You Find a Way, the powerful new album from Jenn Bostic is available Friday, July 15th. This will be the follow up album to her 2019 EP Take My Hand Part 1, which debuted at #11 on the Christian/Gospel iTunes chart. This project is a collaboration and passion project between Jenn Bostic and Grammy nominated songwriter and producer Lauren Christy (Avril Lavigne, Bebe Rexha, Dua Lipa, Christina Aguilera, Katy Perry).

Jenn and Lauren met after Bostic’s viral international hit Jealous of the Angels, which honors Bostic’s late father. Lauren became a mentor, collaborator, and friend to Bostic, with songwriting sessions being a beautiful way for them to share their faith. Stand out tracks from the album have already been creating a buzz, including Jealous of the Angels/Amazing Grace, a re-release of the hit, which reached Top 40 at Mainstream AC, and Top 10 on the Southern Gospel Chart. The latest single Leave it at the Cross is currently being played on 15 Christian Radio Stations around the US.

The music video release for the title track of the album is set to release Friday, July 22nd, which will be celebrated during the first leg of Bostic’s album release tour. Not only is she celebrating the birth of this album, but Jenn and her husband Michael are expecting their first child in November, making this year and the release of this album extra special.

Bostic has twice been named “International Touring Artist of the Year” by the British Country Music Association, and has won five (5) Independent Country Music Association Awards including “Best Songwriter,” “Best Musician,” and “Overall Winner.” She performs sold out shows across the US and Europe including venues such as the Ryman Auditorium, Grand Ole Opry, and Lincoln Center.

San Diego-based collective Awaken Music, from the 10,000 member, multi-campus Awaken Church, releases its sophomore, full-length album, Move Of Heaven, to digital and streaming outlets everywhere today (July 15) via The Fuel Music.

Produced by GRAMMY Award-winning Stephen Blake Kanicka (Kanye West, for KING & COUNTRY) and mixed by David Cook (Chris Tomlin, Shawn Mendes), Move Of Heaven pushes the artistic envelope with a modern pop sonic landscape mixed with spiritual warfare anthems. Leaning deeply on faith to drive action, Awaken Music intends to bring the body of Christ together when circumstances could otherwise drive them apart.

“The idea behind Move of Heaven is really to engage with God and believe that He is going to invade earth and affect change for all of us as believers,” says Awaken Church Executive Pastor Mike Yeager. “It’s a warfare album. We want all of our songs to really encourage people to move toward the front lines of the spiritual battle at hand.”

Ripe with honest and encouraging lyrics, the album features the Worship Leader-premiered lead single “Come What May,” the Awaken Conference-inspired “Revive Us” and focus track “Peter,” which is a first person account of Peter’s interaction with Jesus, his despair in failure and triumph in God’s restoration.

Along with the music, Move of Heaven expands on the concept of spiritual battle in its visual components. In addition to Awaken Music releasing stylized performance videos for each song, its new album’s cover is derived from the painting The battle of Marciano in Val di Chiana by Giorgio Vasari.

Yeager, who has a PHD in structural engineering and spent time in Florence, Italy studying cultural heritage and structural assessments of buildings and monuments before joining the Awaken Music team, shares how in the back of Vasari’s original fresco painting, there is a small green flag that says “cerca trova,” which means “seek and you shall find.” The wall of this painting is rumored to have been placed in front of, with an approximately six inch gap, the unseen painting by Leonardo da Vinci, The battle of Anghiari.

“Many believe Vasari left a clue to this hidden painting with the flag, alluding to the priceless treasure behind the depiction of battle. The idea of treasure and beauty waiting just inches past a war is much like the experience of Christians,” Yeager notes. “That’s one of the beauties of the Christian life, especially for us at Awaken Church. We talk a lot about ‘the battle’ and ‘the fight,’ but the paradox is that the more we’re engaged in spiritual warfare, the more we actually find rest.”

Exploring that paradox, Awaken Music’s Move of Heaven is a project that is meant to impact culture and inspire changed lives. “God is active, so the church and the music should be as well,” Yeager emphasizes.

[Album] Move Of Heaven – Awaken Music

Red Street Records announces the new single from Consumed By Fire, “First Things First,” is out now (click HERE to listen), marking it their first since signing with the label. A music video also drops today, which can be viewed below. More songs are slated to release this fall, leading up to an EP release in early 2023.

Consumed By Fire is brothers Caleb, Josh, and Jordan Ward, a Southern pop and rock band combining their church roots with an array of musical influences. When they weren’t leading worship at their parent’s church during childhood, they were singing songs from James Taylor, Amy Grant, Bob Seger, Russ Raff, or The Eagles and they began to find their own musical sound. Now, after years of making music and touring the globe, the band is finding renewed motivation for their lifelong dedication to sharing God’s grace far and wide, taking up the mantle of their father’s heart for ministry – a major factor in the band’s renewed focus came from losing their father earlier this year. As their inspiration, he encouraged them in songwriting, musicianship, and a deep love for the Gospel.

“For us, this new music is our chance to carry on Dad’s legacy in a personal way,” Jordan says. “We’re able to take the things he taught us from scripture and everyday life and share it with others through our music and our shows. This is our opportunity to carry that torch for him.”

Preparing for their new EP brought out songs more personal and honest than ever before, such as “First Things First,” the piano-driven ballad echoes the band’s newly rooted commitment to put God first, despite what’s happening around them.

“Writing ‘First Things First’ spearheaded the creation of a new direction for us,” Jordan adds. “Every record you make is sort of a chapter of your life. In this chapter, everything we thought we wanted and were geared up for, we’re saying we surrender all those things. We’re saying, Lord, we want what You want. It’s a prayer of surrender, especially after losing our dad. We just want to surrender our dreams and our hopes to the Lord.”

Jordan concludes, “As kids, we were young and passionate, full of fire. Now that we’re adults, we’ve seen a little bit. Road years are like dog years and it’s easy to become jaded and cynical. But working on this new project, it’s like the Lord was waking us up. We’re living out ‘consumed by fire’ in a brand new way.”

Multi-GRAMMY® nominated artist, songwriter, and worship leader Cody Carnes has just released a new studio song, “Be Glad,” available everywhere today. Along with the new song, a lyric video debuted today as well for “Be Glad” (See below).

The new song was co-written by Carnes, Chris Davenport, Steven Furtick, and Jason Ingram, and it was produced by Aaron Robertson and Austin Davis.

“‘Be Glad’ is a song straight from scripture and full of joy and praise,” shares Cody Carnes about the inspiration behind this new track. “Psalm 118 says, This is the day the Lord has made, let us rejoice and BE GLAD in it! There can be a lot of reasons to choose anything other than gladness. It’s easy to find a reason to be sad, angry, frustrated, or hopeless. But the Bible says we have a reason to BE GLAD today. Jesus has saved us and redeemed us. His mercies were brand new when you woke up this morning. So put on some gladness and worship the Lord today! I hope this song helps you do that.”

Following his popular 2021 song, “Firm Foundation (He Won’t),” Carnes will be releasing his first-ever live-recorded album. Earlier this month, he was joined by his band and special guests Kari Jobe, Leeland, Natalie Grant, Benjamin Hastings, and David Leonard for a powerful two-night recording at Belonging Co. in Nashville for his upcoming release. More details will be announced soon on the forthcoming project.

In 2017, Carnes released his label debut project and has since gone on to co-write numerous songs that have become anthems for listeners and established himself as a songwriter for this generation. His last studio album, Run To the Father (2020), earned him his first GRAMMY nomination. Carnes was also a 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. He has also co-written recent songs such as Hillsong Worship’s “Hope of the Ages” with Reuben Morgan, Sean Curran’s “Shake The Dust Off” with Curran and Brandon Lake, and featured on multiple tracks off the most recent Passion release, Burn Bright.

Carnes and his wife Kari Jobe will be joining the highly attended Elevation Nights tour with Elevation Worship. Check out the dates and markets at this link.

Multi-GRAMMY® nominated group Ernie Haase & Signature Sound serenades listeners on Decades of Love, a 29-song, two-CD recording, slated for release on August 5 from Club44 Records.

Pre-order Decades of Love digitally and instantly receive three tracks here. Physical copies of the recording are available for pre-order on ErnieHaase.com.

From the Beatles to the Bee Gees to Bublé, Ernie Haase & Signature Sound brings their smooth-as-silk stylings to some of the most loved romantic songs from the past 100 years. The group utilizes intricate harmonies, lush arrangements and consistently solid solo vocals to breathe new life into these classics. In support of the release, Ernie Haase & Signature Sound will also embark on the Decades of Love tour this fall, featuring a two-hour, two-act musical revue.

“We, EHSS, know that we could never do what we do without the love and support of our wives. This album started off as a love gift to them. After additional cancellations last fall due to the pandemic, we just kept recording. We knew this album was turning into something special,” shared Haase. “Decades of Love is not only a celebration of the greatest gift known to mankind… LOVE, but it is also a two-hour musical revue presenting a lovely evening of music and memories. We are thrilled to team up with an exciting new record company, Clubb44 Records, to bring this timeless music to the masses.”

Decades of Love follows the release of Ernie Haase & Signature Sound’s Keeping On, which received a GRAMMY® nomination for Best Roots Gospel album. This marked Haase’s ninth GRAMMY® nomination individually and the group’s fourth collective nomination. Ernie Haase & Signature Sound is also a GMA Dove® Award-winning quartet, a radio favorite in the United States and internationally and a leader in CD sales and long-form music video sales with several RIAA®-certified Gold and Platinum DVDs.

DECADES OF LOVE ACT 1 (1920-1960):
1. L-O-V-E ^
2. It Had to be You ^
3. Everybody Loves My Baby ^
4. The Very Thought of You ^
5. Love is Here to Stay ^
6. Isn’t It Romantic? ^
7. Taking a Chance on Love ^
8. I’ll Be Seeing You ^
9. Blue Moon ~
10. Only You ~
11. I Want to Hold Your Hand ~
12. Can’t Take My Eyes Off You ~
13. I Can’t Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch) ~
14. Can’t Help Falling in Love ~

DECADES OF LOVE ACT 2 (1970-2020):
15. Reminiscing ~
16. Shower the People You Love ~
17. (They Long to Be) Close to You ~
18. How Deep is Your Love? ~
19. We’re in This Love Together ~
20. You’re the Inspiration ~
21. Even the Nights are Better ~
22. Two Hearts ~
23. I Swear *
24. Can You Feel the Love Tonight? *
25. Everything ~
26. What Makes You Beautiful *
27. I Won’t Give Up ~
28. All of Me *
29. I Will Always Love You ~

Executive Produced By Ernie Haase
^ = Produced By Wayne Haun and Billy Stritch
* = Produced By Wayne Haun and Kris Crunk
~ = Produced By Wayne Haun 

The debut album from singer, songwriter, and performing artist Ryan Ellis is out now (Provident Label Group/Sony Music). The self-titled project (listen HERE) features six songs from his 2021 EP, Episode I (“Heart Of The Father,” “Keep My Eyes Up”), along with seven additional tracks such as “Son Of David” featuring Brandon Lake and his new radio single “All My Praise.”

The entire project, which showcases Ellis’ giant vocals and musicality, is a mood-lifting ride of truth, vulnerability, and encouragement. “What I want people to take away from this project is a deep relationship with the Lord,” he says. “I want them to be able to have conversation starters, to be able to jam out in the car but at the same time be thinking about heart stuff. I would love to be able to empower them wherever they feel in life, to empower them to take risks and be creative and go deeper in all relationships.”

Ellis is able to share his musical talents live on the Kingdom Tour: Maverick City Music x Kirk Franklin while performing with Housefires, which runs through the first week of August. Click here to find a tour stop near you.

Grammy-Award winning artist Chris Tomlin is set to release a new full-length worship project, ALWAYS, on September 9th and is revealing the cover, track listing, featured artists, Pre-Order here and a new song “Holy Forever” today!

The album contains 13-tracks, 12 of which were co written by Chris, including the title-track single “Always” which was released to Christian radio in May. Chris performed the song live for the first time on the “Tomlin UNITED tour” (a Pollstar Top 10 Worldwide tour) this spring and was inspired by Hebrews 13:8, “Jesus is the same yesterday, today and forever.”

The song’s official live video was filmed during Chris’ annual “Good Friday Nashville” concert and premiered exclusively with Facebook.  Featured guests on ALWAYS include Elevation Worship, Brandon Lake, and Steffany Gretzinger. The project was produced by Ben Glover, Bryan Fowler, Ed Cash, Jeff Sojka, Jonathan Smith and Dave Haywood of Lady A who co-produced “The Answer” alongside Ben West.

“These songs were written with the intention of helping people connect with God,” shared Chris. “And already throughout just the beginning of this process, with the songwriters, our families and friends, and the incredible team that helps bring these songs to the world, I have started to see God take these songs and impact hearts and lives. My prayer is that god continues to take this music and use it in ways I could have never imagined… in ways only He could and in that, points the glory back to Him.”

The album follows Tomlin’s highly successful projects Chris Tomlin & Friends, released in 2020 and Chris Tomlin & Friends: Summer EP released in 2021.

Abby Robertson releases new music with “Song of the Summer.”

The official audio can be heard below. “Song of the Summer” is available now.

Listen To “Song Of The Summer – Abby Robertson” Below

“You Gave (feat. Abbie Gamboa)” (DREAM Worship), the new release from Meredith Mauldin & UPPERROOM is now available at all digital retail service providers.  The song was produced by Oscar Gamboa and written by Abbie Gamboa and Meredith Mauldin.  The Turning, an 8-song album, from both Meredith Mauldin & UPPERROOM releases July 29th.

“‘You Gave’ is a song that highlights how Jesus came to us, not because we had it together, but because we didn’t. He chose to give His everything to us, anyway. When our hearts get ahold of the extravagance of what he has done for us, may our response be like Mary, washing his feet with our tears of gratitude!” – Meredith Mauldin

“You Gave (feat. Abbie Gamboa)” is available now.

Watch “You Gave (feat. Abbie Gamboa) – Meredith Mauldin & UPPERROOM” Video

Multi-GRAMMY® winning duo and Curb | Word Entertainment recording artist FOR KING + COUNTRY is pleased to announce a brand new recording of their #1 hit single, “For God Is With Us,” featuring multi-GRAMMY® award-winning vocalist Hillary Scott of the multi-Platinum band Lady A. Listen to the song, available today, HERE.

The new single release of “For God Is With Us,” whose original version has been #1 on the Mediabase AC chart for five consecutive weeks and #1 for three consecutive weeks on Billboard’s “Audience” chart, brings the CCM, Country and mainstream worlds together for the powerful rendition. The song, written by the Smallbones, Jordan Reynolds and Josh Kerr, was originally released on FOR KING + COUNTRY’s current album, WHAT ARE WE WAITING FOR?, which recently debuted on the Billboard 200 at #7 and on Billboard’s Top Album Sales Chart at #2, marking the duo’s second Top 10 album of their career.

Says the Smallbones of their collaboration with Scott, “Both living in Nashville, naturally, we’ve rubbed shoulders over the years and have sensed a kindred spirit;  but to go into the studio together and to have her light-filled soul and magnificent voice bring the song to a whole new level was everything you’d hope a collaboration could be — not to mention the fact that the experience fast tracked us all to becoming dear friends and form a supergroup ‘For King + Lady’, if only for one song :).”

Adds Scott, “I’m truly humbled that FOR KING + COUNTRY asked to add my vocal on such a powerful song,” added Scott. “Personally, it was a treat for me to collaborate with them and I now I’m excited to share it.”

WHAT ARE WE WAITING FOR?, FOR KING + COUNTRY’s fourth studio album, features the talents of brothers Joel and Luke Smallbone, with 13 new original tracks that confront relevant issues and confirm the duo’s commitment to community, unity and family. Set against a sonic backdrop painted by the Platinum-selling group’s lush, vivid pop, the collection features cameos from Dante Bowe, Kirk Franklin and Tori Kelly, and includes barrier-breaking single “RELATE,” awe-inspiring “For God Is With Us,” and unifying No. 1 hit, “TOGETHER.”  FOR KING + COUNTRY’s “What Are We Waiting For? – The Tour” took the duo this year to arenas across the United States, in support of WHAT ARE WE WAITING FOR?, against the backdrop of an all-new stage design.  They continue to tour this summer on the festival circuit through September 3 (check www.forkingandcountry.com for tour dates).