Music

• Timing Could Be Off for Cheri Keaggy’s Latest Cheri Keaggy’s Because He First Loved Us should be enjoyed in many churches and fellowships and among slightly older audiences. But, unfortunately, it might not find as warm a reception outside of the dwindling AC market. Kevan Breitinger Jun 21, 2007 comments
• New Trio Blends Country, Rock and Pop on 33Miles With a name that refers to the 33 years that Jesus lived on earth and the fact that He had (and we all still have) “miles” to cover while on this planet, 33Miles unashamedly debuts as the “Christian” Rascal Flatts. Robert Mineo Jun 20, 2007 comments
• Portable Sounding-Board: tobyMac's Reconciling Passions Portable Sounds is bookended by tracks that evidence tobyMac’s passion for loving thy neighbor. And since racial reconciliation and diversity have remained front and center for Toby for more than 15 years, we decided to dig a little deeper into the subject. Douglas Kaine McKelvey Jun 19, 2007 comments
• Innocence Mission’s Song Another Quiet Triumph Songwriter, vocalist and pianist Karen Peris has always written in the vocabulary of childhood. On The Innocence Mission’s We Walked in Song, she explores the still-fresh loss of her parents through vintage images of days in the park and birthday parties. Beau Black Jun 18, 2007 comments
• Webb Sounds The Ringing Bell for the World With The Ringing Bell, Derek Webb takes his listeners on a retro, rhythm-driven trippy stroll through ’60s rock & roll sounds and lyrics that are expectedly deep—though happily conversational and even funny. Caroline Lusk Jun 15, 2007 comments
• Keaggy Stays Close to Home on Dream Again Phil Keaggy has described Dream Again, his first vocal album in six years, as a “relationship album,” touching upon our relationship with God and those He has placed close to us. Kevan Breitinger Jun 14, 2007 comments
• Matt Redman: The Beautiful News About Worship He’s one of the most influential voices in modern Christendom. Yet, for all the positivity and uplift in his repertoire, the Englishman understands that not everyone enters a spiritual setting ready for praise songs. Brian Quincy Newcomb Jun 12, 2007 comments
• Unorthodox Reveals Redemptive Hip-Hop in Community With this double-disc set, Urban D offers up the best music of his near decade-long career as well as a DVD overview of the revolutionary hip-hop oriented Crossover Church. Even as the Tampa-based fellowship has come into its own with Urban D as pastor, D himself is coming into his own. Anthony Barr-Jeffrey Jun 10, 2007 comments
• Evangelical Rock Made on Heroes Lyrically, This Beautiful Republic’s message is anything but subtle, and the band members make no apologies for it on their debut. They are here for one purpose: to proclaim the good news of Jesus Christ. Paul Durham Jun 08, 2007 comments
• Jackson Waters Gives Southern Edge to Come Undone With Come Undone, Jackson Waters lives up to the high expectations set up by their earlier attention-grabbing EP. The full-length debut offers eleven tracks of pop-rock with a southern edge, a radio-friendly blend that easily straddles hard and soft rock while supplying an endless stream of hooks. Kevan Breitinger Jun 07, 2007 comments
• Candi Pearson-Shelton: Haunted by Fame The difficulty for independent artist Candi Pearson-Shelton is more and more people are discovering who she is. She first appeared before crowds in the early days of the Passion college movement. Jackie A. Chapman Jun 05, 2007 comments
• Old Is New Again on Oceans Above Described by its record label as “more of a concept than an actual band,” Oceans Above is a group of musicians who are attempting to make classic praise & worship songs sound totally original and completely their own. Caroline Lusk Jun 04, 2007 comments