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In the first week of release in Australia, Hillsong Church’s latest LIVE project God Is Able has outsold recent releases by Lady Gaga and Beyonce. The debuted at third on the ARIA Top 50 Chart just behind Adele’s 21 and LMFAO’s Sorry For Party Rocking. God Is Able hits retail outlets in the U.S., on…

Hillsong prepares for release of 20th LIVE recording Hillsong Church in Sydney, Australia is set to release its 20th Hillsong LIVE recording July 26th. God Is Able will 11 new songs led by Reuben Morgan, Hillsong United’s Joel Houston, Darlene Zschech and additional worship leaders from London, Stockholm and Cape Town. “I love this album,”…

Hillsong United recently sat down with Whole Notes to discuss the band’s worldwide appeal, what they’re seeing in the international Christian church and its latest recording Aftermath. We’ll post a full transcript of the interview next week, but in the meantime, here’s a video portion of that conversation featuring band members Joel Houston, Jad Gillies…

Click “Like” to share with your friends! A conversation with Owl City’s Adam Young, Part 2 In part one of the Whole Notes interview with Adam Young, we learned more about the platinum-selling artist’s faith. Today, he talks about the new music, some of his unique influences and how he deals with the critics: Bonham:…

Click “Like” to share with your friends! A conversation with Owl City’s Adam Young, Part 1 If you want to be a successful recording artist in the post-millennial era, look no further than the seemingly overnight rise to fame of Adam Young for inspiration. While working at Coca-Cola and taking college courses (all the while…

New Tooth & Nail signee Nine Lashes set to release first iTunes single Already released to radio last week, new Tooth & Nail band Nine Lashes will release “Anthem of the Lonely” to iTunes next Tuesday (July 12th). The Birmingham-based rock act, however, won’t see its first full album release until sometime early 2012. Nine…

If you haven’t heard about this yet, it’s a pretty amazing thing that happened last night in Nashville. U2 was wrapping up its concert there when Bono noticed a man on the front holding up a sign that said, “I’m blind but I can play the guitar.” Bono brought the man to the stage, asked…

Click “Like” to share this with your friends! With nearly 50 concert dates between July and October, internet sensation turned platinum-selling artist Owl City is doing its best to put the follow-up project in the forefront of music fans’ minds. All Things Bright and Beautiful released less than three weeks ago when it debuted at…

Earlier this year, guitarist Ben Kasica left two-time GRAMMY winning band Skillet to pursue new opportunities elsewhere. Through his publicist, Kasica shared the following letter to both fans and industry friends: Dear Friends, Many of you know after 10 years of playing with Skillet, I’ve chosen to move on. Many people have questioned why I…

Click “Like” to share this with your friends! Here’s part two of Whole Notes’ interview with Royal Tailor lead singer Tauren Wells: Bonham: As a band that feels called to engage the culture, it seems like the song “Control” is directly linked to that message. Does that counter culture message bear more weight coming from…

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