Maria’s Big House of Hope stands out as a beacon among the typically gray buildings lining the streets in Luoyang, China. The new six-story facility, painted bright blue with white clouds, will administer time-sensitive medical procedures for orphans classified as “special needs,” helping to insure every child a place in the adoption system and an [...]
Archive for June, 2009
Steven Curtis & Mary Beth Chapman
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Jason Crabb “Jason Crabb”
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Style: Fiery country gospel; compare to Darius Rucker, Pat Green, Little Big Town
Top tracks: “Somebody Like Me,” “Walk on Water,” “One Day at a Time”
In a nutshell: Making the public pilgrimage from adolescence to adulthood as frontman for his siblings’ now-legendary band, Jason Crabb’s fire-and-brimstone singing style has made him one of gospel music’s most [...]
Sara Beth Geoghegan “Tired of Singing Sad Songs”
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Style: Captivating acoustic storytelling; compare to Sara Groves, Andrew Peterson and Shawn Colvin
Top tracks: “Ooh, We Need Jesus,” “Opening,” “The Other Side of the Cloud”
In a nutshell: Recorded on her grandmother’s piano in her Nashville apartment, independent singer/songwriter Sara Beth catalogs her experiences of life, love and loss on a new batch of heartache hymns. [...]
Melinda Doolittle “Coming Back To You”
Posted in CCM Magazine, tagged andrew greer, CCM Magazine, Melinda Doolittle on June 30, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Justice Is Served On Favorite “AI” Finalists’ First Set
Having been trumped in the final hours of “American Idol” Season 6 by some unforeseen reality TV coup, Melinda Doolittle’s premature elimination has been criticized as the greatest injustice in the reality show’s historic eight-year run.
But listen up. The soul sister is getting revenge, and boy does [...]
Don Poythress “Wash Away”
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Style: Corporate worship with a country flair; compare to Paul Baloche, Andrew Peterson, Ty Herndon
Top tracks: “Brand New Day,” “Wash Away,” “The Faithful Love of Jesus”
In a nutshell: Today’s Christian music release schedule rarely features a record with explicit country colors. But Nashville-based worship leader Don Poythress knows a little about the genre; his songs [...]
Press Play
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Social Justice Spotlight
With its debut record chiming in at No. 2 on the Christian sales charts and No. 45 on Billboard’s Top 200, high-profile media appearances like “The Today Show” and “Fox & Friends” and a massive digital presence, Press Play’s street week press release reads like a new artist dream.
But out-of-the-box popularity isn’t the [...]
Toby McKeehan
Posted in ParentLife, tagged andrew greer, tobymac on June 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Mac Daddy
It has been nearly eight years since Toby McKeehan traded his legendary career as one-third of Christian music supergroup dc Talk for a solo gig as TobyMac. But this particular morning it is not his national platform that needs attention. With five kids ages 10 and under, Toby’s wife, Amanda is enjoying [...]
Tracy Lawrence “The Rock”
Posted in Christianity Today, tagged andrew greer, Tracy Lawrence on June 4, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Style: Country; compare to Kenny Chesney, Darryl Worley, and Brad Paisley
Top tracks: “Dear Lord,” “Somebody Who Would Die For You,” “I Know Where Heaven Is”
In a nutshell: Fulfilling a promise made to his parents to one-day record an inspirational record, Country staple Tracy Lawrence releases The Rock, his second independent CD on his own homegrown [...]
Christy Nockels “Life Light Up”
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Style: Stadium-sized pop/rock worship; compare to Lincoln Brewster, Hillsong United, and Chris Tomlin
Top tracks: “No Not One,” “A Mighty Fortress,” “By Our Love”
In a nutshell: Name today’s most popular worship leaders and you’ll come up with a list of mainly men. But after building a ten-year musical legacy as a charter member of the Passion [...]
Kirk Franklin
Posted in CCM Magazine, tagged andrew greer, CCM Magazine, Christian Music, Kirk Franklin on June 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
CCM Readers’ Choice Profile: Best R&B Artist
A genre-defying artist whose larger-than-life persona and inventive brand of spiritual music has earned him millions of fans worldwide, Kirk Franklin has single-handedly changed the face of gospel music forever. And he doesn’t even really sing.
