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Cory BiNks Shares Music and Message in Vegas
Victory Outreach Las Vegas recently hosted Summer Fest 2025 with 1,300 people in attendance. The event was filled with fun activities, free haircuts, special speakers, and giveaways, including 1,000 backpacks. Christian rapper and evangelist Cory BiNks shared his music and message with attendees. Cory has become well known on social media in recent years for his powerful testimony and bold faith, and has more recently delved into the world of music. His first song debuted in February 2023 and his most recent song “Works” released in June 2025. You can find all of his information on his website, www.corybinks.com.[…]
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Terrian Announces First Headlining Tour
On August 12, Gotee’s Terrian announced her first headlining tour with Provident Label Group’s Aaron Cole. The 13-date tour will span just over a month’s time in October and November. Check out her Instagram post for more details. Terrian released her debut album titled, Give It Time in January of 2024, then gave it the deluxe treatment a year later under a new title, Give It More Time. You can follow the Terrian’s musical journey at iamterrian.com or on her social media accounts under @iamterrian. Find a full list of tour dates below. October 16 Tulsa, OK October 17 Fort Worth, TX October 19 San Antonio, TX October 23 Atlanta,…
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The 56th Annual Dove Awards Announces First Round of Performers and Presenters
The Gospel Music Association (GMA) has announced the first round of performers and presenters for the 56th Annual GMA Dove Awards. Performers include Lauren Daigle, Fred Hammond featuring The Choir Room, Gaither Vocal Band, and Josiah Queen. Presenters include John Crist, Sadie Robertson Huff, David & Tamela Mann, and Chris Tomlin. More performers and presenters will be revealed in the coming weeks. The 56th Annual GMA Dove Awards, presented in partnership with the Cantinas Arts Foundation, will be held October 7th, 2025, at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena. Tickets and a limited number of Music City Fan Experiences are on sale here. The broadcast will air exclusively on TBN and the TBN+…
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Good Things Collective Announces Upcoming New Song
Worship group Good Things Collective returns with an uptempo, female led, service opener called “House of Praise,” releasing August 29 via Real Fun Records. This song declares and confesses that we need to shift Sunday morning expectations, inviting the Church to recognize the reality that we’re not asking God into our space, we’re stepping into His. Right from the start the lyric, “God, this is Your house, come take Your rightful place,” reminds us of who truly leads the Church. “We were at a church songwriting camp kind of laughing at how often we say, ‘God, we invite You in,’ when it’s actually His house,” Jesse Phillips, one of the…
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The Human Heartbeat Behind Sirius XM’s The Message
When you think about satellite radio, thousands of channels, millions of listeners, you might picture a faceless algorithm, a machine spitting out the same ten songs over and over. I’ll admit, that was in the back of my mind when SiriusXM invited me to their Nashville studios for a special live recording with Katy Nichole. But I walked away thinking about how much humanity drives what they do. Their Nashville studio is stunning. Intimate, beautifully lit, and located right across from my personal favorite venue in the world, the Mother Church itself, the Ryman Auditorium. Katy was there for a deep dive into her new record, Honest Conversations. We sat…
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Get Real: Blessing Offor Turns Pain and Joy Into Art
“Nashville is really community oriented,” Blessing Offor told me, leaning back with the kind of unhurried confidence you only get from someone who’s lived in a lot of places but knows where they belong. “People tend to be a lot more open handed. And I’m sure in LA, if you got plugged into the right community, they would tell you the same thing. But I’ve experienced that in Nashville like I’ve never experienced anywhere else.” Community is at the center of Blessing’s new record Real and his overall message as an artist. It is not a clean and neat story. It is not all joy, and it is not…
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Lydia Laird: Finding Worship in the Wounds
From the moment Lydia Laird sat down with me for our CCM Magazine conversation, I knew this wasn’t going to be a surface-level interview. I’ve always admired her vulnerability, the way she doesn’t just write about the sunny days but invites listeners into the dark valleys and shows them how to look for light. “You’ve always been bold about addressing anxiety and depression in your music,” I told her, “but you also manage to hold space for joy and healing. How do you keep creating from that place?” She didn’t hesitate. “I don’t know that there’s like a black and white answer to that. I think on this side of…
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The Rocky Valentines’ Royal Bloodline
Sorting through new releases can be exhausting. The CCM Magazine inbox fills up daily with press releases and pitches. But if it says Velvet Blue Music, I stop and listen. I trust the label. They know how to deliver the full package. Music that matters, and a reason to actually own it. “It’s just really real to me. It came together at the right time when I needed something to go right.” Charles Martin knows how to write a song. It’s in his blood. His dad is Jason Martin of Starflyer 59. His uncle? Ronnie Martin of Joy Electric. Together, those two helped define what “Christian indie rock” even was. A rebellion in…
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Be You & Be Free & True
Please them. I must be who they want me to be. That’s what I thought, anyway, during this period of my life. Rail-thin, I hadn’t the faintest idea of who I was or what I was called to… I just knew happiness seemed to be: a. keep you happy b. make you like me and, c. don’t fail at it. If you were a happy person, I’d morph and be happy (even though I was miserable inside). If you valued service, I’d serve you (even though I might whine on the inside). If you wanted me to be funny, I’d try that (and walk away feeling completely unknown). Once, a…
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Nicole C. Mullen Inspires with New Book ‘It’s Never Wrong to Do the Right Thing, Sharing Courageous Stories of Faith and Godly Decisions’
NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE Millions have been blessed by the powerful voice of Dove Award–winning, Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter Nicole C. Mullen. Her prolific career, from background singer to global success as a solo artist, has earned Nicole a spot in the Christian Music Hall of Fame. She wrote and recorded her most popular song, Redeemer, in 2000. And this year, Nicole expands her writing repertoire with the release of It’s Never Wrong to Do the Right Thing: Courageous Stories to Inspire Godly Decisions (September 2, 2025, Esther Press, an imprint of David C Cook). It’s Never Wrong to Do the Right Thing unpacks the stories of a host of heroes of the faith,…
