Archive for October, 2010

Make A Difference Tour’s Second Live Webcast Shatters Previous Record

Shattering its own record set just two weeks earlier, the fall’s largest Christian concert tour— World Vision’s “Make A Difference Tour”—set a new milestone as the largest live webcast of any Christian concert ever reported when it recently streamed live from Wichita Falls, Texas (Oct. 23) to nearly 742,000 people, from 99 different countries – [...]

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Third Day’s New Album MOVE Lands Inside Top 10 On Billboard Top 200

MOVE, the 11th studio album from multi-Platinum rock band Third Day, takes a spot inside the Top 10 on this week’s Billboard Top 200 Album Chart and No. 1 on the Billboard Top Current Contemporary Christian Chart.  Produced by Paul Moak (Mat Kearney, Martha Wainwright), MOVE follows Revelation, which debuted at No. 6 on the [...]

Tye Tribbett’s New Album Fresh Enters Billboard Gospel Albums Charts at #1

FRESH, the eagerly anticipated new full-length album from the contemporary gospel singer, songwriter, performer, Tye Tribbett, has just entered the Billboard Top Gospel Albums chart in the number one position with his solo debut.   Released on Tuesday, October 19th, FRESH is Tye’s third straight #1 Gospel debut, following the precedent established by Victory Live! [...]

Integrity Music Signs Worship Artist Daniel Bashta

Integrity Music announces the signing of Georgia-based worship artist/songwriter Daniel Bashta to an exclusive recording and publishing contract with Bashta’s debut album slated to release in early 2011.   Bashta has been making music for as long as he can remember, starting as a child in New Orleans playing violin and drums and then as [...]

Winter Jam 2011 Tour Spectacular Gears Up For Biggest Year yet

Christian music’s largest annual tour, the record-breaking Winter Jam Tour Spectacular, is set to return bigger than ever in 2011, it was announced yesterday.  Produced by Premier Productions and presented by Holt International, the tour will feature the most artists and dates in its 16-year history. Hosted by GRAMMY®-nominated NewSong, the Winter Jam 2011 Tour [...]

Tis The Season For Holiday Sounds with Sister Duo Poema

Following a packed summer of touring with the Vans Warped Tour in the Girlz Garage, sister duo Poema is thrilled to announce their digital holiday release, “Once A Year,” on November 16th.  This five-song digital release features two original tracks and three classics (track listing below).  It will be available digitally for $4.99. Following the [...]

New Hillsong Chapel Series Releases First Album, Yahweh, Today

New from Hillsong Church, Hillsong Chapel is a series of intimate and devotional arrangements of popular songs led by Hillsong UNITED and Hillsong LIVE worship leaders. Recorded live in the church’s chapel, Yahweh releases today and is the first installment in this already acclaimed series that contains organic and contemplative versions of such top Christian [...]

Tenth Avenue North launches video for “You Are More”

Tenth Avenue North’s current album, The Light Meets The Dark, came out on May 11, 2010. The first single from that album, “Healing Begins”, was released on March 2, 2010. The band has toured with David Crowder Band and MercyMe and headlines their own dates throughout the United States. They won the “New Artist of [...]

33Miles to Perform on TBN’s “Praise the Lord” Fri. Oct. 22

Just weeks after 33Miles released their third studio album Today, the band is appearing on TBN’s top-rated “Praise the Lord” tomorrow, Fri. Oct. 22 at 10pm EST. Jason Barton and Chris Lockwood will be performing songs such as “Where I Wanna Go” and “What Grace Looks Like” as well as sitting down for an interview [...]

Kingsway Releases Worship’s Biggest Anthems 2 CD Set

Worship’s Biggest Anthems, a two-CD, 30-song set of some of the most enduring worship songs currently being sung in a multitude of churches around the globe, releases from Kingsway Oct. 12 with distribution in the US by EMI CMG.  The double CD features anthems by such acclaimed songwriters as Brenton Brown, Joel Houston, Tim Hughes, [...]

Word Music Publishing Signs Ian Eskelin

Word Music Publishing announces today the signing of an exclusive world-wide publishing agreement with Ian Eskelin, one of the industry’s top songwriters and producers. For over a decade, Eskelin has written hits for some of Christian music’s most celebrated artists including Francesca Battistelli, Sidewalk Prophets, Krystal Meyers, Hawk Nelson, Avalon, Stellar Kart and recently wrote [...]

Hot-Topic Documentary “Cool It” Hits Theaters Nov 12

Roadside Attractions, in conjunction with 1019 Entertainment, releases the controversial documentary “COOL IT” to select theatres nationwide Nov. 12, 2010. The film debates current global warming spending, while calling attention to pressing humanitarian crises.   Directed by two-time Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury Prize winner Ondi Timoner, “COOL IT” is based on the book “The [...]

The Newsboys Are Looking For You To Be A Part Of Their Next CD

Calling all Newsboys fans! The band and Inpop Records want you to be part of their first-ever Newsboys’ Remix Competition for their current hit radio single, “Way Beyond Myself.”   The contest is open to fans of all ages and no production experience is required. The winning remix, chosen by a combination of fans votes [...]

When I’m With You by JJ Heller In Stores Now

WHEN I’M WITH YOU, the third full-length CD by indie darling JJ Heller, is in digital and brick and mortar retail outlets today.   Leading up to the release, WHEN I’M WITH YOU has received early critical acclaim:   “This is one of those “gourmet” albums that only comes along every once in awhile…This is [...]

Third Day Releases “Move” Today!

MOVE, the 11th studio album from multi-Platinum rock band Third Day, hits retail outlets nationwide, today.  Produced by Paul Moak (Mat Kearney, Martha Wainwright), MOVE follows Revelation, which debuted at No. 6 on the Billboard 200 in 2008, and 2009’s CD/DVD Live Revelations, which won the band its fourth GRAMMY® earlier this year.     [...]