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Archive for July, 2008

Daring to Dream
A multi-faceted industry veteran, Nicole C. Mullen has been creatively pursuing the listening ears of Christian music fans since the ’90s. Having been awarded the Gospel Music Association’s Dove Award for “Female Vocalist,” “Songwriter” and “Song of the Year” Mullen is a constant in an ever-changing musical market.
Building on last year’s Sharecropper’s Seed, [...]

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Great Expectations
Mike Weaver doesn’t really know how he got to where he is today. As one-fifth of Big Daddy Weave, one of Christian music’s most endearing bands, he readily admits, “I don’t think we’ve ever known what we were doing.” A bold statement for the lead singer, songwriter and acoustic guitarist of a band [...]

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Country Music Giant Continues 25-Year Legacy With Sturdy 11-Song Set
Thank goodness for Randy Travis. As a country music staple for a quarter century, the man with the booming bass has become iconic, not only in country music but in the worlds of film and television as well. The stats speak for themselves: 21 million albums [...]

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Christian Music Celebrity Reissues Time-Honored Disc
In the same way Simon & Garfunkel’s Bridge Over Troubled Water diagnosed an entire era of civil strife and Carole King’s Tapestry prescribed an age of peace, love and repair, Amy Grant’s paramount 1988 release of Lead Me On defined a new generation of truth seekers, thoughtfully and unashamedly maturing [...]

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Inimitable Artist Bumps It Up A Notch, Adds One More Volume To Creative Catalog
Since Nicole C. Mullen’s self-titled disc began its epic climb to the top of the best-sellers chart in the summer of 2000, she has remained one of Contemporary Christian music’s greatest treasures. With a creative gene that has only multiplied over the [...]

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Best-selling Big Daddy Issues Its Biggest And Brightest To Date
It’s been nearly six years to the day since Big Daddy Weave released its national label debut to the masses. Ever since, the pop/rock quintet has remained at the forefront of Christian music, releasing a handful of heavily played radio tunes, hitting the road for back-to-back [...]

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Dance-Pop Songstress Turns Tragedy Into Triumph On Buoyant New Release
You may not instantly recognize Tammy Trent’s name, but you have probably heard her music. Beginning with her self-titled debut in 1995, the dance-pop singer released three successful records on Sparrow, spawning a slew of Top 10 radio hits and three No. 1’s. But after Trent [...]

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Glimpses of God
“I was running away from the love you gave me/Wanted a life but everything was crazy/Unsure of love, I needed love/Then came you, you were like the springtime/You make everything new … You were there for me/You never left one.” —from “The One
Recording artist Ledisi Young knows a little something about being lost. After nearly ten [...]

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A Beautiful Life
Leaning back in a rusty pink patio chair outside a tasty East Nashville sandwich joint, Cindy Morgan is about as close to the earth as you get. With dark features and a wide grin she looks remarkably the same as the fresh faced twenty-something girl I remember pictured on the cover of [...]

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