Over the weekend on social media, Casting Crowns made a post asking for prayer for their friend and former drummer Andy Williams. Andy was struck by a vehicle on his motorcycle on his way to church on Sunday. He was resuscitated at the scene and rushed to the ER. “Currently, Andy is on a ventilator with severe trauma to his body and brain,” Casting Crowns shared. “The doctors have performed scans and are continuing to identify the trauma suffered. He is alive, but his needs are many. The doctors say right now the best thing that can happen is for him to wake up on his own.” Please join us…

Rapper YB is premiering his new video for “Runnin’ Wit God” today on NewReleaseToday.com. The music video, which premieres as Black Music Appreciation Month winds down, explores the enticement of sin. In life, strenuous circumstances could lead to poor decision-making. “Runnin’ Wit God” follows YB as he contemplates a decision that could alter his life forever. “I wanted to create a visual beyond my normal video concepts,” YB explains. “It was truly a moment for our team to push the envelope creatively and tell this story.” The pursuit of the finer things in life comes, sometimes, at a perilous cost. Watch as YB’s dilemma unfolds to see if he takes…

Curb Word Entertainment and Big Daddy Weave have entered into a new agreement to continue their long-term relationship. The band, first signed to Fervent Records in 2001, (with Fervent later becoming part of the Curb Word Entertainment family) has earned 10 career #1 singles, 7 career Top 5 singles, and multiple awards and nominations for the Dove Awards, K-LOVE Fan Awards, Billboard Music Awards, and others. “We are very excited that Big Daddy Weave is continuing their amazing career with Curb Word Entertainment,” shares label Chairman, Mike Curb. “They have accomplished many wonderful things thus far, and I look forward to a great future as we continue our partnership.” Jim…

RCA Inspiration celebrated the 2021 BET Awards with a powerful night for Gospel, as two #1 hits from Kirk Franklin were lauded at this year’s awards. The sixteen-time GRAMMY®-winning artist, songwriter, and producer was honored with the Dr. Bobby Jones Best Gospel/Inspirational Award for the second consecutive year, winning for his #1 Gospel hit single “Strong God” (from his hit album Long Live Love). Franklin also kicked off the night’s broadcast in an exuberant opening performance with Lil Baby, showcasing their #1 Gospel hit “We Win” (featured from the soundtrack for the highly-anticipated summer movie Space Jam A New Legacy). The 2021 BET Awards ceremony was held before a live…

“Come Back (Psalm 80),” the latest single from acclaimed singer/songwriter and worship leader Melanie Waldman, is now available. Penned by Waldman and produced by Waterdeep’s Lori Chaffer, the song is a gentle, yet urgent, plea inviting the Lord’s return and the restoration of His people. “Come Back” is the second single from Waldman’s forthcoming PSALMSONGS full-length set. “In 2020, I started singing through the Psalms to draw close to God,” Waldman shares. “Without worry for genre, structure, rhyming, or any of the usual songwriter rules, I explored a wide-open canvas. With each Psalm, I drew from an array of musical influences I have enjoyed throughout my life. It just so…

Curb Word Entertainment artist and songwriter Sarah Reeves dropped “Dance To It (Luca Schreiner Remix)” today (6/25). You can listen to the new song by clicking here. With a chorus that toasts the ups and downs of life, “Dance To It (Luca Schreiner Remix)” provides a soundtrack to every high and every low. “To the love, to the pain, to the memories we made, to the past, to the dreams, to the future unseen, we can dance to it,” Reeves sings. “So many of my songs are lyrically driven, but this one is just a feel-good song,” Reeves shares of the fresh track she co-wrote with Cameron Jaymes and Nick…

Acclaimed singer/songwriter Chris Renzema released two songs today from his third full-length and second Centricity Music album, Get Out of the Way of Your Own Heart. The album is set to release on September 3 and is available to preorder/save now. The double-sided single includes both the title track and “Stronger Love (feat. Leeland),” each with lyrics that cut to the bone while singing about hope and echoing the universality of both pain and praise. The progression to the new album began with more than 36 million audio streams of Renzema’s independent project, I’ll Be The Branches, which was a personal, but less autobiographical, worship album. This recording was followed…