Today (Mar 8), Tedashii drops a new song titled “Pray For Me.” This track is the first single from his upcoming Dead Or Alive Part 2 collection, which is expected to be released next week (Mar 15).
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Today, prolific singer-songwriter (and lead singer of GRAMMY-Award winning rock band, Switchfoot) Jon Foreman announces his new LP, In Bloom, out May 31st. Co-produced with James McAlister (Taylor Swift, Ed Sheeran, Sufjan Stevens), the 12-song collection was crafted to accompany a drive down the California coast on a sunny afternoon.
Alongside the album’s announcement, Foreman releases the title track, “In Bloom,” a beautiful meditation on beauty within the journey from womb to tomb, which features vocals from singer-songwriter Joy Oladokun. The soft guitar strums make room for Foreman’s contemplative lyrics, searching for hope, and yearning to bloom like a wildflower in the desert.
The lyric video for “In Bloom,” which is also out today, aptly features a field of wildflowers and was shot when Foreman and a photographer friend stopped on the side of the road to take a few photos. Without even realizing it, the pair realized that the flowers matched the spirit of the song perfectly. It was an unexpected gift of the moment.
“I have no idea how old I will be when I die, most likely, I’m about halfway there,” Foreman shares about the track. “Time is the avalanche I’m riding down the mountain: out of control and gaining speed. The kid I was before is getting harder and harder to reach. I’m still him, and he’s still me… but not quite. And yet, THIS moment, right here and now- THIS is the ever-present now.
The future and the past are ghosts and phantoms- they haunt me with regret and fear, anxiety and shame. And yet, the past and future are spaces where I cannot act. Fortunately, each day has enough worries of its own. The “here and now” requires my full attention, and my presence can only be present in this moment alone. When is the present mine? When I am present to it.
Garden be my teacher. Sun. Moon. Soul. New leafy growth. The flowers, the birds, even my children- they are unencumbered by future fears or past regrets. They are fearlessly unassailable to the ghosts and phantoms of tomorrow and yesterday. Alive to the moment alone! And my prayer? To be present. Here and now. Available to a beauty that transcends my desire for control.”
‘In Bloom’ was not the album Jon Foreman set out to write. After Foreman’s “departures,” album, which was written in response to the tremors of 2020, he intended to release another album titled “arrivals,” but the attempt to create it kept running away.
He was chasing a destination as it moved further and further away. Yet throughout the creative block, new and different songs were coming to him. Ones that didn’t quite fit with the record he set out to create.
So, Foreman decided to humbly begin on this new road that seemed to be offering itself to him. He embraced the unknown while fresh songs poured effortlessly out of his mind. Letting the music lead the way, Foreman felt the melodies and lyrics were coming to him like flowers, delicate and intuitive.
Rather than fighting for control, Foreman created a collection of music that mimics nature and the flow of life: never arriving, but always becoming.
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Featuring appearances from singer-songwriters Joy Oladokun and Abby Holliday, “In Bloom” was written in the present, moment by moment, and embraces mortality, limitations, and the ever-present mistakes of the everyday. The record sees Foreman lean into the everchanging garden that he is and that he’s becoming.
“‘In Bloom’ is the album that I wasn’t trying to make. It’s a flower that came to me, unasked. ‘In Bloom’ is an album that celebrates the unexpected gift of the moment. The cover photo and the songs themselves feel like gifts. This record is full of honest, humble, surprises that came to me while I was busy chasing a different arrival.
Rather than obsessing over a future, static destination, may this album represent an entirely different pursuit: to stay present to the present to the ever-present gift of the moment along the way. Like a wildflower, may these songs bring you beauty and joy as you travel along your journey.”
Additionally, today, Foreman sets off on the “Tear The Roof Off Tour” in support of Brandon Lake, which sees the two singer-songwriters playing arenas and large clubs throughout the United States, with shows already sold out in Brooklyn (NY), Memphis (TN), Arlington (TX), Orlando (FL) and more. See below for full tour routing.
IN BLOOM TRACKLIST:
1. I Propose A Toast
2. Where The Sidewalk Ends
3. Eulogy
4. In Bloom ft.Joy Oladokun
5. Antidote
6. Stay Wild, Wildflower
7. Heaven Is Yours
8. Lovers Are Believers
9. Cheap Wine (And Expensive Conversation) ft. Abby Holliday
10. Lover
11. As. Simple. As. Us.
12. Sojourn (epilogue)
JON FOREMAN TOUR DATES (IN SUPPORT OF BRANDON LAKE):
March 7th – Birmingham, AL – Legacy Arena at the BJCC
March 8th – Memphis, TN – Orpheum Theatre (SOLD OUT)
March 9th – Arlington, TX – College Park Center at UT Arlington (SOLD OUT)
March 10th – Tulsa, OK – Mabee Center at Oral Roberts University
March 14th – Vancouver, BC – Pacific Coliseum
March 15th – Spokane, WA- Spokane Arena
March 16th – Nampa, ID – Ford Idaho Center Arena
March 17th – Reno, NV – Reno Events Center
April 18th – Toronto, ON – Coca-Cola Coliseum
April 19th – Cleveland, OH – Wolstein Center at Cleveland State University
April 20th – Brooklyn, NY – Kings Theatre (SOLD OUT)
April 21st – Baltimore, MD – Chesapeake Employers Insurance Arena (SOLD OUT)
April 25th – Jacksonville, FL – VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena
April 26th – Orlando, FL – Addition Financial Arena (SOLD OUT)
April 27th – Miami , FL – James L. Knight Center
April 28th – Estero, FL – Hertz Arena
Grammy winning artist Chris Tomlin, who Time Magazine heralded as the “most often sung artist in the world,” is embarking on one of the busiest years of his career in 2024 as he announces a new live album, hosts “Good Friday Nashville” for the eighth year, that sold-out three-weeks in advance and created an opportunity to open more seating for ticket buyers
Chris spoke exclusively with the Tennessean about all his exciting plans including “Good Friday Nashville” and donating the show proceeds. “This should be something the community does together,” Chris said. “It takes a great expense to do something like this, but I wanted to give away the profits.
We decided that year-one. It felt like God was putting wind in our sails. Since we were giving it away, he was like ‘I’m gonna blow the doors off this place.’ It’s been that way since day-one.”
On March 15, Chris will release Live From Good Friday, an 11-track album of live recordings from his record breaking “Good Friday Nashville” concerts at Bridgestone Arena. Among them is one of the fastest growing songs in the church right now and one of his largest consumed songs each week in his distinguished catalog with over 140M streams, “Holy Forever.”
The Grammy-nominated, six-week #1 single, which has become one of the most significant songs of his over 20-year career, has catapulted his impact and visibility as one of the most influential worship leaders of the era. Additional songs on the live album include his worldly-renowned “How Great Is Our God,” “Good Good Father” and more.
“Good Friday Nashville” returns once again to Bridgestone Arena on Friday, March 29. The event sold out yesterday which allowed organizers to adjust the production set-up creating room for more seats to be open for sale. Its impressive eight year run has become the venue’s longest running annual charity related concert and a tentpole event for the city.
This year’s star-studded line-up includes Willie Robertson, best known for starring in and executive producing A&E’s Duck Dynasty, who will deliver a powerful Easter message, and CCM powerhouse Kari Jobe and fast-growing sensation Anne Wilson who will be joining Chris as special guest performers.
The evening will continue the annual tradition of including surprise guests which have previously included the likes of Rascal Flatts, Lady A, Lauren Daigle, CeCe Winans, Hillsong UNITED, and many others. All remaining tickets are available now for $25 at Good Friday Nashville.
“Good Friday Nashville” benefits the foster care and adoption crisis through ‘For Others’, a non-profit organization created by Chris and his wife Lauren. ‘For Others’ aims to be a voice for the vulnerable by living out their mission of raising awareness and empowering best-in-class organizations to end the child welfare crisis in America.
On March 19, Chris will release How Great is Our God: Living a Worship-Led Life in a Me-Driven World (K-LOVE Books) in celebration of one of his most impactful songs and invites readers to redefine worship beyond music. Chris uses his experience as a worship artist and impressive songbook to provide readers with tools for living a God-centered life.
As one of the most successful Christian touring artists today, Chris has sold out venues everywhere including New York City’s Madison Square Garden, the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles, Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena, Red Rocks in Denver, and more. In April he will launch the “Holy Forever World Tour” performing shows across the U.S. and embarking on his first overseas dates in more than a decade. More dates are expected to be announced in the coming weeks.
“Live From Good Friday” track listing:
Nashville-based, Oregon-born multi-platinum singer, songwriter, and producer Mat Kearney is excited to announce the May 17th release of his new self-titled studio album via Middle Kid Records.
The new LP is Kearney’s first in more than three years and was produced by Kearney with help from Micah Tawkls (Hayley Williams, Liza Anne, COIN) and Marc Scibilia (Breland, Robin Schultz, Teddy Swims). Along with the album news today Kearney is announcing a massive US headline tour and releasing the captivating and buoyant new single “Palisades”
Produced by Kearney and Tawkls and featuring The Brook and the Bluff as his backing band, Kearney had this to share about the song, “Someone once told me as a young musician ‘enjoy it now cause you can only start a journey once.’ I look back at some pinnacle moments and realize they were lost on me at the time.
That feeling of leaving home and being in the middle of a highlight reel, is what ‘Palisades’ sounds like to me where the journey is the destination.”
“Palisades” is the third single to be released ahead of his self-titled new studio album, following “Headlights Home” – which was released in January accompanied by an official music video Written and recorded over the past couple of years with the help of some talented friends, Kearney counts this new album as one of his most personal releases and sees it as a reflection of his two-decade long career.
It’s time I let you in on the secret of what I’ve been working on for the last 2 years. My self-titled ‘Mat Kearney’ record is coming out May 17th. I got a text from my long-time band member Phil Moore saying, ‘this record feels the most like the guy I’ve been hanging out with for the last 10 years.’ I think that sums it up.
I wanted to make something honest, warm, raw, that felt like a big hug, the soundtrack for a drive into mountains, and beach hang with friends. I spread my wings and took on more of the production. Some songs I did start to finish alone. I also collaborated in ways I haven’t before. My favorite Nashville band The Brook and The Bluff played on a handful of songs. It was the first time I felt like I was in a band.
I tried to keep it simple. Real instruments and honest performances, like how I started out. I keep playing this record in my car which isn’t normal for me once I complete a project. I hope that’s a good sign and I hope you enjoy it as much as I do.
Love, Mat
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Over his career, Kearney has released six studio LPs, claimed the #1 spot on iTunes, topped multiple Billboard charts, made four entries into the Hot 100, amassed over 592MM on demand streams and over 2.5 BILLION global streams.
Kearney has performed live on Today Show, Ellen, The Tonight Show, Late Night with David Letterman, and Jimmy Kimmel Live! and has garnered raves from USA Today, Entertainment Weekly, People, Billboard, PARADE, and Marie Claire. He also has an incredible touring history, sharing the road with everyone from John Mayer to NEEDTOBREATHE as well as headlining numerous tours of his own.
Mat Kearney Tracklisting
1. Headlights Home
2. Palisades
3. Real One
4. Good Thing Going On
5. Sumac
6. Drowning In Nostalgia
7. My Two Hands
8. Watch Me Go
9. Easy
10. Dandelion
11. Old Flame
12. Daydream
Confirmed US Tour Dates:
6/13 – Bend, OR – Tower Theatre
6/14 – Seattle, WA – The Moore Theatre
6/15 – Portland, OR – Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall
6/17 – Spokane, WA – Bing Crosby Theater
6/18 – Boise, ID – Knitting Factory
6/21 – Missoula, MT – The Wilma
6/22 – Bozeman, MT – The Elm
6/24 – Aspen, CO – Belly Up
6/25 – Denver, CO – Paramount Theatre
6/27 – Kansas City, MO – Madrid Theatre
6/28 – Des Moines, IA – Hoyt Sherman Place
9/10 – Indianapolis, IN – Egyptian Room at Old National Centre
9/12 – Minneapolis, MN – State Theatre
9/13 – Milwaukee, WI – The Pabst Theatre
9/14 – Chicago, IL – The Vic Theatre
9/16 – St. Louis, MO – Pageant
9/17 – Columbus, OH – Southern Theatre
9/19 – Nashville, TN – Ryman
9/20 – Louisville, KY – Bourbon & Beyond Festival
9/21 – Atlanta, GA – The Tabernacle
9/23 – Raleigh, NC – Carolina Theater
9/24 – Charlotte, NC – Knight Theater
9/26 – Washington, DC – Lincoln Theatre
9/27 – Glenside, PA – Keswick
9/28 – Boston, MA – Orpheum Theater
9/30 – Albany, NY – The Egg
10/1 – New York, NY – Webster Hall
10/2 – Harrisburg, PA – XL Live
11/7 – Houston, TX – Heights Theater
11/8 – Dallas, TX – Majestic Theater
11/9 – Austin, TX – ACL Live at The Moody Theater
11/11 – Santa Fe, NM – Lensic Performing Arts Center
11/12 – Tucson, AZ – Rialto Theatre
11/14 – Phoenix, AZ – Van Buren
11/15 – San Diego, CA – Humphrey’s Concerts by the Bay
11/16 – Anaheim, CA – House of Blues
11/18 – Santa Barbara, CA – Lobero Theatre
11/19 – Menlo Park, CA – Guild Theater
11/20 – Napa, CA – Uptown Theatre
GRAMMY nominated, Dove Award-winning Gospel music luminaries Ernie Haase & Signature Sound delivered a stirring rendition of the national anthem ahead of former President Donald Trump’s remarks at last week’s NRB Presidential Forum, which was held during the National Religious Broadcasters’ International Christian Media Convention in Nashville.
The quartet also shared their popular “America Medley”—featuring “America The Beautiful,” “My Country, ‘Tis of Thee” and “God Bless America”—and performed a selection of Ernie Haase & Signature Sound favorites, including “Get Away Jordan” and “Oh, What A Savior,” as well as their latest single, “We Are The Church,” before a capacity crowd of NRB conventioneers at the Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center.
“To sing our nation’s anthem in a public setting is always a sacred honor, and we were thrilled to be able to do just that at NRB,” Haase shares. “As we awaited President Trump’s speech that evening, it was also a privilege to have the opportunity to share some favorite songs from our repertoire. I’m thankful for all the new friends we made and all the old friends we were able to see at NRB as well.”
The NRB Presidential Forum, sponsored by Salem Media Group, Heritage Action for America and PRAY.COM, included remarks from Dr. Kevin Roberts, president of The Heritage Foundation and Heritage Action for America; and Hugh Hewitt, host of The Hugh Hewitt Show and a professor of law at Chapman University’s Fowler School of Law, along with the keynote address from former President Trump.
NRB is a nonpartisan, international association of Christian communicators whose member organizations represent millions of listeners, viewers and readers. The annual NRB International Christian Media Convention is the largest nationally and internationally recognized event dedicated solely to assist those in the field of Christian communications.
“What if the entire global Church gathered? How might the world be changed?” That’s the question that several Christian organizations and ministries began to dream about throughout 2023. From that, Gather25, a historic worldwide gathering of Christians of all nations, denominations and generations happening March 1st, 2025, was born.
The event, hosted in-person and virtually from every continent, will bring as many of the world’s 2.5 billion Christians together for 25 straight hours of prayer, worship, repentance and commissioning.
Last year, Founder and Visionary Jennie Allen began assembling a team including YouVersion, The Bible Project, illumiNations and more, to bring the idea of Gather25 to life and envision the next 10 years of the church.
“We are thrilled to announce this historic gathering of the Church,” says Allen. “We are inviting every man, woman, and child who follows Jesus – from every continent – to come together on March 1, 2025. We desire to see the global Church mobilized around one mission: to ‘go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.’ It won’t be a gathering of the global Church without you! Come join us at gather25.com.”
While Gather25 will take place in stadiums, event spaces and churches across the globe, with modern technology and real-time translations, the event will also reach people in living rooms, dorms and more via television broadcast, radio, and livestream with the mission of mobilizing the entire church to reach and make disciples of the 5.5 billion people who do not yet believe in Jesus.
This week, two-time GRAMMY Award winner and multi-platinum selling artist Zach Williams released a new book. ‘Rescue Story: Faith, Freedom, And Finding My Way Home’ is available now in hardcover, audiobook, or ebook.
In this powerful and poignant memoir, listen as Zach shares the bold and vulnerable story of his childhood, his descent into the substance abuse that held him captive for so long, and ultimately the rescue he didn’t think was possible but embraced with open arms.
Curb Records’ Sidewalk Prophets is thrilled to announce the continuation of their stripped-down “Songs & Stories Tour.” The tour has already played 55 dates across the country in 2023 and is heading West this spring.
This leg of the “Songs & Stories Tour” will be a continuation of an intimate acoustic trio experience where fans will hear the group’s hits played live as well as the stories behind them. It will be a night of listening to inspiring, upbeat songs from the band’s extensive catalogue, as well as a preview of new music to come.
Sidewalk Prophets front man, Dave Frey, shares, “This tour has been one of my favorite tours we’ve ever done. What I love most about each night is the intensity of the connection we are privileged to share with the audience. To hear a room singing in unison together, to get a chance to share stories that a lot of people may not have heard – it is truly a special experience.”
PLATINUM-certified, GRAMMY-nominated artist and songwriter Anne Wilson unveils the highly anticipated track list for her forthcoming album REBEL set to release on April 19. The album features collaborations with some of music’s biggest names, including Lainey Wilson, Jordan Davis and Chris Tomlin, promising a bold, genre-blending collection.
The track list reveal follows the Opry’s announcement that Wilson has been tapped for the Opry NextStage Class of 2024, a coveted class of up-and-coming artists on their way to Country music superstardom. The news was announced from the Opry stage on Tuesday, Feb. 27 as Wilson joined the stellar lineup of last night’s performers that included Lainey Wilson, Jamey Johnson and more.
REBEL Track List:
Joining forces with industry heavyweights, Wilson will deliver a groundbreaking album that pushes the boundaries of both the Christian and Country genres. Notably, Wilson taps Opry NextStage mentor and 2023 CMA Entertainer of the year, Lainey Wilson, for “Praying Woman.” Also featured is Country superstar Jordan Davis for “Country Gold” and GRAMMY Award-winner Chris Tomlin for “The Cross.”
A co-writer on each of the album’s 16 tracks, Wilson teamed up with some of Music Row’s most in-demand songwriters such as Nicolle Galyon, Emily Weisband, Matthew West and Trannie Anderson for a revolutionary project firmly rooted in both Country and Christian music, produced by Jeff Pardo and Jonathan Smith.
On Sunday, March 3 at 9:50 a.m. ET, Wilson will make her morning television debut on Fox & Friends’ series ‘Faith & Friends’ with a performance of her Christian radio single “Strong” which is Top 5 and climbing.
Wilson continues to showcase her multifaceted artistry and the faith-infused Country essence that defines REBEL with her Feb. 2 release “God & Country.” As her commanding vocals lead the track that MusicRow dubs a “spectacular show-stopper,” Wilson revisits her Kentucky roots that capture growing up in the heart of the heartland.
As the anticipation for her record on April 19 builds, Wilson’s current single “Rain In The Rearview” continues to make waves on Country radio and the new music video premiered on CMT/Paramount’s Time Square billboard,CMT Music and CMT.com.
Recognized as a 2024 CMT Next Women of Country and a Spotify Hot Country Artist to Watch in 2024, Wilson shares her new music on the road as part of Scotty McCreery’s Cab In A Solo Tour this spring and at major Christian and Country music festivals this summer. For dates and more information, visit www.annewilsonofficial.com and keep up with her on Instagram, TikTok and YouTube.
Dream Records’ Branan Murphy has dropped a new song ahead of the release of his upcoming full-length album. “To The Lamb” can be heard streaming below. Life is Hard. God is Good. is slated to release on Friday, March 1st.
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