SongLab releases their new EP, Simplicity. The 4-song EP was produced by co-founding member of UPPERROOM (music), Meredith Mauldin. The album features a worship collective of rising leaders. Seph Schlueter (Damascus Worship), David Porcheddu, Brittany Rivera and Meredith Mauldin (SongLab) all contributed new features to the album. The collection of songs will also feature new live videos that will debut on the group’s SongLabMSC YouTube channel along with lyric video releases in partnership with Music Meets Heaven.
“‘Simplicity EP’ is about simple worship songs and acoustic sounds with the intention to just get back to the heart of worship! We know life gets complicated but there is beauty in Simplicity. The idea that worship doesn’t have to be big and flashy, with fancy light shows and big screens (not that there’s anything wrong with that), to be pleasing to God; but that our hearts simply open and devoted to Jesus is enough! We pray that these songs reflect sincere hearts loving our God.” – Meredith Mauldin, SongLab
Sammie Wealth releases his much anticipated debut album titled “Sounds of Joy”.
The nine track album is filled with carefully selected and inspiring praise and worship songs meant to lift people’s spirit and usher them into the presence of God.
The album title as revealed by Sammie Wealth was inspired by his favourite verse Psalm 95:1-2.
“Oh come, let us sing to the Lord; let us make joyful noise to the rock of our salvation! Let us come into his presence with thanksgiving: let us make a joyful noise to him with songs of praise!”
The album Sounds of Joy will make you realize the need to praise God in all circumstances with all that he has given to you.
As you listen to the medleys in this album, may the sound of joy never depart from your household in Jesus name.
GRAMMY Award-nominated rock band NEEDTOBREATHE have released their anxiously awaited new studio album, Into The Mystery. The album is available physically and digitally via Elektra Records starting today HERE. Limited edition merch offerings are available exclusively through NEEDTOBREATHE’s online store HERE.
“For us to be in a band this long, still enjoy it, and make what we believe is the best record NEEDTOBREATHE has ever made, it comes down to resiliency,” the band shared. “We’re still hungry. We’re ready to take the next step. We also don’t have passive fans. They are living their lives to these songs. They’re resilient. We’re pretty honored and proud to carry these songs into a world that’s hurting right now. Maybe we could be a picture of hope that inspires someone else to keep going.”
Just as their critically acclaimed 2020 album Out of Body impacted audiences, NEEDTOBREATHE capitalized on a rush of creative inspiration. Without telling a soul, the band decamped to a historic house-turned-recording studio in Columbia, TN to begin working on new music. Over the course of three weeks, they resided under one roof, and recorded together with co-producer and engineer Konrad Snyder and special guests. Out of this “extended summer camp,” they handcrafted an album reflective of the moment, yet independent of all expectations—even their own.
For as intimate as the recording process was, the band filmed every minute of it for an upcoming documentary entitled, Into The Mystery. Last week, Deadline announced Greenwich Entertainment acquired the film’s North American distribution rights, and will release it this Fall following the band’s upcoming tour. Into The Mystery was directed by Chris Phelps and co-produced by Elektra Records and Foundations Music. Watch the film’s trailer below.
Into The Mystery is highlighted by current single “I Wanna Remember” featuring seven-time GRAMMY Award winner Carrie Underwood. Last month, the band and Underwood delivered the television debut performance of the song at the 2021 “CMT Music Awards”. Crowned as one of the most showstopping moments of the evening by both US Weekly, Vulture hailed it as a “powerful, predictably huge performance of their duet,” and E! called it, “something fans will want to remember.” Watch their unforgettable performance HERE.
Into The Mystery was announced this Spring alongside the release of the album’s lead single andtitle track. In recent weeks, the band has also unveiled “What I’m Here For”, “Sunshine”, “Chances”, and “Carry Me“ (feat. Jon Foreman of Switchfoot). Into The Mystery’s early releases have received praise from Rolling Stone, Billboard, Entertainment Tonight, People, American Songwriter, and more.
This Fall, NEEDTOBREATHE will embark on their massive Into The Mystery Tour with support from Switchfoot and The New Respects. The 38-city trek will visit iconic venues such as Denver, CO’s Red Rocks Amphitheatre (fifth consecutive sold out appearance) and Los Angeles, CA’s Greek Theatre, and see the band perform their first-ever headline show at Nashville, TN’s Bridgestone Arena. The Into The Mystery Tour will kick off on September 7 in St. Louis, MO, and wrap on October 30 in Atlanta, GA. Tickets for all dates are available now HERE
GRAMMY-nominated youth collective, Hillsong Young & Free, drops their latest musical project with the release of their live digital EP, Out Here On A Friday Where It Began. The seven-track EP is available.
Written over the course of just one week, Young & Free enlisted collaboration from several of their very own youth ministry members to help produce the compilation. “We couldn’t wait to introduce the new songs to our youth, so we recorded them LIVE on a Friday night barely three weeks later,” says Young & Free’s Laura Toggs.
Adds Toggs, “‘Out Here On A Friday Where It Began’ is our youth gathered together and declaring the name of Jesus and making a statement that the church is alive and we’re here.”
The EP releases on the heels of Young & Free’s newest single “Phenomena (DA DA).” Out alongside an accompanying lyric visual and live performance video, the high-energy track is already resonating with fans globally since its July 16 debut. The song has amassed more than 1 MILLION global streams and is quickly approaching a half million YouTube views.
Since forming in 2013, Hillsong Young & Free has released a number of highly successful albums and more than 20 singles, acquiring over 545 MILLION YouTube channel views and 1.4 BILLION global career streams(with a 1.1 M global unit career consumption). The group’s full-length hit album, ALL OF MY BEST FRIENDSearned Young & Free a 2021 GRAMMY nomination for “Best Contemporary Christian Album” and marked their second career nomination. Since its debut, ALL OF MY BEST FRIENDS has garnered more than 45M global streams and over 13M combined YouTube views.
With a combined social following of 3 MILLION plus fans, Young & Free has seen eight No. 1 career singles and ten Top 10 singles at Hot AC radio. Their debut album We Are Young & Free landed in the Top 25 on Billboard 200 while Youth Revival garnered the group its first-ever GRAMMY nomination for Best Contemporary Christian Music Album (2017). Their recent single “Every Little Thing” hit #1 at Hot AC radio for eight weeks, making it the longest-running #1 for the band.
Arguably Nigeria’s most versatile Christian music rapper. Gamie is poised to spread the gospel through his blend of Hip-hop and afrobeats sounds.
Since the start of 2021, Gamie has consistently released songs every week for months and shot videos for each song. Amazing yeah!!!
He charged himself to make a song that summarises the message he hears from the pulpit every week. This he calls Sermon Notes. In April, he compiled some of these tracks into a body of work titled Sermon Notes, Vol.1. A 13 track album available on all digital stores.
After releasing several tracks, he was featured on Clout Gospel on the 30th of May, 2021 where he did a mashup of So Da Mo & Colours.
He is set to end July on a high note with the release of Sermon Notes Vol.2 which comprises of 11 tracks with songs such as Adupe, Colours, Cover Me, Gidigba and more household tunes.
Stream Sermon Notes Vol.2 which is now available on all digital stores and don’t forget to check out Sermon Notes Vol.1The videos to these tracks are available on his YouTube channel.
Expect more tracks from GAMiE as he’s set to release 2 more albums this year.
Written and recorded during the incredibly tough pandemic season that began right after their main downtown Nashville church campus was largely destroyed by a tornado, Never Going Back is the result of the Cross Point Music team realizing that God has been moving them forward even as the world seemed to stop.
“We have learned so much about worship and who God is that we never want to go back,” affirms Grayson. “We all learned how to worship again from a place of ‘I’ve got nothing but me and my room.’ No stage, no lights, no people even. You’re singing to a phone and it’s like, ‘Lord, I trust that you are going to use it.’”
“I’m so pumped for people to experience what came from these songs and these recordings,” continues Grayson. “The fact that this recording all happened in the last year is only a God thing. That we were able to write, record and videotape songs….it is a celebration of what God did and what He is continuing to do.”
“My prayer is that our church and the people of God would see that His faithfulness has gotten them to where they are,” adds Stark, calling attention to Psalm 126. “…and the prayers that they prayed in their darkest moments, they will return back home with armfuls of laughter and blessing.”
Along with the title track, Never Going Back features lead single, “Oh The Wonder,” which is led by Grayson and co-written by Grayson, Stark, Heath Balltzglier (North Point Worship) and Matt Armstrong. The song was written last August as members of the Cross Point Music worship team were prayerfully asking God, “Where are we and where do we need to go? What’s next? Lord give us a song for where you are taking us.”
Like the single, every song on the new album was organically birthed from the worship emanating from Cross Point Church, which serves about 10,000 people across six campuses in and around Music City.
Multi-award-winning Ghanaian Gospel Artist, Worship Leader, Songwriter and Producer, Joe Mettle has finally released his new album dubbed ” The Experience ”, a homely and reflective compilation featuring his Love Gift Band.
The 13 track masterpiece consists of songs composed in the English, Twi, and Ga dialects, and features melodic contributions from artists spanning the globe.
Following the June 2021 release of his debut single,’ Ye Obua Mi / Help Me’ which racked up a whopping 100,000 YouTube views within its first week following release, The Experience album comes in time to commemorate ten years since Mettle’s first album was birthed and does well to showcase the unique and skillful abilities of his committed backing vocalists, The Love Gift as well as celebrated Gospel artists from around the world.
The Experience album includes popular tracks such as ‘Yesu Mo;’ recognized as the feature song showcased in Joe’s much-anticipated wedding video which dropped last year, as well as collaborations with newly awarded VGMA’s Male Vocalist of the Year, MOG Music (Track, 9 They that wait), Glass Awards Founder and American Gospel Artist Michael Stuckey (Tracks 6 & 7 Peace), fellow Ghanaian and vocal powerhouse Isaiah Fosu-Kwakye Junior (Track 3 – Your Presence), from Nigeria, the eagle, worshipper and Revivalist Dunsin Oyekan was featured on (Track 10 -Halleluyah) Star FM Radio Pastor and Worship Leader, Eric Jeshrun (Track 8 HowExcellent).
The Experience album, which takes listeners on a musical journey of provision, proclamation, positioning, and praise, comes following a truly significant season of increased help, preservation, and grace; for Joe, his Love Gift Band, and every soul that will receive this timely masterpiece particularly following the globally unprecedented events of the year 2020Joe Each song promises to deliver a reflective, prophetic and encouraging experience upon listening, all while placing the message of Christ directly inside the hearts and homes of any and every listener.
Joe Mettle’s fresh and season-specific sound is released with the accompaniment of a rich video series that reiterates the very power of worshipping God simplistically, from within your home.
The album is available for download and streaming on all digital platforms and media outlets.
Tribl Records, the new leading premiere recording home for Christian and Gospel artists, unveils its debut installment of its award-winning artists gathering on an album filled with spirited-vertical worship. The new album, Tribl 1, recorded live in Atlanta, is available now wherever music is sold and streamed.
Tribl 1 features notable voices from Maverick City Music: Chandler Moore, Naomi Raine, Brandon Lake, Joe L Barnes and Aaron Moses. The album was written, arranged, and performed by Tribl members, Ryan Ofei, Cecily, Nate Díaz, Melody Adorno, Laila Olivera, Tianna Horsey, Jessica Hitte, Monroe Moore, Siri Worku and Marián Adigun. Tribl 1 is preceded by the lead single, “Still Holy” featuring Ryan Ofei and Stellar Award winner, Naomi Raine; the album Tribl 1, reflects an amalgamation of diverse backgrounds, sounds and stories coming together. The album is produced by Brandon Lake, Tony Brown and John Jay.
“Tribl is more than a group of individuals or space, it’s the point of genesis for a new sound redefining what worship music looks and sounds like for many,” shares Tribl Records CEO, Tony Brown.
Tribl Record’s platinum-selling, Maverick City Music, recently took home New Artist Of The Year and Album Of The Year at the 2021 Stellar Awards for the 2020 release of Maverick City Vol. 3 Part 1. Between Maverick City Music and all of its artists, the Billboard No.1 collective garnered 11 Stellar Award nominations. The 36th Annual Stellar Gospel Music Awards, will air on BET on Sunday, August 1st, at 8/7c.
Maverick City Music artist, Brandon Lake, shares, “God never meant for us to do life alone. We were created for relationships, family, to be a part of a tribe. A kingdom tribe. That’s why it’s so easy for me to devote time, tears, and energy into this tribe of young leaders and prophetic voices. I think you’ll find the sound of family, the sound of love, the sound of Kingdom in this brilliant and diverse volume of songs.”
Phil Thompson’s album Lion of Judah, his 11-song project with Integrity Music, is out now. Also releasing today is his music video for the track “Redeeming the Years,” which can be viewed here or below.
It was in 2017 when Phil Thompson stepped forward from behind the songwriting pen and committed to one goal – worship. Since then, the Gospel and worship artist has crisscrossed the globe worshipping throughout Ghana, Nigeria, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Canada, the Caribbean Islands, and the U.S., and with the songs found on Lion Of Judah, he is still sharing the same heart of passionate devotion with the world.
Writing these songs on the hope and faith rising out of the ashes of the past year, Lion Of Judah is his response to the anxiety and troubles that we all face and reminding the body of Christ of the solid hope found in Jesus.
“These are songs I wrote during the pandemic, which was a stressful time for us all,” Thompson explains. “From standing on His promises when we’re full of fear to surrendering and welcoming newness and freshness… from sinking in anxiety to overcoming and boldly proclaiming who we are it felt like everything burned to the ground but now, the ground is more fertile than it’s ever been.”
To celebrate the album’s release, Thompson will hold two album release concerts – the first this Sunday, July 25 in Durham, NC followed by a show in Boston the following week on Sunday, August 1. Tickets can be found at LionOfJudahLive.com.
IVAV recording artist Steven Malcolm responds to the chaos of the modern moment with All Is True, a collection of message-driven rap songs that double down on the Dove Award nominee’s talents as a hip-hop icon, genre-bender, and street-smart storyteller. Listen to All Is True HERE.
“In a world full of fake news, controlled narratives, and layers of lies, I want to be known as that artist who brings nothing but truth,” says Malcolm, who recorded the EP’s five tracks during a global pandemic that brought his touring schedule to a halt. Working with Grammy-winning producer Street Symphony (Yo Gotti, Lecrae) and the hip-hop production team Track Or Die, he crafted an autobiographical record that’s both honest and hard-hitting, with lyrics that turn his personal experience into universal songs about creativity, faith, and fidelity.
The atmospheric title track turns the challenge of Malcolm’s past — from his father’s jail time to his own eye-opening introduction to racism — into fuel for his uplifting music. He celebrates his skyrocketing career with “We Goin Up,” praises his maker in “Autopilot,” and proclaims his loyalty to his wife in “Ándale.” A fiery combination of message, melody, and beat-driven bounce, All Is True doesn’t just paint a picture of Steven Malcolm’s life; it also applies to anyone looking to meet life’s challenges with grace and gusto.
“I want my fans to hear this and be encouraged to live out truth in a culture full of deception,” Malcolm says. All Is True follows full-length albums like 2017’s Steven Malcolm and 2019’s The Second City, both of which received GMA Dove Award nominations for Rap/Hip Hop Album of the Year. The new EP also arrives on the heels of popular singles like “Fuego” (whose string of tropical remixes found Malcolm collaborating with Shaggy, R3HAB, and Melanie Pfirrman) and the gospel/hip-hop anthem “Glory on Me.” Together, those releases have earned Steven Malcolm more than 57 million streams
