Steven Curtis Chapman is bringing his Songs & Stories Tour to Colorado on Oct. 22 to Mission Hills Church in Littleton. Tickets go on sale Aug. 5.
Joining Chapman is Josh Wilson and Andrew Peterson. So expect a lot of stories interjected into the music portion of the show. Continue reading
What does heaven sound like? For Grammy nominee Montell Jordan and Dove nominee Beckah Shae heaven is filled with the sweet velvet R&B sounds of angels.
Their “Shake Heaven” is the title track from the Victory World Music worship team and will be released Aug. 23. Here’s a link to the video.
What does heaven sound like? For Grammy nominee Montell Jordan and Dove nominee Beckah Shae heaven is filled with the sweet velvet R&B sounds of angels.
Their “Shake Heaven” is the title track from the Victory World Music worship team and will be released Aug. 23. Here’s a link to the video.
Ben Kasica, who left Skillet in February, is looking to help artists break into the music industry.
Kasica started playing guitar with Skillet when he was 16, and after 10 years left the band for new ventures. Kasica’s Skies Fall Media Group has the goal to “make a difference in the world, that we can communicate the heart of God through creativity and inspiration,” he said in a release.
This week Skies Fall will release the debut single, “Live for Love” from We Are Leo, a Chicago-based band.
Ben Kasica, who left Skillet in February, is looking to help artists break into the music industry.
Kasica started playing guitar with Skillet when he was 16, and after 10 years left the band for new ventures. Kasica’s Skies Fall Media Group has the goal to “make a difference in the world, that we can communicate the heart of God through creativity and inspiration,” he said in a release. Continue reading
[/media-credit]Kutless lead singer Jon Micha Sumrall and the band will perform with the Winter Jam tour this fall. | Photos by Eliza Marie Somers
The hugely successful Winter Jam tour will make its first ventures West this year with Denver being the kickoff spot.
[/media-credit]Matthew West will be back in Denver with Winter Jam in November.
The Nov. 3 concert at Denver University’s Magness Arena promises to be a kickin’ event. The lineup includes founders NewSong, of course, the newsboys, Kutless, Matthew West, Red, Fireflight, KJ-52. Tony Nolan will be the guest speaker. Talk about a lineup.
Newsboys’ Michael Tait summed it up in a release: “I’ve said it before and it surely bears repeating: Winter Jam is our industry’s #1 tour, performing this past winter to more than 520,000 concert goers! It’s a “must see”…10 bands for 10 bucks…simply unbeatable and an unforgettable night for the entire family. See you there!”
Kutless lead singer Jon Micha Sumrall and the band will perform with the Winter Jam tour this fall. | Photos by Eliza Marie Somers
The hugely successful Winter Jam tour will make its first ventures West this year with Denver being the kickoff spot.Matthew West will be back in Denver with Winter Jam in November. Continue reading
At the beginning of NBC’s coverage of the U.S. Open, the network showed scenes from our nation’s capital with children reciting the Pledge of Allegiance in the background. But the network edited out “under God” and “indivisible”. And it was edited out twice during the montage, so it was not a mistake but done on purpose. What purpose I don’t know? And don’t say separation of church and state.
About 3 hours into the coverage, announcer Dan Hicks apologized for the omission.
Here’s a YouTube clip of the montage.
The American Center for Law and Justice is sending a letter of protest to NBC and the USGA. You can sign or print out the the letter by going here. What are your thoughts on this omission?
At the beginning of NBC’s coverage of the U.S. Open, the network showed scenes from our nation’s capital with children reciting the Pledge of Allegiance in the background. But the network edited out “under God” and “indivisible”. And it was edited out twice during the montage, so it was not a mistake but done on purpose. What purpose I don’t know? And don’t say separation of church and state. Continue reading
E‑Street Band sax player Clarence Clemons died Saturday after suffering a massive stroke last week. He was 69.
Jungleland, Thunder Road, Rosalita, Born to Run. Wow, Thanks for the memories Clarence. I remember seeing Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band at the old McNichols Arena back in the early 1980s. (Scalping tickets for $100 with my Olympic weightlifter boyfriend, who was from Jersey and first saw Bruce in the Jersey Shore bars.) I blew out the speakers on my old record player listening to Rosalita. Makes me smile even today. College dorm rooms booming with Bruce on the stereo with Clarence wailing on the sax.
Share your memories of Clarence Clemons.
May you find peace on the other side.
E‑Street Band sax player Clarence Clemons died Saturday after suffering a massive stroke last week. He was 69.
Jungleland, Thunder Road, Rosalita, Born to Run. Wow, Thanks for the memories Clarence. I remember seeing Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band at the old McNichols Arena back in the early 1980s. (Scalping tickets for $100 with my Olympic Continue reading
“Live at The Masquerade,” Thousand Foot Krutch, Tooth and Nail Records, Release date: June 7, 2011
For its first live CD-DVD, Canadian band Thousand Foot Krutch picked Edmonton’s Rexall Place for the venue. Lead singer Trevor McNevan, a sports fan, notes on the CD sleeve “Live at The Masquerade” that Rexall Place is home to the NHL’s Oilers and Wayne Gretzky’s major accomplishments. It was a place that rocked with four Stanley Cup winners and now comes to life with TFK as an excellent venue for a concert.
I’m not a fan of live CDs, but this CD offers crisp music that lacks the distortion that is often on live music CDs. McNevan’s high energy also comes through loud and clear. It’s a fist-pumping, wanna-scream-and-dance evoking experience. (I was head-banging at my desk while editing sports copy, probably not a good look.)
The live show features all the favorites — “Fire It Up,” “Bring Me to Life,” “E for Extinction,” and the title track — from “Welcome to the Masquerade,” one of the best hard-rock Christian CDs that has come across my desk in the few years that I have been doing this blog. Going old school, McNevan turns to “Rawkfist,” and “Puppet.”
As for not being a fan of live CDs, this one just made me a convert.
The DVD portion of the concert gives the viewer a true sense of McNevan and the band’s energy — it’s nonstop. But I would have liked to have seen more backstage or behind the scenes video of the band such as:
What the band does to tuneup before a show?
Where do the eat?
Do they take naps like hockey players before a big game?
I’d like to see them putting on their makeup.
Stuff like that would put the viewer behind the scenes.
One of my colleagues is just getting into Christian rock, so I’m going to pass this along to him and I’ll let you know what he thinks of this live CD.
“Live at The Masquerade,” Thousand Foot Krutch, Tooth and Nail Records, Release date: June 7, 2011
For its first live CD-DVD, Canadian band Thousand Foot Krutch picked Edmonton’s Rexall Place for the venue. Lead singer Trevor McNevan, a sports fan, notes on the CD sleeve “Live at The Masquerade” that Rexall Place is home to the NHL’s Oilers and Wayne Gretzky‘s major accomplishments. It was a place that rocked with four Stanley Cup winners and now comes to life with TFK as an excellent venue for a concert. Continue reading
