Award-winning, American-Israeli artist Joshua Aaron recently released the first album in history to be recorded live at the Garden Tomb in Jerusalem. The record, “LIVE at the GARDEN TOMB” includes the first released version of the Hebrew-translated, chart-topping, Elevation Worship and Kari Jobe song “The Blessing.”
Inspired by scriptures John 17:20-23, Matthew 6:9-13 and Mark 12:28-31, “LIVE at the GARDEN TOMB” tells the story of a Jewish Savior who came to die, but rose again. The album was recorded on a night when Jerusalem believers gathered from all over Israel and the nations to sing songs of hope in English, Hebrew, and Arabic.
“After well over two years of planning, preparing, and rehearsing, nothing could hold us back from singing GOD’s praises at the Garden Tomb in Jerusalem! Not COVID, not even threats of terrorism just a few hundred meters away at the Damascus Gate,” Joshua Aaron said. “We felt supernaturally protected that night knowing we were safely held in the hands of the Almighty (and with ten Israeli soldiers patrolling outside the Garden Tomb Gate!).”
The “us” Joshua Aaron is referring to includes collaborations with his long-time friend and world-renown middle eastern instrumentalist, Yaron Cherniak, five-time Dove Award winner Aaron Shust and Israel’s own darling worship leader, Shilo Ben Hod. The artist wrote 7 of the 13 songs on “LIVE at the GARDEN TOMB” with Aaron Shust, Jesse Reeves (How Great is Our God), Krissy Nordhoff, Jamie Hilsden and more. Joshua Aaron and team have already received beautiful responses from listeners around the globe.
“My hope is that you will be blessed as you hear these songs recorded LIVE that memorable evening,” Joshua Aaron said. “In the midst of the chaos around the world, I pray you see Yeshua, the Risen Savior, Messiah, King of all, and feel the sense of reality that He was, He is and He soon will come again. Amen.”
SEU Worship releases their 13-track live recorded album, Heart Cry, available today. Recorded live on the campus of Southeastern University in Lakeland, Fl., SEU Worship’s new album focuses on the deep relationship with God and the Holy Spirit. Celebrating the release today, the live video performance of “Monday Morning Faith” is debuting on YouTube in addition to other live performances (see below).
“How often do we go to church on Sunday and fail to perpetually carry the same level of worship into our week,” asks SEU Worship leader Dan Rivera about the song “Monday Morning Faith.” “This song is an invitation to worship God in our daily activities and devotion.”
The song is also the subject matter of a YouVersion The Bible App 3-day devotional series that kicks off today. The devotional series features narrated audio and teaching videos along with the band going live on their socials on the next three Mondays this month. Click here to join the teaching series.
Rivera adds about the mission of SEU Worship and the new album, “At SEU, we’re passionate about students discovering their divine design. In the writing and production process of these songs, we get a firsthand experience of people finding their unique God-given characteristics and talents. With Heart Cry, we wanted to invite listeners into our loud and expectant environment, where our praise is full of vitality and passion.”
Unique in its own way, SEU Worship is not part of a church base, but a college campus. Many of the songs featured on Heart Cry are written and produced alongside students at the university keeping the sound and message culturally relevant to their target audience.
The two-time GMA Dove Award®-winning hip hop duo Social Club Misfits drops their latest album today. Everyone Loves A Comeback Story (listen HERE), is a twelve-song project inspired by John 12:9-11 offering songs about redemption, new life, and new beginnings.
The songs are also a reminder that just when you think your story is over, God is planning your comeback.
“This is our fifth major label album and we believe with all confidence that it’s the best thing that we have ever done,” shares the duo comprised of Martin Santiago (Marty) and Fernando Miranda (Fern). “We set out to establish new standards for ourselves and our music and we think you’ll be happily surprised at what we’ve brought you on Everyone Loves A Comeback Story. This year marks the 10th anniversary for Social Club Misfits and it feels like we are just getting started!”
The album showcases a wide array of guest artists, such as the lead track “Who That Is” featuring famed South Florida rapper DJ Laz, and its official music video can be seen below. Other songs include Jon Keith, Torey D’Shaun, Jordan Feliz, Evvie McKinney, and Ryan Ellis. Known for their collaborations, Marty and Fern have also previously worked with Lecrae, NF, Jordin Sparks, Crowder, Tauren Wells, Jeremy Camp, and Blanca, to name a few.
In their decade-long career, Social Club Misfits has achieved 350M global career streams and have been featured on MTV and Sway In The Morning, as well as within Revolt, Huffington Post, Rapzilla, and Telemundo.
Everyone Loves A Comeback Story – Social Club Misfits
A new expanded edition of the popular project, Avalon Worship, is now available.
The project released today, September 30, 2022, includes a total of sixteen tracks – eleven studio recording and five live recordings.
The talented worship ensemble will make high-profile appearances to support the release of the expanded offering including TBN’s Huckabee, Daystar, along with First Baptist, Dallas, TX.
Recently, Avalon Worship led worship at the Experience Worship Conference in Orlando, FL, thrilling the audience and blessing hearts.
Long admired for show-stopping, mega-hits like “Testify To Love,” “Can’t Live A Day,” and “Adonai,” the American Music Award-winning, GRAMMY-nominated pop vocal group surprised industry and fans alike when they announced their new name, new project and new musical direction – Avalon Worship.
Produced by Don Koch and released on Red Street Records, the project – Avalon Worship – reflects who they are as individuals as well as a worship collective.
The expanded edition of Avalon Worship includes both original recordings as well as worship covers of some of the most well-known songs sung in churches every weekend, all carried by the group’s signature, powerhouse vocals.
Powerful and poignant, each track was handpicked to reflect a personal cry for God to draw near. More than a collection of songs, Avalon Worship is faith extending outward to be a blessing to all who hear it.
Produced by Don Koch and released on Red Street Records, the project is available now at all digital retailers.
Atlanta rapper, producer, and designer, WHATUPRG’s, name is synonymous with innovation and authenticity. His trademark combination of Latin rhythms, trap hip-hop, flawless lyricism, and captivating storytelling has enshrined him as an elite amongst his peers emerging from the Christian music scene. Still, his art is too eclectic for the limits of any sub-genre.
After releasing two singles “KIDS,” and “PRAISE!,” WHATUPRG invites listeners to experience the ever-evolving world of NEW HOLLYWOOD! His new album, NEW HOLLYWOOD, captures the quintessential nature of what listeners truly desire from the musical artform: an experience in which the trained artist channels his or her ability to respond to deep human emotion. Each track is a visceral experience. Every chord, bassline, lyric, and melody contributes a delicate stroke of paint to the album’s canvas of human experience. An aural and visual masterpiece that is just as much specific as it is universal.“New Hollywood is a place where you don’t have to act and you can just be yourself. Being yourself is enough!” shares RG. “I wanted to create music that could be a friend for people. I wanted to help them know when they hit rock bottom, even then, they’re not alone.”
Sonically, on New Hollywood, there are masterful records like the first single, “KIDS,” which carries the album’s thesis, chanting “We don’t pretend no more” and “kids don’t die we go up high”, over punching 808 drums and haunting synths. The star-studded song, “PRAISE,” marked his second song released from New Hollywood and features WHATUPRG alongside nine CHH artists: Foggieraw, Ty Brasel, Parris Chariz, NOT KLYDE, 1K Phew, Aha Gazelle, 350, Kaleb Mitchell, and a brand-new verse from NOBIGDYL. WHATUPRG released the original audio after a stroke of inspiration led him to rally collaborators to record the song. In just 24 hours, the song was recorded, mixed, mastered, and released on SoundCloud, just in time for the celebration of his 25th birthday earlier this year.
The albums stand out record “HUMAN” takes the listener outside the conventional rap production style featuring WHATUPRG’s confessional riff over guitar chords. The lyrics, “You clear the storm in my mind, you bring me back to life,” and “If I show you the worst [of me] would you stay and rock and roll?” showcase his innovative wordplay. The record finishes with a back and forth featuring rapper Rhomar Jessie. The two float back and forth with lines like, “It feels like they killin’ innocence for the hell of it, separating kids from their parents ‘cause they immigrants” and “Coulda been the next Malcolm X, Dr. King but I’m tucked in my bed while I sleep on my dreams.” Each line describes their anguish watching the troubles of the world and feeling helpless to do more.
“NEED YOU” finds RG processing his desire to be holy but feeling far from it. He describes trying to process life and getting stuck in the dark. “Hella jaded, medicated, I’m surprised I’m still alive all the things I’ve taken.” and “I’m surprised I still believe in God, I gotta say it,” he raps. “On NEED YOU, I’m declaring to God that I need Him”.
On “MELATONIN,” electric guitars carry WHATUPRG’s haunting melodies as he chants “when I’m up all morning tossing and turning, I been up losing sleep, all this melatonin takes me up slowly take me up slowly, please.” Processing his internal struggles and the strife of the outside world has left him unable to sleep. This record is the soundtrack to those sleepless nights.
Drug abuse, deep feelings of loneliness, and the need to truly experience love, are all central themes to the album. New Hollywood is the Gospel according to WHATUPRG. Through powerful sonic delivery, listeners will experience a creative powerhouse transparently aligning with a generation questioning their responsibility to make the world a better place as well as the true peace all followers of Jesus hope to find through faith. To all who are weary and heavy burdened, welcome to NEW HOLLYWOOD.
Motown Gospel (a division of Capitol CMG/Capitol and Universal Music Group) celebrates the release of, Love, Evvie McKinney, the highly anticipated full-length album from, “The Four: Battle for Stardom on FOX,” season one winner, Evvie McKinney. McKinney’s debut album Love, Evvie McKinney, is available for purchase here. Additionally, the spectacular visual for her buzzworthy song, “Church” is available for viewing.
McKinney’s 2020 debut single, “Bring the Whole Hood,” (co-written with her musical mentor, pop icon Meghan Trainor), showcased the emerging star’s powerhouse vocals and solidified her as “one to watch.” McKinney’s second single, “Just Like God” blends together genres of soul, rock, R&B, and gospel to create a unique sound that beautifully showcases Evvie’s range and musicality. “Just Like God,” reached number one on the Billboard Gospel National Airplay chart in 2022.
McKinney previously shared with Billboard, “I wrote ‘Just Like God’ to express my heart: While I try never to be surprised by what God does, I want to always remain in awe of him doing it…”
Influenced by the fabled and fertile Memphis music scene, Evvie McKinney’s unique merging of good ol’ gospel vibes, current pop sensibility, and deep-rooted soul has her perfectly positioned for international acclaim. In 2018, she competed and won in the inaugural season of The Four: Battle for Stardom on FOX. In 2022, she co-hosted the 37th Stellar Gospel Music Awards pre-show alongside Pastor Mike Jr. The 37th Stellar Gospel Music Awards is currently running in broadcast syndication and online. Part one of the 37th Stellar Gospel Music Awards is available for viewing now at TheStellarAwards.com.
TRIBL Records in partnership with JamesTown Music announce the new album BELIEVE AGAIN, from GRAMMY-nominated, multiple Stellar Award winner, Billboard Music Award-winning, and Top Gospel Artist, JJ Hairston. Hairston returns to the top of Billboard’s Gospel charts after being named one of the Top Gospel Artists of the Decade, with his current single, “Thankful.” JJ is reminding people how awesome God is with his new album BELIEVE AGAIN, available today.
BELIEVE AGAIN is the first project JJ Hairston has completed since being installed as the Senior Pastor of All Nations Worship Assembly DC. “Previously, my creative process evolved from the worship perspective. Although I am still a worshiper, as a Pastor, I teach more. Now, each musical project starts with a thought or a scripture. I spend a great deal of time thinking about what I want people to get from each song,” shares Hairston. BELIEVE AGAIN features stand-out collaborations with Nicole Mincey, Benita Jones, David Wilford, Kymberli Joye, Travis Greene, Tamela Hairston, Mav City Gospel Choir, Donishisa Ballard, Marc Britt, Juanita Contee and Vincent McNatt. BELIEVE AGAIN’s first single, “Thankful” is currently top ten on Billboard’s National Gospel Airplay chart.
“Bigger,” the brand-new instant grat track, features Travis Greene and Donishisa Ballard and unlocks with each pre-sale order of BELIEVE AGAIN. This faith song starts with “I believe every word you said.” “Bigger” is an anthem reminding listeners that God’s vision for our lives is bigger than anything the human mind can conceive. Upbeat with powerful lyrics and driving instruments, the song is sure to be a fan favorite.
Although listeners will hear the JJ Hairston sound they have come to love, BELIEVE AGAIN is uniquely eclectic. The album features divinely inspired, highly gifted co-writers and collaborators who bring a new element to the familiar sound. The album reminds people to focus on what God said, not the world’s chatter. “Faith is a choice, and we hope the album will inspire people to choose God,” shares JJ Hairston.
Currently, JJ Hairston is continuing his devotion to a greater purpose alongside his wife, Trina Hairston, serving as Campus Pastors for All Nations Worship Assembly (ANWA) Washington, DC campus.
Germany’s leading worship group Outbreakband release their new album ‘JESUS’. In an ever increasingly confusing world, the band strip it back to the answer found in one name. Juri Friesen, head of Outbreakband, describes it like this: “Someone once asked me what my inspiration is and I simply said Jesus! It’s so simple and yet so powerful. He is the source of all inspiration and stands for everything good in this world.”
Outbreakband’s new album was created with both the Church and the community in mind, crafting songs intended for worship and people simply looking for a chilled out soundtrack. Despite its puristic title, the album offers variety of genres from acoustic and classic worship tracks, genuine moments captured live, and 80’s vibes to progressive dance sounds.
‘JESUS’ is an expression of the next step Outbreakband has taken, bringing new German worship songs into the Christian landscape. The album concentrates on God the Son and the Father, but it also addresses topics such as hopelessness and searching for the truth. ‘JESUS’ is a theologically sound project with innovative songwriting reminding the listeners: “Jesus loves you. He is the way out. He is our oasis. He is the name above all names. He is the door to the Father.”
Two-time GRAMMY Award winner and multi-platinum selling artist Zach Williams has released his much-anticipated third studio album.
Over the last few years two-time GRAMMY Award winner and multi-platinum selling artist Zach Williams has established himself as a force to be reckoned with. From sold out headline performances to multiple number one radio singles and over 1.3 billion of streams Williams has used his unique blend of southern rock and country to deliver a deeply personal message of redemption that has connected with audiences across the globe.
His gold certified and GRAMMY Award winning duet with Dolly Parton, “There was Jesus,” topped the Pandora Top Spins chart for twelve consecutive weeks, was named one of Pandora’s top 100 songs, and he performed the groundbreaking track at the 53rd Annual CMA Awards. Williams is currently on tour and preparing for the release of new music.
