{"id":334,"date":"2008-11-05T14:54:45","date_gmt":"2008-11-05T14:54:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/gospelsoundcheck\/2008\/11\/starfield-sweeps-covenant-awar.html"},"modified":"2008-11-05T14:54:45","modified_gmt":"2008-11-05T14:54:45","slug":"starfield-sweeps-covenant-awar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/gospelsoundcheck\/2008\/11\/starfield-sweeps-covenant-awar.html","title":{"rendered":"Starfield sweeps Covenant Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Starfieldcoverart.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/118\/import\/Starfieldcoverart.jpg\" width=\"240\" height=\"240\" class=\"mt-image-right\" style=\"float: right;margin: 0 0 20px 20px\" \/><\/span>It came as no surprise to me that one of my favorite rock\/worship bands, <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/gospelsoundcheck\/2008\/10\/starfield-heads-out-for-first.html\" target=\"_blank\">Starfield,<\/a> swept the Canadian GMA awards, taking home an award in all six categories they were nominated. The band took home honors for Artist of the Year, Group of the Year, Album of the Year and Modern Worship Album of the Year (I Will Go), Recorded Song of the Year (Hosanna) and Praise &amp; Worship Song of the Year (Reign In Us).<br \/>\nOther artists making a name in the US market who took home awards include:<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\nFolk\/Roots Song Of The Year<br \/>\n&#8220;On The Blue&#8221; Joel Aug\u00e9<br \/>\nFolk\/Roots Album Of The Year<br \/>\n<em>Salvation Station<\/em> Newworldson<br \/>\nPop\/Contemporary Album Of The Year<br \/>\n<em>Colors And Sounds<\/em> Article One<br \/>\nPraise And Worship Album Of The Year<br \/>\n<em>Empty &amp; Beautiful <\/em>Matt Maher<br \/>\nFor a complete list of winners, visit the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gmacanada.ca\/go\/site\/news\/2008_covenant_award_winners\/\" target=\"_blank\">GMA Canada website.<\/a> For more about <a href=\"http:\/\/starfieldonline.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Starfield, visit the band&#8217;s website.<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>RELATED POSTS<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/gospelsoundcheck\/2008\/07\/pick-of-the-week-article-ones.html\" target=\"_blank\">Pick of the Week: Article One&#8217;s &#8220;Colors and Sounds&#8221;<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/gospelsoundcheck\/2008\/08\/kingdom-bound-music-festival-d.html\" target=\"_blank\">Kingdom Bound music festival &#8211; day one<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/gospelsoundcheck\/2008\/08\/matt-maher-and-the-scorpion-st.html\" target=\"_blank\">Matt Maher and the scorpion sting<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/gospelsoundcheck\/2008\/06\/5-spring-releases-you-might-ha.html\" target=\"_blank\">5 Spring Releases You Might Have Missed<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/gospelsoundcheck\/2008\/07\/starfield-in-amsterdam.html\" target=\"_blank\">Starfield in Amsterdam<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/gospelsoundcheck\/2008\/08\/christian-rock-worship-band-st.html\" target=\"_blank\">Christian rock worship band Starfield performs in Europe and the UK<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/gospelsoundcheck\/2008\/10\/starfield-heads-out-for-first.html\" target=\"_blank\">Starfield heads out for first US headlining tour<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It came as no surprise to me that one of my favorite rock\/worship bands, Starfield, swept the Canadian GMA awards, taking home an award in all six categories they were nominated. 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