Blackbird Presents is proud to announce the broadcast release and audio/video release of Mavis Staples: I'll Take You There An All-Star Concert Celebration.
A powerful and strong sound has emerged from Texas and marks the return of a Preashea Hilliard. The sound of worship is enthusiastically declared on THE GLORY EXPERIENCE, a new deeply profound project from Houston's own Preashea Hilliard.
Micah Tyler's "Never Been A Moment" has effectively become the most listened to song on Christian radio this past week, spending two weeks atop the Billboard AC Indicator and hitting No. 1 on the Mediabase Christian Audience chart earlier this week. In addition to the No. 1 chart placement, the single continues to make waves at radio, reaching No. 2 on the Billboard National Christian Audience chart and No. 3 on the Billboard AC Monitored chart.
Dolly Parton continues to enjoy a successful music career on many levels. Her Pure & Simple album and tour were both resounding successes, as have been her two NBC-TV movies from the holiday seasons, 2015's Coat of Many Colors, and 2016's Christmas Of Many Colors: Circle of Love.
The Internet has made the world smaller. Now, with just a click of a browser we can access music from all corners of the earth. Gone are the days you need to pay a hefty levy and wait forever in order to order an imported CD. This has exposed us to artists all over the globe. Lou Fellingham, may be a new name to many of us, but in her native UK, she's already a worship music veteran. "This Changes Everything," released by Integrity Music UK, is actually her sixth solo album, but her first live record.
Country Music Hall of Famer and GRAMMY® award-winning living legend Bobby Bare will releaseTHINGS CHANGE May 26, which features a collaboration with Chris Stapleton. The album is Bare's first studio project in five years and is available for pre-sale now at BobbyBare.com.
Anberlin's frontman, Stephen Christian announces the release of his new solo album, Wildfires, later this summer with BEC Recordings. With the disband of Anberlin in 2014 and working four part-time jobs, Christian began searching what was the next step for his future. During that challenging time, he was able to create this worship project that has special meaning to him.
New Traditional Gospel recording artist and Grand Rapids, MI native, Pastor James Cutts, has released his first national single, "Jesus Will Fix It," featuring his childhood friend, mentor and former American professional boxer and current boxing trainer Floyd Mayweather Sr. (father and trainer of five-division boxing champion Floyd Mayweather Jr.).
Reunion Records/Sony Music Entertainment announces that Tauren Wells is the opening act for Lionel Richie's upcoming tour, All The Hits, with very special guest Mariah Carey. Hitting the biggest arenas in 22 markets across the U.S. and Canada, the tour will kick off July 21 in Oakland, CA and run through September 5 wrapping in Seattle, WA.
Recording artist, composer David Baloche released his contemplative, scripture-based debut album,Labyrinth, worldwide amidst acclaim March 24. Hitting top 10 on the iTunes Christian & Gospel chart during its first week at digital retail, the full-length Labyrinth is the lead volume in an upcoming series that offers unique musical meditations using various translations from the Holy Bible, with this first project focusing on scriptures that address anxiety and stress.
One of South Florida's best kept secrets is indisputably the Gospel soul band, Sensere. With 2 critically acclaimed albums under their belt,
New Texas author Michael E. Nathanson has just released his debut novel CRIES OF THE EAGLE. In the book, he brings a careful examination of the contemporary increased incidence of violence throughout the country and the globe and begs investigation as to etiology or cause of the progression of hate, racism, and senseless deaths. A lesson too often forgotten is to turn to history as recorded by the great minds of the past, but equally significant is to find contemporary literature that opens some much-needed windows of insight.
Newcomer RaeLynn partners with her cousin and CCM artist Leeland Mooring to sing "Young." The song is taken from RaeLynn's brand new album Wildhorse.
The Kingsmen return with They Don't Know, the legendary Gospel quartet's first new album since their highly acclaimed 2014 release Battle Cry. This compelling album offers messages of hope, songs of faith and answers to life's questions through powerful lyrics and arrangements that are strong and clear.
Best-selling recording artist, Bri (Briana Babineaux), won two Stellar Gospel Music Awards this past weekend for her debut album, "Keys To My Heart" (Marquis Boone Enterprises/Tyscot), which peaked at No. 1 on Billboard Magazine's Gospel Albums sales chart in 2016. The singer won the coveted New Artist of the Year and Contemporary Female Vocalist of the Year Awards.