Bari Brighten releases his debut single and official video titled Song of Victory. 

As the year comes to an end, Song of Victory is an anthem that encourages God’s people to declare victory over every sphere of our lives, leaning into the finished works of Jesus Christ on calvary. We stand boldly before nations, tongues and tribes, echoing our heart posture and our total allegiance to the Kingdom of God.

The LORD is our strength and our song; he has given us victory. Songs of joy and victory are sung in the camp of the godly. The strong right arm of the LORD has done glorious things! The strong right arm of the LORD is raised in triumph. The strong right arm of the LORD has done glorious things. 

Song of Victory – Bari Brighten

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Ironically, we can’t really give anything to God because everything, including ourselves and all that we have, belongs to Him already! So, what pleasant gift can we give to God, the One who owns everything and gave it all up for us?

‘GIVE MY LIFE’ answers that question by inviting us to give God our life, heart, soul, and everything for this reason: While God is the creator of absolutely everything, including the very breath within us, He does not have true possession of us unless we freely surrender ourselves to Him as a gift to of honour Him. And what better time to honour God with the gift of our life, other than at Christmas? The season when we are most selfless and generous; displaying loving acts of kindness, and giving gifts, one to another; to friends, family, loved ones, and even to strangers. Nonetheless, despite our thoughtfulness, we often forget one thing; giving something to the One whose birth we commemorate at Christmas. Jesus Christ, our Lord and God.

A late popular artist sang: “…last Christmas I gave you my heart, but the very next day you gave it away…” What a sad thing to experience at any time of the year and certainly not at Christmas! Here’s the good news! We all can entrust our hearts, our souls, our entire lives, and everything we are and own to God not just at Christmas, but at any other time of the year without experiencing heartbreak or disappointment!

‘GIVE MY LIFE’ is now available on all streaming outlets. ‘GIVE MY LIFE’ is the third single to be released in Ayobola’s 2024 upcoming EP.

May your heart be rested and secured this Christmas. May the Spirit of Christ bring you and your loved ones joy, peace, and hope as you give your life, heart, soul, and everything to God this Christmas and beyond in Jesus’ name.

Give My Life – Ayobola Elegbede

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Home for the Holidays: A Christmas Homecoming – Sunday, December 24th at 3 p.m. ET

Get ready to ring in the holidays with Bill & Gloria Gaither and all of their Homecoming friends on Home for the Holidays: A Christmas Homecoming! Sit back and listen to an array of Christmas standards, nostalgic seasonal favorites, and power-packed anthems. This timeless recording features the powerful voices you have grown to love during the most wonderful time of the year.

Featuring Gospel Music Hall of Fame Members Gaither Vocal Band singing “Home for the Holidays,” multi-platinum-selling recording artist Josh Turner’s rendition of “Joy to the World,” award-winning singer/songwriter Mark Lowry’s performance of “Mary, Did You Know?,” DOVE Award-winning musical artist Lynda Randle & brother Michael Tait’s lively cover of “Go Tell It on the Mountain,” the unparalleled tenor voice of David Phelps’ moving edition of “O Holy Night,” and many more of your friends from the Homecoming Family of artists, “Home for the Holidays: A Christmas Homecoming” is sure to usher you into the holiday season of joy and love.

CBS presents the 25^TH ANNUAL A HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS, an entertainment special featuring uplifting stories of adoption from foster care, Friday, Dec. 22 (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT), on the CBS Television Network, and streaming on Paramount+ (live and on demand for Paramount+ with SHOWTIME subscribers, or on demand for Paramount+ Essential subscribers the day after the episode airs)*.

Performances by extraordinary artists including Lauren Daigle, Gavin DeGraw, David Foster & Katharine McPhee, Pentatonix and CeCe Winans will enhance the inspirational adoption stories of several American families. Katharine McPhee also serves as host for the evening.

This year marks the 25^th anniversary of the special which raises awareness of this important social issue. For the last quarter century, the award-winning special has shined a light on the thousands of American children in foster care and has inspired tens of thousands of adoptions, moving these children into loving forever families.

Currently, there are close to 400,000 children in foster care in the U.S., more than a quarter of whom are hoping for a forever home.

These children lead difficult lives – only half graduate from high school, 5% graduate college and 20% become homeless soon after they age out of the system.

The child welfare system is sometimes described as the “highway to homelessness,” as nationwide 50% of the homeless population was once in foster care. Youth in foster care are resilient and have great potential to beat these odds. Given a home and a chance, these children can lead fulfilling, even extraordinary lives.

This year, in honor of the silver anniversary, the show revisits some of the amazing families featured in years past

This Christmas, share the joy of the Journey to Bethlehem, available on digital December 26, 2023 and on Blu-Ray and DVD January 16, 2024.

Synopsis:
A young woman carrying an unimaginable responsibility. A young man torn between love and honor. A jealous king who will stop at nothing to keep his crown. This live-action Christmas musical celebration for the entire family, weaves classic Christmas melodies with new pop songs in a music-infused retelling of the greatest story ever told, the story of Mary and Joseph and the birth of Jesus. A unique new entry into the collection of holiday classic movies, this epic Christmas musical is unlike any before it.

SPECIAL FEATURES
DVD & BLU-RAY™ 

• Special Features
  • Meet Mary and Joseph
  • The Heart of The Journey to Bethlehem
  • Meet Fig
  • Meet Mary’s Sisters
  • Meet Antipater
  • Deleted Scenes: A Great Navigator
  • Deleted Scenes: Travel Montage
  • Deleted Scenes Joseph’s Catapult

Blu-ray and DVD include a digital code for movie and bonus materials as listed above, redeemable via Movies Anywhere for a limited time. Movies Anywhere is open to U.S. residents age 13+. Visit MoviesAnywhere.com for terms and conditions.

CAST AND CREW
Directed by: Adam Anders
Screenplay by: Adam Anders & Peter Barsocchini
Produced by: Brandt Andersen, Adam Anders, Ryan Busse, Stephen Meinen, Alan Powell, Steve Barnett
Executive Producers: Vicky Patel, Peter Barsocchini, Nikki Anders
Cast: Fiona Palomo, Milo Manheim, Antonio Banderas, Omid Djalili, Rizwan Manji, Geno Segers, MORIAH, Joel Smallbone, Lecrae, Stephanie Gil

Tickets are now on sale for Season 4 of The Chosen’s theatrical release, the first time all episodes of a full season of a TV series will debut exclusively in theaters. The official Season 4 trailer also premieres today:

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Season 4 Synopsis

Clashing kingdoms. Rival rulers. The enemies of Jesus close in while His followers struggle to keep up, leaving Him to carry the burden alone. Threatened by the reality of Jesus’ growing influence, religious leaders do the unthinkable—ally with their Roman oppressors. As the seeds of betrayal are planted and opposition to Jesus’ message turns violent, He’s left with no alternative but demand his followers RISE UP.

The theatrical rollout of Season 4 will begin with a two-week run of Episodes 1-3 on February 1, 2024, followed by Episodes 4-6 in theaters beginning February 15, and Episodes 7-8 beginning February 29 via Fathom Events in the U.S. and Canada.

The premiere episodes will also be released in theaters in LATAM, the UK, Poland, Australia, and New Zealand via a consortium of distributors. After the full-season run in theaters concludes, The Chosen will announce the debut across streaming and linear TV platforms, as well as The Chosen TV and mobile apps.

“Last year we dipped our toes in the water by releasing a few episodes in theaters. The response was so strong, and Season Four is so big, that we knew we and Fathom had to give viewers the theatrical experience for all eight episodes,” said The Chosen’s creator and director, Dallas Jenkins.

“We’re excited to make history with The Chosen,” said Ray Nutt, CEO of Fathom Events. “This collaboration has been such an amazing experience! Watching the fans come out in such large numbers to watch the story of Jesus on the big screen has been both informative and heartwarming. We look forward to bringing Season 4 to theaters so those fans can continue to share this story together.”

The Chosen has become a cultural phenomenon with impressive performance across streaming platforms such as Peacock, Netflix, and Amazon Prime where it is one of the platform’s top series of 2023. The Chosen also earned top ratings weekly domestically on The CW.

What began as a pioneering crowd-funded project has now evolved into a global sensation with over 770-million-episode views. Due to the efforts of the Come and See Foundation, The Chosen is on pace to be the most translated series in history, as the first three seasons will soon be available in 50 languages with plans to subtitle in more than 600.

Dallas Jenkins is writer, director, and producer. Lionsgate is the show’s global television distributor.

GRAMMY Award winner and current two-time GRAMMY nominee Lauren Daigle, whose “The Price Fund” has provided over $3.5 million to charitable organizations since its inception in 2018, has closed out a record year with over $1 million in donations.

The contributions, 45 in all, include its partnerships with the Music Health Alliance and KultureCity, multiple music schools, and organizations such as the Caring for Covenant Fund.

These partnerships have served to establish a first-of-its-kind combined senior healthcare program and fund designed specifically for music industry veterans and legacy music makers, make event venues across the US accessible through the installation and renovation of sensory rooms, and provide funds to sch ools that allow children the opportunity to learn through music and arts.

Daigle has provided a way for fans to also participate and join her in The Price Fund’s efforts by donating a portion of every concert ticket sold to the organization. In 2023, over 255,000 people have attended Daigle’s Kaleidoscope Tour.

“I formed the Price Fund to help make a positive impact in people’s lives and remind them they are not alone,” shares Daigle. “I am so proud of the work that we have been able to do over the last year and that fans can also play such a huge part in joining the effort to make a difference in the world. I am overjoyed about what is to come and what we can accomplish together.”

Daigle founded The Price Fund to honor and memorialize her grandfather, Julian Price, who taught her how to love the world one relationship at a time. Designed to provide care for at-risk youth, children, and the elderly, The Price Fund, established in 2018, has expanded its mandate to support the arts with a goal to instill hope and love among people, no matter their background. 

The efforts have resulted in the distribution of nearly $3.5M to nonprofit organizations around the world. Additionally, Daigle’s partnership with Child Fund, which provides assistance to children facing poverty in over 24 countries, has seen over 12,500 children sponsored via tour dates in 2023.

Daigle is a two-time Grammy, eight-time Billboard Music, four-time American Music, and twelve-time GMA Dove Music Award winner.  She’s garnered over 5 billion streams and wowed crowds for years with sold-out US and international tours. In 2023, Daigle continues to cement her status as a modern vocal powerhouse with a huge global fanbase.

Since the release of her GRAMMY Award-winning, multi-platinum-certified 2018 album Look Up Child, which included the 6x platinum-certified hit “You Say” and 2x platinum-certified “Rescue,” Daigle has been a mainstay on the Billboard charts.

Her recent Mike Elizondo-produced, 23-song, self-titled album’s debut GRAMMY Nominated single, “Thank God I Do,” gave Daigle her 6^th Billboard No. 1. In fact, the song sat atop the chart for 20+ weeks, making Daigle the only artist to have ever had a song top the charts for more than 20 weeks – twice. It’s these accomplishments that seem to have consistently followed an artist whose musical thirst has yet to be quenched.

Jim Huddleston’s latest EP, “Gospel Outlaw,” takes listeners on a nostalgic journey through the rolling landscapes of country and Americana music, weaving tales of a simple and grounded Western life. The EP is a collection of authentic and immersive songs that paint vivid pictures of Huddleston’s storytelling prowess, with each track contributing to the overall atmosphere of a bygone era.

Songs like “Little Hope Baptist Church,” set the tone for the project, with its rolling country melodies and Huddleston’s twang-infused vocals. The track transports listeners to a small town where the heartbeat is the local church. The imagery is rich and evocative, creating an immersive effect that pulls the audience into the fabric of Huddleston’s storytelling.

Other tracks like “God’s the Only Law (In This Here Town),” further solidify the Western atmosphere that permeates “Gospel Outlaw.” This song, with its timeless country sound, paints a picture of a town where a higher power guides the moral compass.

The narrative unfolds with a sense of reverence, and Huddleston’s vocals bring an authenticity that makes the listener feel like they’re there, absorbing the tales of this outlaw town.

Jim Huddleston – Gospel Outlaw EP Review

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As the EP progresses, “Heaven on My Mind” and “I’ll Be Gone” delve into more personal aspects of Jim Huddleston’s experiences and ideas. These songs, rooted in the Americana tradition, showcase Huddleston’s versatility as a storyteller.

The narratives are introspective, offering a glimpse into the artist’s journey and reflections. The instrumentals, adorned with a touch of Americana flair, complement the heartfelt lyrics well.

One of the strengths of “Gospel Outlaw” lies in its commitment to a laid-back, simplistic, and honest feel. The production remains intentionally sparse, allowing each instrument and Huddleston’s vocals to breathe.

This decision enhances the EP’s overall authenticity, creating an intimate connection between the artist and the listener. The stripped-down arrangements contribute to the timeless quality of the music.

The EP’s closer track, “Say Hello (to a New Uplifted Heart),” brings the collection to a fitting close. The song encapsulates the spirit of the entire EP, marrying the outlaw theme with gospel undertones. It also serves as a goodbye to the EP as a whole, as well as representing Jim Huddleston’s farewell to the story and world of the project, and a reintroduction to himself once more.

In conclusion, Jim Huddleston’s “Gospel Outlaw” is a triumph of traditional country storytelling, offering a glimpse into a world where simplicity, authenticity, and honesty reign supreme. The EP’s immersive atmosphere showcases Huddlestone’s ability to transport listeners to a different time and place. With its sparse production and timeless sound, “Gospel Outlaw” is a testament to the enduring power of genuine Americana.

–Jason Airy

The connection between an artist and their fans is something special, and artists like Gary Pratt know that to be true. His latest single, “Number One Fan,” is a vibrant and energetic country tune that tells the heartwarming story of an artist and his devoted supporter. The song unfolds as a celebration of the special bond between the musician and their fan, so let’s get into the full review.

 From the first notes of the song, it’s clear that “Number One Fan” is all about the narrative. The musical arrangement is kept relatively simple, allowing the focus to remain on the storytelling. This decision proves effective as it places the spotlight squarely on Gary Pratt’s lively and spirited delivery. His vocals are infused with genuine enthusiasm, capturing the essence of the song’s uplifting message.

The lyrics paint a vivid picture of the dedicated fan who is always there, soaking in the music and radiating positivity. The artist draws strength from this unwavering support, and the song becomes a heartfelt ode to the power of a loyal fan’s presence. The simplicity of the musical composition enhances the relatability of the narrative, allowing listeners to connect with the universal theme of finding strength and joy in the support of others.

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The song is a celebration of the positive energy that comes from having someone who believes in you wholeheartedly. Gary Pratt’s delivery reflects this sentiment, infusing the track with a contagious sense of fun and joy. The upbeat tempo and lively instrumentation contribute to the overall light-hearted atmosphere, making it a perfect anthem for fans and artists alike.

The production of the single further amplifies its energetic and fun vibe. The arrangement is well-balanced, with each element contributing to the overall feel-good atmosphere of the song. The instrumentation, while relatively simple, is catchy and memorable. The lively beats and playful melodies keep the song moving forward, ensuring that listeners are carried along on a musical journey filled with positivity and enthusiasm.

As the song progresses, the artist expresses a desire for more with his number one fan, hinting at a potential romantic connection. This adds a layer of depth to the storyline, introducing a bittersweet element that resonates with listeners on a more personal level. Despite the potential complexities of mixing romance with fandom, the overall tone of the song remains optimistic and lighthearted.

In conclusion, Gary Pratt’s “Number One Fan” is a delightful and infectious country tune that celebrates the special connection between an artist and their most devoted supporter. The song’s simplicity allows the narrative to take center stage, with Pratt’s energetic delivery and the buoyant production ensuring a thoroughly enjoyable listening experience. It’s a fun number from Gary Pratt, and a good addition to his discography.

Eddy Mann’s latest single, “Hallelujah,” is a soul-soothing gospel tune that invites listeners into a serene and uplifting musical sanctuary. Anchored by warm guitars and soft piano synths, the song unfolds with sweet, soft, and serendipitous melodies that wrap the listener in a comforting embrace.

At its core, “Hallelujah” is a celebration of faith, a hymn of praise to the divine, and a testament to the salvation and glory that God bestows upon his devoted followers.

From the first notes, the gentle instrumentation sets the tone for a tranquil and spiritually resonant experience. The warm guitars are comforting, while the soft piano synths add a touch of ethereal beauty to the arrangement. The production’s deliberate sparseness is a strategic choice, allowing the song’s warm vibes and the sincerity of its message to take center stage.

“Hallelujah” is, as expected from the title, a song that revolves around the act of praising the Lord. It delves into the essence of having unwavering faith and a profound belief in God’s benevolence.

The repeated refrains of “Hallelujah” serve as a mantra, inviting the listener to join in the joyous chorus of devotion. The simplicity of the song’s structure enhances its accessibility, making it easy for listeners to connect with the central themes of faith and spiritual affirmation.

Eddy Mann – Hallelujah

Mann’s vocals carry a gentle and comforting quality, perfectly complementing the tranquil atmosphere of the song. His delivery is heartfelt, infusing each word with a sense of conviction that resonates with the core message of the track. The vocals serve as a conduit for the emotions embedded in the lyrics, creating a bridge between the listener and the spiritual journey the song encapsulates.

The instrumentals play a crucial role in creating the serene ambiance of “Hallelujah.” The arrangement is carefully crafted, with each note contributing to the overall sense of tranquility and reverence. The song’s gentle progression allows for a contemplative listening experience, inviting the audience to reflect on their own faith and connection to the divine,

To wrap things up, Eddy Mann’s “Hallelujah” is a serene and uplifting gospel tune that radiates with the warmth of faith and devotion. The song’s simplicity is its strength, allowing the listener to bask in the gentle melodies and absorb the message of praise and spiritual celebration. With its heartfelt vocals, carefully arranged instrumentation, and theme of unwavering faith, it’s a treat for gospel fans.

–Jason Airy