Life-affirming music, songs, and musicians with the power to lift souls into the heavens, always manage to arrive when we need it most. Call these mini-sermons of healing delivered by prophets with microphones, guitars, basses, drums, and keyboards. They are sonic balms that energize just as they soothe. Nashville-based Jason Lee McKinney Band offers up 16 of those spiritual infusions on One Last Thing, the group’s 11th studio album and their first to revel in a Southern gospel vibe that seamlessly matches the band’s soulful stew of rock, R&B, folk, blues, and country. One Last Thing, released last month, takes lyrical inspiration from the Bible and musical cues from the…

GRAMMY award-winning singer/songwriter Michael W. Smith recently released his new instrumental single “Cry For Hope” in response to the current devastation in Ukraine. “After watching the news and the devastation in Ukraine, like most of the world I was in tears,” Smith says. “Over the next few days, this melody just kept coming back to me and just spoke a message that no words could convey.” “Cry For Hope” was recorded with the Nashville Recording Orchestra and Smith on piano. His good friend David Hamilton led the orchestration and co-produced the song with Smith. A portion of the proceeds of “Cry For Hope” will be distributed to Ukraine aid. Listen…

RIAA Gold-selling, Dove Award-winning pop recording artist and songwriter Jordan Feliz reaches radio’s top position for the fourth time this week as his celebratory “Jesus Is Coming Back” hit No. 1 on the Billboard Christian Airplay and AC Indicator charts. The song, and its remix version featuring both GRAMMY Award-winning Mandisa and Motown Gospel/Capitol CMG artist Jonathan Traylor, are featured on the 18-track deluxe version of Feliz’s acclaimed, third full-length album Say It from Centricity Music. The multi-format radio single is also the second No. 1 song on Say It, following the American-songwriter-featured AC/CHR hit “Glorify,” and points to the hope of Christians around the world, giving voice to those…

Over the weekend, the 64th Annual GRAMMY Awards took place in Las Vegas, Nevada, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena. The event hosted some of the biggest names in music, and artists in the Christian genre like Natalie Grant, Kari Jobe, Cody Carnes, and Maverick City Music attended the ceremony. The 2022 awards show had five Christian/Gospel categories, with nominees like Dante Bowe, Tauren Wells, CeCe Winans, and others. CeCe Winans took home three GRAMMYs, while Maverick City and Carrie Underwood each won one. “We won three Grammys!” CeCe Winans posted along with a video on Facebook. “Thanks to everyone that was a part of this album and songs!” In…

On the heels of releasing his debut self-titled full-length album, Jordan St. Cyr is celebrating his current single, “Weary Traveler,” hitting No. 1 on multiple radio charts this week. The song, which is St. Cyr’s first career No. 1 single, landed the top spot on Billboard’s Christian Airplay chart this week, has held the top spot for nine weeks on Billboard’s AC Indicator Chart, while holding at No. 1 on the Billboard Monitored and Mediabase Christian AC charts for a second week. St. Cyr is also featured in Billboard Magazine, where he shares, “Watching this song unfold and serve so many through this heavy season was a beautiful thing to…

Curb Word Entertainment’s Love & The Outcome recently unveiled their third studio LP, Only Ever Always. It’s available now on all streaming platforms here. The full-length project was released on the heels of the one-year anniversary of the flood that destroyed the couple’s Nashville home, which occurred only a week after they recorded their current radio single, “I’m Not Lucky, I’m Blessed.” The duo, who celebrated 18 years of marriage in December, tells their personal story of loss in the official music video for the sunny song. In addition, Love & The Outcome also recently premiered a brand new visual for the previously-released track “I’ll Find You,” filmed in a…

Growing Pains, the debut album from Elevation Rhythm, is out now. Listen here. As an essential part of Elevation Church, based in Charlotte, North Carolina, the group sets the musical compass for a younger generation of worshipers. With youth and young adults at the forefront of their mission, Elevation Rhythm’s sonic backdrop is intentional to keep up with the changing times, which is why the group experiments with a variety of bold sounds and textures. Incorporating elements of pop, rock, worship, and hip-hop, each of the twelve songs found on Growing Pains offers the youthful energy found in its diversity. “I think, sonically, Rhythm is always going to be different,”…

Recently, for KING & COUNTRY’s hit song, “Relate,” reached No. 39 on Ryan Seacrest’s American Top 40 Chart. Their success comes right off the heels of their recent appearance on the Kelly Clarkson Show, where they sang “Relate” from the Mojave Desert in California. Reflecting on the release of their latest album, What Are We Waiting For? and the band’s recent success at radio, Joel and Luke Smallbone share, “It’s fair to say that [this album] feels unlike any other, particularly with what the world has faced, and continues to face. Our hope is that this family, spiritual and global record will meet listeners right where they are and be…

Fans of the popular episodic series, The Chosen, which follows Jesus’ early ministry with His disciples, were clamoring for more information yesterday when the official social media account posted a simple quote from Scripture “Behold, I’m doing a new thing.” As anticipation grows for the series’ third season, which has remained shrouded in mystery, it was apparent the producers were getting ready for a big announcement. The Chosen has skyrocketed in popularity among Bible believers who enjoy not only reading between the lines but seeing them acted out as well. And now, it appears those lines will be sung, with the announcement that Season 3 will be one continuous musical!…

Big-tech’s crackdown of socially acceptable “free speech” continued today with Twitter’s announcement that they have temporarily locked the all-male, Christian band Newsboys’ account after the group failed to introduce a female member into their line-up. “We’re in complete shock,” shared drummer Duncan Phillips. “We love all our sisters in Christ, but we’ve been the NewsBOYS for over 30 years. As in the News–NO–GIRLS–ALLOWED.” Twitter CEO, Parag Agrawal, said, “It’s massively disrespectful to males, females and all other genders to continue to communicate to the culture that only one gender is welcome in any entity. The days of male-only boardrooms, political organizations, and yes, even bands, are coming to an end…