Third Day is a worship rock band, more than just a bunch of guys that just want to rock for Jesus. And because Christmas music is, after all, winter worship music, a Christmas concert DVD is securely in the act’s sweet spot.
Creating a memorable Christmas release is oftentimes a complicated balancing act. You don’t [...]

In case you haven’t noticed yet, Hillsong has become quite the worship music franchise. I’ll bet it’s difficult for many congregations to go a single week without singing at least one Hillsong-related tune on Sunday morning. Furthermore, it’s nearly impossible to flip around the dial and miss a TV commercial for one of the many [...]

During the opener (“Sing, Sing, Sing”) to Chris Tomlin’s Hello Love disc, Tomlin asks, “What’s not to love about you? / Heaven and earth adore you.” It’s an obvious question/statement, I know, but Tomlin states this rhetorical query with such enthusiasm, it’s impossible not to join in and sing, sing, sing right along with him. [...]

Some perceive critics as Teflon figures. That somehow these scribes are completely objective, all the time. But truth be told, critics are humans just like everybody else. (I know. That’s sometimes hard to believe, especially after all the national exposure meanies like Simon Cowell get.) And critics of spiritual music are as easily touched by [...]

Kids can explain ApologetiX to their friends by labeling them the Christian answer to Weird Al. But we cannot use such simplistic shorthand here because that would be lazy journalism. Furthermore, a statement like that sells the band short, as the group’s new Future Tense is packed with creative humor and so much more.
Granted, ApologetiX [...]

Although Alvin Slaughter is a veteran praise and worship performer, even the best representatives of any particular musical discipline sometimes require artistic kicks in the pants now and again. Of course, this is not to suggest you go after seemingly complacent ones wearing heavy boots, so don’t get any ideas! Rather, injecting new blood into [...]