This week, the K-LOVE Fan Awards announced via live stream that reigning ASCAP Christian Songwriter of the Year Matthew West and ten-time GRAMMY® nominee Tauren Wells will co-host the 9th annual K-LOVE Fan Awards. Taking place on May 29, 2022, at Nashville’s iconic Grand Ole Opry House, Coca-Cola Consolidated will once again serve as the sponsor for the fan-voted awards show. “I’m looking forward to hosting the K-LOVE Fan Awards again this year and excited to be joined by my buddy Tauren Wells,” remarked West. “This fan-voted awards show is always a special event where we get to gather together and celebrate how God is working through the hope-filled messages…

Elevation Worship, the multi-GRAMMY® nominated, multi-GMA Dove Award® winning, and Billboard No. 1-charting group, dropped their new album LION today. The highly-anticipated 15-track collection blends high-energy power anthems with stripped-down quieter moments, unconventionally mixing studio selections and live recordings. LION is sure to take listeners on an inspiring journey, offering songs primed for church, for everyday worship, and personal reflection. Upon creating their 14th project to date, Elevation Worship approached the album process with an entirely fresh palette. “It’s not been written or recorded like any other album we’ve had,” Chris Brown, Elevation Worship’s lead singer, admits. “We didn’t start writing with a particular album or end goal in mind.…

Today, singer/songwriter Jordan St. Cyr officially released his debut full-length album. The self-titled project with BEC Recordings features “Fires” and “Weary Traveler,” which goes into street week holding No. 1 at radio for the fifth straight week on the AC Indicator Chart. “My prayer for this album is that these songs would bring comfort and joy to those who hear them,” St. Cyr explains about the album’s release. “It’s also my prayer that listeners would be more hopeful and open to the depths of God’s love for them, knowing that their circumstances are not a reflection of how God feels about them, rather, that their circumstances would reveal the closeness…

Christian music powerhouse Natasha Owens made an appearance at CPAC 2022 in Orlando on Sunday, performing the national anthem for the largest and most influential annual gathering of conservatives in the world. Headlined by former President Donald J. Trump, the 4-day event featured appearances by a who’s who list of the conservative movement, including Gov. Ron DeSantis, Candace Owens, Glenn Beck, Sen. Ted Cruz, Dr. Ben Carson, and many more. “It was such an honor to be asked to sing at CPAC 2022,” says Owens. “I love this great country of ours, and I am so thankful for the military men and women that have sacrificed so much in order…

Lacey Sturm served as co-host on the latest episode of The Trevor Talks Podcast to interview Skillet’s Korey Cooper, creating a once-in-a-lifetime conversation between two of the most influential forces in purpose-driven rock. Throughout the hour-long interview, the two musicians talk about the tensions of living life between home and the road and touring with family. They offer insight into the unique challenges and demands of a call into music and what makes it worth it. Both women approach it from a perspective of deep humility. Korey says, “If I can see people walk in freedom in the kingdom of God, and His glory fills this earth, I want to…

This week on social media, Francesca Battistelli announced that her daughter Annabeth Katherine was born on February 19. She shared the exciting news on Instagram along with a picture of her sixth child. “We’ve taken our time getting to know our sweet girl, but it’s finally time to introduce you to Annabeth Katherine Goodwin, named after both of our amazing mamas,” Francesca posted. “We can tell already that she is strong and joyful, and we are so enamored with our little ‘Pepper’ (what our family has been calling her for months)!” Francesca recently released her latest single, “God Is Good,” in September 2020. The single was released to radio and…

Celebrating the release of her bestselling new recording, Pilgrim Journey, and the premiere of her first-ever television special, Dove Award-winning singer/songwriter Lynda Randle recently embraced yet another career milestone as she stepped onto the iconic “circle” on the stage of Nashville’s Grand Ole Opry. Backed by the venerable institution’s house band, Randle made her Grand Ole Opry debut with a stirring rendition of her recent single, “Plenty Good Room,” as well as her signature song, “God On The Mountain.” The Tuesday evening lineup also included performances from Grand Ole Opry member and top ACM Award nominee Chris Young, Opry members John Conlee and Dailey & Vincent, award-winning band Sawyer Brown,…

Author Lori Hatcher is helping readers unlock a powerful prayer life in her latest book, Refresh Your Prayers Uncommon Devotions to Restore Power and Praise (Our Daily Bread Publishing). The book will be available on March 1, 2022, in paperback and eBook formats wherever books are sold. How do I pray? Does God hear me? Are my prayers working? Whether they dare to voice them or not, many longtime Christians are still looking for answers to these questions. Their desperate desire to intimately connect with their heavenly Father is the inspiration for Refresh Your Prayers. This 60-day devotional equips readers to experience powerful moments each time they pray and praise…

Today, platinum-selling artist Tauren Wells released his new single, “Fake It,” featuring Aaron Cole, via Capitol Records/CCMG, marking the 10-time GRAMMY® nominee’s first release on the label. On this upbeat, infectious track, Wells celebrates the joy that comes from being loved as you are, freed from any need to “fake it”. Listen to “Fake It” here. Wells and Cole co-wrote “Fake It” with Chris Stevens, who produced the track with Tedd T. and Emily Weisband. In the official video for “Fake It,” which premiered as an exclusive on Facebook today, Wells gives a high-energy performance alongside Cole and a growing troupe of blazer-clad dancers. They shot the clip in Los…

Nate Parrish released his latest single, “Life in Dissonance,” on February 25, a new installment from his upcoming sophomore album Soul Surgery, due out in April. The song is available here. As fans have come to expect from Nate Parrish, “Life in Dissonance” offers up riffy punk rock attitude and some searing cultural commentary. “‘Life in Dissonance’ is an observation of this phenomenon in our culture where the so-called rebels in society have become mouthpieces for big government, big business, and technology,” Nate offers. “The artists who once fought so hard for the protection of free speech are now defenders of censorship and the silencing of dissenting opinions. The honest,…