Northwood Worship releases the live video for “Freedom,” which can be viewed below. The track was featured on the group’s debut project, Throne Room, which dropped late last year.
Throne Room (Live) is available now to download or stream.
Double-Platinum selling, award-winning singer/songwriter, Cory Asbury, whose credits include “Reckless Love” and “The Father’s House”, has signed an exclusive artist management agreement with Maximum Artist Group. The announcement was made by Mitchell Solarek, president of the Nashville-based firm. Asbury joins a roster that includes Gold and Platinum selling, multi-award winners Natalie Grant, Tauren Wells, and producer/writer Bernie Herms, among others.
“Cory is an incredible songwriter and artist who has experienced amazing success over the past few years,” says Solarek. “We are thrilled he’s now a member of the Maximum family and we’re hugely excited to be part of his future.”
Asbury burst onto the top of the airplay and sales charts with his smash single and album, Reckless Love, which has gone on to earn an abundance of accolades, including Gospel Music Association Dove Awards for Song of the Year, Worship Song of the Year, and Worship Album of the Year; a 2019 Grammy® nomination; Billboard’s 2019 Christian Song of the Year; BMI’s and ASCAP’s 2019 Christian Song of the Year (after spending 18 weeks at No. 1). The single was recently certified Double-Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for sales consumption of more than two million units. Asbury has generated over 779 million audio and video streams in the US alone.
“I am incredibly excited to run with Maximum. Mitchell and his team are people of extremely high character,” adds Asbury. “Any time you can find folks with pure hearts for God coupled with a tenacious reach for excellence, you know you’re in good hands. I am confident they’ll help me bring my God-given vision to fruition.”
A native of North Carolina now making his home in the suburbs of Nashville, Asbury is a songwriter, singer, speaker, author, and worship leader. From singing in his local church in his early teens to becoming worship leader at local churches in Kansas City, MO and Kalamazoo, MI, Asbury now commands global stages with his passionate performances and deeply resonating lyrics. His career defining mega-hit single, “Reckless Love”, was inspired by his journey through the birth of his first son and the near loss of his first daughter.
“I feel like this song is a culmination of the latter half of my life,” Asbury told Relevant Magazine in 2018. “When our son was born . . . [a]nd when I held him for the first time, it’s like everything changed. . . . And I remember thinking, man, there’s nothing this little boy could ever make me do to love him any less. And it was through that experience that I began to see [God] rightly . . . And that changed everything for me.”
A prolific songwriter and touring artist, Asbury is gearing up for a hefty load of 2022 dates including the upcoming January events with the KLOVE Caribbean Cruise and “Rock the Universe” festival at Universal Studios Florida. Both late spring 2022 and a fall 2022 tours are in the works.
Asbury lives in Middle Tennessee with his wife Anna and their four children, Gabriel, Lily, River, and Willow-Grace.
About Maximum Artist Group, LLC
Maximum Artist Group, LLC is an artist management, music publishing, event and product development firm founded in 1998 by Mitchell Solarek. Currently, the firm’s clientele includes:
Natalie Grant: 5-time Gospel Music Association Female Vocalist of the Year and 10-time GRAMMY® nominee;
Tauren Wells: 10-time GRAMMY® nominee and 6-time Dove Award winner;
Bernie Herms: GRAMMY® award winning songwriter and producer Bernie Herms (Josh Groban; Barbra Streisand; Natalie Grant; Tauren Wells);
Riley Clemmons: SoundExchange Top 20 breakout artist with over 250 million gobal streams;
Evvie McKinney: Motown Gospel/Capitol CMG recording artist and winner of “The Four” on Fox network;
Laurieann Gibson: Emmy® nominated creative director, author, and television show producer;
Donald Lawrence: GRAMMY® and Stellar® award-winning artist/producer;
Social Club Misfits: 2-time Dove Award winning Hip-Hop/Rap duo;
Charlotte Gambill: Author, speaker, and podcaster.
Three-time GRAMMY-nominated artist Crowder kicked off the new year at Passion 2022, performing to a SOLD-OUT crowd at Mercedes Benz Stadium in Atlanta earlier this week. A hometown highlight for the Texarkana-turned-ATL resident, he hit the stage during the annual gathering’s triumphant, in-person return – the largest of its kind, which brings together collegiate students from campuses across the nation and around the world for two days of life-changing worship, teaching and a challenge to live for what matters most.
Crowder’s current single “In The House” is climbing the Christian radio charts, and he has more than 30 tour stops through the spring, hitting the road with TobyMac to serve as direct support on the Hits Deep 2022 Tour, which includes shows in NYC, Denver, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and more. Fans can purchase tickets to Crowder’s upcoming shows by visiting crowdermusic.com.
Crowder Upcoming Tour Dates:
Fri., Jan. 14 | Connection Church Statesboro | Statesboro, GA
Sun., Jan. 16 | LeConte Center at Pigeon Forge | Pigeon Forge, TN
Sat., Jan. 22 | Hawkins Centennial Chapel | Bourbonnais, IL
Fri., Jan. 28 | Universal Studios Florida, Music Plaza | Orlando, FL
Sat., Jan. 29 | Ford Park Arena | Beaumont, TX
Wed., Feb. 9 | First National Bank Arena | Jonesboro, AR*
Fri., Feb. 11 | Rio Rancho Events Center | Rio Rancho, NM*
Sat., Feb. 12 | Gila River Arena | Glendale, AZ*
Thu., Feb. 17 | Save Mart Center at Fresno State | Fresno, CA*
Fri., Feb. 18 | Toyota Arena | Ontario, CA*
Sat., Feb. 19 | Toyota Arena | Ontario, CA*
Tue., Feb. 22 | Pechanga Arena | San Diego, CA*
Wed., Feb. 23 | Golden 1 Center | Sacramento, CA*
Fri., Feb. 25 | accesso ShoWare Center | Kent, WA*
Sat., Feb. 26 | Toyota Center | Kennewick, WA*
Sun., Feb. 27 | Spokane Arena | Spokane, WA*
Thu., Mar. 3 | Ball Arena | Denver, CO*
Fri., Mar. 4 | Maverik Center | West Valley City, UT*
Sat., Mar. 5 | ExtraMile Arena | Boise, ID*
Sun., Mar. 6 | Veterans Memorial Coliseum | Portland, OR*
Tue., Mar. 8 | First Interstate Arena | Billings, MT*
Thu., Mar. 10 | The Monument – Summit Arena | Rapid City, SD*
Fri., Mar. 11 | FargoDome | Fargo, ND*
Sat., Mar. 12 | Target Center | Minneapolis, MN
Sun., Mar. 13 | UWM Panther Arena | Milwaukee, WI*
Thu., Mar. 17 | Baxter Arena | Omaha, NE*
Fri., Mar. 18 | Cable Dahmer Arena | Independence, MO*
Sat., Mar. 19 | Cable Dahmer Arena | Independence, MO*
Fri., Mar. 25 | Bojangles Coliseum | Charlotte, NC*
Sat., Mar. 26 | Chesapeake Employers Insurance Arena | Baltimore, MD*
Sun., Mar. 27 | Chesapeake Employers Insurance Arena | Baltimore, MD*
Tue., Mar. 29 | XL Center | Hartford, CT*
Thu., Mar. 31 | Liacouras Center | Philadelphia, PA*
Fri., Apr. 1 | Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden | New York, NY*
Sat., Apr. 2 | Petersen Events Center | Pittsburgh, PA*
Fri., Apr. 29 | Gas South Arena | Duluth, GA
Thu., May 5 | Wagon Wheel Center for the Arts | Warsaw, IN
Fri., Jul. 1 | Morrow County Fair | Mt. Gilead, OH
*TobyMac Hits Deep 2022 Tour
Martin Smith releases “Our Eyes Are on You” featuring Elle Limebear. The track can be heard below and is available now to download/stream.
“I really hope that when this song comes out on Friday it would encourage you that whatever you are going through or have gone through last year, that when you fix your eyes on Jesus he will carry you through tomorrow,” Smith shares on social media.
Martin Smith’s life and career have always been an open book. From the life-threatening road accident he was involved in his twenties, to super-stardom as the frontman of Delirious? the father of six has always talked candidly about his experiences. His journey has been a remarkable one and his music reflects not only his prowess as a musician and accomplished songwriter but also his unwavering faith and belief that together we can change the World.
Elle Limebear, who hails from Brighton, U.K. as the daughter of Delirious? frontman Martin Smith, is certainly not new to the world of music. She performed with her dad at packed stadiums around the world, seeing the global church worshipping while also working as a worship leader and youth pastor in the U.K., creating her foundation into a successful career as a solo artist. In addition to leading worship at churches all over the world, including stops in the U.S., Canada, Europe, Australia, and more.
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Dream Records’ Equippers Revolution releases a new song titled “True Love.” An EP featuring this track is set to drop next Friday.
“True Love” is available now to download or stream.
Multi-platinum rockers Skillet released another pre-release track from their new studio album, Dominion (Atlantic), which is set to drop on January 14, 2022. You can hear the title track streaming below. Fans can also pre-save the album here.
Their 11th studio project, it follows Skillet’s amazing track record of two RIAA certified multi-platinum albums, two Gold Albums, five RIAA certified multi-platinum singles, and four gold singles. Dominion, produced by Kevin Churko (Ozzy Osbourne, Papa Roach, Disturbed) with songs written by John Cooper, Korey Cooper, Kevin Churko and Kane Churko, was created 100% remotely between the band’s tour dates, home studio in Wisconsin, and the Churko’s studio in Las Vegas.
“DOMINION is about the celebration of freedom, a liberation from fear – to be who we want to be, say what we want to say, believe what we want to believe,” Cooper says. “In some ways it’s a reminder of the God-given rights that we were born with. It’s time to regain some sort of control over our lives and not be a slave to fear. I hope this record is going to make people feel empowered, inspired, uplifted and want to rock their faces off!”
They’ll be doing just that when they headline Winter Jam 2022, kicking off on January 7 in Charleston, WV. For all Skillet tour info, visit Skillet.com.
Here is a new song dubbed “Firm Foundation” featuring Cody Carnes and Chandler Moore which can be heard below.
“Firm Foundation (He Won’t)” was written by Moore, Carnes and Austin Davis. This video was captured in Chicago, IL during Maverick City’s national tour, Welcome to Maverick City, October 1st, 2021.
“In such a shaky season, it was burning in my heart to write a song that declared what Jesus teaches us in Matthew 7,” shares Cody Carnes on the inspiration for his new song. “It says, Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock.
The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house, yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock. The world can be in chaos all outside our windows, but when we build our house on Jesus, we can have confidence knowing that our foundation is secure. We’re not going down! This new song celebrates that truth. I pray it blesses you.”
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Abby Robertson releases a new single titled “Without Your Love.” Robertson will have a busy start of 2022, as she heads out on tour with WinterJam kicking off this weekend. “Without Your Love” is available now to download or stream.
Abby shares on social media, “I have no words! I’m just so excited and super pumped for you to hear this… and to play it LIVE on Winter Jam Tour!”
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Two-time GRAMMY-nominated group We The Kingdom will make its Grand Ole Opry debut on Saturday, February 26th.
Additionally, the family-bound band’s 16-date ‘We The Kingdom Live Tour’ will kick off on Thurs., March 3 in Columbia, SC. It will include stops in St. Louis Kansas City, Memphis, and more.
Named Contemporary Christian Artist of the Year at the 2021 Dove Awards, We The Kingdom has racked up more than 300k social media followers and was recently awarded an RIAA-certified GOLD Single for ‘Holy Water‘, the multi-generational group’s first No.1 hit. For tickets and more information, please visit wethekingdom.com.
No stranger to the struggle of how to balance work and family, Christian artist Ileen Laura’s hopeful and inspiring new single “Sit Beside Me” documents the process she and her husband went through as they figured out how to prioritize her music career amid their family responsibilities.
“Back in 2020, the pandemic had just become a
,” the singer/songwriter recalls. “Schools were shut down and, as a high school music teacher, this meant planning for school music concerts and festivals was put on pause.”
Within quarantine, time became all Ileen Laura’s for a moment, and she began to consider her life and her purpose — concluding that something was missing.
During one of the first evenings in the stay-at-home order, she and her husband were discussing why she stopped writing music after they got married, and got into huge disagreements. “I had been blaming him for missed opportunities,” she shares. With previously released offerings including “Letters To My Daughter” in 2013, and “Joy” in 2010, as well as having opened for Walk Off The Earth, Justin Nozuka, and at the Scene Music Festival, she had also just assumed her music career was now behind her — despite her husband’s willingness to support it.
“I wrote ‘Sit Beside Me’ after hearing my pastor speak one Sunday at our church on the subject of ‘Spiritual Gifts,’” she says. “He spoke about the fact that, as Christians we are all given these gifts, but it is up to us to use our gifts to glorify God.
“It was as if he wrote the sermon just for me. I realized I hadn’t been using my gift at all.”
A year later, she had written a full-length album, fully recommitting herself to her craft and higher power; I Am Yours is set for release this Spring 2022.
For its part, “Sit Beside Me” begins with a tinkling piano that gradually becomes richer and more full-bodied throughout the song’s progression. Punctuated by moments of dramatic percussion, Laura’s voice is clear and soaring as she sings with fondness and conviction about the church sermon that finally brought her back to her music.
