Curb | Word Entertainment recording artist Blanca enlists celebrated Venezuelan band Montesanto for “Espacio Te Haré”, the Spanish version of the global worship anthem “Make Room,” available now. The song will be broadcast to Latin radio today, as well.

Years after the original release of “Make Room,” the moving selection remains a mainstay in CCLI’s Top 100. The warmth of Blanca and Montesanto’s intertwined harmonies brings a fresh depth of authentic sincerity and open surrender to “Espacio Te Haré,” a song previously recorded by a host of artists, including Blanca’s labelmate, Meredith Andrews.

The rich, worshipful offering further cements the songstress as a global force, consistently crafting music inspired by an array of cultural influences. “Espacio Te Haré (feat. Montesanto)” was written by Evelyn Heideriqui, Josh Farro, Lucas Cortazio, and Rebekah White; and produced by Abraham Osorio and Anton Göransson.

No stranger to recording songs in other languages, the bilingual vocalist recently received two nominations ahead of the 54th annual GMA Dove Awards. She was honored with a nod for Spanish Language Recorded Song of the Year for “Nubes,” her acclaimed collaboration with Indiomar, which has already amassed more than 600 million streams. Additionally, Blanca’s original track, “New Day (feat. Jekalyn Carr),” is up for Contemporary Gospel Recorded Song of the Year.

The 54th annual GMA Dove Awards will take place Oct. 17, 2023, at a ceremony in Nashville. Winners will be announced publicly on Oct. 20, 2023, during a televised broadcast set to air exclusively on Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN) and the TBN app.

Her Dove-nominated selection, “New Day (feat. Jekalyn Carr),” is found on her latest LP, The Heartbreak And The Healing, which also includes chart-topping hit, “Even At My Worst,” as well as “Something Better.” The Latin songstress is poised to release a deluxe edition of the personal project — penned in the midst of her healing journey following a painful divorce — this fall.

Today (Aug 25), Gateway Worship releases “Fill The Room” feat. Michael Bethany & KJ Scriven. The track is from their full live worship album Crowns Down, due next month (Sept 8).

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On August 23, 2023, nine-time GRAMMY Award nominee and Curb | Word Entertainment artist Natalie Grant had the honor of performing the National Anthem at the first Republican Debate in Milwaukee, WI. As an artist, who has toured the world, Grant has seen the power that music has, to bring people together regardless of their politics.

“This isn’t about endorsing a candidate or a party,” said Grant. “I simply love this country, and I love what our anthem represents. At a time when public faith in our democracy is low, I’m excited to be a part of the democratic process by doing what I do best, – which is performing. I’ve had the distinct privilege of singing at events for both Republicans and Democrats in the past, and this is no different. It’s a privilege.”

Check out Grammy award winning Roc Nation singer/songwriter VICTORY, who will perform “Just Like In Heaven” from her sophomore album, “Glory Hour,” on the TODAY show tomorrow – Wednesday,  August 23, airing in the third hour.

VICTORY will also be a featured supporting artist on two-time GRAMMY Award-winning Lauren Daigle’s highly-anticipated 2023 “The Kaleidoscope Tour,” in which she will join Daigle on the national U.S. arena circuit for select dates beginning November 10 through December 9, with stops in Los Angeles, Sacramento, Ft. Worth, Knoxville Greeneville.

VICTORY’s “Glory Hour,” is the follow-up to her first two folk/jazz/soul recordings, It’s a New Dawn (2017) and her critically acclaimed debut album, The Broken Instrument (2018), and showcases the singer/songwriter’s distinct vocals, offering a deeply felt and earnest collection of songs that seek to uplift the soul in dark times.

Growing up in a family deeply committed to music and live performances, VICTORY is one of nine siblings who sang in the Boys & Girls Choir of Detroit, an organization founded by her father, John Boyd. Taking music seriously as a career from the start, she began singing with the choir at age four and later studied jazz guitar. When she was 12, the family moved to North Bergen, New Jersey, and they started busking together using various names – including Peace Industry Music Group at NYC tourist attractions and on subway platforms.

The Boyds became particularly renowned for their appearances in the Minton Tile Arcade next to Bethesda Fountain, a spot favored for its great acoustics.  VICTORY and four of her siblings — older brother Abraham and younger siblings Angel, Israel, and Momo, later formed the offshoot group Infinity’s Song, which rose to national prominence in 2015 after pop singer Tori Kelly happened upon them performing “Oceans” one day in Central Park and joined in.

A video of the impromptu performance went viral (1.2 million views on YouTube). In 2015, Peace Industry Music Group released Infinity’s Song’s self-titled debut album. The Boyds later played for Jay-Z, who signed them to Roc Nation, ultimately leading to VICTORY’s signing with the label as a solo artist and releasing “It’s A New Dawn.”

The EP featured her beautiful renditions of songs by two of her greatest influences, Nina Simone (“Feeling Good”) and Stevie Wonder (“Overjoyed”). In 2020, Infinity’s Song released their label debut “Mad Love.” In 2019, VICTORY won her first Grammy for her work on Kanye West’s album “Jesus is King” and performed the National Anthem at an NFL playoffs game in 2018.

On August 23, 23, 2023, nine-time GRAMMY Award nominee and Curb | Word Entertainment artist Natalie Grant will have the distinct honor of performing the National Anthem at the first Republican Debate in Milwaukee, WI. As an artist, who has toured the world, Grant has seen the power that music has, to bring people together regardless of their politics.

“This isn’t about endorsing a candidate or a party,” said Grant. “I simply love this country, and I love what our anthem represents. At a time when public faith in our democracy is low, I’m excited to be a part of the democratic process by doing what I do best – and that’s performing. I’ve had the distinct privilege of singing at events for both Republicans and Democrats in the past, and this is no different. It’s a privilege.”

Grant is set to take the stage to perform her soulful interpretation of the national anthem, a role that she has had before at the 2022 College Football National Championship Game. The first Republican Debate will air live on FOX from 9 pm – 11 pm EST.

Nine-time GRAMMY nominee Natalie Grant has remained one of Christian music’s top-selling artists since her 2005 breakout RIAA Gold-certified album, Awaken. Having been named Female Vocalist of the Year by the Gospel Music Association five times,

Grant has propelled multiple singles and records to the #1 spot on the Billboard album charts. She’s the author of multiple books, including the Glimmer Girls series for tween girls. A fierce advocate for social justice, she’s also the co-founder of Hope for Justice, an international non-profit organization with offices in 7 countries across 5 continents that works to end modern-day slavery.

The singer and her husband, GRAMMY Award-winning songwriter/producer Bernie Herms, live in Nashville with their three daughters. Natalie’s new album, Seasons, will be out October 6th.

Five-time GRAMMY Award-winning music collective Maverick City Music announces the ‘The Maverick Way’ EP, due Friday, September 15 via TRIBL Records.  Featuring collaborations with Noah Schnacky, Tasha Cobbs Leonard, Bobbi Storm, and Wande, the 6-track project is available to pre-save now.

Written by Naomi Raine, Daniel Bashta, Chris Davenport, and Ryan Ellis, the album’s triumphant track “God Problems” is available now and focuses on the battles that can only be won through the power of faith. It follows in the footsteps of the project’s first release, “No Longer Bound” (7.28), a praise-inducing anthem performed by Maverick City featuring Chandler Moore and Forrest Frank.

In 2022, Maverick City Music produced one of the biggest tours of the year, consistently ranking in the Pollstar Top 10 week after week, selling out arenas across America. On Tuesday, Oct. 31, they’ll kick off a 16-date run with A-list performers, including Maverick City Music, Travis Greene, Noah Schnakey, Todd Galbert, Forward City Music, and JWLKRS. Tickets are available now

‘The Maverick Way’ EP Tracklist:

• 1. “Crazy Love” (Feat. Noah Schnacky)
• 2. “God Problems”
• 3. “More Than Able” (Feat. Tasha Cobbs Leonard)
• 4. “Promises”
• 5. “Firm Foundation (He’s Gonna Make A Way)” (Feat. Bobbi Storm & Wande)
• 6. “No Longer Bound”

‘The Maverick Way’ Tour

• Tues., Oct. 31 | Symphony Hall | Springfield, MA
• Wed., Nov. 1 | Toyota Oakdale Theatre | Wallingford, CT
• Thurs., Nov. 2 | The Lyric | Baltimore, MD
• Fri., Nov. 3 | Berglund Performing Arts Theatre | Roanoke, VA
• Sat., Nov. 4 | Altria Theater | Richmond, VA
• Sun., Nov. 5 | Columbia County Performing Arts Center | Evans, GA
• Tues., Nov. 7 | Steven Tanger Center for the Performing Arts | Greensboro, NC
• Thurs., Nov. 9 | Grand Rapids First | Grand Rapids, MI
• Fri., Nov. 10 | The Sylvee | Madison, WI
• Sat., Nov. 11 | Vibrant Music Hall | Des Moines, IA
• Sun., Nov. 12 | Steelhouse Omaha | Omaha, NE
• Tues., Nov. 14 | Armory | Minneapolis, MN
• Thurs., Nov. 16 | Kansas City Music Hall | Kansas City, MO
• Fri., Nov. 17 | Juanita K Hammons Hall for the Performing Arts| Springfield, MO
• Sat., Nov. 18 | Peoria Civic Center Theater | Peoria, IL
• Sun., Nov. 19 | Grove City Church of the Nazarene | Columbus, OH

Five-time GRAMMY-winning Maverick City Music is a multi-racial, multicultural, genre-bending group bringing hope and love to all.

The collective’s music brings awareness to topics like mass incarceration, Juneteenth, and even the George Floyd injustice, addressing difficult cultural topics with love and inspiration. In 2022, Maverick City Music catapulted to a record-breaking and magnificent rise, winning BET Awards, Stellar Awards, NAACP Awards, and more. In just under a year, they’ve performed mainstage at the BET Awards alongside Diddy and Faith Evans and joined NPR’s Tiny Desk, The View, and NBC’s TODAY Show. In 2023, they performed for a second year in a row on the GRAMMY Awards telecast — this time alongside Quavo. In addition to mainstream television, fans swarmed to hear and see the group live across the country. Maverick City Music’s headlining ‘The Kingdom Tour’ broke box-office records and landed in the Top 10 tours on Pollstar weekly.

Today, multi-platinum-selling, GRAMMY Award Nominee, Cory Asbury has released a new song from his highly-anticipated fifth studio album, Pioneer. The song, “Misunderstood,” incorporates moving steel guitar and piano, backing lyrics that speak to seasons of anxiety and depression and the outside pressures to be perfect through it all.

This is the third song released from Pioneer, following “Kind” and “These Are the Days” which have both produced millions of streams in the few weeks they have been available.

“A few years back, my wife went through an intense time of anxiety and postpartum depression,” shares Asbury. “She wanted so badly to be “normal” in the middle of it all. I kept having to remind her, “It’s ok to not be ok.” We’re all broken.

Being perfect isn’t the point of this whole “being human” experiment. I hope sharing this experience helps others not feel so alone in their journey to contentment.”

Cory Asbury Debuts “Misunderstood” From Highly-Anticipated Album ‘Pioneer’

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On September 27^th, Asbury will perform a very special record release show at City National Grove of Anaheim. Following that performance, Asbury will embark on the Texas Takeover Tour with special guest Brennley Brown. The nine-city headline tour will kick off in Houston on November 2^nd and make its way across Texas before wrapping in Kilgore on November 12^th. 

Last month, Asbury announced his long awaited and highly anticipated fifth studio album, Pioneer, would be released on September 15^th via BEC Recordings. Drawing influence from Nashville’s music scene, Pioneer explores a new side of Asbury while maintaining honest and cutting lyrics that speak to the fragility of the human experience. 

For this record, Asbury co-wrote with a veritable who’s-who in Nashville including Lori McKenna (Tim McGraw, Taylor Swift), Shane Stevens (Lady A, Walker Hayes), Tom Douglas (Kane Brown, Miranda Lambert), and Paul Mabury (Lauren Daigle, Chris Tomlin) to create a body of work that showcases his heart as an artist.

Centricity Music’s singer/songwriter, Billboard Chartbreaker Katy Nichole continues to release songs filled with the unabashed honesty and impeccable artistry that has made the 23-year-old one of Christian music’s fastest-rising talents.

Her current, third radio single from her 2023 GMA Dove Award-nominated Jesus Changed My Life debut album, “Hold On,” tops the MediaBase Christian AC Activator Chart this week. The song follows the album’s Dove Award-nominated songs “God Is In This Story” and RIAA Certified Gold®-selling “In Jesus Name (God of Possible)” to radio’s top positions.

The Recording Academy (GRAMMY® Awards) featured “Hold On” and its companion K-LOVE premiered a video highlighting Nichole’s personal story of holding on in her darkest moment. The song points to a bigger picture beyond what you can see in the moment; beyond the pain, beyond the struggle.

“I know firsthand what it means to be broken and desperate,” reveals Nichole. “However, I have also experienced the beauty and wonder of God redeeming and breathing life into situations that seemed utterly hopeless. I want my music to speak truth and shine a light for those going through dark times.”

Along with the radio success, accolades continue to pour in for Nichole, including her becoming the most nominated female artist for the 54th Annual GMA Dove Awards.

Her four nods comprise New Artist of the Year, Song of the Year (“In Jesus Name (God of Possible)”), Pop / Contemporary Album of the Year (Jesus Changed My Life) and Pop / Contemporary Recorded Song (“God Is In This Story,” a duet with Big Daddy Weave). The GMA Dove Awards presentation will take place Oct. 17 in Nashville and broadcast on TBN Oct. 20.

Sharing her music live for tens of thousands while on tour, Nichole hit venues across the country with Jeremy Camp, Matthew West and others, plus returned to the Opry stage April 4 after making her Grand Ole Opry debut last year. Being featured now on The Candace Cameron Bure Podcast, Katy is performing at all the major Christian festivals, fairs and more this summer before rejoining CAIN for a 33-city tour launching Sept. 20 in Baton Rouge, LA.

Katy Nichole’s “Hold On” Becomes Third Consecutive No. 1 Radio Hit From Her Dove-Nominated Debut Album ‘Jesus Changed My Life’

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No. 1 singer/multi-instrumentalist Blessing Offor has garnered three 2023 Dove Award Nominations – Pop / Contemporary Recorded Song of The Year for “Brighter Days”, Pop / Contemporary Album of The Year for My Tribe, and Short Form Music Video of The Year (Performance) for “The Goodness” with TobyMac.

With last year’s “New Artist of the Year” nomination, Blessing has been nominated for four career Dove Awards. The 54th GMA Dove Awards will take place on Tuesday, October 17th, and will air exclusively on TBN on Friday, October 20th at 8pm & 10pm ET.

2023 has proven to be a big year for Blessing, as his full length debut My Tribe is officially the BIGGEST STREAMING DEBUT from a solo male artist at Capitol CMG, propelling an appearance on the cover of Apple’s New Music Daily playlist.

The album – which Billboard calls “a testament to his own hard-fought journey” – debuted in the Top 20 position on three Billboard charts – Christian /Gospel Albums, Top 200 Christian/Gospel Albums, and Current Digital Albums charts. Single “Brighter Days” has continued to be a mainstream bastion, still riding Top 30 at AC Radio.

Blessing’s current single “Your Love” is also Top 30 at Christian radio, and his collaboration with Ben Hastings on “That’s The Thing About Praise” sits in the Top 15. Additionally, Blessing has spent a great deal of time on the road since 2022, supporting Zach Williams, Brandon Lake, Lauren Daigle, and is currently gearing up for the Big Feelings tour this fall with Andrew Ripp.

Named as an Amazon Breakthrough Artist of 2023 and Pandora Artist to Watch 2023, Blessing is continuously proving that he is an artist not to be missed.

Today, Blessing announced that he will be releasing My Tribe (Extended Edition) – a deluxe packaging of Blessing’s milestone setting debut album. This expanded album features three brand new songs – “Good Good,” “Amen,” “and “Same Clouds.” My Tribe (Extended Edition) will be available on all major music streaming platforms on September 1^st

Today, multi-talented singer and Bethel Music artist David Funk released the Beauty EP which includes two new versions of his single “Beauty.” The additional versions include a stunning spontaneous live version called “Beauty/We Fall Down” as well as an intimate acoustic version recorded as part of Bethel Music’s ongoing Pine Street Sessions. 

Originally appearing on Come Up Here, “Beauty” serves as a reminder that God sent his son in his image to earth to allow us to know Him. Listen to the Beauty EP.

“One of the main themes of Beauty is how Jesus came to reveal the Father to us: through His life, His death, and His resurrection,” shares David. “We were inspired by, and tried to capture the heart of, Colossians 1:15–20, as well as the opening of John 1, which says, In response to this revelation of the Lord; seeing Him in all his majesty, we can’t help but join the unending song that the angels and saints sing continually before his throne. 

My hope is that through this song, listeners are reminded of the gift that it is to know Jesus, and through Him, the Father himself.”

Hailing from North Georgia, David Funk first joined the Bethel Music Collective in 2020. He grew up watching his father play piano on worship teams at their local church, started playing guitar himself at a young age, and began leading worship in high school. David first led “Touch of Heaven /Alabaster Heart (Live)” on a Sunday night at Bethel Church and experienced an anointed holy moment.

As Funk’s first single with Bethel Music, the song introduced him in his truest element, ushering in high praise and keeping the focus on Jesus. This song invites the listener to surrender again and again, leaving everything at the feet of Jesus.

He also appears on Bethel Music’s albums Homecoming (2021), singing, “Son Of Suffering,” Simple (2022) singing, “Our Jesus,” and Come Up Here, singing “Beauty.” David thrives in an environment where everyone is passionately worshiping Jesus. His dream is to lead people into the presence of God, where every person present is solely focused on Him.

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