(CAROL STREAM, Illinois) — It’s no secret that families today are struggling. Pulled in a dozen different directions daily by jobs, schooling and extra-curricular activites, parents and kids often feel disconnected from each other, and the distance can produce devastating effects. Brad Mathias, author of the new book, Road Trip to Redemption (Tyndale, June 2013), … Continue reading
Artist: Gypsy Carns Title: ‘Tango Blues’ Website: http://www.gypsycarns.com Overall Album Vibe: On his latest release, ‘Tango Blues,’ preaching blues artist Gypsy Carns takes a break from his normal style to put out an instrumental album that happened because he says, ‘this time around the Lord led me on a transcendental instrumental blues journey.” Gypsy also … Continue reading
Artist: Dwayna Litz Title: ‘Still’ Website: http://www.DwaynaLitz.com Overall Album Vibe: In this Twitter world that we live in where you have to compact whatever you want to say into 140-characters or less I could write my review for Dwayna Litz’s new release, ‘Still,’ in only 12-characters, Buy ‘Still!’ This album is filled with a wonderful … Continue reading
Whether you’re a solo artist, in a band, or connected in any way to the music scene you need to have the holy grail of information that’s found in, “The Ultimate Indie Bundle.” It consists of several components, The Indie Bible e-book, Indie Bible ONLINE and The Indie Venue Bible. It also includes 180 articles … Continue reading
‘Mother India,’ is a documentary style film from Word Films. The documentary is narrated by well-known Christian artist and child advocate Rebecca St. James. The DVD follows the life of 25 children ranging in age from 3 to 25 years old that live as a family group on the streets of India. They choose the … Continue reading
Artist: Jason Gray Title: ‘Nothing is Wasted ‘ EP Website: http://www.jasongraymusic.com Overall Album Vibe: Jason Gray’s latest 5-song EP, found on Centricity Music, features two versions of the EP’s title track, “Nothing is Wasted,” a radio remix and a piano vocal version of the song. The three other songs found on the EP come from … Continue reading
Artist: Stryper Title: ‘Second Coming’ Website: http://www.stryper.com Overall Album Vibe: Without a doubt Stryper can be included in any conversation of bands that brought Christian music to the mainstream. I’m old enough to remember when they were the first openly Christian band to have a video played on MTV (back when MTV was the place … Continue reading
Band Name: No Punk Influences Band Members: Loudmouth LaVal (vocals and bass), Chris Lefler (guitar and vocals), Sal-Val (guitar), and Joshy (drums and vocals) Band Website: facebook.com/No.Punk.Influences Record Label: Thumper Punk Records Band Biography: No Punk Influences started in December 2006 as three friends playing music under the name Sorry, No Punn Intended. Originally playing … Continue reading
JJ Heller is an artist who isn’t afraid to bear her soul in the lyrics of her songs and those found on ‘Loved,’ are no different being chock–full of heart felt emotional lyrics that were co-penned by JJ and her husband Dave. The main theme found on, ‘Loved,’ centers around having the courage to be … Continue reading