Celtic rock band Ceili Rain is taking a unique approach to their next recording project: their fans are funding it.A few months ago, band leader Bob Halligan Jr. sent out an email to the Ceili Rain mailing list, asking fans to partner with the band on their next album, CR6. Fans were asked to become…

While doing some research about how the current economy is affecting Christian music, I heard from John Styll, President and CEO of the Gospel Music Association, which is an industry organization dedicated to promoting all forms of Christian music and providing professional resources for anyone involved in Christian music. GMA is involved in everything from…

That Christian parody band, ApologetiX, is adding another guitar player to the line up and they’ve put out a call for auditions. While the band, which takes current hit songs and turns them into Bible lessons, may have been ignorned by most of the Christian industry (when the band started, no label wanted to touch…

Ray Boltz returns to Nashville to headline the Our Family Matters conference, October 22-25, 2008, at the Second Presbyterian Church in Nashville. The four-day conference offers a contemporary Christian perspective on being gay and Christian. Also performing will be worship artist Michael Popham, who has published and sold 1,000,000 units during his 26-year Christian music…

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