CCM Readers’ Choice Profile: Best Artist, Best Songwriter
Wipe that silly look of disbelief off your face. This isn’t Jeremy Camp’s first acceptance speech. Having been awarded a mantle of Dove Awards, a dozen-plus No. 1 singles and a trio of gold records, it’s no shocker the Christian music poster boy is adding not one, but [...]
Archive for May, 2009
Jeremy Camp
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Chris Tomlin
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CCM Readers’ Choice Profile: Best Worship Artist
Gospel music’s unofficial minister of music, Chris Tomlin has spent the better part of his professional life writing, recording and touring his infectious hybrid of vertical pop. And though many worship leaders have made their mark on niche sectors of the Christian music market, Tomlin’s accessible songs of praise [...]
Brian Courtney Wilson “Just Love”
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Style: Inspirational Urban/Smooth Gospel; compare to Donnie McClurkin, Kim Burrell, Yolanda Adams
Top tracks: “All I Need,” “No Other,” “Almighty God”
In a nutshell: Roll out the red carpet. It’s not every day that music industry mogul and famed father Matthew Knowles (Beyonce, Trinitee 5:7) hand selects a new artist for his label’s tight-knit roster. But [...]
Yellow Cavalier “Yellow Cavalier”
Posted in CCM Magazine, tagged andrew greer, Yellow Cavalier on May 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Vocal Foursome Fills A Void With Mature Pop Output
Some semblance of boy bands has been around for decades. Even pre-Top 40 radio, gaggles of women (and men) flocked to Big Band halls, joining the mainly male entourage as they lit up the stage with choreographed sways, dazzling horn hits and wide smiles. And gospel music [...]
Lanae Hale “Back & Forth”
Posted in CCM Magazine, tagged andrew greer, CCM Magazine, Christian Music, Lanae Hale on May 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Remarkable Full-Length Debut From Rising Songstress
Rarely does an untried name in music record not only one of the better discs in her new artist class but one of the year’s best CDs—period. Twenty-four-year-old Lanae’ Hale is that artist. And Back & Forth, her first full-length project, is that record
David Wilcox “Open Hand”
Posted in Christianity Today, tagged andrew greer, Christianity Today, David Wilcox on May 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Style: Heartland Americana; James Taylor, Chris Rice, Nick Drake
Top tracks: “Dream Again,” “Vow of Silence,” “Beyond Belief”
In a nutshell: Late last year, David Wilcox and a team of musicians hunkered down in a coastal California studio, using vintage-y analog tape to marvelously capture twelve new tracks of the singer/songwriter’s old soul swagger. Though [...]
Sheila Walsh “Let Go”
Posted in Christianity Today, tagged andrew greer, Christian Music, Christianity Today, Sheila Walsh, Women of Faith on May 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Style: Celtic pop/worship; compare to Enya, Josh Groban, Michelle Tumes
Top tracks: “Gloria,” “The Prayer” (w/ David Phelps), “Let Go”
In a nutshell: As an original member of the Women of Faith touring team (officially nicknamed “The Porch Pals”) and ex-700 Club talk show host, Sheila Walsh has become a household name, encouraging thousands of women each [...]
Sandi Patty “Simply Sandi”
Posted in Christianity Today, tagged andrew greer, Christian Music, Christianity Today, Sandi Patty, Women of Faith on May 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Style: Reflective AC/Inspo/Worship; Twila Paris, Josh Groban, Wayne Watson
Top tracks: “You Set Me Free,” “The Last Day,” “The Stage is Bare”
In a nutshell: When a bigwig CCM artist like Sandi Patty takes off her major label crown for an independent outfit, you know times in the industry are a-changin’. But rather than introduce her new [...]
Ben Utecht “Ben Utecht”
Posted in Christianity Today, tagged andrew greer, Ben Utecht, Christian Music, Christianity Today, Cincinnati Bengals, Indianapolis Colts on May 12, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Style: Powerful pop/rock with a worshipful punch; Jeremy Camp, Building 429, and Chris Tomlin
Top tracks: “Yours,” “We All Bow Down” (w/ Sandi Patty), “Here I Am”
In a nutshell: A slew of professional athletes have made permanent marks (both beautiful and brutal) on the music industry over the years. But you know what we’ve yet to [...]
