In life, it's not how you start that matters. It's how you finish. When Pastor Juan Martinez's father left his family at a young age, Martinez gravitated toward life on the street where he wanted to prove to everybody that he was somebody - to dance better than everybody else, get more high than everybody else, and sell more drugs than everybody else.
English soul artist Mica Paris not only scored a UK top 10 hit with "My Only Temptation," but she was one of the few elites for whom the late Prince wrote a song specifically for.
Christmas is less than a month away. As early as October, we have been inundated with new festive worship. With the church's worship (both congregational and personal) in mind, here's our favorite Christmas tunes for 2020:
Celebration Worship is comprised of Dove Award-winning artists and worship team members from Jacksonville, FL-based Celebration Church, a multi-campus and global "house comprised of many rooms" reaching tens-of-thousands of people around the world. The team released its ninth album, Lineage, Oct. 16 from AWKNG Records, which is being distributed for the first time from Venture3Media (V3M) and is now available on all digital and streaming outlets globally.
On December 8, the new faith-based drama FAITH UNDER FIRE will be available on home entertainment and DVD and in markets where theaters are still open, the film will be available in select theaters November 27-December 1. Faith Under Fire stars Nick Vlassopoulos, Dean Cain, and Kevin Sorbo.
Multi-talented singer, songwriter, and motivational speaker Benny DiChiara has overcome incredible odds to reach the top of the charts with his band, Empowered.
Celebration Worship is comprised of Dove Award-winning artists and worship team members from Jacksonville, FL-based Celebration Church, a multi-campus and global "house comprised of many rooms" reaching tens-of-thousands of people around the world. The team released its ninth album, Lineage, Oct. 16 from AWKNG Records, which is being distributed for the first time from Venture3Media (V3M) and is now available on all digital and streaming outlets globally.
The Thanksgiving holiday tradition traces its origins to a 1621 celebration at Plymouth, in the state that's now known as Massachusetts. The 1621 Plymouth feast and thanksgiving was prompted by a good harvest.
Genre-spanning, Dove Award-winning vocalist Lynda Randle has released her brand new album White Christmas, her first full-length holiday offering in more than a decade.
Singer and songwriter Loulita Gill releases her brand new worship album Poured Out today.
Two groups of fans are going to go gaga over this "Prayer Meeting." First fans of late 80s/90s country music will be delighted that many of their favourites are represented here including Ricky Skaggs, Linda Davis, John Berry, Oak Ridge Boys, the Gatlin Brothers, Gene Watson, T. Graham Brown, the Whites, Rhonda Vincent, John Conlee, Statler Brothers' Jimmy Fortune and others. Second, those who love hymns and the songs from the Southern Gospel canon will adore these selections too.
Returning to the spotlight with her first full-length album in nearly a decade, acclaimed singer/songwriter and worship leader Jaime Jamgochian has released her new album All Things.
Penning brand new Christmas songs is an ardent challenge. With the perennial classics, which thrive on their gorgeous and eternal melodic structures, it is difficult to craft a new song to play alongside classics like "Joy to the World" or "Silent Night." The McClures thus are to be congratulate not only for attempting to write new songs for their debut Christmas EP, but also for succeeding in writing a few classics to be.
Internationally acclaimed singer/songwriter/recording artist Jean Watson has released her Christmas album, For Unto Us from Shadowlands Records. The project is being distributed to retail by Elevate Entertainment.
Mack Brock is the go-to guy these days when it comes to contemporary worship music. This is why a string of who's who in the genre can be found co-writing or singing with Brock on his sophomore solo album "Space."
