If you’re a fan of Christian Contemporary and praise and worship music, have we got the collection for you! Our friends over at Time Life sent us five box sets of “Songs 4 Ever: The Ultimate Christian Music Collection.” The set is comprised of 10 CDs, featuring hit songs by Amy Grant, Kathy Troccoli, Michael…

Just when I have almost no faith left that the networks will value the primetime drama over cheaply-produced reality show garbage, I find a glimmer of hope on the television horizon. Though the fictional Dillon Panthers never finished their second football season on the tube this year, the acclaimed cult drama “Friday Night Lights” will…

Before I start this entry, let me just say that Orthodox Jews are not against music. To the contrary, music figures prominently in liturgical recitations, holiday celebrations, and of course at bar/bat mitzvahs, weddings, and other family simchas (occasions of happiness). That said, there is a lot of concern from various ultra-Orthodox groups about the…

Anybody who follows Christian music has probably heard the old saw from Christian bands: “if we cross over, we’re going to carry the cross over.” Really, though, when was the last time you heard a Christian pop band sing about the cross on, say, MTV? In fact, when the dust of 2007 cleared, there was…

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