“The Night Before Christmas” is a beautiful song that leaves us wishing for a Brandon Heath Christmas album- perhaps maybe next year. I absolutely love original Christmas songs. “Silent Night,” “O Come, O Come, Emmanuel,” “Jingle Bell Rock,” etc. are all great and wonderful, but tend to get old. That’s why I like original songs [...]
Right now, country music newcomer David Nail is riding on the success of his breakthrough single, “Red Light,” which is one of the most-played songs on radio right now. The song is #54 on Billboard’s Hot 100 (which includes all genres), and according to the magazine, is one of this week’s songs to gain [...]
Since this is a Christian-based blog, I’d like to caution you by letting you know that the article’s subject, singer Jessie James, does not produce Christian music and therefore some of her songs contain some suggestive content and that this article discusses James’s career and her music from a professional critical standpoint, not a Christian [...]
After various updates and pushings back of release dates, Decyfer Down’s sophomore album, Crash, is finally here- and so is the review. The album was released on May 5, but I’m just now getting the chance to review it. I’ve actually only had the album for about a week because I’m pretty limited on music [...]
The Newsboys as we know them have gone through several big changes in recent years personnelwise- the departure of Jody Davis in 2003 and Phil Joel in 2006; the short-lived addition of Paul Colman in 2006 (Colman left early this year); the return of Davis to replace Colman. However, the band’s newest record, In the [...]
Since the standard for describing the styles and vocals of new artists seems to be comparing them with an established one, I’ll give it a try. Think David Cook or Daughtry meets U2, with maybe a little Matchbox Twenty thrown in. In songs like “Last Train Home,” former Stage frontman Ryan Star’s sound has David [...]
Keith Urban is doing something that as far as I know has never been done on iTunes. His new album, Defying Gravity, releases on March 31, and Urban is releasing one new song from the CD each week until the release of the album-which you can pre-order on iTunes- and so that you’re not paying [...]
Captivating. That’s the first word I came up with when trying to think of something that could describe the beauty of Francesca Battistelli’s voice. When I first heard her major label debut, My Paper Heart (Word Entertainment/Curb Records/Warner Brothers, 2008), I honestly didn’t pay much attention. But then one day, I saw the song “Beautiful, [...]
Expect to see Kelly Clarkson, U2, Ryan Star, Francesca Battistelli, and more gracing our pages in the very near future. Are these the artists you want to read about? Let us know by leaving a comment. I know you’re reading this right now, the site stats say you are- so don’t be afraid to leave [...]
Initially, I wrote off Red’s sophomore album, Innocence and Instinct, because I can’t deal with yelling in my music and it seemed like most of the songs on it were exactly that. But based on my love for their debut album, I convinced myself to listen a couple more times. I’m glad I did. I’m [...]