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Attaboy Releases New Single
Leading school assemblies followed by evening, full-production concerts coast-to-coast, Indiana-based pop/rock band Attaboy released its first new single in four years, “Makin’ Moves,” from Radiate Music. Available now at digital and streaming outlets globally, the infectious pop track will also land on dance floors, fitness centers, and workout playlists along with venues across the country as the band hits multiple states on tour this fall. Written by Attaboy band members Ryan Payne (vocals/guitar/piano), Jeff Edgel (guitar/piano), Melanie Watson (bass/background vocals), and Christian Watson (drums), “Makin’ Moves” was co-produced by Doug Weier (Anberlin, We Are Leo), who also engineered and mixed the single, and Luke Johns (The Young Escape, Jordan Feliz).…
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Cory Asbury Drops New Single Ahead of Upcoming Album
Today, multi-platinum-selling GRAMMY Award-Nominee, Cory Asbury has released the latest track from his highly-anticipated fifth studio album, Pioneer. The incredibly personal and introspective song, “My Inheritance,” speaks to Asbury’s relationship with his father and ruminates on whether he is predestined to follow in his footsteps, for better or worse. Listen to “My Inheritance” here. “Sometimes you have to work to write a song, and sometimes the song writes you,” shares Asbury, “Penned as a reminder that our true inheritance doesn’t come in the form of earthly things, “My Inheritance” shows us that it doesn’t always look the way we thought it would, but God has a way of taking the…
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PHOTOS: for KING & COUNTRY And Anne Wilson ‘Rock The Smokies’ (8.19.23)
The Smoky Mountains came alive on August 19th with the sounds of Dollywood’s renowned contemporary Christian event, Rock the Smokies. This inspiring gathering, featured for KING + COUNTRY and Anne Wilson at DP’s Celebrity Theater. CCM Magazine’s Chelle Propst was at this year’s events and captured these photos of the headliners. The post PHOTOS: for KING & COUNTRY And Anne Wilson ‘Rock The Smokies’ (8.19.23) appeared first on CCM Magazine.
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Mitch Wong | ‘Believe For It’ (acoustic)
Mitch Wong, the GRAMMY award-winning Australian-born songwriter and worship leader who has written many of your favorite Christian songs stopped by the CCM Cafe. During his visit, he performed one of those songs he’s written, ‘Believe For It’ originally performed by CeCe Winans. The post Mitch Wong | ‘Believe For It’ (acoustic) appeared first on CCM Magazine.
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Avoiding a Hard Heart
Friends, let me start by saying…I DO NOT have it all together. I got this message loud and clear when, two days ago, I pulled a steel crab pot out of the Chesapeake Bay waters. My catch of two weeks’ worth of crabs made my pot heavy. I knew if I used all my weight and if I leaned back hard, I could leverage the steel pot up, hopefully without launching myself over the dock. So, I did just that. Victory. Exasperated, I leaned back for a second and stared at the fruit of my labor on that weather-worn dock. What did I see? It suddenly occurred to me: Hard-shelled,…
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Franni Rae Cash Cain Announces She’s Taking A Break From We The Kingdom
Franni Rae Cash Cain, lead singer of the two-time GRAMMY-nominated band We The Kingdom, has revealed her intention to go on hiatus from the group. In an announcement made earlier today (September 1st), she indicated that she will fulfill the band’s remaining tour dates for 2023. Statement from Franni Rae Cash Cain: It is with a humble grateful heart that I share with you that I am going to be taking a step back from We The Kingdom for the time being. The past several years have been an amazing journey. We have experienced some incredible things, making music we love, touring together, sharing the Gospel, meeting extraordinary people with…
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Laurel Taylor Releases New Single ‘Listen’
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (September 1, 2023) Renowned singer-songwriter Laurel Taylor has unveiled her latest single, “LISTEN,” a powerful new track that emerges as a collaborative triumph written by esteemed songwriters Wes Strunk, Nate Johnson, Holly Salazar, and Taylor herself. Discussing the song’s inspiration, Laurel Taylor said, “When writing ‘Listen,’ I came to understand its timeliness and necessity. The first line, ‘Lost in the illusion like a tattoo on my mind, fighting voices, the whispers, and the lies,’ encapsulates our yearning for truth and the importance of real communication. We need to place greater emphasis on listening rather than speaking.” In an era marked by noise and division, “LISTEN” serves as a…
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Chris Llewellyn Of Rend Collective Releases New Solo Album ‘Honest’
1 September 2023 – Nashville, TN Chris Llewellyn, the Irish singer/songwriter and founding member of the platinum-selling worship band Rend Collective, releases Honest (courtesy of Capitol CMG), his first solo project, today. With twelve Celtic-rooted songs as “the soundtrack to wrestling faith,” Llewellyn musically explores life through a raw lens of honesty and inquisitiveness. A video for “Still Believe In The Magic” also released today, which can be viewed below. “Will God love you if you’re honest? Is He faithful when you’re faithless?” Chris Llewellyn best explains about his album. “These are the questions that I was asking when I was writing this album. It comes from a time in…
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William McDowell Releases New Single ‘The Promise’
September 1, 2023 – Nashville, TN GRAMMY®-nominated, GMA Dove Award®-winning and Stellar Award-winning worship leader and pastor William McDowell releases a special 3-track deluxe single titled “The Promise.” Starting with a passionate exhortation, the new single is more than a new song for the Church but a call to surrender to a fresh move of God straight from McDowell’s pastoral heart. Filled with Scripture and fervor, the introductory track leads into “The Promise” on which worship leaders Nicole Binion and Dunsin Oyekan feature. This release is a call to repentance motivated by the depth of God’s love, an intense experience through which McDowell seeks to inspire the Church to…
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GRAMMY-Winning Casting Crowns Releases Two New Songs From Upcoming Project
NASHVILLE, TENN. (SEPTEMBER 01, 2023) GRAMMY-winning, multi-Platinum-selling group Casting Crowns will celebrate the band’s 20th Anniversary this fall. The legacy album, Lifesongs: A Celebration of the First 20 Years, will release on September 29th. Today two reimagined versions on the upcoming album are available: “Oh My Soul” with Katy Nichole and David Leonard and “Voice of Truth” with Steven Curtis Chapman. Click below to watch the lyric videos for each of these memorable songs. The milestone anniversary album will feature 21 songs and 21 guest artists who have taken a Casting Crowns song and re-recorded them in their own reimagined versions. The album will include chart-topping songs like “Voice…
