Gospel Soundcheck

Tonight, American Idol’s Group 3 competes to fill the next 3 spots in the Top 12 (you can join me tonight LIVE and comment during the show). We get the results tomorrow, on Wednesday … and then the Wild Card on Thursday? Yup, that’s right! MTV.com reports that each judge will get to pick two…

You heard that right – here’s a free music download from the new VeggieTales’ album, VeggieTales: Here I Am To Worship. The song is Here “I Am To Worship,” featuring Bob, Larry and Junior Asparagus and Dove Award winning artist Natalie Grant. Vegetables singing worship? Well, the Bible says that if we don’t praise God…

You can check out new music from Brad & Rebekah Bichsel with a free music download of their song, “Thank You Lord,” from their album Acoustically Inclined. The duo offer acoustic worship featuring guitar, cello, and intimate vocals. Head over to iTickets.com to get your free Christian music download, and then let me know what…

Check out the free music download from House of Heroes. The song is “In The Valley Of The Dying Sun”, from their album The End Is Not The End. Jason Tate at AbsolutePunk.net says of the band’s new album, “They may be the best pop band not getting any love from the masses.” Don’t miss…

Tonight on American Idol, we get to see Group 3 perform and find out if worship leader Felicia Barton joins fellow worship leaders Danny Gokey, Michael Sarver and Kris Allen in the Top 12. It’s a season rife with Christian contestants. Besides Felicia, also performing tonight is Scott MacIntyre; while not a worship leader, the…

You can get a free music download from former American Idol contestant Mandisa over at iTickets.com. The song is “My Deliverer” from her new album, Freedom. The song is the first single from the album, which releases March 24th. The overaching theme of the new album is the unique freedom that comes from a realtionship…

Today, MxPx will be premiering their version of the Descendents’ “Suburban Home” on their MySpace page. The song is their second weekly release off of their covers album, On The Cover II Every Monday, the band will be debuting one song from their upcoming album. To check out the new track, as well as the…

Critically-acclaimed, multiple-Dove nominee Matthew West became a mainstay at Christian radio with memorable hits like “You Are Everything” and “More.” He’s penned songs for Rascal Flatts, Billy Ray Cyrus, Natalie Grant and Mandisa, among others. His latest album, Something To Say, debuted on Nielsen SoundScan’s Christian Retail Chart at #10 and spawned two more radio…

UPDATE 4/14/09: Wesley Sleep Program Puts Me To Sleep – That’s A Good Thing! Last week, I did a post about a new Biblically based sleep program developed by Billy Wilkins, one of the original members of Third Day. I added a disclaimer in the post – “Snark Alert” – because I know some of…

Last night during the American Idol results show, I detected more than a little tension at the judges’ table which makes me wonder if this season the real drama will occur off-stage. While new fourth judge Kara DioGuardi was making comments to four contestants, Simon Cowell mumbled that she was rambling, leading to a tense…

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