Paul Baloche has served as the Worship Pastor at Community Christian Fellowship in Lindale, Texas for 20 years. Many of his compositions are familiar praise and worship songs in church gatherings worldwide. Though his name is not very recognizable, his impact on the genre is perhaps just as profound as the likes of Michael W. [...]

Joey Witham, a worship leader from the Dallas area, has released his third album featuring eight original songs. Though his worship leading roots are evident throughout, as in the case of many such new artists from this genre, it can not be defined so strictly in traditional terms. Witham’s style for
The Great Homesickness is to [...]

Decyfer Down’s second album, Crash, is a good example of artistry that comes straight from the heart. Hard edged, slightly southern flavored, rock, with hook-laden, soring melodies, and passionate, real life experience lyrics, this is an album and band that is instantly likable. There is an intensity and focus here that make one believe that [...]

Billboard Magazine has named Revive one of the bands to watch out for in 2009, and with good reason. Having signed with Third Day’s Consuming Fire Productions, subsequently Provident Music, the Christian devision of Sony BMG, they have a lot of promotional backing for their new album. Not to mention that they have already opened [...]

Though this is their premier album, The Priests have been singing as a trio for a long time. In fact, they grew up singing together, two of them being brothers. These three intelligent and engaging Irish priests started performing on a regular basis while attending St. MacNissi’s College near the small village of Carnlough in [...]

What do Southern California and Northern Minnesota have in common? One’s first instincts would be to say, “not much,” but there probably are a lot more similarities than most people realize. Cultural diversity is one. Bemidji, (pronounced, buh-midge-ee) Minnesota, the current residence of Ron Wilson, (a.k.a. Kaboose) is one of the most culturally diverse cities [...]

In the mid-to-late 70s, a particular genre of music started to emerge that at first seemed to be headed for a certain dominance in the rock music world. Bands like Kansas, Yes, Styx, and Rush became very popular as they strove to take rock to new levels of complexity and sophistication. With the advent of [...]

In 2004 The Showdown introduced themselves to the music world with A Chorus of Obliteration, a musically hardcore, and lyrically bold album that drew in a good sized fan base of metal-heads who loved it and demanded more. With their second, more laid-back release, Temptation Come My Way, those fans let the band know exactly [...]

Georgia native Corey Crowder is developing an original sound with his unique fusion of country, jazz, and folk. His latest album gives us a fine taste of a mature, big production work that is surprisingly more rootsy country/blues oriented than his early recordings. A few of the songs are of top notch production, with plenty [...]

Sometimes the raw spontaneity of emotion that comes out in the writing of a song can be lost in the record making process. When the time comes to record the final vocal tracks, the layers of other musical elements and influences may take away or even change the original feel and concept of that first [...]