It opened in downtown Nashville as a nightclub for teens, and now Club Rocketown is hosting a show with satanic mainstream bands on the bill. Rocketown was founded in 1994 by Michael W. Smith in Franklin, TN and in 2002, found a new home in downtown Nashville. The venue is part nightclub, part coffeehouse, and…

The Gospel Music Association is holding a “Save The GMA” fundraiser on October 12 to raise funds for GMA to … well, basically, keep functioning. The GMA is the umbrella organization for the gospel and Christian music industry. GMA promotes Christian music; holds events like The Dove Awards, Immerse (formerly GMA in the Rockies) and…

If you read this blog regularly, you probably have noticed that I frequently spout off about the Christian music industry, questioning how we define Christian music and occasionally being snarky about … well, just about everything. But as I was finishing up a feature I was working on about Christian music, I realized that I…

When he appeared on season 6 of American Idol, the chubby, bespectecled worship leader Chris Sligh offered viewers a decidedly fresh perspective: he didn’t really give a rip about the show. Well, he did, but he also knew that American Idol was just one step on his musical career ladder. So he used the experience…

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