Multi-award-winning artist and songwriter Matt Maher releases new music with his latest single titled “Common Ground” feat. Dee Wilson. The official live video can be viewed below. “Common Ground” is available now.
“Common Ground,” which is the sixth new song to be released from Maher this year, will be heard live along with many of his previous hits while he’s on the road throughout 2022. With plans to tour Europe with Rend Collective followed by appearing at numerous summer and fall festivals, more tour dates continue to be added, so be sure to visit his tour page for the latest information.
Munday Martin has released “Bells Of Heaven” today (September 2), his fourth song in a series of singles off his second album which will drop in December 2022.
Munday Martin was promoted as the best up and coming artist in Nashville Tennessee by Nashville‘s biggest rock station recently, and without question is certainly making waves in the Christian and secular music industry with his retro rock vibe reminiscent of the 80s and 90s.
‘Bells Of Heaven’ is a song I wrote as a dialogue from a troubadour traveling and greeting strangers with the word of king Jesus to the youth of today as well as to leaders of nations. -Munday
Martin cleverly used pros and poetry to get his point across. The surf rock nods take you back to the loving sounds of The Beach Boys without being too redundant, and yet has a modern indie rock sound people will love. There’s a certain mysterious darkness the song alludes to “hidden treasures of darkness” (Isaiah 45:3) with a glorious light that is about to break out. This light is the second coming of Christ. It’s an admonition to all that hear it to be ready for Jesus coming as a thief in the night. The lyrics will remind you of Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen but with respect is ALL Munday Martin.
Producer John Mark Painter (DC Talk, The Grits, Steve Taylor, Fleming and John) who works on all of Munday Martin’s solo career songs did a phenomenal job on this one. It is definitely one of Munday Martin‘s favorites he has worked on so far.
Lakewood Music’s latest single, “Yahweh” featuring Travis Greene is available now! This is the second single release from their soon-to-be-released new album, Shout!, coming September 23rd, 2022.
Lakewood Music previously released “Can I Get An Amen?” off the album, debuting it at Yankee Stadium in New York City, as well as with a performance on Worship Together. Lakewood Music, one of today’s most innovative worship groups, comprises Alexandra Osteen, Tauren Wells, Ramiro Garcia, Deborah Orta, Daniel Martinez, Joe Catuby, Jamie Garcia, Arthur Ceker, Abel Orta, Jr, Aylssa Padilla, James Orta, and Louie Garcia.
“Our new single, ’Yahweh’, is an anthem to the glory and honor of our God,” shares Alexandra Osteen. “We’re so privileged to have collaborated with our friend Travis Greene, who brings such a unique sound to this song. We’re excited to see how God uses this track and all the others on the new album.”
Shout!, the group’s upcoming full-length sophomore release (available for pre-order HERE) features fourteen tracks. Writers include various members of Lakewood Music as well as Jonathan Osteen, Dwan Hill, Melody Noel, Patrick Mayberry, David Moffitt, Ben Cantelon, Jon Reddick, Pat Barrett, Leslie Garcia, William Garcia, Jonathan Traylor, & Travis Greene.
Don’t miss Lakewood Music on tour this fall on Tauren Wells’ 28-city Joy in the Morning Tour, starting October 6th at the Yuengling Center in Tampa, Florida. For dates, cities, and tickets CLICK HERE.
Internationally recognized praise band Planetshakers globally releases GREATER today (Sept. 2) from Venture3Media (V3M). Available now at all major digital and streaming outlets via https://link.brddg.co/greaterlive, the album was recorded live at Planetshakers’ GREATER Conference in Melbourne, Australia earlier this year.
“Pastor Russell has a God-given theme for every year, and for 2022, the theme is ‘greater,’” says Hunt, who wrote the title track with Pastor Sam Evans. “In Planetshakers, we really try to connect with a theme that God has given us, tapping into the prophetic word that Ps. Russell shares.”
“God is greater! He is greater than any circumstance that we may face and our trust in Him will see us overcome any obstacle and see victory over every enemy that may come our way,” declares Pastor Sam Evans. “With this belief in our hearts and that declaration in our mouths, we will experience greater than our highest thoughts and prayers.”
Sharing more of the behind-the-scenes moments that inspire Planetshakers’ songs, Hunt says that one of his favorite worship tracks on GREATER, “Move In Power,” came during an inspired moment at a weekly staff prayer meeting: “What I love about our church is that we are always open to letting the Holy Spirit move and lead us. For this particular meeting, I was on the keyboards as we were praying, and then something just happened to me. I felt like heaven was opened up, and I started singing a prophetic song. Sometimes I would sing a song, and we would go back and tweak it. This song came exactly as it is on the album. It was such an anointed moment.”
Sharing a joyful celebration that infuses every part of the Planetshakers experience, the album also features “Beauty For Ashes,” “No. 1 Sound,” “Victory Of Jesus” (co-written with BJ Pridham), “Emmanuel” (co-written with Noah Walker) and the Harrison-penned “Psalm 23.”
“When you read the Psalms about praising God, it’s very descriptive,” notes Harrison. “Clap your hands all you people, shout to God with the voice of triumph, rejoice before him, dance before the Lord with all your might – scripture paints a picture of what praise should be like…a great celebration.”
Encouraging the church to not lose this celebration of praise, Planetshakers’ Joshua Brown adds, “When we offer praise, it opens up the atmosphere. Hearts are drawn to Jesus; there’s a hunger for his presence and we can receive from God.”
Josh Baldwin shares new music with his latest track “I See The Light.” The track is from his upcoming project titled Where The Glory Is. The official video can be viewed below.
Grammy, Billboard Music, Stellar, and Dove Award-winning musician and songwriter Tasha Cobbs Leonard readies the release of her forthcoming album Hymns, out October 7 via Motown Gospel. Cobbs Leonard took to social media this week to tease fans with the awaited album cover and they swarmed the artist with excitement. Earlier this year in Chicago, Cobbs Leonard hosted a live album recording in the presence of friends, family, and fans.
The new LP is a close one to the musician’s heart, as it consists mostly of hymns and church standards she grew up listening to, but now reimagined for a new generation. Hymns features a number of guests that help elevate the album as one of the must-hear gospel projects of the year. “The Church I Grew Up In” is available now.
In celebration of the new album, Tasha Cobbs Leonard is taking to the road with performances of the new work. She will be performing at the legendary Ryman Auditorium in Nashville on September 26 and will be performing at Tabernacle in Atlanta on the eve of Hymns release. More dates to follow. Information on tickets here http://www.tashacobbsleonard.com/
Tasha Cobbs Leonard recently garnered two Dove Award nominations for Contemporary Gospel Recorded Song of the Year for her strength and perseverance anthem “Gotta Believe” and Inspirational Recorded Song of the Year for “Lift Every Voice.” She originally recorded “Gotta Believe” as part of NPR Morning Edition’s Song Project, a series launched during lockdown to provide an outlet for artists to write and perform an original song as a way to reflect the times. In an interview about the song’s origins, Tasha opened up about some of her personal struggles, including losing family and friends to the COVID pandemic.
Tasha Cobbs Leonard is a platinum-selling, GRAMMY-winning, “gospel sensation” (NPR Music) who has firmly established herself as one of gospel’s leading voices. In 2020, Billboard named Leonard the Top Gospel Artist of the Decade. In addition to that honored title, she has also received a plethora of awards and accolades, including 1 Grammy Award (plus 5 Grammy nominations), 3 Billboard Music Awards, >13 Stellar Awards (including Artist of the Year), >12 Dove Awards (including Gospel Artist of the Year), and Billboard’s Top Female Gospel Artist.
During her career, Tasha has accrued over 2 billion artist streams, 4 Billboard No 1 singles and 5 Billboard No 1 albums and has made national TV appearances and performances on Good Morning America, CNN’s Fourth of July, BET’s Black Girls Rock, CBC’s A Day Of Healing, and the Super Bowl Gospel Celebration.
GRAMMY®-nominated worship leader Cody Carnes will release his first-ever live recorded album, God is Good!, on September 30th. The album features 12 recorded songs including the recently released “Good (Can’t Be Anything Else)” and the new radio single available today, “Ain’t Nobody.” Today the live video for “Ain’t Nobody” is premiering and can be viewed below. The song is also already spinning on K-LOVE Radio and will fully impact radio on the album’s street date September 30th. Click here to pre-save the album and listen to “Ain’t Nobody.”
“Ain’t nobody loves me like Jesus,” shares Cody Carnes about his new radio single. “This song is full of joy, celebrating the love of Jesus! Oh, how He’s saved me and changed me. Tell me who could give me this freedom! Tell me who could get me this far! Nobody but Jesus. I pray it lifts your spirit today!”
The upcoming album, God is Good!, was captured this summer during a special two-night worship event at Belonging Co. in Nashville. Special guests Kari Jobe, Natalie Grant, and Benjamin William Hastings join Carnes for the new album. See below for the complete track listing of the live album.
Since his GRAMMY-nominated studio album, Run To The Father, he has released several songs that have resonated deeply with the church such as “Firm Foundation (He Won’t)” and most recently “Be Glad.” He is also the co-writer on the global hit, “The Blessing,” which was nominated for a GRAMMY as well as won the 2021 GMA Dove Award for “Song of the Year” and 2020 “Worship Song of the Year.”
This fall Carnes and his wife Kari Jobe will debut at the Grand Ole Opry on October 1st for a two-show night. Tickets can be found here.
