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Archive for the ‘Classic Christian Music’ Category

April 13th, 2008

A Load of New CD’s

 
I picked up a load of new CD’s from my local Christian book store this weekend. Here’s the list of albums I picked up. I got a great deal on them out of a bargain bin where they were packaged in bricks of 5 CD’s each.

Sanctus Real - the face of love
Jonny […]

By Jason Bean -- 4 comments

March 21st, 2008

Larry Norman Flies Away Home

The world of Christian music lost a real visionary and artist recently. Larry Norman passed away in Salem, OR earlier this year. Before he died he dictated this note to friends, fans and family, as it was recorded by Allen Fleming:
I feel like a prize in a box of cracker jacks with God’s hand […]

By Jason Bean -- 0 comments

March 4th, 2008

Imperials Young and Old and Father and Son Fight Over Name Rights

I just got done reading a story in ChristianityToday that just irritates the fire out of me and makes me sick.
Armond Morales, one of the original members of the Imperials is battling over the rights to use the “Imperials” name with none other than his son, Jason Morales. His son started singing in a new […]

By Jason Bean -- 5 comments

February 10th, 2008

Steven Curtis Chapman Shares A Bit About the History of Christian Music

Steven Curtis Chapman can probably be called the father of contemporary Christian music, although you’d probably have to put him and Michael W Smith right up there together.
Chapman shares this in an article about his experiences in the early days of Christian music.
“When Sparrow, the label I was on, was purchased by EMI in […]

By Jason Bean -- 1 comment

February 10th, 2008

New Phil Keaggy Tour - 30 Years Since "The Master and the Musician"

Back in the 90’s when I was a college kid I had the experience of seeing Phil Keaggy perform in concert at my college. The concert was sometime in the winter months, which for Ohio could have been any of about 9 months. However, the impact of the time of year plays into what […]

By Jason Bean -- 1 comment

January 15th, 2008

David Phelps on Extreme Makeover: Home Edition

I sat down tonight with my kids to watch one of our favorite shows, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition on ABC. The episode we were watching was about the Woodhouse family in Colorado Springs. Their daughter suffered from a disease where she couldn’t feel pain and couldn’t control her body temperature. She would be at risk […]

By Jason Bean -- 0 comments

January 10th, 2008

2-for-1 on Top Christian Artists at iTunes

If you’ve got a gift card left over from Christmas for iTunes or just the desire to get  a good deal on some music, go visit the iTunes store by following this link.
You can get two albums for the $14.99 from the story from artists like:

Rebecca St. James
Avalon
Bethany Dillon
Myron Butler & Levi
Amy Grant
Grits
Jennifer Knapp
Vicky […]

By Jason Bean -- 0 comments

January 2nd, 2008

John Daker Sings… Bless His Heart

I finally remembered this guy’s name to share it with everyone. Anyone have memories of this growing up?
BuzzNet Tags: John Daker, singing badly, Christ the Lord Is Risen Today, Amore
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By Jason Bean -- 0 comments

December 21st, 2007

Performers Announced for Smitty’s Caribbean Cruise 2008

The performers have been announced for Michael W. Smith’s Caribbean Cruise in 2008.

Amy Grant
Melinda Doolittle
Comedian, Jeff Allen

Michael W. Smith will also be performing of course. He’ll be celebrating his 25 years in Christian music so picking Amy Grant, who’s also been around quite awhile, should be a great pick.
We had Jeff Allen at our […]

By Jason Bean -- 0 comments

December 6th, 2007

Powerful Lyrics from Keith Green

Right now we’re listening to Keith Green’s top songs in our office. A song came up that I’ve heard before, but this recording has Keith adding some dramatic speaking and additional lyrics to the song. What made it powerful was that he was using excuses that we’d hear come from the mouths of many […]

By Jason Bean -- 0 comments

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