A year after the release of his breakout single, “God Made A Way,” rising Mexican-American artist WHATUPRG drops a double single for his first new release of 2024 featuring a track alongside a remix for “God Made A Way” ft. Lecrae and nobigdyl.

2022 for WHATUPRG was a pivotal year in his life personally and professionally. Leading up to the release of his debut album, “New Hollywood,” he was starting to see the fruit of overcoming depression, doubt and anxiety. On that album, he spoke to the victory he claimed by God’s grace.

Rolling into 2023, he was marching to a different beat. Sober, faithful and hopeful, RG (Raul Garcia) reflected on how far he had come and a new record came to life, “God Made A Way.” The song quickly became the soundtrack to triumph for RG and his fans as they shared stories and celebrated the faithfulness of God in their life. That song has become RG’s best performing song and continues to resonate worldwide.

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Fast forward to 2024, WHATUPRG is now married, joining his friends and christian artist peers KB, Limoblaze and nobigdyl. On the Glory Nights Tour and releasing new music. At the beginning of this year, RG was focusing on his health and participating in the well known fitness challenge, “75 Hard.”

During that time he found himself multitasking by listening to beats and writing in his head potential melodies. As he listened the line “This Time Last Year” stuck in his head and the melody soon followed. RG began to think about the past year of his life and how much further he’s come even after such a monumental year of growth in 2022. RG felt humbled and grateful all over again bringing him back to the same place he was in when he wrote “God Made A Way.”

Produced by Caleb Cruize and Quinten Colbletz, “This Time Last Year” ,similarly to “God Made A Way,” is a fast paced record from WHATUPRG working in fresh cadences and lyricism speaking on just how far God has brought him since the release of “God Made A Way.” The Remix hits the same chord as the original with some new flavor brought in by Lecrae and nobigdyl, with them each adding their own 16 bars to the record. One year after the release of “God Made A Way” this is a full circle moment for WHATUPRG.

Being able to get Lecrae, someone who motivated him growing up to even pursue music, and nobigdyl., someone who helped RG build his career as an artist during his time with the collective, “Indie Tribe, ” was surreal for RG and blows him away every time he goes back and listens.

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“Both of these records are a celebration of what God has done in my life. I hope they encourage people listening to continue to reflect and do this in their own life,” says WHATUPRG. “Being able to work with two of my heroes (Lecrae and nobigdyl.) is a huge honor and I truly don’t know how to express what it means to me. Everytime I listen I am still blown away that it is real.

What they brought to the record truly continues the story and elevates the experience. I hope people have the same experience I did when they hear it.” Healthy mentally, physically and spiritually, WHATUPRG is poised and excited to create and continue engaging with his fans. Having his loyal fanbase behind him, there is nowhere God can’t take the movement.

Today, prolific singer-songwriter (and frontman of GRAMMY-Award winning rock band Switchfoot) Jon Foreman has released “I Propose A Toast”, a gorgeous life-affirming anthem that gives fans another preview of his forthcoming LP In Bloom (out May 31st). Stream “I Propose A Toast” 

Co-produced with James McAlister (Taylor Swift, Ed Sheeran, Sufjan Stevens), “I Propose A Toast” is the opening track on In Bloom and sees Foreman celebrating the beauty of life and the priceless connections made along the way. With his characteristic lyrical touch and a light acoustic backing, Foreman encourages listeners to unite around their differences and build the bridges leading to a brighter tomorrow.

It’s a stirring message in an era tarnished by hate and division, but Foreman’s worldview continues to spread a gospel of love and understanding: “here’s to love and here’s to life / here’s to fighting side-by-side / here’s to us together / you and I”.

Also released today, the stunning lyric video for “I Propose A Toast” is a celebration of life and human connection, all shot on nostalgia-inducing Super 8 film. The footage invokes memories of Summers long past and reflects Foreman’s SoCal origins and passion for surfing. Watch the lyric video for “I Propose A Toast” 

Speaking about the track, Foreman noted: “I Propose A Toast” is a song to be sung at the end of a beautiful night with friends. It’s a refrain born of the paradox of humanity: recognizing both the pain and the beauty. The darkness, and the light. I wanted a song that would embrace the truth of where we are, and the roads that brought us here.

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So I propose a toast: Here’s to a love that transcends the distance between us. And here’s to fighting… side by side.”

Foreman is currently on the road on the “Tear The Roof Off Tour” in support of Brandon Lake, which sees the two singer-songwriters playing arenas and large clubs throughout the United States, with shows already sold out in Brooklyn (NY), Memphis (TN), Arlington (TX), Orlando (FL) and more. See below for full tour routing.

Worship leader, singer, songwriter, vocal coach, and recording artiste, Victor Olayeni drops a new single titled, “Done It Again.”

The song joins a list of other releases that include; “God Alone,” “Classic Medley 1 & II,” “Baba Ese,” and the popular single, “How Great You Are,” just to mention a few, all credited to him.

Commenting on the song via his Instagram social platform, Victor says; “This is a taste of what to expect this year. It is a prophetic declaration.”

“It is an opportunity for some folks to speak those things which be not as though they were. Truly there are many voices these days that speak to us on a daily basis.

But the voice of favour and divine direction is really needed in this hour. We are honoured to be able to share with you this kingdom sound.” – he concludes.

Done It Again – Victor Olayeni

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Award-winning songwriter and bestselling author Ellie Holcomb releases a brand new Psalms project, All of My Days (Capitol CMG), today (April 12th) along with a new expanded limited edition of her bestselling devotional, Fighting Words (B&H Publishing,) next week (April 16th).

Holcomb’s new album, All of My Days, is a beautiful collection of curated Psalms that have personally carried her through difficult times as well as played an encouraging role in the lives of her listeners through her “Memory Mondays” where she sings Scripture verses to songs each week.

Holcomb’s Fighting Words: Expanded Limited Edition features 10 bonus devotionals, new interior flourishes, and an extra art piece inside. Seven Psalms included in the expanded edition will have a song to accompany it from All of My Days. 

“I’ve always wanted to make a Psalms project,” shares Holcomb. “Singing Scripture has been equivalent to a physical act of burying seeds of hope and truth and light deep in my heart. The joy and comfort that come when those little melodies surface, especially during the dark or hard moments in my story, Scripture songs have been an encouragement for me over the years.”

Ellie Holcomb Releases ‘All Of My Days’

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She adds, “It is so humbling to hear how many have resonated with Fighting Words. I’m so delighted that we’re now sending out this extended version that includes so many of my ‘lifer’ verses. The book now feels like a stack of paper Ebenezers, little reminders of how God has deeply met and encouraged me through the Scriptures.”

Columbus, OH worship group, Open Heaven releases their new song “Wonderful Jesus” (DREAM Worship) available today on all digital retail and streaming service providers.  The 5th song to be released from their upcoming album, the team shares what the song means to them.

“Wonderful Jesus” was written out of a heart to put words to what Jesus means to us. And yet, that’s the very thing that we can never do—fully express how wonderful He truly is! As the lyric says, “If I had a lifetime to say it, if I had a million years, I could not describe you, there is no one like You.”

Amy Freudiger says, “The chorus of this song was one of the first I ever wrote, from when I first started leading worship twenty years ago! It’s so simple but so powerful to just sing the name of Jesus.”

The Open Heaven team hopes that as you sing this song, you realize you are never alone, that Jesus is closer than your next breath, and that there is no pursuit that compares to Him.

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New Life Worship’s album “God Is” emerged when team member and producer, Kyle Smith, said, “I want to make beautiful art for God.” This desire came to fruition as the lyrics and melodies formed poetry and originality within a local church, declaring God’s beauty with beauty.

From the congregational piece, “Faithful and True,” to the human devotion of “The Worthy One,” these songs all add theological insight and deliver intentional beauty. The heartbeat of this album is, “a group of imperfect but passionate song creators and leaders giving their lives to add, hopefully, to the chorus of songs rising from the earth.”

It is clear through these intentional and original songs that God is doing astonishing work within ordinary people in extraordinary places. The overall message New Life Worship aspires to share is, “God IS Father, Son, and Holy Spirit and that has life changing implications.”

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Today world-renowned worship leader and songwriter, Alexander Pappas, releases his first new song in more than 1.5 years. This song, “A Great Awakening,” is the first solo worship song Pappas has released after serving as part of Young & Free and Hillsong.

“The phrase ‘A Great Awakening’ carries an unusual resonance, not because it lacks roots in biblical language, but rather due to the powerful connections it evokes,” describes Alexander Pappas of this new song. “Initially, your thoughts may drift towards monumental spiritual revivals such as Azusa Street, The Welsh Revival, or the Jesus People Movement.

Moments which when I think about them, stir an overwhelming sensation within my spirit that this world we live in is desperate for another move of God. Dare I say, NEEDS it.”

Pappas is not new to creating songs that resonate with the worshipper as a two-time GRAMMY®nominee, he has penned anthems like “Alive,” “Wake,” “Real Love,” and “Echo” (Elevation Worship). Leading worship for more than a decade, this song is a return to a passion for the next awakening. 

Alexander Pappas Releases “A Great Awakening”

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He adds, “While I remain uncertain whether a song—this song, which is a prayer in melody—has the power to ignite such a great awakening, I am firm in the belief that true revival begins individually—with me, with you. I pray that this song sparks within us a profound longing for the next unmistakable move of God.”

The release of “A Great Awakening” also coincides with the upcoming movie “Multiplied,” appearing in 1300 cinemas across the U.S. on May 20 and 21. A music video for the song will debut before the start of the movie, which will include Pappas in a studio along with revival-style footage weaved throughout.

AOH Music, New Jersey-based trio composed of vocalist Brianne Nealon, drummer Jimmy Meier, and guitarist/producer Jack Garno, delivers their original version of “Abba Father” today.

This is the first single off their new EP, Heal Our World, that will be released on May 24th.

“Abba Father was written in a season when our hearts needed to be reminded of how powerful God Our Father is,” says the band. “By His Word, He created all things. This song is a reminder that God the Father loved each of us into existence to join Him in Glory.

His love for us is so deep that He sent us His only son, Jesus Christ, to save and redeem us. We were never meant to take on this world alone. This song reflects the truth that regardless of our earthly relationships, we all have a father, Abba Father, whose love never fails.”

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AOH Music invites audiences of all backgrounds to join in this musical exploration of faith and to discover the transformative power of scripture set to song.

Joel Caws, a worship leader and singer/songwriter from the UK has just released a brand new working song called ‘Delight’.

Joel has been releasing music for over 3 years and this latest release is an exploration of what it means to delight ourselves in God.

Of the new song release, Joel says “This song has literally been such a ‘delight’ to work on. I love the vibe that my producer came up with for this song which I think fits perfectly with the theme of the song. It is so great to get this song out there finally!”

Of the process behind creating the song, Joel comments “I had been thinking about what it means to delight in God, and was playing around with some different rhythms and melodies. I then hit upon a chorus hook which instantly resonated with me.

The final version also features quite a different bridge than I originally wrote but I love the final version of it as it brings in a real contrasting element to the song, whilst still keeping the main theme of our delighting in God.”

Of how he hopes others will engage with the song, Joel says “The definition of ‘Delight’ is to take great pleasure or joy in something or someone. When we think about everything God has done for us and how much He loves us, our natural reaction is to be filled with joy and thankfulness. I pray that everyone who listens to this song will find their own expression of delight in God as they listen and sing along.”

Joel Caws Shares “Delight”

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Today, Alex Henry Foster shares the second single “Nocturnal Candescence,” off of upcoming LP Kimiyo, out April 26.

“The song conveys the profound emotions of loss, hopelessness, and personal surrender in the context of self-abandonment. It’s an inner scream designed to reach others when we feel invisible to a world that never stops spinning for anyone’s pain to be seen, to be shared.

It’s the resilience of being, of believing in another morning shine. It’s the reminiscence of traditional Japanese songs of longing, “哀傷歌 (aishōka)”, defined by mourning, contemplation, and faith in better tomorrows.”

Foreseen as a story within a story, Kimiyo bloomed into a multi-layered entity, the album is inspired by the testimonies of the people Foster met in Japan back in 2010. Kimiyo’s main narrative focuses on the journey of a young person who wrote to Foster years after their encounter to share pieces of her journey about how she found a new sense of self after thinking of taking her life upon becoming unwillingly pregnant, but unable to fathom the idea of ending her life or her pregnancy.

She became hateful towards the burgeoning existence slowly taking over her body, but found a fulfilling form of hope for her present and future self emerging from feeling the baby starting to move inside of her body.

She then envisioned a life of her own, a purpose she had never imagined being able to find anywhere – especially not within herself – but lost the child following a miscarriage, leaving her empty again, but somehow transformed.

She had learned that happiness is a measure of the heart and soul, accepting that purpose is something that grows from within, but, as Foster exposed it, while the tree might too often hide the beautiful density of a forest, there are lights that are simply way too bright to be hidden.

Alex Henry Foster’s new project Voyage à la Mer is an artistic multidisciplinary endeavor based on the asymmetry of human emotions. While the project refers to the title of a self-searching poetry and meditative notebook he started writing during a trip to Japan back in 2010.

It also symbolizes the fundamental connection that individuals and communities nurture with water, the beginning of time, ritualistic pilgrimages, redemptive processions, purification, the incarnation related to the flow of life, birth and death, the passage to afterlife, transition, and rebirth.

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Foster underwent a life-altering cardiac surgery. He spent months recovering, unable to talk, and unsure he would have the ability to sing in the future. Foster writes: “I was in no other position than to either feel sorry for myself or have a prolonged look with myself to figure out who I was beyond the distressing sensation of losing my identity.

The introspective clarity brought me right back to Japan, in what had been for me a transformative experience almost 15 years ago, highlighted by the long-forgotten fragments of film, photographs, and people’s testimonies I had the privilege of witnessing.”

Slowly starting to regain energy, Foster contacted his friend and longtime creative accomplice Ben Lemelin to assist him in writing and creating. With Foster still regaining his voice, the duo invited fellow artist Momoka to be the voice of the first incarnation of the project, titled Kimiyo.

Alex Henry Foster has crafted four different creative entities; the albums Kimiyo and A Measure of Space and Sounds, the film Voyage à la Mer, and the in-public conversations & live musical improvisation affair Of Flashes and Other Currents, all due to be released over the span of 2024.