Two-time GRAMMY-nominated band, We The Kingdom appeared on Fox & Friends on Palm Sunday. They performed “Jesus Does” for the “Faith & Friends” concert series, which showcases some of the biggest names in Christian music leading up to Easter.
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Singer/multi-instrumentalist Blessing Offor made a network TV appearance today! Blessing performed his hit song “Brighter Days” on ABC’s GMA3 on April 4. The song is a featured single on his full-length debut, My Tribe – now available everywhere.
My Tribe became the BIGGEST STREAMING DEBUT from a solo male artist at Capitol CMG during launch week. See Blessing Offor live on tour with Zach Williams through May 12.
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It’s been two years since Red Rocks Worship released their acclaimed album, Things Of Heaven, and they are now more than ready to share new music with the world. Today, the Denver-based worship collaborative drops their latest song, “Good Plans,” along with announcing their new album, titled Ascend, which will release on July 14, 2023. A pre-order for the album also begins today.
Preparing for more than a year to create Ascend, Red Rocks Worship member Tyler Roberts shares, “For us, it’s been a year of pruning, of laying down pride and chasing God, and searching for what worship is and what it looks like to really go after the Lord and enter His gates with praise.
Every single song on the album has a story behind it that means something to all of us. We titled it Ascend, which is found right in Psalm 24, stating, Who can ascend the mountain of God, who can be in the presence of the Lord.”
“Good Plans” is the album’s first single to release. A live video for the song can be viewed below. Inspired by Psalm 23, “It became the focal point of every word that we wrote for that song,” worship leader Kory Miller explains. “I’m really excited for this song to release. It feels like a major personal revelation that turned into a corporate revelation for our church.”
Red Rocks Worship will be able to share their music live on May 19 at Night Of Worship With Red Rocks Worship in Mesa, Arizona, as well as on their album’s release day at Drylands Student Conference in Carlsbad, NM. Be sure to visit their tour page for the latest dates.
Gospel music superstars Tamela & David Mann and Dr. Bobby Jones were celebrated today at the 2023 BMI Trailblazers of Gospel Music Awards held at Flourish in Atlanta, GA. The awards show paid tribute to the best in the Gospel music community and honored BMI’s Gospel Song of the Year, Songwriter of the Year, Publisher of the Year and the top 25 Gospel songs of the previous year. BMI’s President & CEO, Mike O’Neill and Vice President, Creative, Atlanta, Catherine Brewton hosted the event.
The inspirational luncheon began with a celebration of music and joyful worship with Jonathan McReynolds, Chandler Moore and Kirk Franklin performing a medley of three of BMI’s award-winning songs, “Grace,” “Jireh” and “Kingdom,” before moving to the event’s main honorees and award-winners.
As a Trailblazer of Gospel Music honoree, Dr. Bobby Jones was saluted for his legendary career, mentorship of the next generation and his tireless contributions to the genre. The tribute performances honoring Jones’ legacy kicked off with The Company singing “What a Friend,” followed by a beautiful rendition of “Bring it to Jesus” featuring Beverly Crawford.
Tamela and David Mann were celebrated as BMI Trailblazers of Gospel Music for their exceptional success in the genre and beyond, both as stellar songwriters, artists and actors. The musical tributes to The Manns kicked-off with Zacardi Cortez and Anaysha Figueroa-Cooper giving a moving performance of “Now Behold the Lamb,” followed by Lisa Knowles-Smith who gave a powerful rendition of “Take Me to the King.” After accepting the honor and thanking those who have helped the husband-and-wife team along the way, Tamela Mann surprised the audience with an explosive performance of her mega-hit, “Change Me,” which spent 23 weeks at number one on Billboard’s Hot Gospel Chart.
Throughout the event, BMI saluted the Top 25 most-performed Gospel songs of the previous year, leading up to the coveted BMI Gospel Song of the Year, which went to “Believe For It” written by CeCe Winans and Mitch Wong (APRA). The song spent 12 weeks at the number one spot on Billboard’s Hot Gospel Chart and garnered multiple accolades including two GMA Dove Awards and a GRAMMY for Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song. BMI’s Gospel Songwriter of the Year was a tie between Dante Bowe and Jonathan McReynolds for each writing two of the most performed Gospel songs of the previous year. Bowe was honored for “Joyful” and “Promises” and McReynolds for “Brighter” and “Grace.” BMI’s Gospel Publisher of the Year went to Be Essential Songs for having award-winning songs “Brighter,” “Jireh,” “Promises” and “Something Has to Break,” among its repertoire.
During the ceremony, the late legendary soul singer/songwriter Otis Redding was honored with four BMI Million-Air Awards, a distinction that recognizes songwriters whose works have achieved the rare feat of surpassing one million broadcast performances on radio. Originally written and recorded by Otis Redding in the 1960’s, the songs were “Sweet Soul Music” (4 million performances), “Hard to Handle” (7 million performances), “Respect” (7 million performances) and BMI’s Song of the Year in 1968, the incomparable “(Sittin’ on) the Dock of the Bay” (12 million performances). Attending the ceremony were members of Redding’s family, including his wife Zelma and their daughter Karla Redding-Andrews, who accepted the honors on behalf of her father and the Otis Redding Foundation.
Additional performances included a special tribute to the late singer/producer/choir director Kevin Lemons, who was known for his work with Donald Lawrence and the Company, and his own dynamic group known as Kevin Lemons and Higher Calling. Members of Higher Calling hit the stage for a soul-stirring performance of “Perfect Peace” accompanied by Donald Lawrence and The Company. Other award-winning songs performed throughout the evening included “Just Like God” by Evvie McKinney, “Great” by Kelontae Gavin and “Wonderful is Your Name” by Melvin Crispell.
Eric Decker, JT Hodges, Jessie James Decker, Delanie Walker, RaeLynn, Jason Crabb and more will appear during the Fund Recovery Charity Dinner & Concert on Tuesday, April 4, 2023 at The Twelve Thirty Club. The event begins at 6 PM, which a red carpet at 5:45 PM,
The second annual event, which was already scheduled, will now benefit mental health services for The Covenant School and those impacted by the recent shooting.
“My heart is hurting this week. A senseless act took the lives of innocent children and loving leaders in our community. Surviving a school shooting myself, I know how important it is to come together and wrap our arms around these families grieving the loss of their loved ones,” says Eric Decker. “We all need support and love to navigate through this difficult time.”
The evening will feature music and appearances by JT Hodges, Eric and Jessie James Decker, RaeLynn, Jason Crabb, Butch Walker, Jay, and Jeremy Popoff from the band Lit, Eric Paslay, Ty Herndon, and Tyler Rich, former Nashville Mayor Megan Barry, Pro Football Hall of Famers Anthony Munoz, Warren Moon, Steve Atwater, Steve Hutchinson, LeRoy Butler, along with former Titans stars Delanie Walker, Taylor Lewan, Ben Jones, and many more guests from all walks of life.
The night will be hosted by Storme Warren.
Guests will enjoy delectable fare and libations from one of Nashville’s premier venues while enjoying live music and appearances from music celebrities and athletes.
A limited amount of tickets are still available online. For those who can’t attend but still wish to donate, CaringWays will be accepting donations for The Covenant School HERE.
Michigan rapper NF unveiled plans today for an international tour. Pre-sales begin April 5 at 10AM local time with general on-sale underway April 7 at 10AM local time.
The HOPE Tour, including stops in the US, Canada, UK and Europe, will feature songs from NF’s forthcoming HOPE album which is due out April 7. Pre-order the new collection HERE.
It’s the rapper’s first album since 2019’s platinum-selling The Search and his first longer project since 2021’s CLOUDS (THE MIXTAPE).
To learn more about The HOPE Tour and to purchase tickets, visit http://nfrealmusic.com/tour.
Two-time GRAMMY Award-winning singer-songwriter Lauren Daigle debuted a brand new song today titled “Waiting.” You can now hear the new song below with the official lyric video. Stream/download “Waiting” here.
Daigle will be appearing on NBC’s Today Show this morning (March 30) as well. She is set to perform her recently released single “Thank God I Do” for the first time on TV during the first hour of the program. Then, she will be back during the fourth hour of to debut “Waiting.”
These two new songs mark the launch of a new creative chapter for the multi-platinum selling, Louisiana-born artist, who just last month announced signing to Atlantic Records in partnership with longtime label home Centricity Music. With a creative team led by Grammy-winning producer Mike Elizondo (Twenty One Pilots, Mary J. Blige, Fiona Apple, Carrie Underwood), and featuring co-writers Natalie Hemby, Shane McAnally, Amy Wadge, Lori McKenna, Jason Ingram and Jon Greene, to name a few, Lauren Daigle comprises twenty soulful and uplifting songs to be released in two parts. The first ten arrive May 12, and the other ten release later this year.
Daigle also recently unveiled her much-anticipated US arena tour, set for fall 2023. The Kaleidescope Tour kicks off on September 6 in Memphis, TN with an entirely new and innovative stage production. The 30-city run will take Daigle across the country – from New Jersey’s Prudential Center (October 20) to LA’s Crypto.com Arena (November 10), with stops in Boston, Atlanta, and Seattle as well as cities in which Daigle hasn’t performed in nearly four years, including Baton Rouge, Baltimore and Tulsa. Visit www.laurendaigle.com for ticket information.
ELEVATION RHYTHM introduces a new song, “You Will Be Saved,” available at all DSPs (listen here). This song and the previously released “PRAISES,” will both appear on the sophomore album, This Is the Gospel, which will release on April 14th. The upcoming release is available for pre-add/pre-save here. The group’s new seven-track collection follows ELEVATION RHYTHM’s first full-length offering, Growing Pains. But unlike their emotionally-focused debut, This Is The Gospel is not only a work of art but a testament to faith.
“I felt this call and this responsibility to say, ‘OK, if the next generation needs a foundation for their faith, what does that foundation look like? What is the Gospel? What are the pillars? What is the truth?,” shares ELEVATION RHYTHM’s lead architect and primary producer, Josh Holiday. “I just knew this next album had to be truth-centered, and I wanted to create music that was going to be foundational for this next generation in their faith journey.”
The new track that dropped today is a straightforward opus and a simple invitation of salvation. In addition to the song being available, the live performance video is available now below.
Holiday continues, “Knowing Jesus as a Savior is so humbling. I never want to get to a place where I feel like I don’t need saving. I never want to live that lie. This song isn’t just a salvation call for sinners. We all need to be saved. It’s for the lost — for the one — but it’s also to remind the 99, hey, don’t ever think you don’t need a Savior.”
Repentance. Salvation. Sanctification. Wrapped in timeless melodies, these essential tenets of faith are all presented in an elementary manner on This Is The Gospel with ELEVATION RHYTHM declaring: This is what we believe.
ELEVATION RHYTHM continues to hit the road this spring for Lecrae’s “The Final Church Clothes Tour” and on Elevation Nights with their sister collective Elevation Worship and their pastor Steven Furtick. You can find a full list of travel dates for ELEVATION RHYTHM here.
On Wednesday, the non-profit’s co-founder and Ohio Country Music Hall of Famer, Richard Lynch announced the star-studded lineup during a Facebook live stream event.
WAYNESVILLE, OH – March 2023 — Country music singer-songwriter Richard Lynch is proud to announce the lineup for the 2023 benefit concert series for his Love Tattoo Foundation. Lynch announced the schedule during a Facebook live stream event on Wednesday.
The shows will be held at Lynch’s Keepin’ It Country Farm in Waynesville, Ohio. Season passes and individual show tickets are available on the non-profit’s website at www.lovetattoofoundation.org.
The benefit concerts will feature a star-studded lineup including an Academy of Country Music Awards nominee, a #1 Billboard Country chart artist, a Country Music Association Awards nominee, a Grammy nominee, and a musician who has performed on the Grand Ol’ Opry stage more than 8500 times in his career.
The benefit concert series lineup: Wade Hayes (May 27th); Dion Pride (June 17th); The Kody Norris Show (July 8th); Tony Booth/Dottsy (July 30th); Tim Atwood (August 12th); Linda Davis, Lang Scott & Bill Whyte (September 9th); Bobby Tomberlin/Tess Frizzell (October 14th); Richard Lynch and Friends (November 11th). All shows will be hosted by the Richard Lynch Band.
“I’m so excited to be able to bring together some of the biggest names in traditional country music for this benefit concert series,” said Lynch. “I’m looking forward to bringing a little bit of Nashville to Ohio, while raising money and awareness for the Love Tattoo Foundation and the important work we do.”
The Love Tattoo Foundation is a non-profit organization that honors and assists American Veterans who carry mental or physical scars, from serving our country. Its mission is to raise money and awareness to help give these Veterans the opportunities they sacrificed, so we could have ours.
Named for a duet recorded by Richard lynch and Ronnie McDowell, the Love Tattoo Foundation has raised more than $150,000 since its inception.
For more information about the Love Tattoo Foundation and the benefit concert series, please visit www.lovetattoofoundation.org.
ABOUT RICHARD LYNCH:
Over the past 4 decades, Richard Lynch has compiled a long list of country hits and chart-toppers on both domestic and international sales and radio airplay charts. Richard has been in Billboard Magazine, Taste Of Country, The Boot, CCM Magazine, Country Music People, Maverick, and countless others.
He has also appeared on WSM Radio Nashville, RFD TV, Fox TV, and more. He has recorded popular duets with legendary artists like Ronnie McDowell and Leona Williams, as well as Grammy Winner, Rhonda Vincent. Lynch is the owner of Keepin’ It Country Farm in Waynesville, OH, and co-founder of Love Tattoo
The “Queen of Horror Blues” releases her first full-length album on March 31st, 2023. The UK-based artist blends slide blues guitars with horror-inspired lyrics and visuals.
Renowned musician, slide guitarist, singer, and songwriter, The Curse of K.K. Hammond is dropping her debut album, aptly titled “Death Roll Blues.” Already having racked up more than 350K Spotify streams and over 10K monthly listeners of her 5 single releases, Hammond is making quite a name for herself in the blues community. That name is “The Queen of Horror Blues.”
On “Death Roll Blues,” The Curse of K.K. Hammond marries two of her favorite passions: slide blues guitar and all things horror. From somber and creepy to upbeat and light-hearted, the album takes listeners on a profound musical journey with songs that deal with the subject of death.
“Death Roll Blues” represents Hammond’s creative and artistic journey, featuring songs that might seem dark at first, but they ultimately speak to the human experience.
Inspired by her personal experiences and her contemplation of human nature, The Curse of K.K. Hammond has made this album to be an interpolation of darkness into the genre of blues music. “Death Roll Blues” was written, recorded, and produced by The Curse of K.K. Hammond.
In just the past year, Hammond has enjoyed a #1 UK Blues Songs chart hit, press coverage with Earmilk, Living Blues, Blues Blast, Hypefresh, and many others, as well as having her cover of “Nothing Else Matters” shared on Metallica’s official TikTok page.
ABOUT THE CURSE OF K.K. HAMMOND:
The Curse of K.K. Hammond is an innovative slide guitarist, singer, and songwriter who is interpreting Blues music from her unique perspective. With a love for all things dark, she takes influence from Blues icons such as Skip James, Robert Johnson, Son House, Charlie Patton, and Leadbelly, and combines it with her personal musical style and lyrics, thus creatively transforming the Blues genre into her unique sound, known as “Horror Blues.” For more information, please visit http://www.thecurseofkkhammond.com
