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Even though we’ve still got a little over a month left in the year, Christianity Today has released their list of the Bets Albums of 2006. Our annual selections for Best Christian Albums in small part serves as a snapshot of the state of the industry, and what’s particularly interesting about this year’s list is how many of the finalists seem “outside the box.” Many of the artists have a foot in both Christian and mainstream markets without finding runaway success in either, and some of them are established artists who today continue to record and distribute music independently. It all reflects our commitment toRead More →

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Mark Schultz has extended his “Broken & Beautiful” Tour to another 30 cities through this spring according to his newsletter. I want to thank everyone for coming out to see us this past Fall on the Broken and Beautiful tour. Thanks to you, the tour was a big hit! Therefore, we are pleased to announce that we are extending the tour this Spring for an additional 30+ cities. Look for the Spring tour schedule to be posted soon. The other thing I was impressed about in his newsletter is he reported on the success of his World Vision sponsorships drive during his tour. He listsRead More →

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Avalon has released a new album in time for the holiday season called, Faith: A Hymns Collection. The collection includes: Holy Holy Holy Blessed Assurance* Joyful, Joyful We Adore Thee Great Is Thy Faithfulness* In Christ Alone It Is Well* I’ll Fly Away On Christ the Solid Rock Jesus Medley How Great Thou Art* Amazing Grace Total Praise Bonus: For Freedom Tracks marked with * are some of my favorites. I’m sure this will be a great album, but just thinking Avalon is a little late to the let’s-release-an-album-of-old-hymns game. We’ll see how they do though.Read More →

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I mentioned it briefly in my last post, but I just finished listening to tobyMac’s latest song “Made to Love” from his new album currently being produced. It really reminds me of the rhythm and lyrical mastering of “Gone”, which is one of my favorite songs. The only place you can hear the song is at Hear It First.Read More →

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If you haven’t heard of Hear It First, then you haven’t been reading this blog and you and I need to have some words. No really, Hear It First is by far the best site I’ve seen that gives away free music on a regular basis for both your favorites artists as well as introduce you to new artists and expand your horizons. You also get access to exclusive artist video interviews as well, this week they talk to Michael W. Smith. You can also get an exclusive sneak peek (what’s the right word for an audio sneak peak?) of tobyMac’s new album release andRead More →