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I told you earlier about The Wrecking’s cover of Peter Gabriel’s song “In Your Eyes” and the ministry Love146. I thought you might like to hear a message from Ten Shekel Shirt’s Lamont Hiebert, who is a co-founder of Love146, talking about art and social action, and the band’s new album, Jubilee.Again, with the Christmas…

BarlowGirl’s Home For Christmas recently received high praises from USA Today and the New York Times, who called the album “stunning” and “delightful.”The song “Carol of the Bells” has claimed over 24,840 downloads since the project released in September, with 7,340 downloads this week alone. The song also reached #18 on the Holiday Songs Chart…

The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) recently honored songwriter Brenton Brown for his song “Everlasting God” at their awards ceremony in London. The event honored the top writer and publisher members of the UK’s Performing Right Society (PRS). “Everlasting God,” the title cut from Brown’s debut album, was recognized as one of…

Here’s a great Christmas gift idea for the Third Day fan in your life: tickets to a show on Third Day’s 2009 Revelation tour! New Artist of the Year Brandon Heath and new four-piece pop/rock band Revive will join Third Day on its 35-city tour, which launches March 5 in Champagne, Ill. The tour will…

Rebecca St. James – music artist, speaker and author – can add another credit to her resume: actress. The popular Christian music artist just wrapped up work on the film, “To The Wall.” The film is directed by Carey Scott and tells the poignant story of two young men who embark on a cross country…

iTickets this week is offering a free download of the song “O Holy Night,” from The Gaither Vocal Band. To get your free Christmas music download, head over to the iTickets website. Merry Christmas!

Casting Crowns was supposed to perform for President Bush last night, but instead the President was off to Iraq on a super secret trip. According to the Associated Press, the White House put out a false schedule saying President Bush would attend the taping of the “Christmas in Washington concert,” hosted by Dr. Phil and…

A Reuters story out this weekend reported that Contemporary Christian radio is now the second most popular radio music format in the U.S. According to Inside Radio, which tracks radio statistics, the most popular format overall is now News/talk, with 2,064 stations, inching out Country, with 2,024 stations. The third most popular format is Religious/teaching,…

This week, staff from EMI Christian Music Group, Provident Music Group and Word Entertainment, along with volunteers from Belmont University, banded together to to package a record number 427,000 meals for the Minnisota-based non-profit hunger-relief organization, Feed My Starving Children. The meals will be used to feed children in Thailand. The more than 1,500 volunteers…

BMI will honor gospel greats Twinkie Clark, Donald Lawrence and CeCe Winans (pictured) at its 10th Annual Trailblazers of Gospel Music Awards Luncheon on Friday, Jan. 16, 2009. The invitation-only ceremony will take place at Rocketown (401 6th Avenue South) in Nashville, and will host gospel music’s premier songwriters, recording artists and music industry executives,…
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