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<title>Hillsong</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 3 Jan 2010 09:48:48 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Hillsong isn't really a band or a group as much as they are a church -- the largest church in Australia's history, to be exact. Based in Sydney, Hillsong Church exists for the stated purpose of "connecting people to the living God." To facilitate that, there are weekly services in a variety of languages and locations, a TV show, conferences, books, a college, and, of course, music. Superstar worship leader Darlene Zschech oversees a broad range of worship bands and individual worship leaders at Hillsong, including some who have had breakout success (Reuben Morgan, the youth band Hillsong United). Each of the church's annual live releases continues to become modern worship staples, often setting the tone for where the genre is headed.
- Wendy Lee Nentwig]]></description>
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<title>Casting Crowns</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 2009 10:22:45 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Casting Crowns started out like so many other Christian bands, leading worship at their home church, and then rocketed "accidentally" to chartbusting status. While similar Atlanta bands were branching out, lead man Mark Hall opted to keep their indie recordings local and continue his 12-year run as youth pastor at Eagle's Landing First Baptist Church. But their CD ended up in the hands of Sawyer Brown frontman Mark Miller, who picked the group up for his Beach Street Records, a fledgling label launched by Miller and CCM juggernaut, Steven Curtis Chapman. From there, it only took six months for Casting Crowns to turn every head, hitting big with the pull-no-punches single "If We Are The Body," which was apparently just the kind of challenging lyrics listeners and the church in general wanted to hear. Favor continued to smile on them with "What If His People Prayed," and the penetrating, melodic ballad "Who Am I." So great was their success with this debut recording that they jumped straight to the live album phase of their career, releasing an EP of the same set with a previously unreleased cover of "Beautiful Savoir." The plan worked, as Casting Crowns, <I> Live From Atlanta</I> showed their truest musicality, recording from the place they began -- live and in-the-moment worship with the people, the music and the praise.
- Amy Bartlett]]></description>
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<title>Chris Tomlin</title>
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<category>Praise and Worship</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 2009 10:22:48 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Tomlin's one of those guys whose music you know, but whose name you might not. He's part of the magic behind the Passion Worship Band and the live Passion tours that steered contemporary worship music in a whole new regenerated direction. As a worship leader, he's penned standards like "We Fall Down," "Forever" and "The Wonderful Cross." His music is incisive and influential, comparable to Charlie Hall, Chris Tomlin, Bebo Norman, or Matt Redman. As he branches out further into solo territory, he unleashes glowing new embers of rock, leaning more toward the David Crowder end of the original Passion sound with each new release.
- Amy Bartlett]]></description>
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<title>Michael W. Smith</title>
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<category>CCM</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 7 Jan 2010 12:22:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Michael W. Smith's Christ-filled songs have achieved crossover success enjoyed by only a few CCM artists. While this has undoubtedly made his music available to a wider section of the public, many of his early fans feel he's abandoned them for the bigger paycheck of a career in secular music. However, one listen to the AAA-styled ballads he specializes in and his faith and devotion shine through. With big budget studio arrangements and a craftsman's songwriting ability, Smith performs Grammy-winning Christian music that has proven his denominationally transcendent appeal.
- Mike McGuirk]]></description>
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<title>MercyMe</title>
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<category>CCM</category>
<pubDate>Sat, 2 Jan 2010 10:25:35 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[MercyMe started out as an unassuming independent band, dropping off their material in roots venues around the country. But in a hop, skip and a jump (and a breakthrough single) this unknown southern rock group from Greenville, Texas became known everywhere as that band that sings "I Can Only Imagine." Some argued their crossover blockbuster was no guarantee that they were here to stay. But after going platinum, showing up in <I>Billboard</I>'s Top 200, raking in the awards, and generally changing the climate of overt Christian-themed mainstream music, the quiet sextet stepped up to the microphone and responded with the follow-up hit, "Word of God Speak." Unlike their debut, which was a collection of material written during their nearly seven years on the indie circuit, their sophomore release kicked off an era of fresh writing. While they never quite duplicated their debut album's double-platinum status, their following releases kept MercyMe influential in Contemporary Christian Music, with light rock, dependable pop and the occasional remarkable ballad.
- Amy Bartlett]]></description>
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<title>VeggieTales</title>
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<category>Children's TV/Movies</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 2009 10:22:44 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Cukes and tomatoes with a Christian bent? It can happen, and animated vegetables like Bob and Larry of the successful VeggieTales movies prove it. Fortunately, morality isn't all that's on these characters' minds -- otherwise they'd be headed for the compost, and fast. Though most shows and films center around a moral quandary and how to address it (or retell Bible stories), the show also delves into silly songs, covers of '70s pop and traditional toddler tunage.
- Sarah Bardeen]]></description>
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<title>Steven Curtis Chapman</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 4 Jan 2010 09:31:34 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[From the very start of his career, songwriting awards, industry accolades and chart success have been regularly heaped on Steven Curtis Chapman. His sanctified mixture of country roots, Lite Rock fluency and contemporary pop wisdom has been a winning combination since his 1987 No. 2 hit "Weak Days." The Christian music community has witnessed Chapman's growth since then, from a precocious young talent to a Springsteen-esque figure on the scene. In a league with big names Sandi Patty and Michael W. Smith, Chapman stands as the true artist among them, writing much of his own material and branching off into unforeseen directions with each release. Investing his everyman tales and prayerful odes with a fireside warmth and a deep-soul commitment to the Lord, Chapman provides a musical form of support to countless believers across the nation.
- Mike McGuirk]]></description>
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<title>Phillips, Craig and Dean</title>
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<category>CCM</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 1 Jan 2010 10:23:45 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Phillips, Craig & Dean are a sentimental favorite and a staple of contemporary Christian music. From the beginning, they've had the formula down: a soft, welcoming sound, harmonies as lush as the Imperials, and the compositional know-how to create immediate classics such as "Mercy Came Running" and "Favorite Song of All." And yet, Phillips, Craig & Dean continue to impress by improving on a good thing, their emergent sound matching step with the industry maturing around them and keeping them atop the Christian charts.
- Amy Bartlett]]></description>
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<title>Amy Grant</title>
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<category>CCM</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 30 Dec 2009 10:58:48 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Amy Grant is the biggest star CCM has ever produced -- a sensation as a strictly Christian artist in the 1980s and an equally successful AdCo figure in the years since she left Myrrh Records and "went secular," as they say. Grant's music has always been light, pop-styled and borne on the wings of her impressive voice, and the only major difference between her Myrrh work and her work on A&M is that her albums became more slickly produced. The song titles might not be so blatantly Christian as before, but Grant's beliefs have always been the main focus of her songs.
- Mike McGuirk]]></description>
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<title>Passion Worship Band</title>
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<category>Alternative Christian Contemporary</category>
<pubDate>Sun, 3 Jan 2010 09:48:47 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Like the chicken and the egg, it's hard to say exactly which came first: alternative bands recording standard Sunday morning praise and worship songs, or praise and worship bands picking up the alternative sound and injecting new life into the church music scene. Either way, Passion Worship Band have done both, inadvertently becoming one of a small but vastly influential group of forefathers in the modern worship movement -- so much so that for a while it was called "The Passion Movement," inspired by their <I>Passion</I> album series. Suddenly, worshipers were crying "turn it up"; the acoustic guitar made friends with driving, wired guitar riffs; drum sets on church platforms grew Plexiglas soundboards; and church worship leaders became the new hot charting artists and Dove nominees (like Matt Redman, Mark Schultz and the epic Darlene Zschech). The David Crowder Band, Chris Tomlin and Charlie Hall were partners in the movement and on its tour, which drew hundreds of thousands of college-age people looking to marry their love of the music and their love of the Lord. And a musical era was born.
- Amy Bartlett]]></description>
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<title>Toby Mac</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 7 Jan 2010 12:21:41 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Toby Mac, one third of the influential DC Talk and the last band member to branch out, has proven to be a solid -- and diverse -- solo force. His music ranges from melodic beats with Latin flair ("Irene"), to hardcore house/hip-hop ("Get this Party Started"), to hilariously brilliant skits ("Triple Skinny," "Tru Dog"). Mac knows engineering like Yo-Yo Ma knows the cello, and his immaculately studio-refined music reflects that passion for production. In just the blink of an album, this mastermind behind DC Talk has established himself as a unique independent performer and producer.
- Amy Bartlett]]></description>
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<title>Tenth Avenue North</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 09:57:28 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Tenth Avenue North came out of the gate with a bang. Less than a year after their May 2008 debut, the band was not only named New Artist of the Year at the 40th Annual Dove Awards, but also had two hit singles. They'd come far from the days when Palm Beach Atlantic University students Mike Donehey and Jason Jamison started a band named after the street where they lived in off-campus housing. A few years and a few members later (they added guitarist Jeff Owen and bassist Scott Sanders), they were really on their way. All four members spent time on staff at local churches, instilling in the band a commitment not just to entertain with their melodic pop-rock, but to help people encounter truth.]]></description>
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<title>Natalie Grant</title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 19 Dec 2009 10:51:04 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Brandon Heath</title>
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<category>CCM</category>
<pubDate>Sat, 2 Jan 2010 10:25:44 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Aaron Shust</title>
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<category>CCM</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 2009 10:22:49 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Matthew West</title>
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<category>Alternative Christian Contemporary</category>
<pubDate>Sat, 2 Jan 2010 10:25:36 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[When Matthew West didn't get the baseball scholarship he had his eye on, he put down the bat, picked up a guitar, and decided to pursue a major in music Millikin University. By graduation, he had a multi-campus following, including some prayerful supporters who surprised him by covering a sizable price tag to send him to the Gospel Music Association's "Seminar in the Rockies." There, he attracted the attention of a Nashville mover and shaker, who set him on the course of his chosen path. Although convinced this was what he was meant to do, West still suffered some trials, like writing his first hits for other artists (Rachael Lampa, Sara Groves, Salvador, etc.) and putting his hand through a window, which almost curbed the guitar playing permanently. The happy ending came with the debut of the appropriately titled <I>Happy.</I> Label execs had tried to narrow his focus for the album's sake, but West insisted that mixing it up <I>was</I> his style, so he laid it all down in wax Â acoustic, guitar pop and alt rock akin to Matchbox Twenty (check out the single "More" and title track). For all West's subtle eclecticism, those two tracks left the impression they were most 'him' and pretty much indicated where he was headed.
- Amy Bartlett]]></description>
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<title>Cedarmont Kids</title>
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<category>Children's Christian</category>
<pubDate>Sat, 19 Dec 2009 10:51:06 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Put out by Benson Records and distributed by Provident-Integrity, the Cedarmont Kids play to a secular crowd, but they've got sacred concerns on the brain. Their half-pint choir tackles the basic songs of childhood with aplomb: if you're looking for twee renditions of toddler faves like "Wheels on the Bus" or "Polly Put the Kettle On," the Kids have you covered. For parents who want to school their kids in Christianity, the Cedarmont Kids have just as much to offer.
- Sarah Bardeen]]></description>
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<title>Chris Rice</title>
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<category>Alt Christian Folk</category>
<pubDate>Sat, 2 Jan 2010 10:25:43 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[In pen, voice, instrument and spirit, Chris Rice is a fountain of creativity. With a twist of tone he jumps from the joy of pure comedy in "Cartoons" (a song he jokingly wrote as a skit, which took off like wildfire, admittedly to the author's dismay) to intimate missives like "Come to Jesus." But this craftsman singer-songwriter and all-around "fun guy" didn't start out with designs on making it in the music industry. Piano lessons as a teen equipped him t! o lead worship in college (Union University in Jackson, Tennessee) while pursuing his primary passion which was mentoring and ministering to students. His unique talents were recognized by genre-giant Michael W. Smith, who signed Rice as the first-ever artist on Smitty's self-started label, Rocketown Records. Debut <I>Deep Enough to Dream</I> garnered six Dove noms, trumped by his sophomore release which won him the Male Vocalist of the Year. In late 2005, after his seventh release, Rice moved to INO's Ebb + Flo, looking to broaden his reach and stretch his artistic boundaries. The resulting project, <I>Amusing</I>, instantly proved the benefits of giving this minstrel the creative freedom to speak his merry mind.
- Amy Bartlett]]></description>
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<title>Avalon</title>
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<category>Christian Pop</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 7 Jan 2010 12:21:58 -0800</pubDate>
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- Nick Dedina]]></description>
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<title>David Bauer</title>
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<category>Christian Easy Listening/Instrumental</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2009 20:31:58 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[David Bauer's studio arrangements of traditional hymns and praise choruses
are gentle and restorative. They're as hypnotic as the popular <I>Nature
Sounds</I> series with the added bonus of deeply recognized spiritual
melodies. Though Bauer deals in a few completely synthesized creations, some
of his most beautiful work is found in the piano and harp duets.
- Amy Bartlett]]></description>
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<title>Cece Winans</title>
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<category>Urban/Contemporary Gospel</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 11:55:40 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[CeCe Winans is the uncontested queen of urban gospel. Her best work leans toward CCM, being rhythmically and melodically more straight-laced than her urban gospel and R&B contemporaries. But in any category, she's pure powerhouse. Her presence and vocal abilities fall somewhere between Patti LaBelle and Sandi Patty, which isn't a surprise considering her gospel-royalty bloodline: a spawn of the Winans legacy that includes Mom & Pop Winans, Bebe, Vickie, Marvin, Mario and more. (Not to mention the new generation of grandkids.) Of all the Winans, Cece has the largest global impact, racking up five Grammy Awards, eighteen Doves and several gold and platinum-selling albums. She's also forayed into the mainstream, singing with sister-divas like Whitney Houston, and she's broken out her tireless gospel shoes on talk shows and sitcoms.
- Amy Bartlett]]></description>
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<title>Darlene Zschech</title>
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<category>CCM</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 7 Jan 2010 12:21:42 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Zschech is arguably the single most well known and successful contemporary worship leader, much to the thanks of her record-breaking praise song "Shout to the Lord." It's been recorded on 20 albums and sung by an estimated 25 million churchgoers every week. She reaches several million more first hand, leading worship for televised services broadcast in 125 countries worldwide. Her ministry as Worship Pastor at Hillsong Church, one of the largest churches in Sydney, Australia, gives her a platform to "reach the nations" with her growing list of published praise songs and inimitable heart and soul.
- Amy Bartlett]]></description>
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<title>Kirk Whalum</title>
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<category>Smooth Jazz</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 4 Dec 2009 13:21:21 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[It's too easy to call Whalum the Kenny G. of inspirational or gospel jazz, but the description fits; he's one of his generation's most inspirational and accomplished jazz instrumentalists. However, his talent's more than just saxophone deep. Even with all the remarkable notches on his resume -- he's played on projects for Whitney Houston, Vince Gill, Barbra Streisand, Quincy Jones and other legends -- Whalum's creative passions run deepest in his gospel creations.
- Amy Bartlett]]></description>
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<title>Caedmon's Call</title>
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<category>Alt Christian Folk</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 7 Jan 2010 12:21:58 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Among the crop of Alternative/Christian Rock bands that seem to be popping up on the radio more and more, Caedmon's Call stand out as one of the best as far as secular appeal and non-preachy messages are concerned. With rootsy folk structures and the cracked harmonies of Cliff Young, Derek Webb and Danielle Glenn, the band performs gently rocking, semi-country songs that address the issues of their faith.
- Mike McGuirk]]></description>
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<title>Matt Redman</title>
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<category>Alternative Christian Contemporary</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 7 Jan 2010 12:21:16 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Redman benefited from the wave of church worship leaders being hurled onto the top of the CCM charts. But his success is not just a matter of good timing. He earned his status by writing what became the number one worship songs. A prime example is "The Heart of Worship" whose lyrics capture the conundrum of the platinum-worshiper phenomenon, not losing sight, under the bright lights of fame, of what worship is: "I bring you more than a song, 'cause a song in itself is not what you have requiredI'm coming back to the heart of worship." Other runaway Redman praise songs include "Better Is One Day," "Let Everything that Has Breath," "I Am Yours," "Let My Words Be Few" and "Once Again."
- Amy Bartlett]]></description>
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<title>Francesca Battistelli</title>
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<category>Christian Pop</category>
<pubDate>Sat, 26 Dec 2009 10:03:59 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Selah</title>
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<category>CCM</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 7 Jan 2010 12:21:34 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Fernando Ortega</title>
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<category>CCM</category>
<pubDate>Sat, 26 Dec 2009 10:04:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Songs Kids Love To Sing</title>
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<category>Rhymes/Fairy Tales</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 09:57:28 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The kids' voices aren't angelic and the accompaniment is tinny at best, but <i>Songs Kids Love to Sing</i> gets the job done, whether it's "This Old Man" or "Oh How I Love Jesus." EMI's Christian Music Group assembled this ad-hoc singing ensemble, whose releases are sprinkled with Sunday school sing-alongs.
- Sarah Bardeen]]></description>
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<title>Lincoln Brewster</title>
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<category>Praise and Worship</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 24 Dec 2009 13:15:37 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Nichole Nordeman</title>
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<category>CCM</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 11:55:25 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Nichole Nordeman is blessed with the gift of lyricism. Possessing a voice weighted with sincerity, this signature singer-songwriter has gained tremendous respect in a few short years, racking up non-stop Dove Awards for her mature and penetrating music. A self-described "wrestling poet," Nordeman is responsible for life-changing songs like "Healed" and such mega-hits as "Legacy" and "Holy." The minor chords and inventive rhythms in the soul-searching "Is It Any Wonder" and "Wide Eyed" are especially addictive. Heady, gorgeous, folksy and appreciatively deep, Nordeman's artistry is new gold.
- Amy Bartlett]]></description>
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<title>Mark Schultz</title>
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<category>CCM</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 7 Jan 2010 12:21:20 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Schultz is contemporary Christian music's surprise songwriter of the new millennium, a new Michael W. Smith without stealing thunder from the old one, with a strong enough musical identity to blaze a totally new, unexplored chapter of the genre. Schultz first gained notoriety when worship leaders started earning platinum records and Nashville began playing closer attention to the Sunday morning music scene. He blasted past expectations, instantly becoming Christian contemporary music's prized cross between James Taylor and Billy Joel. He calls himself a storyteller, influenced by the storytelling nature of his Heavenly Father and citing that as the inspirational magic behind his music. But it's impossible to lose when you lace a voice as clear and enthralling as his over well-crafted lyrics and such a deft hand on the piano. His cover of "Kyrie" put the song back on mainstream radio, and if he keeps this up, that will be just the beginning of his well-deserved mainstream attention.
- Amy Bartlett]]></description>
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<title>Leeland</title>
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<category>Alternative Christian Contemporary</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 10:57:04 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Leeland Mooring wrote his first song at 11, felt a "calling" to music at 14 and started influencing the industry at 15. A start date of the band named after Mooring is hard to pin down; its founding members describe the beginning as practicing after youth group and discovering that perhaps they were a band. The accidental band is now five Texans strong, with frontman Leeland being joined by his single-syllable bandmates Mike, Matt, Jake and Jack (Leeland's brother). Already proven at 18 as an accomplished songwriter, Leeland wrote an impressive seven songs on Michael W. Smith's album <I>Stand</I> (FYI, Jack is married to Smitty's daughter Whitney). Still, his best tunes landed on the first two LPs from Leeland-the-band, ushering them straight into touring with industry kings Casting Crowns. Melodically cutting edge, Leeland bring a fluid rock passion to CCM.
- Amy Bartlett]]></description>
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<title>Jaci Velasquez</title>
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<category>Christian Pop</category>
<pubDate>Sat, 26 Dec 2009 10:04:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Jaci Velasquez is one of the few Christian artists who can respectfully pull off the role of pop diva. She signed her first record deal at 14; less than 10 years later, she's not only hit platinum repeatedly, but she's earned Billboard and Dove awards, as well as several Grammy nominations. Velasquez's everyday contemporary style is defined by her strong and bare voice, which is balanced with light concert-pop, Latin roots (though barely detectable on her English-language albums), and evocatively earnest ballads. "On My Knees" is an across-the-board favorite.
- Amy Bartlett]]></description>
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<title>Phil Wickham</title>
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<category>Alternative Christian Contemporary</category>
<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 11:04:11 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Phil Wickham's wholesale adoption of the Keane model of emotionally loaded songcraft is superficially logical given his strong Christian message, but it does raise a few interesting questions. Such as how to reconcile a sound shaped around yearning with a position predicated on absolute faith -- surely uncertainty lies at the root of existential angst?]]></description>
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<title>Martha Munizzi</title>
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<category>Praise and Worship</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 09:09:40 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Martha Munizzi accomplished a rather impressive feat when she released her
first three albums as an independent on a church-spun label carrying her own
name. She didn't just succeed; she won a Stella Award, a Grammy and kept her
sophomore album on or near Billboard's Gospel Top 10 for more than a year.
By the time Munizzi signed with her first major label, there was little room
left to climb, having already hit major career milestones as an indie
artist. The title of major label debut <I>No Limits<I> could have been a
commentary on where her ministry and career would go from there. Munizzi's
sound is big, and pulls from a grab bag of her church's multi-ethnic gospel
roots. Any one album delivers concert-level energy, vocals that would seem
to leave her with laryngitis, hypnotizing, free-form worship ballads and
samplings of R&B and urban gospel with the occasional nod to hip-hop. She is
the U.S. equivalent of Darlene Zschech, but with a little more "urban" in
her gospel.
- Amy Bartlett]]></description>
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<title>Paul Baloche</title>
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<category>Praise and Worship</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 24 Dec 2009 13:15:51 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Twila Paris</title>
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<category>CCM</category>
<pubDate>Sun, 23 Aug 2009 08:34:12 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Sara Groves</title>
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<category>Alt Christian Folk</category>
<pubDate>Sat, 2 Jan 2010 10:25:49 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Acappella</title>
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<category>CCM</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 24 Dec 2009 13:15:44 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[It makes perfect sense to merge gorgeous street corner Doo-Wop with street corner proselytizing. Acappella earn their name, bypassing Boyz II Men for a pure 1950s approach rich in heavenly harmonies.
- Nick Dedina]]></description>
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<title>Maranatha! Singers</title>
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<category>Christian Easy Listening/Instrumental</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2009 09:26:23 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Kids Classics</title>
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<category>Folk/Sing-Along</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 11:00:37 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Rebecca St. James</title>
<link>http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.69053&amp;rws=%2Fchristian-gospel%2Fccm%2Fartist-chart.rss</link>
<category>CCM</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 9 Dec 2009 10:53:49 -0800</pubDate>
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<rhap:artist xmlns:rhap="rhap">Rebecca St. James</rhap:artist>
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<description><![CDATA[Rebecca St. James is one of the finest Christian rockers, bringing an Alternative Rock edge to thoughtful, but often bracing pop. This young Australian artist is a real talent and a rarity in the world of mainstream spiritual pop since she deals with spiritual matters in a very direct way.
- Nick Dedina]]></description>
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<title>Point of Grace</title>
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<category>Christian Pop</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 7 Jan 2010 12:21:19 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Point of Grace are the favorite CCM sugar pop girl band, with more substance in their melodies than you'd expect of a pop outfit. The "Girls of Grace" (actually the title of their 2002 compilation) have put 10 years of harmonic know-how into laying down classics like "The Great Divide" and "Keep the Candle Burning." Their ministry jumps off of the musical page in the long-running theme of mentoring young girls and women, but their musical destiny was obvious right from their self-titled debut, an album that hit with six No. 1 singles. That feat remains unsurpassed by any other artist or album in any genre. It might sound hard to keep <I>that</I> candle burning, but after five gold albums, one platinum, eight Doves and multiple Grammy nods, P.O.G. made further mainstream pop history with a record-breaking 24 consecutive No. 1 hit radio singlesÃÂÃÂand counting.
- Amy Bartlett]]></description>
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<title>Shane &amp; Shane</title>
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<category>Alt Christian Folk</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 11:55:18 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Shane Barnard and Shane Everett are often billed as fresh, different and unique worship. That's one thing when you're approaching praise and worship artists like David Crowder, TonÃÂÃÂ©x or other boundary-stretchers. But it takes something else when you're singing soft and soothing mainline alt folk. Both Texas boys and former youth leaders for Breakaway Ministries at Texas A&M, the two paired up to create a brand of worship that trades off between Bebo Norman's folk and Jeremy Camp's headier ballads. Barnard is the primary songwriter, but the two together create a haunting harmony of voices and intricate guitar work. They have a way of pouring their souls out.
- Amy Bartlett]]></description>
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<title>Rich Mullins</title>
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<category>CCM</category>
<pubDate>Sun, 1 Nov 2009 12:39:35 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Rich Mullins' ministry ended far too early when a 1997 car crash took his life. His influence, however, was just beginning to grow. His musical skills were stacked a mile highfrom being versed in piano, guitar and dulcimer to his colorful, folksy voicebut despite his excellent musicianship, he was most celebrated for his songwriting skills. He penned probably the most overall-recognizable worship song, "Awesome God," which was voted one of the top three songs of the decade in 1989 by the Christian Research Report. "Sing Your Praise to the Lord" received its initial boost when Amy Grant covered it on her album <I>Age to Age</I>. The hit list of signature songs went on to include "If I Stand," "Sometimes by Step," "Creed," "Calling Out Your Name," "My One Thing," and that was just the tip of his artistic iceberg. Mullins weaved everything from his spiritual roots, raised on "Indian! a Clay" (as he says in his song "First Family"), to his later life spent on a Navajo reservation. Include innate levels of folk, Celtic influences, and the stellar arrangements of his own songs, and Mullins is all things earthy and was a venerated beloved force in CCM.
- Amy Bartlett]]></description>
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<title>Big Daddy Weave</title>
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<category>Alt Christian Folk</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 2009 10:22:49 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Big Daddy Weave hit the radio waves at the perfect time for their style. They came out of the gates with prime, intimate, made-for-radio alt pop hits like "In Christ" (2002's top Christian AC single) and "One and Only," which hit the Christian Soundscan charts at No. 5. Just to show it wasn't a fluke, their rave reception was matched by their sophomore contributions of the beatific "Fields of Grace" and the more acoustic ballad "Completely Free." Mike (Big Daddy) Weaver -- frontman, guitarist and writer of all BDW's songs (except for "Fields of Grace") -- is joined by Jeremy Redmond, Jeff Jones, Joe Shirk and brother Jay Weaver. Together they pull off a sound that gets them compared to Audio Adrenaline, Third Day and the Dave Matthews Band.
- Amy Bartlett]]></description>
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<title>Tim Hughes</title>
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<category>Praise and Worship</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 13:31:06 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Ben Tankard</title>
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<category>Christian R&amp;B</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 10:33:12 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[A highly-skilled pianist and producer, Ben Tankard has been recording professionally since 1990. His fluid keyboard style is mellow but inspirational, peppered with sultry saxes, exotic beats, moody strings, and glistening flutes.
- Brolin Winning]]></description>
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<title>Shawn McDonald</title>
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<category>CCM</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 15:09:02 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Talk about a complete turnaround! Back in 1999, Shawn McDonald was wanted on nine felony counts of possessing, growing and dealing drugs. "You name the drug and I was selling it and doing it," McDonald says in his bio. "I can't communicate how crazy I was." It was at the lowest point in his life (his second drug bust) that the Oregon-based singer picked up a Bible and challenged God to show him the way. Since then, McDonald strives to find ways to share his story; the most direct way being via his music. In 2003, Sparrow signed the singer-songwriter, releasing his debut, <I>Simply Nothing</I>, the following year. The directness of his songs, and the air of truth imbedded in them, drew people to his music. "The crazy thing I've found is that if you're willing to be really real and honest, people are willing to listen," says McDonald. "So I can tell them about the drug lifestyle I came from and I can tell them about my redemption in Christ." And he does. Willingly. On 2005's <I>Live in Seattle, </I> McDonald shares his life story in between songs and as a context for his lyrics and fans respond with enthusiasm and compassion. The connection between performer and audience is almost tangible.
- Linda Ryan]]></description>
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