The dynamic, multicultural youth ministry of Planetshakers Church, planet boom, releases the double-single “Lion of Judah” / “One and Only” to digital and streaming outlets globally.

Both “Lion of Judah,” which was recorded live at this year’s Planetboom Conference, and “One and Only,” a studio track with select parts recorded live at Boom Camp in Melbourne, Australia, were produced by creative director Josh Ham.

Ham also co-wrote the songs with fellow Planetboom worship leaders, collaborating with Noah Walker on “Lion Of Judah” and with Aimee Walker on “One and Only.”

“Jesus is our victory!” exclaims Andy Harrison, planet boom youth pastor, songwriter, author, and drummer. “In light of all the issues and challenges that young people face today, we need a declaration that Jesus is the Lion of the tribe of Judah and He has never lost a battle.

Not only that, but He makes us victorious in Him. This song is an invitation to young people everywhere to be a part of His winning team, marching on to victory!”

The new single follows Planetboom’s release of “Out With The Old,” which was recorded and filmed live at Boom Camp, and the band’s acclaimed You, Me, The Church, That’s Us album that captures the group’s unique and eclectic sonic identity.  

Planetshakers’ dynamic recordings range from big, broad statements about the church family to intimate, personal moments between individuals and God.

Planetshakers’ Planetboom Releases Double-Single “Lion Of Judah” / “One And Only”

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Earlier this year, the band also launched Vol. 2 of its Youth Group Foyer Vibes resources that are designed to carry the energy and excitement of pre-church-service anticipation with a relatable sound while setting an atmosphere of spiritual breakthrough and expectation.

Raleigh, NC-based singer, songwriter, and worship leader Justin Warren releases his third Radiate Music single, “For The Glory Of God.”

Written with GRAMMY-nominated, two-time Dove Award-winning “Producer of the Year” Ian Eskelin (who also produced the track), the inspiration for the song came from an unfortunate situation in Warren’s formative years as a worship leader.

“In between my junior year and senior year of high school, I was asked to lead worship at my home church,” remembers Warren. “An older lady left the church and sent a letter to everyone letting them know that she was leaving because she didn’t think that I had the ability to lead people in worship. I wrote ‘For The Glory Of God’ because I am thankful that she wasn’t the one writing my story.

“God in His grace has given me a song to sing,” continues Warren. “He has allowed me to travel and to stand on numerous stages in front of countless people. I know that it’s not because of who I am or what I can do. It is because of Him and it is all for His glory!”

Justin Warren Releases “For The Glory Of God”

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Debuting “For The Glory Of God” live earlier this year on Moody Radio Network’s “Dawn and Steve in the Morning,” Warren’s new song follows the release of his “My Heart Dances” single, its companion CCM Magazine-premiered video and his acclaimed Radiate Music debut, “All Things Well.”

As one of Christian music’s most highly regarded worship leaders, Chris Tomlin has released a live performance version of his Grammy-nominated radio single “Holy Forever” featuring Jenn Johnson and Brian Johnson of Bethel Music.

The song has captivated worship leaders and church attendees across the globe since its release last fall and was recorded during Chris’ ‘Good Friday Nashville’ concert held at Bridgestone Arena where Jenn and Brian were guest performers.“

Holy Forever” was a collaborative written by some of the genre’s very best songwriters including Chris, Jenn, and Brian, as well as Phil Wickham and Jason Ingram; the song appears on Chris’ Grammy-nominated album Always. Watch the live performance video of “Holy Forever.

“Songs are like arrows out of the bow…reaching places far beyond what I would imagine,” said Chris. “I definitely feel that ‘Holy Forever’ is one of those arrows.  It’s an honor to be a part of a song like this…that reminds us all of the greater story…the song of heaven!  I love hearing how this song is finding its way among gatherings large and small around the world.”

The reverence of the song’s performance and message on Good Friday was even more powerful as the concert came just a week after the Covenant school shooting in Nashville.

Chris Tomlin Releases Live Version Of “Holy Forever” With Bethel Music’s Jenn & Brian Johnson

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“Leading ‘Holy Forever’ with Chris on Good Friday was such a beautiful moment for us,” shared Jenn. “This song has been so special, and leading it in the midst of a city in tragedy was deeply moving. There was a powerful hunger in the room that evening as we worshipped, united together.”

Tune in tonight as Chris appears on the 10th annual K-LOVE Fan Awards on TBN with an encore set to air on June 10.

Matthew Jones, the lead singer of Christian alt-rock band Right Hand Shade, is launching his solo career with the single “Where Would I Be Without Your Grace.” The song launched with an accompanying music video.

Jones’s solo career is launching in the wake of Right Hand Shade’s decision to close their chapter as a band. After significant success touring the east coast and opening for acts like Big Daddy Weave, JJ Weeks, Phil Joel, and Love & The Outcome, the band members’ calling to minister through music as Right Hand Shade came to a natural conclusion. From that ending, singer Matthew Jones found his own calling clarified and refreshed.

But that ownership of his calling didn’t come easily. As Right Hand Shade was rising and then coming to an end, as the world was in a global pandemic, Jones and his family were facing a crisis of their own.

Their daughter already had been diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. In 2020, their son was as well.

“We truly felt like we had the wind knocked out of us like we had been brought to our knees,” Matthew Jones recalls. “We serve a God of hope. We serve a God who keeps His promises. He’s the same yesterday, today, and will be tomorrow.

No matter WHAT we’re facing, He does NOT make mistakes. Ever. And if He has the power to bring dead things back to life, then He’s got my children right in the palm of His hand. He loves them even more than I could.”

That’s the kind of perspective that carried Jones into a new chapter and new songs — including “Where Would I Be Without Your Grace.” The authenticity these lyrics access is also born from the songwriter’s experience on the mission field in Latin America, where he also saw God’s grace manifest.

“Where would I be without your grace?

There’s nothing I could do, to earn or lose your love

Where would I be without your grace?

What you’ve already done, will always be enough.”

Listeners will hear a sonic shift from the surf rock tones of Right Hand Shade. Matthew Jones offers complex groove-driven rhythmic patterns, intricate vocal harmony layers, and his signature soulful and powerhouse vocals. “Where Would I Be Without Your Grace” is the first of things to come.

Jones self-produced the song with co-production support from Chris Hoisington and Eric Andersen (Old Bear Records). He’ll be recording more songs throughout 2023, tracks that resonate with freedom, authenticity, and the beauty of giving our whole hearts away.

Matthew Jones Of Right Hand Shade Launches Solo Career With New Single

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Today, two-time GRAMMY-nominated, Billboard Music and NAACP Image Award-winning, inspirational artist, Koryn Hawthorne, releases her brand new single, “Cry,” lifted from her forthcoming third album. The triple-threat entertainer’s new single, “Cry” 

Produced by, J White Did It, “Cry” demonstrates Hawthorne’s ability to transcend across all genres, showcasing her signature vocals and encouraging lyrics over the popular music sample, “In All My Wildest Dreams” by the late jazz legend, Joe Sample. Hawthorne gracefully reminds all, that it’s okay to show emotions and be vulnerable amid any life storm.

Koryn Hawthorne Releases “Cry”

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Jason Gray releases 2 new songs titled “Good Man” and “When I Grow Up.” You can hear the heart behind the new music below. The audio for “Good Man” can also be heard below.

“It’s better to be a woman than to be a man,” I heard my son say. It broke my heart to hear him feel any sense of shame or embarrassment over such a fundamental part of who he is, but I understood why he might have felt that way. 

Whether you’re a man or a woman, each comes with its own set of challenges–life is difficult no matter who you are. But the particular crisis men face in our culture is being caught in the crossfire of being judged as “weak/passive” on one end of the spectrum or “toxic/patriarchal” on the other. It can be hard to know what to be and how to move in the world when there are landmines in every direction.  

While some criticisms may be warranted, and while sometimes we as men certainly fail to be all we can be, the one thing almost every man I know has in common is a deep desire to be good. It’s buried in a man’s chest like an ember waiting to be kindled. (Check out my friend Brant Hansen’s new book, The Men We Need for his take on a Christian vision of masculinity).

If there was ever a time when our culture needed good, strong, tender, humble, and brave husbands, fathers, and men, I believe it’s now. My song “Good Man” is me throwing my hat in the ring to join the conversation. It’s also my genuine prayer for myself
 
I know being a woman isn’t easy, either, but I’ll leave that song to someone more qualified than me to write and sing 🙂 

If “Good Man” is about growing up into maturity and responsibility, then “When I Grow Up” is a reminder that, according to Matthew 18:2-4, we can aim no higher than to mature into childlikeness (not to be confused with childishness!). Cultivating a sense of childlike wonder keeps us curious, humble, open, and free from bitterness and the dark side of ambition. G.K. Chesterton said it best when he wrote in his book Orthodoxy: 

“Because children have abounding vitality because they are in spirit fierce and free, therefore they want things repeated and unchanged. They always say, “Do it again”; and the grown-up person does it again until he is nearly dead. Grown-up people are not strong enough to exult in monotony. But perhaps God is strong enough to exult in monotony.

It is possible that God says every morning, “Do it again” to the sun; and every evening, “Do it again” to the moon. It may not be an automatic necessity that makes all daisies alike; it may be that God makes every daisy separately but has never got tired of making them. It may be that He has the eternal appetite of infancy; for we have sinned and grown old, and our Father is younger than we.”  -Gray

Jason Gray Releases “Good Man / When I Grow Up”

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Patrick Mayberry releases new music with “A Million Times.” The official music video can be found below

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Cody Carnes releases new music with a radio version of “Firm Foundation (He Won’t).”

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Derek Minor releases new music with “More On The Way.” The track is a collab with Jon Keith, 1K Phew, and features nobidgyl. The official video can be found below 

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Jesus Culture releases a brand new song, “Everything That Has Breath (Praise),” with worship leaders Bryan & Katie Torwalt. This song of praise was recorded live in Costa Mesa, California, and will be featured on the forthcoming Jesus Culture project coming this summer, which will be the first new project from the collective artists since 2020’s two-volume Church project.

“Praise is mentioned more than 200 times in the Bible and not only is it a weapon in our hand, it is what we were created to do,” shares Katie Torwalt about the inspiration for the new song. “Praise is our overflowing response to the revelation of God and all His goodness. Sometimes praise comes pouring out of us and sometimes, like David, we command our soul to praise.”

The Torwalts have been part of Jesus Culture Music since 2010. Their debut album featured the GRAMMY-Award-winning song, “Holy Spirit,” which opened the doors for many to experience worship in a powerful way.

She adds, “As we sat down to write about praise and bringing Jesus something that ‘costs us something,’ we were reminded again to bring our sacrifice of praise in all seasons. He is worth it today and every day. We pray this song gives us a new language to lift our voices to Him!”

Jesus Culture Releases “Everything That Has Breath (Praise)” Feat. Bryan & Katie Torwalt

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