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Winter Jam 2011 Tour Spectacular

February 13, 2011 – 11:48 am
Christian music's largest annual tour, the record-breaking Winter Jam 2011 Tour Spectacular, is set to bring its biggest performance yet to CenturyTel Center in Bossier City on Feb. 25. Produced by Premier Productions and presented by Holt International, the tour will feature the most artists in its 16-year history. Hosted by Grammy-nominated NewSong, Winter Jam 2011 will also feature Newsboys, David Crowder Band, Kutless, Francesca Battistelli; RED; KJ-52, and guest speaker Tony Nolan. In addition, the show includes a Pre-Jam Party presented by the American Bible Society with Sidewalk Prophets, Chris August and Chris Sligh. "It's amazing and humbling to see how God has continued to bless the Winter Jam Tour over all these years," says NewSong's Eddie Carswell. "We specifically created and designed this tour to impact the lives of others for the sake of the Gospel. Our prayer is that God will continue to use Winter Jam for His glory and ...

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Leeland and Sanctus Real

October 26, 2010 – 11:07 am
LEWISTON — Grammy-nominated bands Leeland and Sanctus Real, along with The Afters, will make a stop at Pathway Vineyard Church on Thursday, Nov. 4, as part of its "Hungry For Love" tour. Presented by Food for the Hungry, the tour of 23 states is raising awareness of that organization’s goal to bring relief and aid to 26 of the most impoverished countries in the world. Sanctus Real has released 15 No. 1 and Top 5 radio hits and recently put out its fifth studio album, "Pieces of a Real Heart," on Sparrow Records. The band seeks to create compelling, authentic music that lives up to the meaning of its name: to be holy (Latin meaning of “sanctus”). The first radio single from the album, “Forgiven,” went to the top of the charts, becoming one of the most played Christian radio singles this year. The second single from the "Pieces of a Real Heart" ...

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band Jars of Clay

October 8, 2010 – 10:03 am
Since coming on the national scene in 1995 with their platinum-selling debut, the band Jars of Clay has been at the forefront of contemporary Christian music. With each new release, the band reinvents itself and pushes the limits musically, with albums that favor everything from synth and keyboard-heavy tunes to British alt-pop to straight-ahead rock and roll. Vocalist Dan Haseltine, pianist Charlie Lowell, lead guitarist Stephen Mason and rhythm guitarist Matthew Odmark met while attending Greenville College in southern Illinois. Since then, they've won three Grammy Awards, heaps of Dove Awards and sold 6 million albums. The band's latest effort, " Jars of Clay Presents the Shelter " (out last Tuesday), was recorded in the middle of the horrific flooding in Nashville, and that experience helped shape the faith-filled tracks. The band plays a live, sold-out show with Brandon Heath on Saturday at Great Lakes Christian College for the kickoff date of ...

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Christian music Awards show for Latin America

October 5, 2010 – 12:31 pm
Integrity Music Latin is honored to announce that three of its artists recently received industry award nominations recognizing their latest projects. [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="320" caption="Christian music Awards show for Latin America"][/caption] Danilo Montero tops the list for multiple nominations, receiving both a Latin GRAMMY® Award nomination and five Premios Arpa nominations. The Latin GRAMMY® Awards recognize artistic and technical excellence in Spanish or Portuguese language recordings, and Premios Arpa is the premier Christian music Awards show for Latin America. Montero's Latin GRAMMY® nomination is for "Best Christian Album (Spanish language)" for his CD Devocion. His Premios Arpa nominations include: "Male Vocalist of the Year"; "Song of the Year" for "Bendito Jesus" from the album Devocion; "Album of the Year" and "Live Album of the Year" for Devocion and "Duet of the Year" for his performance with Kari Jobe on the song "Revelacion" from Devocion. In addition, Montero's producer, Coalo Zamorano, is ...

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Michael W Smith

September 28, 2010 – 1:53 pm
Get happy Michael W Smith fans because here we are again with another brilliant album from one of the most talented CCM artists ever. With 27 years in the music industry and a CD rack’s worth of great albums under his belt, he’s an artist who needs no introduction and I’m glad to say that with his 22nd album, Wonder, Smithie has not lost his gift for innovation and creativity. Wonder incorporates synthesisers and electronic sounds that give his familiar rock style a completely new dynamic. The album starts with “Save me from myself”, an explosive, crescendo of an opening track that you can only do justice to if you crank it up loud – preferably in an arena or other large space if you have one to hand. The first single to be released off the album, it's songs like this that make you appreciate the journey Smithie’s been on musically these past ...

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Selah

September 26, 2010 – 12:05 pm
Headed to her first piano lesson, 4-year-old Amy Perry insisted she wanted to sing instead. "My mother told the piano teacher that she didn't know if I was going to participate, but the teacher also taught voice lessons," Perry said. "I went in with her, and about five minutes later, she came out and told my mom: 'She's not a piano player. She's a singer.' " Today, the California native is one of three members of the nationally known singing group Selah that includes Todd Smith and Alan Hall. The group has sold 2 million albums, won the Dove Award for Inspirational Album of the Year four times and has repeatedly topped Christian music charts. Sunday, Selah comes to Jackson's Christ United Methodist Church for a 6 p.m. concert. Selah was founded by Smith (vocals), Hall (piano/vocals) and Todd's sister, Nicol Sponberg, who later left the group to work with her husband's ministry and ...

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Thi’sl

September 20, 2010 – 7:13 pm
Unashamed profligacy, egotism, and perplexing moral decadence sum up the state of our society today. While sex trafficking continue to flourish under our very nose, and members of the ordinary family unit increasingly become residents of young offenders' institutions or committed to memory as pictures on shirts; lots of celebrities we hold in high esteem continue to play down the direct effect of their repeated rehab visits, possession of guns, and senseless debaucheries on the younger generation! [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="280" caption="Thi 'sl"][/caption] But Thi’sl , a former gang banging thug, a candy-man, and an ex-cocaine addict has a serious message for all those who would care to listen. With his hardcore Christian Rap message that hits deep and raw, Thi’sl (real name Travis Tyler) takes the audience on a grim trip through the stark world of slavery to drugs in the Chronicles of an X-hustler, beginning with his life story. I was ...

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Christian outreach event

September 20, 2010 – 7:02 pm
Thousands of people came together for a major Christian outreach event in Leicester this weekend. People from in and around the city - and much further afield - were told to "come just as you are" and support the annual Fire and Glory event in Leicester's city centre. Fire and Glory is the city's biggest Christian outreach event and showcased some of the brightest talent on the Christian music scene. Celebrations were led by Resonance and the Lighthouse Choir - which incorporates singers, rappers and evangelists. The event was dubbed a successful day of "worship, praise and thanksgiving" by Christian News Today. During the event, spiritualists and healers were on hand to offer support and guidance - including the Jesus Loves Leicestershire (JLL) Ministry Team. JLL chairman Paul Hall told the news provider: "We have been working tirelessly to bring together Christians from a wide variety of denominations through unity, ...

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Jason Castro

September 20, 2010 – 6:58 pm
Jason Castro, who released his debut album in April, will put out a new four-song EP targeted to the Christian music market November 9. "This is another side of Jason," the singer told Christian Music Review's Jay Hellman during Walt Disney World's Night of Joy earlier in September. "With my first album, I was definitely on the mainstream side of things and trying to have a pop hit. So all my spiritual songs didn't really make the cut. These new songs are just an extension of my album." The Who I Am EP, which consists of what Jason calls his "love songs to God," will come out via Word Entertainment. It will be a digital EP, with a physical CD version available at Christian retailers

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Lecrae rehab album

September 10, 2010 – 6:03 pm
Still sky high off the ascension of Rebel, his 2008 album, to the top of the Billboard Christian Albums chart, a first for any rapper, Lecrae, the world's best selling faith-based hip-hop artist, refuses to let up. Encouraged even more by the unprecedented 75-plus weeks Rebel spent on the Billboard Gospel Albums chart, Lecrae has returned with Rehab, his fourth album. Scheduled for a fall release, with Rehab, Lecrae is even more focused than ever on spreading the gospel to even wider audiences. Unlike so many hip-hop artists who have preceded him in both the Christian/Gospel and mainstream realms, Lecrae offers complex lyrics that give voice and provide thoughtful discourse about today's challenges. Using his considerable skill for a higher purpose, Lecrae stretches beyond hip-hop's limitations on both sides of the industry to reach a larger audience hungry for salvation. To that end, Lecrae employs energetic beats and inspired lyricism ...

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