GRAMMY and IBMA Award winners The SteelDrivers’ 11-track gospel album, Tougher Than Nails, is out today, via Gaither Music Group.
The group — Richard Bailey on banjo, Tammy Rogers on fiddle, Mike Fleming on bass, Brent Truitt on mandolin, and Matt Dame on guitar — continues to redefine Bluegrass music, showcasing seasoned musicianship and seamless, vocal harmonies that are familiar yet fresh.
The SteelDrivers’ ‘Tougher Than Nails’ Gospel Album Out Now
ICF Worship wrote “You Got Me” to remind people – particularly the Church – of the importance of holding on to Jesus amidst the chaos and changes we all face. Acknowledging the tendency to get distracted in an ever-changing and uncertain world, the Swiss band shares a core message of encouragement to anchor our faith in Christ. Taking inspiration from Psalm 18, the new single worships Jesus as the unshakable rock that stands forever.
ICF Worship’s new song is a joyful and energetic declaration of praise, emphasizing the need to continuously worship and rely on the Lord in all circumstances. “You Got Me” is marked by a theme of gratitude to God as worshippers return to the steadfastness He gifts those who rely on Him.
FAITHFUL’s third single from their upcoming project focusing on Psalms of action is called “To Dwell As One,” a song rooted in Psalm 133. The Scriptural passage centers on unity and equates it to the imagery of oil, “It is as precious as the sacred oil flowing from the head of the high priest, Aaron, dripping down his beard” (verse 2).
Sarah Kroger, who leads the new song alongside Jillian Edwards and Tamar Chipp explains, “In a sacramental church context, oil is used a lot in the sacraments of healing.
Unity is a space of healing for us.” FAITHFUL leans into the pain we all feel, pointing out that certain wounds can only heal from within the confines of a community. With “To Dwell As One”, they invite listeners to a place where God’s love can be found and be given in turn.
In 2020, amid an intense period of writer’s block resulting from the trauma of the pandemic, internal struggles within, and daunting mental health challenges, Lucy Grimble found that any attempts to write felt insignificant and even pointless. “Ready for the Dawn” was the song that broke this silence and numbness, and in fact kickstarted the writing process for her forthcoming album.
“Ready for the Dawn” embodies the theme of interplay between dark and light, shadow and sun, which runs through the album, as she explains: “During those bleak times, sometimes the sunrise was enough to remind me that things do change.” “Ready for the Dawn” allowed her to be honest, weaving a melody of rediscovered hope through an equally beautiful piano line.
The new single speaks to people in the depths of mental health challenges, pointing to the promises of God. This song builds from the bottom as the listener comes alongside Lucy on her journey from the bleak depths of uncertainty toward the glimmers of light found in the morning.
“The Mystery of Christ” is a live project that joined together worship leaders and thought leaders from the US, UK, and South America. Recorded live in Nashville, the new album from REVERE is a response to the act of worship having become more of a growth catalyzer in the modern Church than a holy act of surrender.
REVERE seeks to bring worshippers back to the catalytic agency of the glory of God, where human philosophies and popularity do not take center stage but instead point to the source of our reverence.
“The human mind wants to grasp, understand, and have everything in its control,” says REVERE’s leader, Gilbert Nanlohy. “Yet Christ in his mystery confounds human efforts time and time again. Just when we think we are starting to figure God out, we are faced with the critical reminder that his paths are beyond tracing out.”
REVERE Releases Live Album ‘The Mystery Of Christ
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The new album features 14 songs about the reverence of God and the mystery of Christ, including three powerful versions of “Behold King of Glory” in English, Spanish, and Portuguese. These songs were written to inspire the Church on their exploratory journey of the mystery of Christ – His holiness, beauty, faithfulness, and glory hidden in everyday life.
The artists involved in the project are Laura Hackett Park, Mitch and Steph Wong, Carrington Gaines, Phil Thompson, Julia Vitória, David and Nicole Binion, Becky Collazos, Joseph Espinoza, Gabi Sampaio, Gabriel Guedes, Leeland Mooring, May Angeles, Becca Folkes, Thrive Worship, Geoffrey Golden, and Mark Alan Schoolmeesters.
The night of the recording also included a powerful sermon from John Bevere on the fear of the Lord, which is featured on the album.
Additional messages from Addison and Juli Bevere, Mitch and Steph Wong, Laura Hackett Park, Jason Upton, Jack Mooring, and Joel Muddamalle are available on REVERE’s YouTube channel. “The Mystery of Christ” is sonically intricate and passionate, yet accessible and magnetic so listeners actively join in the act of worship.
With their new album, REVERE hopes to help refocus the Church back to Christ by creating a Jesus-focused experience for every tribe, tongue, and nation.
Two-time GRAMMY Award winner and multi-platinum-selling artist Lauren Daigle releases her full self-titled album. The project’s first ten songs arrived in May, with another thirteen songs released today. All twenty-three tracks showcase the multi-faceted artist’s stunning and powerful voice, rich storytelling, and incredible musicality.
Led by GRAMMY-winning producer Mike Elizondo (Twenty-One Pilots, Mary J. Blige, Fiona Apple, Carrie Underwood) and featuring co-writes with award-winning songwriters, including Natalie Hemby, Amy Wadge, Jason Ingram, Lori McKenna, and Jon Greene, Lauren Daigle marks a new creative chapter for the Louisiana-born artist.
These 23 tracks represent all that I am – they embody my soul and my spirit. I can’t wait for you all to hear them. – Daigle
Lauren Daigle’s Highly-Anticipated Full Self-Titled Album Out Now
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Daigle recently embarked on her highly-anticipated US arena tour – The Kaleidoscope Tour – which kicked off on September 6 in Memphis, TN.
Since the release of her GRAMMY Award-winning, platinum-certified 2018 album Look Up Child – which includes the breakthrough, newly-6x platinum-certified hit single “You Say” – Daigle has been a mainstay on the Billboard charts. When Look Up Child debuted at No. 3 on the Top 200 Albums chart, Daigle became the first female artist in history to simultaneously hit the Top 10 on both Billboard’s Pop and Christian Album charts.
She went on to break another record when the LP reached 100 weeks at No. 1 on the Top Christian Albums chart, which is the greatest number of weeks that any artist has spent at the top of any individual album chart.
Similarly, “You Say” is the longest-running No. 1 to appear on any weekly Billboard chart. Born in Lake Charles, Louisiana, Daigle is a two-time Grammy, seven-time Billboard Music Award, four-time American Music Award, and ten-time GMA Dove Music Award winner.
GRAMMY-nominated, multi-platinum rock band NEEDTOBREATHE will step in to headline the Moon River Music Festival this Saturday in Chattanooga, TN in place of folk trio CAAMP.
With “some of the best vocal performances, instrumentation, and stage presence,” (Toronto Star), the band will close out the first night of the eighth annual festival. Additionally, frontman Bear Rinehart will pull double duty performing solo as Wilder Woods the following night.
The band’s forthcoming album CAVES, releasing September 15th, is a collection of awe-inspiring melodies, breathtaking instrumentation, and epic-scale energy, giving the band’s soul-probing approach a bigger, more expansive new scope–one that American Songwriter writes is “brimming with anthemic, arena-worthy sounds” and has “larger-than-life productions.” To pre-order or pre-save CAVES.
Last week, the band released two of the most anticipated singles from their new album CAVES – ”Wasting Time” featuring country hitmakers Old Dominion, and “Temporary Tears” featuring acclaimed Northern Irish singer-songwriter Foy Vance. In addition to Old Dominion and Foy Vance, the album features special guests Carly Pearce and alternative rock band Judah & The Lion, who will be touring with NEEDTOBREATHE this fall.
CAVES was written in two post-pandemic phases – first during their aforementioned getaway in Utah, where the group was finally able to get together again, and then again after they returned to the road, re-acclimating to massive crowds alongside OneRepublic. The making of the album was captured in a two-part documentary “A World Without A Mirror: The Making of CAVES”.
Grammy Award Winner, Stellar Award Winner, Billboard Music Award Winner, and 2022 American Music Award Winner for Favorite Gospel Artist, Tamela Mann, is celebrating the latest RIAA certification of her record-breaking, chart-topping single, “Take Me to The King.”
The song, written by Gospel Icon Kirk Franklin and featured on her album, Best Days, is receiving the highly coveted honor of Double Platinum certification with more than two million copies sold since the track was released on June 12, 2012.
“What an amazing blessing to receive this very special recognition. I’m honored Kirk and I got to collaborate on this song and I’m so thankful for the love and support of our fans who helped make this happen. I couldn’t have done it without everyone,” said Tamela.
The ballad marked the first collaboration between Tamela and Kirk since the songstress launched her solo career. The powerhouse team is also known for the songs, “God Provides,” the No. 1 song from Tamela’s Billboard chart-topping No. 1 album, One Way, and “Superheroes Prayer” from her latest album, Overcomer.
Tamela Mann’s “Take Me To The King” Is RIAA Certified Double Platinum
Tamela, along with Franklin, her husband, actor/comedian/singer David Mann, The Clark Sisters, Israel Houghton, and Tye Tribbett, are headlining the The Reunion Tour, with special guests New Breed, Texas-based choir The Family, and God’s Property.
The tour kicks off Thursday, September 28th, in Connecticut and continues into November, hitting Miami, Atlanta, Toronto, Detroit, Chicago, Washington DC, Los Angeles, Houston, and many other cities.
Tamela Mann is an accomplished songwriter, producer, actress, and businesswoman, She has amassed a Grammy Award, BET Award, Billboard Music Award, American Music Award, multiple NAACP Image Awards, and Stellar Gospel Music Awards.
Her Billboard No. 1 album, Best Days, includes the No. 1 double platinum single, “Take Me to The King,” and received Billboard’s “Album of the Decade” for 2010-2019, in the Gospel category.
Tamela’s Billboard No. 1 album, One Way, garnered two No. 1 singles, including “Change Me” and “God Provides,” which earned the singer her first Grammy Award in 2017.
In 2018, Tamela and her husband, NAACP Image Award-winning actor/comedian David Mann, released their first book and joint album, Us Against the World. The book won an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work and the album garnered airplay success with the Urban AC track, “Ups & Downs.” Tamela and David helm Tillymann Entertainment.
Together, they starred in the NAACP Image Award-winning docu-series, The Manns, the hit comedy, Mann & Wife, and their family YouTube viral series, Mann Family Dinner. Tamela is in the second season of her YouTube cooking show, Mama Mann’s Kitchen, and she and David are currently starring in Tyler Perry’s Assisted Living.
After their successful collaboration in 2022 on “Gold.” Which accumulated over 3.5 million streams, Afrogospel pioneer Limoblaze & Ada Ehi are back to release “Talk & Do,” an exuberant track about the power of walking in faith. This is Limoblaze’s 8th new single of the year after being named one of Tidal’s Rising Artists to Watch in 2023 at the top of the year. Listen to “Talk and Do”.
Supported by a cheerful Nigerian Gospel Choir, this record brings Limo’s joyful afrobeat sound alongside Ada Ehi’s comforting vocal to speak on the faithfulness and provision of God, our Father. “Talk & Do reinforces the idea of total trust in God. The title is built upon God being a keeper of His word and that whatever He says He will do as promised in His word,” says Limoblaze.
Alongside this single release are exclusive live performances from Limoblaze for their “Tidal Sessions” series featuring a performance of “Desire,” “Put It On God” and “Talk & Do”.
Less than a month ago, Limoblaze released his 6th single of the year “My Matter,” ft. Nigerian Gospel Singer Victor Thompson and Becca Folkes, making “Talk and Do” his 7th new single of this year! Despite seeing success through trending on social media with songs like “Jireh (My Provider)” and “Desire” or being named a Rising Artist To Watch by Tidal, Limoblaze is faithful to releasing new music consistently with the aim of helping young Christians be empowered to share the gospel and chase their dreams.
Limoblaze has also collaborated with Christian music staples such as Lecrae, Travis Greene, Da Truth, KB and more. With several bodies of work over the years under his belt, including 6 albums; Blind (2016), Before Now (2018), Afrobeats Rap and Jesus (2019), Bridges (2020), and God’s Favourite Baby (2021), Sunday In Lagos (2022), he continues to elevate the afrobeat sound he is so famous for with frequent new releases.
He is a two-time winner of the African Gospel Music and Media Awards (2018, 2019), Crystal Awards Best International Act Award Winner (2019), and Premier Gospel Best International Act award winner.
