“Zite Ihe” is a prayer song for God’s light to shine in the ways of His people. Peter John, a prolific minister, and performer, joins Dr. Paul in this collaboration, adding his distinctive vocal prowess to the mix.
Directed by Justice DH Films, this soul-stirring and emotional worship song extols God as the giver of everything beneficial to man and calls on Him to cast his illuminating light on the paths of his children.
Enjoy this inspirational tune and prolific composition alongside its captivating visuals from the stable of Piano Records. “Zite Ihe” is also produced, mixed, and mastered by Dr. Paul himself.
Dr. Paul is a gospel music minister known for creating soul-stirring music that combines deep spirituality with captivating melodies. With a career spanning several successful releases, he continues to be a source of inspiration and a beacon of faith in the gospel music scene.
Zite Ihe (Send the Light) – Paul Oluikpe Feat. Peter John
Ghana Based Nigerian Gospel Artist Sandra KayK releases her much-anticipated debut single, More Than Enough with Audio and Visuals.
Sandra Nkechi Onyia, who goes by the name Sandra Kayk, is a native of Enugu State, Nigeria. Born into the family of Rev. James & Deaconess Edna Onyia. Her interest in music began at a very tender age when she began singing on children’s ministry programs on ABS TV, crusades, and other church and Christian events.
‘More than Enough’ by Sandra Kayk, which was officially released to all digital stores in July, is her debut following a single project in August 2020 “God Na Helele.”
Sandra is multi-talented, and quite apart from being a singer, songwriter, and gospel musician, Sandra is also a radio presenter, model, actress, and fashion stylist.
In 2015, Sandra went into modeling and was the face of brands such as Old Mutual Insurance. Thereafter, Sandra began acting and was featured in movies such as ‘Madam Export’, ‘Dis n’ Dat’ and ‘Web of Mistakes’.
Sandra KayK is happily married and resides in Accra, Ghana, with her two daughters.
Nigerian-born Gospel singer, Joanna, comes up with a new single release titled “Ephphatha”.
Currently residing with her family in the United States of America, the songwriter says the song Ephphatha was inspired by a series of repeated battles and continuous prayers on the fire altar, the song came as she constantly sought the face of God on the altar of prayer, this resulted in victory shouts and sounds of joy.
Ephphatha is an Aramaic word that means “Be opened”. The word is used by Jesus in the book of Mark 7:34. “He looked up to heaven, and, with a deep sigh said to him, “Ephphatha!” (Which means “Be opened!”).
Every closed door in your life is opened this season by the power that raised Jesus from the dead. As you seek God’s face on the fire altar, sing this song, make your declarations, and you will carry your evidence.
Joanna is a Mom, a wife, a deaconess with Living Faith Church (Winners Chapel), an entrepreneur, and a singer and songwriter.
RIAA Gold-selling, Dove Award-winning artist Jordan Feliz and Atlantic Record’s chart-topping artist Colton Dixon are teaming up this fall for a special tour. The ‘Love & Light Tour’ is set to kick off on September 28th with a stop in Searcy, AR, and tentatively run through November 19th with a concert in Greensburg, PA. Additional dates are expected to be announced soon. The ‘Love & Light Tour’ is sponsored by Compassion International.
Lacey Sturm has released a collaboration with violin virtuoso Lindsey Stirling, titled “Breathe With Me.” In this mesmerizing track, Sturm’s powerful, emotive vocals intertwine seamlessly with Stirling’s ethereal violin. The result is a stirring, cinematic collaboration that invites listeners into fully present life.
As she describes, “One of the ways we ground ourselves is through our breath. By taking a moment to breathe, we acknowledge that we are more than just physical beings.”
It’s an idea that resonated with Lindsey Stirling as well, who wrote in her memoir The Only Pirate At the Party about her childhood love for whales — these enigmatic creatures that breathe air but live in the water. In the same way, Lacey says, human beings are spiritual creatures who live in the physical.
“The word ‘breath,’ translated into various languages, often signifies ‘spirit.’ We became human beings when God breathed His Spirit into us. Many times, we lose our humanity in this material world, leaving us feeling empty and purposeless. We need to recognize our spiritual essence as well,” elaborates Sturm.
Stirling’s otherworldly violin flawlessly complements this song’s exploration of the supernatural union between spirit and skin. As a musician who effortlessly fuses classical expertise with explosive pop and rock energy, Lindsey played a pivotal role in bringing “Breathe With Me” to life.
“It is so exciting to be on a song with Lacey Sturm,” Lindsey Stirling offers of the experience. “She is so iconic and unique. As we worked on this song, it was so inspiring to see the amount of heart and emotion she puts into her music.”
“I’ve never seen anything like what Lindsey does,” Lacey exclaims, expressing appreciation for her collaborator. “It’s awe-inspiring how she embraces her uniqueness and touches the lives of countless people with her distinctiveness. She has significantly impacted the perception of the violin as a unique voice in music. She was absolutely phenomenal in the studio, contributing various melodies and ideas.”
The song’s creative journey began with co-writing and initial recording at the renowned rock producer Howard Benson’s studio in Los Angeles. Lacey Sturm’s husband and guitarist, Josh Sturm, skillfully polished the track to its completion. The Sturm family found the song particularly poignant, as it unexpectedly mirrored a personal experience — becoming a powerful memento of God’s guiding presence in their lives.
“Breathe With Me” closely follows the release of “Reconcile” this summer, and it coincides with the final few days of Lacey Sturm’s reunion appearances with Flyleaf, the band she cofounded and led.
Among Christian music’s most recognizable faces and voices for more than two decades, singer/songwriter, author and New Zealand native Phil Joel releases “Arms Around The World” at digital and streaming outlets globally from The Fuel Music The single is the fourth in a series of new songs to debut from the multi-artist A New Heaven And A New Earth project that is slated to premiere winter 2023 / 2024.
Written by Joel and produced by Brent Milligan (Michael W. Smith, Steven Curtis Chapman), “Arms Around The World” is a pop anthem meant to ignite people’s enthusiasm for embracing creation care.
“This is the planet that God’s given us, and we need to be good stewards of it,” suggests Joel. “Sadly, I don’t think we’ve really done a great job in the last 50 years, but thankfully God always provides ways to see things restored, redeemed, and replenished.
Just like we understand with our own lives, God’s filled the earth with all kinds of ways to regenerate itself… This gets me excited. It’s not doom and gloom at all. We can be a part of creating a new heaven and a new earth.”
With his son Eden joining him on the song on both guitar and drums, and his daughter Phynley singing background, Phil shares, “My son is 19, and my daughter is 22, and they want to know that people of faith care about some of the things they care about, which includes looking after this environment, making sure that they have a future, and making sure that their children’s children have a future on this planet that we look after.”
Phil Joel Encourages Throwing “Arms Around The World” In Latest Single From Multi-Artist Album, A New Heaven And A New Earth
Along with his music, Phil and his wife Heather recently opened The Green Room in Franklin, TN, an earth and people-friendly store in Franklin, TN, selling non-toxic, cruelty-free, sustainable home goods, gifts, and furnishings meant to be a part of the solution.
Joel’s single follows the A New Heaven And A New Earth tracks from GRAMMY-nominated, Dove Award-winning Building 429 lead vocalist Jason Roy, “It’s All Yours,” recording artist, actress, and producer MŌRIAH, “You Mean The World,” and two-time Dove Award-winning, three-time No.1 Billboard-charting, Stellar Award-nominated Aaron Cole, “Together.”
Additional songs have been produced for the A New Heaven And A New Earth project by well-known Christian artists that felt led to participate, responding to the call to write and record a song on taking care of Creation.
The songs, collectively covering rock, pop, hip hop, R&B, indie, folk/ Americana, and more musical genres, are being released as singles monthly through November 17, 2023, with a full A New Heaven and A New Earth album slated to launch this coming winter.
Today (Aug 11), singer, songwriter, and performing artist Ryan Ellis shares the official music video for “Next To Me.” The track is from the southern California-based artist’s debut five-song EP titled NITE-N-DAY.
“NITE-N-DAY speaks to my personal journey of transformation and finding love that changed everything,” Ellis shares. “I used to live a life focused solely on myself, going 100 miles an hour on everything in excess, but I still felt empty. Then, I found Jesus.
Ryan Ellis “Next To Me” Music Video
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He showed me I was worthy of love and helped me cope with the anxiety and pain. God brought light to my life, chasing away all the shadows and making everything clearer. It was like night and day, a complete transformation.
I questioned myself and realized that I couldn’t run from love. That’s something I still go through, but writing these songs is a reminder and a reflection of the relationship I have with the Holy Spirit and also the flow of life and relationships and people. God is in it all…NITE-N-DAY.”
Multi-GRAMMY Award winning and RIAA Platinum-selling Curb | Word Entertainment recording artist FOR KING + COUNTRY debutED the official music video for their previously unreleased single and album title track, “What Are We Waiting For? (The Single)” today.
FOR KING + COUNTRY brother duo Joel and Luke Smallbone, wrote the song with Josh Kerr, and Sean Douglas; and it was produced by FOR KING + COUNTRY, Josh Kerr, and Tedd T. The larger-than-life track challenges listeners to be the change they wish to see in the world; as the song hopes to inspire a message of unity, action and optimism.
For KING & COUNTRY “WHAT ARE WE WAITING FOR?” Music Video
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Says the Smallbones: “So often we deal in statements in life — we make statements about ourselves, about God, about others. And yet if you look at Jesus’ life, He so often dealt in questions. We have found it very relieving and exciting to start writing from that place, and ‘What Are We Waiting For?’ stands as just that. We’re proud to ask these questions alongside you, and we hope that you find your answers as we’ve found ours.”
The expanded 17-track collection will include the duo’s four most recent consecutive #1 singles: the Gold-certified “TOGETHER (feat. Kirk Franklin & Tori Kelly),” “RELATE,” “For God Is With Us” and “Love Me Like I Am.” The updated collection includes two brand new originals: the long-awaited title-cut, “What Are We Waiting For?” and “Better Man,” as well as two previously released duets: chart-topping “Love Me Like I Am (feat. Jordin Sparks)” and GRAMMY-nominated “For God Is With Us (feat. Hillary Scott).”
The synth-heavy deluxe album exclusive finds brothers Joel and Luke Smallbone pledging to be the best versions of themselves for their wives, who each inspire them to strive for excellence every day. Acknowledging their faults, the men aspire to greater heights and stronger bonds, tracing a pattern of bold harmonies across more than three minutes of atmospheric rock.
Says the Smallbones: “With a touch of ‘Mad Max,’ we give you the music video/short film for our unexpected title track, ‘What Are We Waiting For? [the single]!’ You may call it this album’s visual finale, and yet we’re back to where the cover concept started… the desert nomads. And as a bonus, we’re announcing the soon-to-be-released ‘+’ deluxe edition, which will be the musical exclamation point of our 4th studio album.”
Track listing for “What Are We Waiting For? +” Deluxe Edition Includes:
1. What Are We Waiting For? (The Single) 2. RELATE 3. Broken Halos 4. Love Me Like I Am (feat. Jordin Sparks) 5. Unity (feat. Dante Bowe) 6. For God Is With Us (feat. Hillary Scott) 7. Hold On Pain Ends 8. Unsung Hero 9. Harmony (feat. Sleeping At Last) 10. Shy 11. Better Man 12. TOGETHER (feat. Kirk Franklin & Tori Kelly) 13. Seasons 14. Cheering You On 15. Benediction 16. Love Me Like I Am (Album Version) 17. For God Is With Us (Album Version)
for KING + COUNTRY’s “What Are We Waiting For?” album received a GRAMMY nomination earlier this year for “For God Is With Us” featuring Hillary Scott of Lady A; and was given their first-ever American Music Award win for “Favorite Inspirational Artist,” garnering the hit single feat. Jordin Sparks, “Love Me Like I Am”, which hit the Top 10 on both Billboard and Mediabase’s Adult Contemporary charts.
The duo also recently announced the “A DRUMMER BOY CHRISTMAS | THE 2023 TOUR EXPERIENCE” – their highly-anticipated annual holiday spectacle that features an extraordinary production, blending festive visuals and stunning lighting and staging effects, for a high-octane show that the brother duo have become known for.
With 13 sold-out arena shows in 2022, this year’s Christmas tour will span 16 cities with tickets in high-demand at some of the largest venues across North America and Canada.
A DRUMMER BOY CHRISTMAS | THE 2023 TOUR EXPERIENCE” kicks off on Nov. 25 in Chicago, Ill. and travels coast-to-coast visiting arenas in major markets including Phoenix, Seattle, Houston, Las Vegas, Portland and Minneapolis, among others.
It was also recently announced in The Hollywood Reporter that “Unsung Hero,” Joel Smallbone’s directorial debut film from for KING + COUNTRY Entertainment has been picked up by Lionsgate with a theatrical release date of April 26, 2024. Titled from the duo’s song of the same name that was dedicated to their parents, the biopic follows the Smallbone family’s immigration from Australia to the United States.
Curb | Word Entertainment and Curb | Word Music Publishing proudly celebrate 25 nominations for the 54th Annual GMA Dove Awards. The GMA Dove Awards event will take place in Nashville, TN, on October 17, 2023. The broadcast will air exclusively on TBN and the TBN app on October 20, 2023, at 8 PM EST and again at 10 PM EST.
“It’s fantastic that our artists and songwriters are being recognized for their brilliant talent,” shares Curb | Word Entertainment Chairman, Mike Curb. “I am thrilled for the acknowledgment they have received from the Gospel Music Association with these nominations.”
For KING & COUNTRY earned 3 nominations with; Artist of the Year, Pop/Contemporary Recorded Song of the Year for “Love Me Like I Am (with Jordin Sparks),” and Short Form Music Video of the Year (Concept) for “Do You Hear What I Hear.” Joel and Luke Smallbone are also nominated for Song of the Year, as co-writers for “Love Me Like I Am.”
Big Daddy Weave earned a nomination for Pop/Contemporary Recorded Song of the Year along with duet partner Katy Nichole for “God Is In This Story.”
Dylan Scott earned a nomination for Bluegrass/Country/Roots Recorded Song of the Year for “Good Morning Mercy” with Jason Crabb.
Mo Pitney earned a nomination for Bluegrass/Country/Roots Recorded Song of the Year for Darin and Brooke Aldridge’s “Jordan” featuring Ricky Skaggs, Mo Pitney and Mark Fain.
Point of Grace earned a nomination for Inspirational Album of the Year for Turn Your Eyes, Vol. II, as well as for Bluegrass/Country/Roots Recorded Song of the Year for “Matchless” with Tiffany Coburn.
Blanca earned a nomination for Contemporary Gospel Recorded Song of the Year for “New Day (feat. Jekalyn Carr)” and a nomination for Spanish Language Recorded Song of the Year for her feature on Indiomar’s “Nubes.”
Steven Malcolm earned a nomination for Rap/Hip Hop Album of the Year for Tree.
Wayne Haun and Joel Lindsey earned a nomination for Southern Gospel Recorded Song of the Year for Ernie Haase and Signature Sound’s “I Know My Savior Cares.”
Tony Wood earned a nomination for Southern Gospel Recorded Song of the Year for Karen Peck and New River’s “The Keepers.”
Joel Lindsey earned a nomination for Southern Gospel Recorded Song of the Year for The Steels’ “A Hundred Different Altars.”
Michael Farren earned a songwriting nomination for Bluegrass/Country/Roots Recorded Song of the Year for Zach Williams’ “Jesus’ Fault” featuring Walker Hayes and a production nomination for Inspirational Album of the Year for Keith and Kristyn Getty’s Christ Our Hope In Life and Death.
Wayne Haun earned a nomination for Producer of the Year as well as three producer nominations for Southern Gospel Album of the Year for Guardians Quartet’s Come On In, The Perrys’ John 3:16, and Triumphant Quartet’s Hymns & Worship.
Tedd Tjornhom earned a nomination for Pop/Contemporary Album of the Year for MercyMe’s Always Only Jesus.
Mark Campbell earned a nomination for Christmas/Special Event Album of the Year for Michael W. Smith’s Christmas At Home.
Dirty Rice and Joseph Prielozny earned a nomination for Rap/Hip Hop Album of the Year for Steven Malcolm’s Tree.
Curb | Word Entertainment is excited to celebrate these nominations, as well as all other fellow nominees. For more information about the Dove Awards and a full list of nominations, go to www.doveawards.com.
Nominations for the 54th Annual GMA Dove Awards were announced this morning during a live broadcast via the Gospel Music Association’s YouTube Channel. Nominations were announced by Natalie Grant, Danny Gokey, JJ Hairston, Jordan Feliz, and Jason Crabb.
Jason Crabb and Dylan Scott were honored to be nominated for their collaboration on the hit single “Good Morning Mercy.”
The song was recorded live, in a studio, and produced by Red Street Records owner, Jay DeMarcus, along with Kevin Rooney.
Jason Crabb expressed his gratitude, stating, “Being nominated for Bluegrass/Country/Roots Song of the Year for” Good Morning Mercy” is truly a blessing. I couldn’t have asked for a better partner than my good buddy, Dylan Scott, to bring this song to life. A huge thank you to Red Street Records for their unwavering support and to the Gospel Music Association voters for this honor. It’s a testament to the power of music and faith combined.”
Echoing the sentiment, Dylan Scott remarked, “So grateful for my friend Jason including me on this song. To be nominated for a GMA Dove Award with him is something I never expected. My mom is smiling down on us today.”
“Having these two incredible singers in the room together was a real honor,” said Jay DeMarcus. “We cut this one in a very unconventional way, with having everyone in the room and going down live. I am very proud to have been a part of this!”
Voted on by the GMA Professional Membership, this year’s nominees were chosen from over 2,046 submitted entries. The GMA Dove Awards Nashville event will be held October 17, 2023, and will air exclusively on TBN and the TBN app on Friday, October 20, 2023, 8:00 p.m. ET and 10:00 p.m. ET.
Two-time GRAMMY award-winning Red Street Records recording artist Jason Crabb and multi-platinum, multi-number one country artist Dylan Scott met by chance one day when Crabb bumped into Scott while getting a haircut. The rest, as the old saying goes, is history.
The original release of “Good Morning Mercy” became a fast hit on the Christian radio charts and in concerts, as well as garnering millions of streams on multiple platforms. The epic collab of Crabb and Scott further propelled the song’s popularity, with the song being featured by People.com with an exclusive video premiere, CMT, Country Now, along with a host of other outlets.
