“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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Pat Green is here with his first release on his new record label, BNA. What I’m For hit store shelves a few weeks ago, and is the follow-up to Cannonball and Wave on Wave, the album that was Green’s breakthrough. I’d consider myself to be a casual Pat Green fan, and What I’m For is [...]
Surely you’ve heard “The Fray” and “overrated” or “overplayed” in the same sentence. I know I sure have. But when I take a look back at their first major label release, How to Save a Life, I certainly don’t think “overrated” is an accurate description. Overplayed? Maybe, but only because it’s deserved. When a band [...]
With the in-depth article on Seneca, South Carolina’s Needtobreathe came a promise to bring you more newcomers to the industry that are looking pretty good as far as “making it big.” Our next act attended the same college (Furman) as the guys that comprise Needtobreathe, and his music reminds me of their style. Sounds like [...]