April 26th, 2006
Michael English certainly has had his ups and downs in the Christian music world, in fact, he dropped completely off the map in the mid-1990’s due to some bad personal choices. However, now he seems to be one of the established Christian artists on the Trinity Broadcasting Network, which in my opinion presents about […]
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April 18th, 2006
Carman is truly one of the pioneers in Christian contemporary music, with over a dozen albums to his credit. I was just listening to his hymns CD yesterday and it was great to hear my kiddos singing along. Here’s a few more that I’ve got in the house right now:
All your favorite Carman […]
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April 3rd, 2006
You’ll definitely want to check out About Christian Music this week; Kim Jones is doing a great day by day roundup and coverage of the 37th Annual Gospel Music Awards. And here’s some more GMA info:
GospelMusic.org: all about contemporary christian music
37th Annual GMA Awards: official site
GMA Music Week 2006: information about the entire week dedicated […]
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March 23rd, 2006
There’s a really excellent interview with Kirk Franklin over at CNN where the singer discusses his past struggles with pornography, New Orleans and Hurricane Katrina, and getting Christian music and singers recognized in an overtly secular market. Here’s a brief snippet:
“Q: Why did you choose to make your past struggles with pornography public?
FRANKLIN: When […]
By Wendy -- 5 comments
March 21st, 2006
I’ve long been a fan of CeCe Winans; in fact, one of my most favorite songs of all time has to be her Alabaster Box:
“The room grew still as she made her way to Jesus
She stumbles through the tears that made her blind
She felt such pain, some spoke in anger
Heard folks whisper, there’s no […]
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March 14th, 2006
We are HUGE Johnny Cash fans at my house, even before the blockbuster hit “Walk the Line” came out, we were all singing along to “Folsom Prison Blues” (you’ve never seen anything like a five year old girl singing “I shot a man in Reeeenoooo..just to watch him dieeeeee”).
Anyway, here’s a few of my Johnny […]
By Wendy -- 6 comments
March 7th, 2006
Well, here’s a blast from the past! From Top40-Charts.com:
“Ten-time Grammy & Ten-time Dove (GMA Music Award) winner Take 6 is gearing up for their latest release, the highly anticipated acapella project, which will release into the Christian, mainstream, gospel, R&B & jazz markets. Titled Feels Good, the new album is scheduled for release on March […]
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February 22nd, 2006
If you’d like to find Christian music that’s not part of the top 40 scene, heck - not even part of the “we’re on a label and have our own CD” out scene, then you’ll definitely want to check out Soundclick’s Contemporary Christian Charts. I just listened to Ruben Studdard (yep, he of American Idol […]
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