Gospel Soundcheck

Jon Foreman of Switchfoot and Sean Watkins of Nickel Creek have teamed up for a project called Fiction Family, and you can get a free download this week at iTickets.com The song is “When She’s Near,” from their self-titled debut set to release January 20th. (The song was offered as a free download a few…

The newsboys announced this week that former guitarist Jody Davis is returhing to the band after a five-year hiatus. Davis will replace Paul Colman, who has played with the band for the last three years. Davis, who was a member of the band from 1993-2003, contributed to many of newsboys’ greatest hits like “Shine,” “Entertaining…

I’ve spent much of my day working on an aricle for a group of Christian newspapers. The sun is shining, but it’s still very cold out. My eyes are burning from all of the time spent on the computer today and this weekend, turning old slides into digital pictures. I took Scout out for a…

I did a story for the Christian Examiner on Christian music artist Bryan Duncan. The article is up on their website right now. It was interesting to talk to Duncan. He’s an artist who spent years and years traveling the country and talking about God’s grace, and it wasn’t until he lost everything that he…

Photos were posted all over the internet today of pop star Miley Cyrus and boyfriend Justin Gaston attending church with the whole Cyrus family. I’m more than a little disturbed that a trip to church was turned into a photo opp. Not that the Cyrus family asked for the photographer to snap all those pics,…

The Jonas Brothers performed a concert yesterday at Nashville’s historic Ryman Auditorium, with friends Jordin Sparks, Martina McBride, Brad Paisley, Phil Vassar, Vince Gill, Amy Grant, Michael W. Smith and Steven Curtis Chapman. That’s the first time in a long time I’ve seen the Jonas Brothers on stage with Christian artists, and it looks like…

I’ve written about how Christian music has become this huge parallel universe, but more and more the subculture is coming into the mainstream as the rest of America sees there dollars to be made from the Christian community. The Orlando Sentinal reports that Tampa’s Busch Gardens has announced that they will host a Christian music…

Bible Study Magazine is offering a free download of Kutless’ single, “Complete,” from their latest album, To Know You’re Alive. Like most other free downloads, you have to give them all of your contact info to get the song. You also have a chance to win a Kutless prize pack, but to enter you have…

With the year still new, here’s a great video for the song “The Difference,” from newcomers Philmont and their debut album, Oh Snap. This year may you live life so that the difference shows every day.

Someone shared this funny video with me. It’s incredibly well done, and quite amusing. Happy New Year!!

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