Christian Music

• MercyMe's Lovewell Not Quite a Concept Album To call MercyMe's latest project, The Generous Mr. Lovewell, a concept album would be an overstatement. But there's certainly a unified thread that runs throughout the 11-track collection of uplifting pop and rock. Andy Argyrakis May 20, 2010 comments
• Patty Griffin Gets Spiritual on Downtown Church Traces of gospel have pervaded Patty Griffin's melancholic discography ever since she made her 1996 debut. But not until recently did the folk songstress decide to record a full-fledge spirituals record. Andrew Greer May 18, 2010 comments
• Ultimate Collection a Cohesive Mix for the Uninitiated Matt Redman has created memorable anthems for the global church for the better part of two decades and been seen as instrumental in major worship movements like Soul Survivor and Passion Conferences. Matt Conner May 13, 2010 comments
• Karen Clark Sheard Continues the Legacy with All in One With a history of GRAMMY wins and chart-topping albums, Karen Clark Sheard looks to build on her family name with All in One, a rollicking gospel/soul stomp through every conceivable emotion and expression. Matt Conner May 11, 2010 comments
• 4TROOPS: Singing for Those Who Serve 4TROOPS, a new singing group of four United States combat veterans, see their self-titled debut release this month (appropriately enough during Armed Forces Week) as they begin their mission to sing on behalf of all troops, honor their sacrifices and create awareness for their needs. Laura MacCorkle May 10, 2010 comments
• New Songs and Old Favorites on Passion's Awakening With eight new songs and other favorites such as "How He Loves" from David Crowder Band, Passion: Awakening adds another impressive offering to a catalog that already leads the worship music pack. Matt Conner May 06, 2010 comments
• Beeching Returns to Worship Roots with Eternity Invades Though Eternity Invades musically clones the worship music's infatuation with Brit-rock, it is rare the genre is able to marry depth of verse with current musical elements. And for that, Vicky Beeching deserves a bit of praise all her own. Andrew Greer May 04, 2010 comments
• Live Captures DecembeRadio's On-Stage Intensity Not only has DecembeRadio turned in two sterling studio CDs accompanied by even more explosive shows, but they've just put the finishing touches on a full-length audio and visual concert collection to mirror that on-stage intensity. Andy Argyrakis Apr 29, 2010 comments
• Jennifer Knapp & Larry King: Why We Always Lose this Debate Why is it that whenever we see a proponent of Christianity's historical view of sexuality going head to head on TV with an advocate for "gay rights," the traditional Christian almost always loses the argument? I think it has a lot to do with how the discussion is framed. Trevin Wax Apr 27, 2010 comments
• Expect the Expected with Robbie Seay Band's Miracle Robbie Seay Band's Miracle, features everything you've come to expect and not much else. In this case that's completely and totally fine, because whoever's in charge of the melodies here might just be the finest songsmith in the genre. Matt Conner Apr 27, 2010 comments
• Point of Grace Goes Country on No Changin' Us Point of Grace has brought on producer Nathan Chapman, unleashing the Nashville machine on all 11 tracks on No Changin' Us. And from suddenly truncated verb endings to enhanced accents to pedal steel, the points have officially gone country. Matt Conner Apr 22, 2010 comments
• More Than Noise Doesn't Break the Mold Like its previous two projects, More Than Noise finds Pocket Full of Rocks turning in a mildly likeable, albeit generally unremarkable, batch of praise tunes that don't break the genre's mold but are no doubt reverent with their intention. Andy Argyrakis Apr 20, 2010 comments