Gospel Soundcheck

Hey, aspiring artists and songwriters. The makers of the film, “Henry Poole Is Here” need your music! Directed by Mark Pellington (U2 3D, Arlington Road), “Henry Poole is Here” opens August 15 and stars Luke Wilson (The Royal Tenenbaums) as a disillusioned man who goes hiding in placid suburbia only to discover he cannot escape…

Their latest album isn’t scheduled to release until September, but Evensong Rising is already making news. The worship band at America’s oldest church (the 275-year old Stanwich Congregational Church in Stanwich, CT) just became partners with Bread for the World, an advocacy organization active in the fight against world hunger. Social justice is the new…

I received a media statement this weekend with the news that Gregory Luke Sponberg, the 2-month old infant son of Curb recording artist Nicol Sponberg (formerly of the group Selah) and her husband Greg, passed away Tuesday, May 27, apparently of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). I hate reporting horrible news like this. Hate, hate,…

John Schlitt, former lead vocalist for Christian music’s legendary rock group Petra, releases his third solo album, The Grafting, on June 24. OK, can I step in to the CCM confessional? Until a couple of years ago, I had no idea who Petra was. Sorry. When the band signed with their first Christian label, Myrrh,…

OK, so I’m not sure if this technically qualifies as “Christian music” since it’s actually a parody of Christian music, but it’s so much fun that I have to share it with you.If you didn’t catch the premiere of NBC’s “Last Comic Standing” last week, you missed a folk duo called God’s Pottery that made…

33 Miles’ lead singer Jason Barton and his wife Jennifer were featured in Redbook’s June issue, in an article called “The State of Our Unions.” In the story, nine couples talked about the basic principles and challenges of their marriages. The Bartons talk about their covenant marriage, which, according to the article, means “by law…

“So Deep In Love,” the first single from Joel Augé’s debut album, On The Blue, is the iTunes Single of the Week. The site is offering the song as a free download in the iTunes Store’s Discovery Download promotion. iTunes says, “Augé’s mixture of worship music and emotional alt-rock rings makes a solid case for…

Los Angeles’s Destination 7 is proving that a blatantly Christian message combined with great music can appeal to any audience at any venue. On June 7 the band will perform at the legendary Whisky A Go Go for a night showcasing women in rock. Then on July 6 they’re back as part of a unique…

It’s June, which means the Christian festival season is underway, and the summer kicks off with some of the hottest events in the country. No matter which festival you hit this summer, you’ll see a line up of today’s biggest bands, like Casting Crowns, Jeremy Camp, tobyMac, Skillet, and BarlowGirl. Most festivals offer not only…

As modern rockers downhere ready for the September release of their fourth studio project, Ending is Beginning, they’ve partnered with www.MusiChristian.com to give away a free download of their current album, Wide-Eyed and Mystified. Downhere is one of the bands that I stumbled upon when I started covering Christian music, and I’ve been a fan…

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