The AfroGospel Culture is one that has seen a spike in the last few years and there are names we all can reckon with. But when you have major players like the “one lady army” – Same OG and Oba Reengy do a Collaboration, the sound expected is nothing short of Edification, Vibes and Swag.
This is what they both delivered in their joint song – Amazing Grace and they have decided to Bless us with a Music Video.
Bryan & Katie Torwalt release new music with a single titled “Wouldn’t It Be Like You – Live”. The official live video can be viewed below, and was recorded at TRIBL Nights in Atlanta, GA last year. The track is available now to download or stream.
“’Wouldn’t It Be Like You’ was written after a lot of conversations and a deep dive into the Gospels. We were amazed at how often people either completely missed Jesus, or expected Him to be different than He was. He didn’t fit the religious leaders’ narrative for what the Messiah should look like and even His disciples, who were convinced that He was the Messiah, expected Him to take up arms and lead a revolution.
Instead, He healed the sick, set people free, spent time with the outcasts, welcomed the children, ate with the tax collectors, and in the ultimate shock; He died and then rose from the dead! His Kingdom looked different than they expected, and even different than they wanted it to be at times, but in the end, so much better.” – Katie & Bryan Torwalt
The Multi-GRAMMY nominated, multi-GMA Dove Award winning, and Billboard No. 1 charting group Elevation Worship announces the release of their upcoming album, LION. Available worldwide on March 4th, the group dropped the first single, “Same God” today. Co-written by Steven Furtick, Chris Brown, Brandon Lake, and Pat Barrett and featuring Elevation Worship’s Jonsal Barrientes, this soaring and powerful ballad speaks to the faithfulness of God.
“He is unchanged in His wisdom, His power, His goodness, and His generosity toward us,” explains Elevation Worship’s Chris Brown. “I hope the song portrays His character and nature in a way that takes people on a journey and reminds people that we’re a part of a great cloud of witnesses that have seen this same faithful God make good on His promises to the generations before us, and those to come after.”
In the last two years alone, Elevation Worship has broken barriers for the worship genre, celebrating multiple No. 1 songs at radio, three nominations for the 2022 GRAMMY Awards, two 2021 Billboard Music Awards (Top Christian Artist and Top Christian Song), and four 2021 GMA Dove Awards. The new album follows the highly-acclaimed Graves Into Gardens (2020) and special collaboration project Old Church Basement (2021) with Maverick City Music. It was the groundbreaking songs on these albums that paved the way for the musical diversity that is represented on LION, their 14th album, a musical blend that creates intimate moments of worship to high-powered anthems.
Brown adds, “This project was written and recorded at different times over the last year and really covers a broad spectrum of moments captured in our church worship. Some of these songs really surprised us in the writing rooms, which led us to some very special moments in recording them – both in the studio and live in church. The process of making this album has been unlike any other we’ve had. And I hope every new song touches hearts in a powerful way.”
The track is from their upcoming project titled Lion.
1. Bye Bye Babylon (feat. Valley Boys) 2. What I See (feat. Chris Brown) 3. Same God (feat. Jonsal Barrientes) 4. LION (feat. Chris Brown & Brandon Lake) 5. This Is The Kingdom (feat. Pat Barrett) 6. This Is The Kingdom (Flow) [feat. Pat Barrett] 7. Dancing (feat. Joe L Barnes & Tiffany Hudson) 8. Water Is Wild (feat. Chris Brown & Brandon Lake) 9. Welcome Resurrection (feat. Chris Brown) 10. Forever YHWH (feat. Tiffany Hudson) 11. No One (feat. Chandler Moore) 12. You Really Are (feat. Chandler Moore & Tiffany Hudson) 13. Why (feat. Valley Boys) 14. The One You Love (feat. Chandler Moore) 15. Might Get Loud (feat. Chris Brown, Brandon Lake, & Tiffany Hudson)
GRAMMY Award-winning rock band Switchfoot debuts the official visual for “Beloved,” which is available now to download or stream. This track is from their interrobang album, whichdropped last year.
“Why release it now, you ask? … Ours is a fractured world where community is hard to find. When we can’t find community, we settle for tribalism instead. This song is a response to that division and feels just as appropriate in 2022 as it did in 2020 and 2021,” the band shares on social media. “‘ beloved’ is a song that attempts to see ‘you’ as you are, rather than as an ‘it’ that can be commoditized or used. Love is only possible in this exchange. In this surrender, this humility, this intentionality.”
Futures, the Georgia-based via Australia group, aka the Aus-American blend ensemble, is set to release the video for “Hills + Horizons,” today, Friday, January 21, 2022. The title-track is the lead single from the January 7th release on DREAM Records.
Like many acts today, Futures spent much of their “down” time over the past few years writing and recording the 11-cut blend of pop-rock infused tunes. When the doors opened, the group went out and performed these songs at small art/coffee house spots across their home state to feel a connection with others. As the group’s leader Mark Evans states below, we have experienced an unprecedented time in our lifetime and the songs that grew out of this have a mix of emotions, themes, sounds and hope. The goal is to connect with people and hopefully provide an outlet of peace.
“Hills & Horizons speaks to the ups & downs, the lonely road & the in-betweens of life where we don’t get to see the whole picture. It connects on a personal level & at the same time, has been our shared human experience over the last 2 years. We believe the spirit of these songs breaks through depression, disappointment, discouragement & disillusion; literally changing not only how a person feels about their situation but how they see everything.” – Mark Evans, Futures.
The Hills & Horizons album has seen early playlist adds on Spotify’s New Music Friday Christian and Sing A New Song, Apple Music’s Risers, YouTube’s Christian Goes Pop, Pandora’s New Christian Music Now and more since its release on January 7, 2022. The title track “Hills & Horizons” has garnered over 100,000 streams across all platforms in its first week. The single has also seen early buzz at radio with its debut on PLAY MPE as the most streamed/downloaded song of the week.
The band members – Chloe Evans, Mark Evans, Danae Leslie and Ryan Rolls had a hand in the treatment for the video that captures the muse of music and how it played a central role in every great awakening throughout history. The band recently sat down with JesusFreakHideout and talked about how the “Hills & Horizons” music video follows the whisperings of a new awakening from a dream all the way to the hilltop, with signal fires being lit across the world. This is our journey; this is the kindred call inside all of us.
“We’re honored to be partnering with the team,” says Lance Brown, co-owner of DREAM Label Group & Publishing. “We are excited to see what God will do with this incredible album.”
Selah releases the official music video for “One Name (Ek Naam),” which can be viewed below. Writing credits for the track include Emmanuel Joseph, Sheldon Bangera, Todd Smith, Allan Hall, Marcus Rixon and Chris Bevins.
“One Name (Ek Naam)” is available now to download or stream.
There is a lot going on for BEC Recordings’ singer and songwriter Jordan St. Cyr in 2022. He began the new year being touted as the No. 2 Top New Christian Artist of 2021, according to Billboard, which also listed his song “Fires” in four of the top year-end Christian songs charts. His most current single, “Weary Traveler,” is now impacting radio and its accompanying music video just made its exclusive debut on K-LOVE.com. Both songs will appear on St. Cyr’s debut self-titled album slated to release on March 4. More details will be announced in the coming weeks.
It was last fall when the “Weary Traveler” song and lyric video initially dropped, while today the song can be heard on stations all across the U.S. and is the third most added song at AC Monitored, is top 5 at AC Indicator, and continues to receive more weekly spins. Click here to view the story behind the song and below to watch the official music video.
“My song ‘Weary Traveler’ is one that sings the journey a lot of us are on right now,” St. Cyr shares. “You know God has given us this amazing and beautiful life, but we still get those days and seasons that can leave us run down and worn out. For me and my family, navigating the chronic illness of my youngest daughter has been impossible at times, but what has made it all worth it is knowing we were never meant to walk in our struggle alone. I believe that one day we will find complete rest and healing when Jesus calls us by name. And that one day soon we will make it home.”
Jordan St. Cyr is also set to appear at the March For Life 2022 in Washington, D.C. tomorrow where he will perform for tens of thousands of people. March For Life, an annual event, promotes the beauty and dignity of every human life. Click here to find more information.
Immediately following his appearance at March For Life 2022, he will join Anne Wilson (“My Jesus”) on her tour kicking off this weekend, while beginning March 10, St. Cyr will be part of the just-announced “I Still Believe Tour” with Jeremy Camp that will run through the spring. St. Cyr will get to share “Weary Traveler,” “Fires,” and more songs from his forthcoming album with the concertgoers, so be sure to click here for the latest tour dates to find a city near you.
Iconic Christian rockers Seventh Day Slumber dropped new music with a single titled “Death By Admiration.” The lyric video, which released today, can be viewed below. You can download/stream “Death By Admiration” here. A new album of the same name is slated to arrive on January 28.
A consistent force on Christian rock radio, Dove Award-winning Seventh Day Slumber has sold a combined total of nearly 500,000 units to date, landing two Billboard #1 albums, five #1 singles and 14 Top 10 hits in a career spanning more than 20 years. Comprised of Joseph Rojas (lead vocals/guitar), Jeremy Holderfield (guitar), Blaise Rojas (drums) and Ken Reed (bass), the band’s signature songs include “Oceans From The Rain,” “Inside Out,” “Caroline,” “Finally Awake” and “We Are The Broken.”
International recording gospel artiste, Helen Meju wholesomely reverts with her debut album titled ‘Time To Praise’.
Accented with so much delight, the 10-track melodious masterpiece has a lot of catchy tunes to radiate lives and inspire nations accordingly.
The album is made up of both praise tunes, Worship Melodies and inspirational sounds to give your spirit great satisfaction in the worship and praise of God Almighty.
Anointed Gospel Music Minister, Dunsin Oyekann unleashes the official music, visual to his just-unveiled work of art tagged, “Always God.”
Subsequently, Dunsin Oyekan‘s just-unveiled output, “Always God” is a fine and quality melody that brings us back to remember that the almighty has always remained Himself even before the earth and everything in it started to exist.
Actually, the worship tune “Always God” was initially arranged and initiated sometime in July 2021 while Dunsin Oyekan was working so hard to make available his fourth official studio work of art scheduled to be distributed this year.
