NASHVILLE, TN, (AUGUST 04, 2023) GRAMMY-winning, multi-Platinum-selling group Casting Crowns will celebrate the band’s 20th Anniversary this fall. In anticipation of the album, Lifesongs: A Celebration of the First 20 Years, two songs were released today: “All Because of Mercy,” which is the next radio single, and the RIAA Platinum-selling reimagined hit song, “East to West,” featuring Ben Fuller.   “It is crazy to even think about the last 20 years. In 2003, we were just the youth band from our church in Atlanta,” shares Casting Crowns lead singer/songwriter Mark Hall. “I still remember the world taking a chance on our song, ‘If We Are the Body,’ and how we…

GRAMMY® nominated, RIAA Certified Gold®-selling alternative metal band RED releases its first full-length studio recording in three years, RATED R, Sept. 29 from RED ENTERTAINMENT / The Fuel Music. The album can be pre-ordered/saved now via https://slinky.to/RatedR while the lead single, “Surrogates,” premiered on this week’s SiriusXM Octane Test Drive and is available beginning today (Aug. 4) at digital and streaming outlets globally.   Consistently pairing sophisticated instrumentation with hard-hitting songwriting, dynamic performances and grippingly personal lyrics, RED’s evocative artistry takes center stage on its eighth studio album, RATED R. The follow-up to 2020’s chart-topping DECLARATION, the first release on their own independent label, the thought-provokingnew album finds the band…

17x platinum, GRAMMY-nominated rock band Skillet rocked Spyglass Ridge Winery in Sunbury, PA with Colton Dixon and We Are Messengers on July 22nd. CCM’s Chelle Propst was at the show and captured these photos for us! The post PHOTOS: Skillet, Colton Dixon, We Are Messengers (Sunbury, PA | July 22, 2023) appeared first on CCM Magazine.

Indian independent artist Vihan Damaris has released a new lyric video for her single ‘Jesus.  The song was co-wrote with 2x Grammy winner Seth Mosley (For King & Country, Colton Dixon, TobyMac). Released mid-June, ‘Jesus’ has already gained over 228,000 streams across platforms. Paris-based website Aleteia called it the ’Christian music gem of 2023’, even predicting a Grammy nomination. Italian newspaper Avvenire, based in Milan, noted, “Love for Christ is decidedly at the center of the song.”   Seth Mosley also produced ‘Jesus’ with fellow Grammy winner X O’Connor (Phil Wickham, MercyMe) in Nashville. Pulling from conversations about Jesus, it’s a unique testimony from an Indian and American point of…

Dimas Cortez was born is Los Angeles, CA and later moved with his family to Reading, PA where he now leads the music program at his local church. Dimas attended Christian Life College and received an Associates in Music and later studied nursing and is currently serving his community as a Music director and a Nurse Practitioner. He is currently partnering with Landry Cantrell for music production/engineering. He recently released one full album called “Better Day” in 2021. He is inspired by artists such as Bj Putnam, Natalie Grant, For King and Country, Lauren Daigle, and Riley Clemons to name a few. Dimas recently released his latest single ‘Come Holy…

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (August 2, 2023) Dove Award-winning singer/songwriter Lynda Randle announces a new Gospel EP, By The Riverside, set for release on September 22 via Gaither Music Group. One of the most beloved talents on the Gaither Homecoming Video Series and stages (her arrangement of “God On The Mountain” is the most popular video on the Gaither Music TV YouTube channel, with over 74 million views), Randle takes the listener to church with this encouraging, six-song collection of timeless Gospel favorites. The EP’s debut track, “Leaning on the Everlasting Arms.”   With her soulful, rich vocals shining brightly on these arrangements, Randle offers joyful renditions of “Down by the Riverside,”…

Christian singer-songwriter Leslie Jordan stopped by the CCM Cafe and gave us this special acoustic performance of ‘Let It Be Lovely.’ The track can be found on her new ‘You Are With Me’ EP, out now. The post Leslie Jordan | ‘Let It Be Lovely’ (acoustic) appeared first on CCM Magazine.

Nashville, Tenn. (August 1, 2023) Chris Tomlin, touted by Time Magazine as the “most often sung artist in the world,” is celebrating the 21st #1 radio single of his career with the Grammy-nominated song “Holy Forever.” The song is on the top of both Billboard’s Christian Airplay and AC charts as well as both MediaBase’s Christian AC and Christian Audience charts this week. Chris wrote the song with Jenn Johnson and Brian Johnson of Bethel Music, Phil Wickham, and Jason Ingram.   “I really don’t know what to say right now… I remember over 20 years ago being told that radio wouldn’t play worship music. So, to fast forward to…

Centricity Music’s singer/songwriter, Billboard Chartbreaker Katy Nichole was singing in her church choir long before 150+ million people around the world heard her 2022 Dove Award-nominated, K-LOVE Fan Award-winning “In Jesus Name (God of Possible).” The track became the biggest hit this decade on the Billboard Hot Christian Songs chart, crowning the list for a record-breaking 20 weeks, and is now RIAA Certified Gold. With her relationship to both music and God inextricably intertwined along her path through anxiety and depression to health and wholeness, Nichole’s debut single, “In Jesus Name (God of Possible),” launched a breakout year that found her nominated for an American Music Award, co-hosting and performing…