing Pumpkins and Fountains of Wayne?A new pop called Tinted Windows. Rolling Stone’s Smoking Section highlights the new supergroup, which features Taylor Hanson (Hanson), James Iha (Smashing Pumpkins), Adam Schlesinger (Fountains of Wayne) and Bun E. Carlos…

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