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Cindy Morgan to Release New EP ‘Autumn & Eve’
Nashville, TN (March 1, 2019) 2-time Grammy Nominee and 13-time Dove Award-winner Cindy Morgan is gearing up for the release of her new EP, Autumn & Eve, on March 8, 2019. This is the follow-up of her critically acclaimed 2015 album Bows & Arrows. “The new record is about a merging of Old Testament struggles and modern heartache,” shares Cindy Morgan. “I have been in a season of loss and chance, and the songs on Autumn & Eve are inspired by not only this season of my life but also of the stories of old.” Morgan’s new EP is also receiving early critical praise. Dave Trout, President of UTR Media,…
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*The Promise of Change by JoAnn Boyce
*The Promise of Change: One Girl’s Story in the Fight for School Equality by JoAnn Allen Boyce and Debbie Levy. Bloomsbury, 2019, 309 pages including appendix Reading Level: Teen, ages 12-15 Recommended for: ages 12-up When someone says an ugly word about us/ because we are black,/ I know they are ignorant./ Ignorant of God,/ ignorant of what it means to be one of God’s children. I know they are backward,/ and I look forward. Clinton, Tennessee wasn’t a bad place for a black girl to grow up, even in the 1950s. There were rules, of course, most unwritten: no going into the library or pool; balcony only at the…
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Inventing Victoria by Tonya Bolden
Inventing Victoria by Tonya Bolden. Bloomsbury, 2019, 257 pages. Reading Level: Teen, ages 12-15 Recommended for: ages 14-up Judy 12, 1881, Savannah, Georgia: Essie Mirth stands by her mother’s grave, her thoughts darting into the past as the minister’s voice drones through a graveside service. She thinks—desperately hopes—she has escaped that past, but a biracial woman in the postwar south is on precarious ground. One big blessing in her life is Ma Clara, a former slave who has covertly protected Essie from her mother’s white clients—the ones who come mostly at night and creak the bedsprings loud enough for the girl to hear in her attic bedroom. Clara’s interference has…
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Jeff Johnson & Phil Keaggy ‘Cappadocia’ Review
Jeff Johnson & Phil KeaggyCappadocia (Ark Music) Inspired by a recent trip to central Turkey to the spiritual haven known as Cappadocia, Jeff Johnson again enlists musical visionary Phil Keaggy for their third collaboration. Utilizing their immense talents and enjoying a longtime friendship, Johnson and Keaggy seek to draw poignant instrumental pictures that capture the beauty and deep spirituality Johnson experienced on his trip. Featuring eight tracks in all, the album is best consumed in one sitting, letting the tracks play over you like a movie soundtrack. The title track sets the tone early, as Eastern flavors roll along courtesy of Keaggy’s distinctive chumbus lines while the scripturally inspired “Quo…
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New Edition & Worship CD for ‘GOD HEARS HER’ Devotional
Nashville, TN (February 28, 2019)Discovery House Publishers has announced the release of a new leather-like edition of the best-selling devotional book, God Hears Her: 365 Devotions for Women by Women (Our Daily Bread) — Available now wherever books are sold. Originally released in 2017, Discovery House has distributed over 140,000 units combined of the hardcover, ebook and paperback editions. It remains in the Top 10 Devotional Books at Amazon, and landed at #3 on Christian Retailing’s Top 20 Books of 2018 chart. This CBA bestseller contains 365 daily devotions written by women for women. Each edition includes a foreword by Elisa Morgan, named by Christianity Today as one of the…
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Feb. 28 – CCM LIVE with Jason Dunn
You know Jason Dunn as the founding frontman of Hawk Nelson. But he’s done a bunch of things since then, including getting most of the original band back together, called Aid & Effect. He’s also had a couple of babies recently. We’ll find out about this and tons more!
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‘THE LONG GOODBYE: The Kara Tippetts Story’ Releases Mar. 22
Los Angeles, CA (February 27, 2019) In 2014 and 2015, one young woman in Colorado dared to explore the raw edges of dying with grace and dignity in real time, and, in the process, unknowingly impacted tens of thousands around the world. Now, her powerful story is being shared in the documentary THE LONG GOODBYE: The Kara Tippetts Story, distributed through Ocean Avenue Entertainment and available on DVD and digital channels, on the 4th anniversary of her passing, March 22. Watch the trailer for the film here: Kara was a 38-year old pastor’s wife and mother of four young children who had begun a mommy blog titled “Mundane Faithfulness,” sharing…
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Throw Back Thursday – Feb 28, 2019: David and the Giants
Christian music legends, David and the Giants will be releasing their latest album, What Are You Waiting For, March 5, 2019! This is their first new studio recording as a fully re-united group since 1996. In conjunction with the new release, the first single is the title track and is being released on March 5th to radio, online, and to other various outlets. David and the Giants have been touring, singing, performing concerts, and traveling the world spreading the good news of the Gospel for over forty years. David had felt that putting the band together again for a new studio recording was a great idea when the Lord was giving him…
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VIDEO PREMIERE Jasmine Murray While You Were Holding Me
Fresh off hosting the 7th Annual We Love Christian Music Awards in Memphis, TN, Jasmine Murray is releasing a music video for her powerful new single, “While You Were Holding Me,” and NRT is premiering it today! “I grew up in a single parent home,” says Jasmine. “My mom raised five children on her own and has always displayed the most incredible faith–even in the hardest circumstances. I have always been encouraged by her strength and love for Jesus and wrote this song with her in mind. I pray you find this song to be as uplifting and encouraging as it is to me!” You can follow Jasmine and keep…
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Natasha Owens Releases Third Full-Length Album ‘Warrior’ March 29
Award-winning singer songwriter Natasha Owens globally releases her third, full-length album, Warrior, March 29 from Radiate Music. The first radio single and title track from the album goes for adds at radio outlets internationally beginning today. Owens shares the heartache and pain she experienced in the aftermath of her father’s sudden passing with her debut album, I Made it Through, followed by hopeful exhales of optimism with her sophomore release, We Will Rise, which sparked coverage by FOX News, XM Radio, CNN and CCM, as well as earned her the fan-voted Best Contemporary Album of the Year award in NewReleaseToday.com’s 6th Annual WE LOVE Christian Music Awards. For Warrior, Owens…
