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Tree 63: The Soundtrack of Your Early 2000s Walk Is Back for the Rest of the Journey
They were the soundtrack to youth groups, summer camps, late-night sporadic worship services in your friends first apartment, and countless church stages. Songs like “King,” “Treasure,” “Look What You’ve Done,” and their Dove Award-winning rendition of “Blessed Be Your Name” became woven into the fabric of modern worship during the early 2000s. Then… they disappeared. After what was intended to be a six-month sabbatical turned into nearly fifteen years away, founding vocalist and songwriter John Ellis wasn’t sure Tree63 would ever return. Burnout, life, family, and a season away from music left him believing the band’s story might already be finished. Instead, it became the beginning of a new chapter.…
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Rick Lee James Releases “Heaven Is Full Of Criminals,” Featuring Phil Keaggy on July 24
New single highlights grace and redemption
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80s New Wave Pioneers Announces One Night Only Reunion
By the mid-1980s, Contemporary Christian Music was changing. The pioneering Jesus Music movement had matured. Arena rock was arriving through bands like Petra and DeGarmo & Key. Artists like Steve Taylors were proving Christian music could be creative, clever, and culturally relevant. Meanwhile, a new sound was emerging from across the Atlantic. New wave, with its shimmering synthesizers, angular guitars, and infectious pop melodies, was reshaping mainstream music through artists like Tears for Fears, The Cars, Duran Duran, and Simple Minds. Christian music needed its own answer. In 1986, Bash-N-The-Code arrived. Now the band is ready to celebrate. Four decades after the release of their groundbreaking self-titled debut on Myrrh…
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PFR Announces First New Album in 20 Years
Christian rock band will release ‘Target and the Arrow’ this fall, marking its first studio album since 2006.
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When Hurts Don’t Heal or Help
My son dragged me into it. I didn’t want to cross my eyes. It hurt. I kept trying, hoping to please him. Yet, I failed. Only he could turn two images into one 3-D image by crossing his eyes. Once he conquered that technique, he moved on to a video. There, a girl named Mara rapidly flashed up complex onscreen images and, in each one, my son found a super-small thing wrong with them. “There,” he said, eyes crossed in order to spot the error visually. He pointed out a small, centimeter-sized error in the mix of hundreds of M&M candies. The next image flashed up. “I see what’s wrong…
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Remembering Bob Farrell of Farrell & Farrell
Today we join the Christian music community in mourning the passing of Bob Farrell, one-half of the groundbreaking duo Farrell & Farrell and a songwriter, producer, and creative visionary whose influence reached generations of believers. Long before Christian music became the thriving industry it is today, Bob Farrell was helping define what it could become. Alongside his wife, Jayne, Bob formed Farrell & Farrell, releasing their self-titled debut in 1978. Their first single, “Earthmaker,” became a Top 5 Christian radio hit, launching a career marked by musical innovation and lyrical depth. Throughout the late 1970s and 1980s, albums like A Portrait of Us All, Make Me Ready, Choices, Jump to Conclusions, Manifesto, and Superpower showcased a band unafraid to…
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Social Media CEO Asks: What Would Jesus Post?
For years, the conversation around social media has sounded the same. It’s too toxic. It’s too addictive. It’s making us anxious. It’s dividing us. Most people agree there’s a problem. Few believe there’s a real solution. Then I sat down with Shawn Whitson, founder and CEO of ActsSocial, and I realized he isn’t simply trying to build another social network, he’s trying to rethink what social media rewards in the first place. His pitch isn’t, “Come to our Christian version of Facebook.” It’s much bigger than that. As Whitson told me, “A lot of people call us a Christian social media app. We’re really a social media app for…
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Anne Wilson Finds New Light on Deluxe Album
‘Stars (Blue Hour Deluxe)’ is out now
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Breakout Teen Sensation Tate Butts Drops Debut EP
‘Something To Believe In’ is out now
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Bethel Music’s Bethany Wohrle Releases Debut Solo Album
‘REASON THAT I SING’ is available now
