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Archive for the ‘Gospel Music’ Category

April 26th, 2006

Michael English

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 […]

By Wendy -- 4 comments

April 18th, 2006

Carman

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 […]

By Wendy -- 0 comments

April 3rd, 2006

GMA Week at About Christian Music

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 […]

By Wendy -- 2 comments

March 23rd, 2006

Kirk Franklin Talks About His Pornography Addiction and More with CNN

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

CeCe Winans

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 […]

By Wendy -- 0 comments

March 14th, 2006

Johnny Cash - The Man in Black

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

Remember Take 6?

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 […]

By Wendy -- 0 comments

February 22nd, 2006

Emerging Christian Artists at Soundclick

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 […]

By Wendy -- 0 comments