Author Archives: Eliza Marie Somers

Don’t put away Christmas decorations just yet

Posted on December 30, 2012 by Eliza Marie Somers

Amer­i­cans have it all wrong. This is the Christ­mas sea­son — the time after Jesus Christ’s birth. A time to enjoy and rewind from all the hus­tle and bus­tle of the sea­son of Advent. Advent is a time of prepa­ra­tion … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Switchfoot shuns Christian rock band moniker

Posted on December 9, 2012 by Eliza Marie Somers

  Here’s a piece I wrote a few years  back about Switch­foot and how the band came about its name and why the band shuns labels, includ­ing “Chris­t­ian rock band.” Find­ing the right band name is para­mount to musi­cians. A good … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Life at crux of Tenth Avenue North’s “The Struggle”

Posted on October 16, 2012 by Eliza Marie Somers

“The Strug­gle” is the third stu­dio release from the band, which has been mak­ing music since its incep­tion a dozen years ago when Mike Done­hey and Jason Jami­son were wor­ship lead­ers at Palm Beach Atlantic Col­lege. “You wouldn’t want to … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Tenth Avenue North shares “Struggles” with fans

Posted on October 15, 2012 by Eliza Marie Somers

Many pas­tors and their flocks embrace a prosperity-based mes­sage, but Tenth Avenue North is burst­ing their bub­bles with its newest CD release, “The Strug­gle.” “The pros­per­ity Gospel teaches us if we do the right thing God will bless you, but … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Third Day gets jolt with Brendan O’Brien, ‘Miracle’

Posted on August 20, 2012 by Eliza Marie Somers

With Third Day lead singer Mac Pow­ell set to release his first solo project, a self-titled coun­try CD, many fans might be won­der­ing if the four-time Grammy-winning band is break­ing up. Well, don’t fret. Third Day is alive and well, … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Joel Osteen: Don’t settle for a C life, God promises more

Posted on August 14, 2012 by Eliza Marie Somers

You’ve heard the say­ing: Good enough for gov­ern­ment work. You’ve prob­a­bly even said it a few times. Well, “good enough” might just be the rea­son for this country’s cur­rent state of affairs andy­our cur­rent state of affairs. Well, enough of that. … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Downhere’s Marc Martel as Queen’s Freddie Mercury

Posted on August 13, 2012 by Eliza Marie Somers

If you’re a Queen fan then check out this video by Marc Mar­tel, the lead singer of Down­here. And fans rec­og­nize it also as he was voted the win­ner of Best Fan Cover at the MTV 02 Awards this week. Here’s … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Jason Crabb to play Ridgway, Colorado

Posted on June 29, 2012 by Eliza Marie Somers

Jason Crabb, who recently won male vocal­ist of the year and artist of the year at The Dove Awards, will be at the Ridg­way Chris­t­ian Cen­ter in Sep­tem­ber. There’s not much more infor­ma­tion about this event on the Ridg­way web­site or on … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Thanks for all your support and interest

Posted on June 16, 2012 by Eliza Marie Somers

Today is my last day at The Den­ver Post because of staff reduc­tions. I will still be cov­er­ing Chris­t­ian music but in a dif­fer­ent “plat­form” at www.highernoteblog.com Con­tinue read­ing →

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Meet Joel Osteen at LoDo Tattered Cover

Posted on May 22, 2012 by Eliza Marie Somers

Meet Joel Osteen at Tat­tered Cover in LoDo on Thurs­day, May 31. Con­tinue read­ing →

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Third Day in Colorado for Rockies’ game

Posted on May 21, 2012 by Eliza Marie Somers

Third Day, the Atlanta-based multi-platinum Chris­t­ian rock band, will be in Den­ver for a con­cert after the Rock­ies’ game on Sun­day, Aug. 19 at Coors Field. Third Day is cur­rently work­ing with vet­eran rock pro­ducer Bren­dan O’Brien at the band’s stu­dio … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Third Day to play Coors Field after Rockies’ game

Posted on May 20, 2012 by Eliza Marie Somers

Third Day, the Atlanta-based multi-platinum Chris­t­ian rock band, will be in Den­ver for a con­cert after the Rock­ies’ game on Sun­day, Aug. 19 at Coors Field. Con­tinue read­ing →

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Brandon Heath reveals stories behind songs

Posted on April 29, 2012 by Eliza Marie Somers

Dove Award win­ner and Grammy nom­i­nee Bran­don Heath shares his favorite sto­ries about his songs while record­ing “Give Me Your Eyes — The Acoustic Ses­sions.” Con­tinue read­ing →

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Chris August out of hospital after head injury

Posted on April 28, 2012 by Eliza Marie Somers

Chris­t­ian musi­cian Chris August is in the hos­pi­tal with a head injury, asks for prayers. Con­tinue read­ing →

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2012 Dove Awards: Something for everyone

Posted on April 28, 2012 by Eliza Marie Somers

The Dove Awards encom­passes all gen­res of music and there is some­thing for every­one, from hip-hop to rock to heavy metal to tra­di­tional Gospel. Con­tinue read­ing →

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