Thousands of contemporary Christian music fans came together for the SpiritSong festival at Kings Island on Thursday, June 15 through Saturday, June 17.  The Christian Music Festival featured TobyMac, CROWDER, Skillet, Lecrae, Tauren Wells, Newsboys and more. Enjoy part 1 of a 2-part gallery from the event by CCM’s Chelle Propst. The post PHOTOS: SpiritSong Music Festival (Kings Island; Mason, OH) appeared first on CCM Magazine.

Big Daddy Weave’s Mike Weaver, talks about dealing with grief, their new song “Heaven Changes Everything”, & more! The post Mike Weaver of Big Daddy Weave Talks ‘Heaven Changes Everything’ appeared first on CCM Magazine.

FOR RELEASE June 30, 2023 Christian pop punk artist Grace Graber is offering reassurance of God’s non-judgmental presence with her new song “As I Am,” streaming everywhere June 30. The song follows hard on the heels of the songwriter’s April release of her Conversations EP, a project that focused on hard conversations about mental health, hardship, and the faith that holds us. In many ways, “As I Am” is the natural progression of the story.   “The heart behind ‘As I Am’ is truly God looking at the conversation we just had and not judging it, and not looking at me different because of it. In fact, wanting to draw…

NASHVILLE, TN…. June 28, 2023 New York Times best-selling author and podcast host Annie F. Downs partnered with fellow author and podcaster Carlos Whittaker for the “Here For You Tour” this June, raising over $45,000 for local small businesses along the way. Each night they featured a local small business owner and surprised them with a mini- giving blitz amongst the audience, providing a tangible way for the local community to engage and rally around one of its own on a deeply human level. Prior to the tour kickoff, both Downs and Whittaker explained on their socials how local businesses could enter to win the chance to have a table…

Miami, FL – June 28, 2023 Independent artist Otis Kemp has been making music relentlessly over the past 18 months. His vision and work ethic are paying off, as his latest single – “Daily Bread” – is number one on Billboard’s Gospel Airplay Chart. This is a rare accomplishment for an independent artist, and it is extra special for Kemp, who is the first Gospel artist from South Florida to have a national #1 single. “I am South Florida through and through. I’m proud of where I’m from and the culture that I represent,” says Kemp. “For me to break through like this from a region that doesn’t always get…

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (June 28, 2023) Wintley Phipps showcases the powerful, unmistakable bass-baritone voice that has performed for international dignitaries, American presidents and audiences around the world on his upcoming album Amazing Grace: Hymns and Gospel Classics, due out July 21 via Gaither Music Group. A minister and GRAMMY Award-nominated singer-songwriter, Phipps delivers joyful renditions of some of his most-requested hymns and gospel classics on the 15-track album, including “Amazing Grace,” “How Great Thou Art,” “I Surrender All,” “We Shall Overcome,” “Let There Be Peace on Earth,” “Power in the Blood,” “Amen” and more. “The gift of song transfigures the character and lifts us into the very presence of God,” Phipps…