On the heels of releasing her latest single, “Defender” to radio, the second radio single from her latest album, Own It (Curb Word Entertainment), GRAMMY® Award-winning artist Francesca Battistelli is ready to take her headlining “The Own It Tour” on the road. The 18-city tour kicks off tonight in Washington, D.C. and will wrap in Tucson, Arizona April 14. Each tour stop is sure to be an evening to remember, as Battistelli will share songs from her new album along with some of her biggest hits and fan favorites. The tour also features special guests Stars Go Dim and Elle Limebear. Tour dates are listed below, and for more information…

Today the announcement was made that LifeWay Christian Resources, the largest Christian retail chain in America, will be closing their entire line of 170 stores in favor of shifting its inventory completely online. Back in January, the chain announced their plan to begin reducing locations this year because of declining sales. While no official closing date has been announced yet, the decision has now been made that it is not viable to keep any of the remaining stores open beyond 2019. On the strategy of directing their upcoming focus toward online sales at LifeWay.com, acting president and CEO Brad Waggoner shares “Our retail strategy for the future will be a…

Jekalyn Carr’s hit single, “It’s Yours,” has spent an ASTONISHING 7 WEEKS at NUMBER 1 on both the Billboard Gospel Airplay chart and MEDIABASE Gospel chart! Clearly, this song has impacted listeners with it’s encouraging message! The song is the second number one single from Jekalyn’s One Nation Under God project, that was released in February 2018 and debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Top Gospel Albums chart. The song “You Will Win” spent 5 weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Gospel Airplay chart and Carr garnered a GMA Dove Award for Traditional Album of the Year for One Nation Under God. She is nominated for five Stellar…

Chart-topping rock band STRYPER will return to the road in May for the 2019 HISTORY Tour Greatest Hits & Covers that influenced our generation. The all-new HISTORY Tour comes on the heels of the band’s yearlong God Damn Evil World Tour, which concluded in Japan in February. “The music of our generation was and is timeless,” says STRYPER frontman Michael Sweet. “It was all about the song and musicians who inspired you to want to play. We grew up on bands like Van Halen, Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, Black Sabbath, Journey and BOSTON. We wouldn’t be here if it wasn’t for the music of these legendary bands. We thought it…

Following their first-ever JUNO Award nomination, sisters Lauren Budnick and Brooke DeLeary of the faith-forward pop duo LOVECOLLIDE were honored by The Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (CARAS) last night with the 2019 Contemporary Christian/Gospel Album of the Year of the Year JUNO Award for Tired Of Basic. Their acclaimed, third full-length album, Tired Of Basic, released April 13, 2018 on ABS Entertainment, LLC with global distribution through The Fuel Music. The JUNO Awards ceremony for Canada’s biggest night in music was held yesterday in London, ON, was hosted by Sarah McLachlan, and broadcast live across the country on CBC, CBC Radio One, CBC Music and more. Video…

When I was in college, I remember sitting in the car dealership, asking my dad, “Please dad, please! Can I get this car???” The amazing thing was — my dad wasn’t buying it for me. Somehow, though, I needed his permission. Yet, I was the one walking out of the dealership with a title and a $500 monthly payment on a vehicle. It didn’t matter, I was enthralled. It seemed my whole life was about to change. The car was a convertible. For the first week, I was internally on-fire every time I drove that car. I wondered if people were looking at me. I wondered if I could feel…

by Matt Conner Over 20 years have passed since Mike Weaver started leading worship with Jay Weaver, Jeremy Redmon, Jeff Jones and Joe Shirk at the University of Mobile. Even after numerous chart-topping christian music songs, a Dove Award win and coast to coast tours, the Big Daddy Weave front man says the band is still waiting for the other shoe to drop. “We just celebrated 20 years and I think we’ve all felt the same way, believing at some point that someone was going to tell us we had to get a real job,” he says with a laugh. Weaver says the band took the time last year, on…