Ed Cardinal

Rise opens with a concept as the title track mixes robotics, R&B vocals, skittering beats, and hot electric guitars in God's courtroom.

It's obvious the recast trio loves simple gospel lyrical themes and a throwback '80s synth-pop vibe.

Rap fans across the board should pick up Fallen King and go for a fun, faith-strengthening ride.

Thrive builds upon the visual provided by Psalm 1:3, a verse describing the blessed man as being “like a tree planted by streams of water . . . In...

There’s no overlooking what first makes NBC’s The Michael J. Fox Show so remarkable: the new sitcom’s beloved namesake his challenges with...

Fresh out of Florida comes All Things New, four young guys whose sound will be compared to Mumford & Sons.

Swallow the Ocean is just as format-fitting as those sold-out shows have become. You want something that sounds relatively younger and a little...

The new Seattle group known as Citizens may better fit the sounds-like introductory approach to those outside the worship circle.

Spiky-haired singer Colton Dixon may have placed seventh on last season’s American Idol, but he sure sounds like a winner here on his debut album,...

This is what happens when Switchfoot tracks from Vice Verses are reworked by Darren King, Adam Young, JT Daly and Photek.

Point of Grace offers well done, radio-ready inspiration and sings about how they live on this light country-influenced album.

Sidewalk Prophets won the 2010 New Artist Dove Award, and the band’s second major label album, Live Like That, reminds us why.

Newly aligned with Inpop Records, Jaci Velasquez presents a worthwhile comeback effort with the autobiographical Diamond.

God’s Not Dead feels like another reminder that newsboys is still the same pop/rock band that does worship music well.

Come to the Well yields finely crafted songs that can and probably will soon double as sermon outlines at a church near you.

TobyMac’s Christmas in Diverse City—a pop-meets-hip-hop mishmash—certainly does invite some complaints.

There’s something for everyone on Relient K’s fun, forget-the-coolness-factor covers album, Is for Karaoke.

Vice Verses is a jumbo jet of a rock record that has some serious thrust and at the same time can float along quite peacefully.