Congratulations to sixstepsrecords/Capitol CMG artist Crowder, who has been nominated for Best Contemporary Christian Performance/Song (Crowder & Dante Bowe Featuring Maverick City Music – “God Really Loves Us (Radio Version)“) at the 65th Annual GRAMMY Awards. This marks Crowder’s fourth career nomination.

Crowder will headline this year’s K-LOVE Christmas Tour, which kicks off on Wednesday, November 30th in Memphis, TN, performing songs from his recently released holiday album, ‘Milk & Cookies: A Merry Crowder Christmas‘ (10.21 via sixstepsrecords/Capitol CMG). Fans can purchase tickets at crowdermusic.com.

Additionally, the four-time GRAMMY nominee will hit the Grand Ole Opry stage on Friday, December 16th, where he’ll be joined by Country Music Hall of Famer Ricky Skaggs for a performance of their new, bluegrass-infused version of the holiday classic “Go Tell It On The Mountain.” For tickets and more information, visit the Grand Ole Opry website here.

CROWDER ON TOUR

Weds., Nov. 30 | Cannon Center for the Performing Arts | Memphis, TN

Thurs., Dec. 1 | Montgomery Performing Arts Centre | Montgomery, AL

Sun., Dec. 4 | The Criterion | Oklahoma City, OK

Mon., Dec. 5 | Kiva Auditorium | Albuquerque, NM

Thurs., Dec. 8 | Buell Theatre | Denver, CO

Sat., Dec. 10 | Orpheum Theatre | Omaha, NE

Sun., Dec. 11 | Riverside Theater | Milwaukee, WI

Fri., Dec. 16 | Grand Ole Opry | Nashville, TN

Nominations for The 65th Annual GRAMMY Awards were announced today by The Recording Academy. The nominations showcase some of the most gifted music makers of the past awards year in 27 Fields and 91 Categories. As the only peer-selected music award, the GRAMMY is voted on by the Recording Academy’s membership body of music makers, who represent all genres and creative disciplines, including recording artists, songwriters, producers, mixers, and engineers.

Nominations in the Contemporary Christian music and Gospel field are below. The 65th Annual GRAMMY Awards will return to Los Angeles’ Crypto.com Arena on Sun, Feb. 5, 2023, and will broadcast live on the CBS Television Network and stream live and on-demand on Paramount+ at 8-11:30 p.m. ET/5-8:30 p.m. PT

Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song
“God Really Loves Us (Radio Version)” – Crowder featuring Dante Bowe and Maverick City Music
“So Good” – DOE
“For God Is With Us” –  for KING & COUNTRY & Hillary Scott
“Fear Is Not My Future” – Maverick City Music & Kirk Franklin
“Holy Forever” – Chris Tomlin
“Hymn Of Heaven (Radio Version)” – Phil Wickham

Best Gospel Performance/Song
“Positive” – Erica Campbell
“When I Pray” – DOE
“Kingdom” – Maverick City Music & Kirk Franklin
“The Better Benediction” – PJ Morton featuring Zacardi Cortez, Gene Moore, Samoht, Tim Rogers & Darrel Walls
“Get Up” – Tye Tribbett

Best Contemporary Christian Music Album
Lion – Elevation Worship
Breathe – Maverick City Music
Life After Death – TobyMac
Always – Chris Tomlin
My Jesus – Anne Wilson

Best Gospel Album
Die To Live – Maranda Curtis
Breakthrough: The Exodus (Live) – Ricky Dillard
Clarity – DOE
One Deluxe – Maverick City Music & Kirk Franklin
All Things New – Tye Tribbett

Best Roots Gospel Album
Let’s Just Praise The Lord – Gaither Vocal Band
Confessio: Irish American Roots – Keith & Kristyn Getty
The Willie Nelson Family – Willie Nelson
2:22 – Karen Peck & New River
The Urban Hymnal – Tennessee State University Marching Band

Capitol Christian Music Group (CCMG) is celebrating 21 nominations for the 65th GRAMMY Awards.  Announced today, these nominations encompass nods across all divisions of the company, including Capitol Christian Label Group, Publishing, Motown Gospel and Commercial Partnerships.  The Recording Academy will present the The 65th GRAMMY Awards live on CBS Sunday, Feb. 5, from the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, and stream live and on demand on Paramount+.

“Big congratulations to our artists, writers and partners on their GRAMMY nominations.” says CCMG Co-President Brad O’Donnell. “We are so proud and honored to work with each of you and celebrate this well-deserved recognition.”

“We are so privileged to partner with the artists and writers we represent at Capitol CMG,” adds CCMG Co-President Hudson Plachy.  “We join with the Recording Academy in celebrating the nominations and continue to be grateful for the opportunity to create with, support and stand beside such incredible talent.”

2022 Capitol Christian Label Group, Publishing, Motown Gospel, and Commercial Partnership GRAMMY Award Nominations-

Category 32 – Best Improvised Jazz Solo 

“Call of the Drum”

Marcus Baylor, Soloist

Capitol Christian Music Group (Motown Gospel/Be A Light)

Category 33 – Best Jazz Vocal Album –

The Evening: Live At Apparatus

The Baylor Project

Capitol Christian Music Group (Motown Gospel/Be A Light)

Category 37 – Best Gospel Performance/Song

“Get Up”

Tye Tribbett; Brandon Jones, Christopher Michael Stevens, Thaddaeus Tribbett and

Tye Tribbett, songwriters

Capitol Christian Music Group (Motown Gospel/Tye Tribbett Worldwide)

Category 37 – Best Gospel Performance/Song 

“Kingdom”

Maverick City Music and Kirk Franklin; Kirk Franklin, Jonathan Jay, Chandler Moore

& Jacob Poole, songwriters

Capitol Christian Music Group (Publishing)

Category 37 – Best Gospel Performance/Song

“The Better Benediction”

PJ Morton Featuring Zacardi Cortez, Gene Moore, Samoht, Tim Rogers & Darrel Walls; PJ Morton, songwriter

Capitol Christian Music Group (Motown Gospel) 

Category 38 – Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song

“Holy Forever”

Chris Tomlin; Jason Ingram, Brian Johnson, Jenn Johnson, Chris Tomlin & Phil

Wickham, songwriters

Capitol Christian Music Group (Label/Publishing)

Category 38 – Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song

“God Really Loves Us (Radio Version)

Crowder featuring Dante Bowe and Maverick City Music; Dante Bowe, David Crowder, Ben Glover and Jeff Sojka, songwriters

Capitol Christian Music Group (Label/Publishing)

Category 38 – Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song

“Fear Is Not My Future”

Maverick City Music and Kirk Franklin; Kirk Franklin, Nicole Hannel, Jonathan Jay,

Brandon Lake and Hannah Shackelford, songwriters

Capitol Christian Music Group (Publishing)

Category 38 – Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song

“Hymn of Heaven”

Phil Wickham; Chris Davenport, Bill Johnson, Brian Johnson, and Phil Wickham, songwriters

Capitol Christian Music Group (Publishing)

Category 39 – Best Gospel Album

Breakthrough: The Exodus (Live)

Ricky Dillard

Capitol Christian Music Group (Motown Gospel)

Category 39 – Best Gospel Album

All Things New

Tye Tribbett

Capitol Christian Music Group (Motown Gospel/Tye Tribbett Worldwide)

Category 40 – Best Contemporary Christian Music Album

My Jesus

Anne Wilson

Capitol Christian Music Group (Label/Publishing)

Category 40 – Best Contemporary Christian Music Album

Always

Chris Tomlin

Capitol Christian Music Group (Label/Publishing)

Category 40 – Best Contemporary Christian Music Album

Life After Death

TobyMac

Capitol Christian Music Group (Label/Publishing)

Category 41 – Best Roots Gospel Album

Let’s Just Praise The Lord

Gaither Vocal Band

Capitol Christian Music Group (Commercial Partnerships)

Category 41 – Best Roots Gospel Album

Confessio – Irish American Roots

Keith & Kristyn Getty

Capitol Christian Music Group (Commercial Partnerships)

Multi-Grammy Award winning duo and Curb | Word Entertainment recording artist FOR KING + COUNTRY received a 2023 nomination for the upcoming 65^th Grammy with Hillary Scott of Lady A for their recently released song, “For God Is With Us”. The single is up for “Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song” for the award show that will take place on February 5 and marks the seventh Grammy nomination of their career (with four wins).

FOR KING + COUNTRY is also nominated for “Favorite Inspirational Artist” for this year’s American Music Awards which takes place next Sunday, November 20; and received a Billboard Award nomination for “Top Christian Artist,” in addition to three Dove Awards wins this year for their latest album, “WHAT ARE WE WAITING FOR?”  The album debuted earlier this year in the Top 10 (#7) on the Billboard 200.

FOR KING + COUNTRY will embark on their 14-city “A DRUMMER BOY CHRISTMAS | THE 2022 TOUR EXPERIENCE” on November 26, which kicks off in Kansas City, MO at T-Mobile Center and continues through December 19, when they will perform at the Opry House in Nashville, Tenn. Order tickets HERE.

They also recently announced their upcoming 2023 “What Are We Waiting For?  The Tour Part II” in which the U.S. and Canadian tour will kick off on March 25, 2023 in Honolulu, Hawaii and will continue through May 31 in Vancouver, BC.  Order tickets HERE.

Keith and Kristyn Getty, the world’s foremost contemporary hymn writers and performers, earned their first Grammy nomination yesterday when their album, Confessio – Irish American Roots, was officially nominated for Best Roots Gospel Album.

“We made this album when we were home with our daughters in Northern Ireland during Covid,” said Keith and Kristyn Getty. “It was our love letter to the land of our birth: the place that gave the origins and the meaning to why we write hymns, from its first hymn writer St. Patrick and his ‘Confession,’ to ‘Be Thou My Vision,’ to our own journey writing ‘In Christ Alone’ and other modern hymns. We are honored by this –our first– Grammy nomination and we hope the project shines a greater light on the Christian heritage of the West, the importance of hymn singing, and the irresistible beauty of the Lord Jesus.”

The 2023 GRAMMYs, officially known as the 65th GRAMMY Awards, will air live on Sunday, Feb. 5, from Los Angeles’ Crypto.com Arena, and it will broadcast live on the CBS Television Network and stream live and on-demand on Paramount+ at 8-11:30 p.m. ET / 5-8:30 p.m. PT+. The Best Roots Gospel Album category is for albums containing greater than 50% playing time of newly recorded, vocal, traditional/roots gospel music, including country, Southern gospel, bluegrass, and Americana recordings. The Gettys are nominate along with Willie Nelson, the Gaither Vocal Band, Karen Peck & New River, and the Tennessee State University Marching Band.

Confessio – Irish American Roots, was recorded on the North Coast of Ireland during the pandemic. The album traces the Gettys’ journey back to their native homeland to explore the connection between Ireland’s enduring faith music heritage and its legacy in America. The album showcases 15 modern and timeless hymns, highlighting traditional Irish melodies and instrumentation, while also featuring performances by a musically diverse array of stellar guests including multiple Grammy-winning artists such as Alison Krauss and Kirk Whalum, and bluegrass icon Ricky Skaggs.

(Chicago, IL) Grammy, Dove and Stellar Award nominated songwriter, choir master, producer and worship leader/clinician Joe Pace took to social media over the weekend to announce the release of his new single, “All Things Are Working” via his imprint Pace Group Music in conjunction with UAMG/The Orchard/New Day. 

 In a career that spans over two decades resulting in 19 full length albums and well over 500,000 units in sales, Pace has written and produced chart topping hits that not only continue to generate sales, streams and airplay on gospel radio stations around the country and internationally, but are used in churches on a weekly basis.  His treasure trove of songs include “Watch God Move,” “We Worship You”,  “I Will Bless The Lord At All Times”, “Speak Life”, “Shake The Foundation”, “Glad About It” and “High and Lifted Up”, just to name a few. This legend’s songs have inspired millions and helped to define the sound of the church, rightfully earning him the distinction of being an architect of the rich and authentic choir sound…

 Pace’s new single continues this rich legacy as  he draws inspiration from scripture as the basis for “All Things Are Working”, the initial offering from his forthcoming CD.  Pace enlists help from riveting soul singer Callie Day to bring a timely message of hope, help and encouragement to the listening audience. The song will be released on all digital outlets and streaming platforms on Friday, November 18th.  

Plans are underway for a promotional radio tour as well as dates in cities across the country promoting the release.

Stay connected with Joe Pace via social media outlets

Facebook – Official Joe Pace

Twitter – @OfficialJoePace

IG – OfficiallyJoePace

Seasoned praise and worship leader from Nigeria, Minister Bose Adekunle who has a strong desire to use her musical career to spread inspirational messages to others, is set to hold a concert themed, “Praise The Covenant Keeping God”.

In addition, she will also release her seventh album and premiere “MO’N POSI”, a new music video.

The convener of the praise event with the theme: Praise the Covenant-Keeping God, says that Words are not enough to express her gratitude to the king of Kings for his endless Love, mercy and kindness upon her life. God is too faithful to fail;

“The idea of this concert was brought to reality through the mindset of praising God in a different dimension, because God has been good to us in different ways and all we have to offer back in appreciation is to praise him ( GOD), he inhabits the praises of his children”, she added.

On stage, there will be powerful ministers and men of God performing live  Esther Oloruyomi, Irewole Ategbe, Beejay Sax, Chigozie Wisdom, and Eben.

Venue: My Father’s House, Victory Chapel of the RCCG (Lagos Province 21 Headquarters).

Date: November 20, 2022, on a Sunday.

Time: 3:00 PM

Jewelry artist Megan-Marie is known for exclusive and artfully crafted jewelry collections. She has launched her “Althea Collection” of luxury 14K gold chains.

Every chain in this collection was handcrafted by me…The part that I love most, though, is that these chains are made to be individualized and flatter your unique body and style. ”

— Megan-Marie

Known for her luxury handcrafted gold jewelry collections, Megan-Marie is a New York-based gold jewelry artist with a strong focus on quality and artistry. Being greatly admired by her clients, her collections have sold out fast in the past. She is now back with the new luxury “Althea Collection” featuring custom luxury 14k solid gold chain designs. Taking inspiration from organic textures and shapes, the collection is meant to reinvent and modernize jewelry designs often depicted in Greek mythology. With more chain designs soon to arrive, each order is handcrafted by Megan-Marie so the jewelry can best compliment the measurements of every client.

“Every chain in this collection was handcrafted by me, which really separates them from the generic designs we see in stores and online,” says Megan-Marie. “The part that I love most, though, is that these chains are made to be individualized and flatter your unique body and style. Whether it’s a chunky bracelet, short necklace, or shiny anklet, I believe everyone can feel incredible wearing these unique, timeless chains. And I’ve got more coming!”

The “Althea Collection” features highly customizable chain designs that can be altered to each client’s demands. The collection features The Hera Chain, The Dria Chain, The Klio Chain, The Ares Chain, The Circe Chain, The Astraia Chain and The Helios Chain. “The Helios Chain was inspired by the mythological Greek god Helios, the god and personification of the sun,” Megan-Marie explains. “The chain’s organic texture is meant to resemble the glistening Mediterranean Sea on a sunny day, and, when assembled, forms a clean, modern line. My intention was for it to feel ethereal and luxurious yet casual and comfortable.”

Previous collections from the artist such as the ‘Evergreen Collection’ and the ‘Spearhead Collection’ have drawn unique aesthetic inspirations from different places and eras, while still maintaining the luxury, handcrafted quality that Megan-Marie is known for.

ABOUT MEGAN-MARIE:

Megan-Marie is a gold jewelry artist and a Doctor in Physical Therapy by degree. She is a first-generation American woman originally from the quiet suburbs of Boston. While she loved playing sports, her love for jewelry started young and evolved into a passion when she was yearning for a creative outlet in her mid-twenties.

Website: https://megan-marie.com/
Instagram: @meganmarie.handmade
Facebook: @meganmarie.handmade
TikTok: @meganmarie.handmade
Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/meganmarie_handmade/
Twitter: @meganmarie_hm

Congratulations to Tye Tribbett, who has earned two nominations for the 65th Annual GRAMMY Awards in the following categories: Best Gospel Album and Best Gospel Performance/Song. This marks Tribbett’s twelfth career nomination.

“As always I’m grateful,” says Tribbett. “I put a lot of time, focus, and intent into All Things New and to have your work recognized on this platform is an amazing honor.”

“Tye Tribbett is one of the most innovative artists in gospel music,” share Monica Coates and EJ Gaines, Co-Executive Directors, Motown Gospel. “Today’s nominations are not only a testament to Tye’s relevance, but also to his ability to consistently impact and progress the genre.”

Released in July via Motown Gospel, All Things New is Tye Tribbett’s trailblazing new album that encapsulates the ways he honors the musical tradition in which he operates, all while continuously redefining and stretching its limits within a modern musical landscape. Tribbett follows the throughline between gospel, funk and hip-hop, illustrating the way one flows into another and illuminates the connective tissue amongst them, all in both energy and heritage.

Best Gospel Album

‘All Things New’ – Tye Tribbett

Best Gospel Performance/Song

“Get Up” – Tye Tribbett

Tye Tribbett has built a tremendous career and is globally known for his charismatic, dynamic personality, and range – from delivering high-energy praise songs to intimate worship moments and even African rhythms to trap beats. His music cannot be classified as just one genre, but his unique, abstract way encompasses all, which has helped him garner many awards and accolades, including two Grammy wins (and now seven Grammy nominations), five #1 albums, four #1 digital tracks, three #1 radio singles, and ten Billboard Top 10 songs.

The sounds of Christmas joy will echo throughout the holiday season as Jason Crabb and Unspoken bring their Christmas Forever: An Evening of Holiday Joy tour to cities this November and December. Joining them will be hilarious Christian comedian Mickey Bell and CCM newcomer Iveth Luna.

“Christmas is my favorite time of year,” says Jason Crabb. “I can’t wait to celebrate the birth of Jesus with Unspoken, Mickey Bell, and Iveth Luna – and all of you! I know this tour will bless you and put you in the Chrismas spirit! Let’s celebrate Jesus. Let’s celebrate Christmas forever!”

Chad Mattson, lead singer of Unspoken, says: “We are so excited to be celebrating the birth of Christ this season on tour with Jason, Mickey and Iveth. We’ve put together a wonderful tour that will make you laugh, cry and encounter Jesus all at the same time. You don’t want to miss it!”

The evening will feature beloved Christmas classics as well as new music from Crabb, Unspoken and Luna, along with hilarious Christmas-themed comedy from Mickey Bell.

Christmas Forever: An Evening of Holiday Joy Tour Dates:

• December 07, 2022 – Martinez, GA
• December 08, 2022 – Fort Payne, AL
• December 09, 2022 – Van Buren, AR
• December 10, 2022 – Searcy, AR
• December 15, 2022 – Oakland, MD
• December 16, 2022 – Grafton, WV
• December 17, 2022 – Fairfield, OH
• December 18, 2022 – Russellville, KY