Renowned singer, songwriter, worship leader and GRAMMY-nominee Phil Wickham has released a brand new single today, “Sunday Is Coming.” Available across all DSP’s today, this is Wickham’s second new single to be released in 2023.
“With this song we set out to tell the Easter story as best as we could in song. The story of the life, death and resurrection of Jesus is the greatest story ever told, and the best part about it is that it’s TRUE. This is Hope, this is salvation, this is love, this is the Gospel.
And it’s not just a story of something that HAPPENED, it’s also a story of what is still HAPPENING! Every day people all over the world are calling on the name of Jesus and stepping into the resurrection victory that Jesus won!,” shared Wickham about the track.
He added, “I pray this song is used as a tool to point people’s eyes and hearts to Jesus. To move them to wonder and repentance and worship. As we near the beautiful Holy Week of Palm Sunday, Good Friday, and Resurrection Sunday may the reality and significance of it all hit you in big and profound ways. May you be reminded that Jesus is KING and forever will be. Amen. Hallelujah.”
WHY is Munday so different lately? What is the method to his madness to create a retro sound that seems to fit in so good with this younger generation? Munday Martin will drop his 16th single of said sound on St. Patrick’s Day, produced by Dove Award winner John Mark Painter (Fleming and John, The Grits, DC Talk, Randy Stonehill, Steve Taylor)
Munday asked the Lord a question in 2021. It was 20 years after full time missions to 34 countries and revival across America and the globe, ultimately leading to a tent revival that lasted 30 days near his home town… “How can I win more people to Jesus on a mass scale? How can I influence a new generation seeking for good in this world?” That is when the Lord directed him to go find the one and leave the 99 inside the four walls of churches and enter the music industry.
Recently a mother of a small child in Iceland who can barely spell made his Mom a picture of a cross she sent me and at the top of the cross were the words SUPER JESUS. This child listens to my songs every day and the family is now some of my most loyal and biggest fans.
Munday knew that if he can reach a small child across the globe through a song, then the potential is a double edged sword. Reach the child, reach the family.
From churches playing his songs, and secular radio stations, melodies are wooing hearts to a message of freedom from addictions, serenading broken hearted fatherless lambs, helping them find meaning in life where suicide plagues a love sick world.
Press Rewind – Munday Martin
In his new song “Press Rewind” he asks the question, “Why try to go back now to what’s comfortable, ministry and life as I knew it before, how will my fruit continue to grow and blossom like this?” Believe me it’s been tempting to try to go back to the old wineskin and even temptations in general. The whole body of Christ is tested even after salvation.
Yet how will the one fallen on the Jericho road find mending when all ignore him who pass by?We are needed at this hour.
Find out this and more and mark your calendars on St. Patrick’s Day as we don’t “Press Rewind,” but we gaze into the future of humanity and find reasons to seek their hearts and anchor their souls in Jesus. It’s going to take a revival to reach the church, but it’s going to take a renaissance to reach a culture!
A brand new single, “Look To The Lamb,” from Jesus Culture is available today with Lindy Cofer and Bryan & Katie Torwalt. Click here to listen to the new song.
“‘Look To The Lamb’ felt like a Holy moment both in the writing room and throughout the recording process,” shares Jesus Culture’s Bryan Torwalt. “Our hope and prayers are that there will be lots of Holy moments in people’s cars and living rooms and churches as they listen to and worship with this song.”
Lindy Cofer adds, “This song came from a heart cry to simply behold Jesus. We live in a day where distractions are all around us, but as the Church, we need to keep our eyes on Jesus. It reminds our souls to behold Him. In His death and resurrection! Jesus is the center of it all. This song is meant to remind us of this reality!”
The new single was co-written by Cofer and Bryan Torwalt. “Look To The Lamb” will be featured on an upcoming live release from Jesus Culture, which will be the first new project from the group since 2020’s two-volume Church project.
Going to radio May 19, “Redemption Song” was written by Apollo LTD’s Jordan Phillips and Adam Stark along with GRAMMY-nominated songwriters Hank Bentley and Jeff Pardo.
“‘Redemption Song’s’ message is clear: God is still in the business of redeeming our stories,” says Phillips. “Regardless of our past, regardless of our failures and our shortcomings, God is faithful to use our story for the Glory of the Kingdom of God. This song was written from a place of gratitude for God’s steadfast faithfulness to His promises and His people.”
“We hope it serves as a reminder and encouragement to everyone that hears it that The Lord is always moving in the direction of redemption, renewal and freedom,” adds Stark. “And if we can allow Him to move within us, He will redeem our past and create a path for our future that is better than we could have ever imagined.”
Redemption Song – Apollo LTD
Apollo LTD is playing its new music and fan favorites live on the Build A Boat Tour with Colton Dixon and Jordan St. Cyr. The 20+city tour began March 9 and continues across the country through April 30. All the latest tour details and tickets information is available now at https://weareapolloltd.com/#tour.
While on tour, Apollo LTD shares an explosive energy live on stage featuring Jordan Phillips’ elastic vocal instrument equipped with a strong falsetto and Adam Stark’s playing that has been honed as a session instrumentalist and years of touring as a lead guitarist. In addition to the current tour and their own headline events, the duo has shared stages with Switchfoot, We Are Messengers, Colton Dixon and more.
Fair Trade Services is thrilled to announce the newest members of their family of artists, the duo Caleb & John. Dropping their debut single today, titled “Hallelujah Feeling,”
Caleb & John came into their music careers in completely different ways. With different styles, musical tastes, and upbringings, both played for other artists like Sam Hunt, Katy Nichole, CAIN, and Anne Wilson, and it was a mutual friend who believed they’d work well together.
Becoming a duo, they’ve created a distinctive sound fueled with joy and hope, high-energy vocals, and powerful lyrics, writing their own definition of brotherhood with one goal: everything they do points to Jesus.
The hook-driven pop melody in “Hallelujah Feeling,” based on Romans 15:13, is Caleb & John’s declaration of their intentional belief that Jesus is the answer. “We love that hallelujah is more than a feeling,” Caleb says. “It’s the joy of the Lord, something anyone can have when they know Jesus.”
James Rueger, A&R for Fair Trade Services, shares, “The first time I heard Caleb & John play in our office, I knew there was something really special about them. For two guys to come together so quickly and find their voice and their sound, it was a very easy yes for the Fair Trade team. I am excited to see how The Lord moves through their music and ministry!”
Two unique people with unique backgrounds, the duo’s unified joy is contagious and their music is overflowing with the goodness of God and they are eager to share their music with the world. “The message we want to communicate is hope,” John says. “There is hope for you. If God can change somebody like me, He can change somebody like you.”
Global gospel singer, songwriter, and television personality HLE releases Take Heart, the artist’s highly anticipated first project since signing with Motown Gospel/Capitol CMG last year.
Teaming up with award-winning producers Dana Soréy, and Jevon Hill, and David Outing, HLE wrote and recorded her project across two continents, seamlessly blending the power vocals and intricate rhythms her fans have come to expect with the global sheen of American gospel.
“HLE is truly a creative force. It has been a delight to work with her as she expands her artistry to reach a global audience”, shares Monica Coates, Co-Executive Director of Motown Gospel along with EJ Gaines.
“We’ve been so thrilled to partner with HLE, building upon her existing fan base and introducing her to new audiences,” adds Gaines. We cannot wait for people to experience the latest music she’s been working on.”
Mitch Wong is joined by Hope Darst to joyfully declare the miracle that comes after the burial — Jesus Christ alive in us! ‘Burial’ is an energetic Easter anthem that celebrates letting go of the old and becoming new creations in Christ. Mitch Wong, as a songwriter and an artist, is passionate about leading the Church back to the power of the Cross and the resurrection of Jesus.
“Working with Hope on this song was a dream come true,” he says. “During the years I was traveling to Nashville from Australia to write songs I would always visit The Belonging Co and was deeply ministered to and impacted by the way she leads worship with purity and authority. Now that we are good friends, it made it extra special to sing ‘Burial’ with her!”
The feeling was mutual as Darst shared her excitement to partner with Wong, “one of the greatest songwriters of our generation,” she said. “To follow Christ means that we must die, like Jesus, in order to live, and ‘Burial’ tells this truth so beautifully,” she adds.
The new version of ‘Burial’ offers a beautiful and harmonious rendition of a timely song for the Church to sing and meditate on at this time.
Along with celebrating Saint Patrick’s Day with the world, Irish-born singer/songwriter Benjamin William Hastings drops a deluxe version of his self-titled project today. Titled Benjamin William Hastings (And Then Some) courtesy of Capitol CMG/Invorto, the album also introduces a new track, “Dragons.”
The deluxe LP offers 39 songs, which includes live and acoustic versions from Hastings’ highly-acclaimed November 2022 debut.
“25 songs on an album just weren’t enough, so I went and added a new song called ‘Dragons’ and a bunch of live and acoustic versions from the original 25 songs,” explains Benjamin William Hastings.“
I am excited to put this out into the world for people to have all of it in one place – even some live versions for them to see how they might want to play these songs in their churches if they wanted to. I hope you like it, all the tracks, all the versions, all in one place.”
Additionally, the track “That’s The Thing About Praise” featuring Blessing Offor impacts radio today. Early plays of the song can be heard on networks and stations including Air1, Joy FM/St. Louis and WayFM.
Benjamin William Hastings (And Then Some) also follows the special 50-track Songwriter Edition that was released in February which allowed him to dive deeper into his songs’ backstories while sharing more deeply about the array of topics from his debut – doubt, authenticity, faith, worship, imposter syndrome, being a husband and father, and ultimately a human.
Known for offering honest self-expression and dynamic songwriting, threaded throughout each of his songs is Hastings’ uncanny ability to communicate vulnerable and authentic personal truths.
Benjamin William Hastings is a world-traveling worship leader and member of Hillsong UNITED. His writing and vocals are featured on Hillsong UNITED’s RIAA® Certified Gold single “So Will I (100 Billion X)” and Hillsong Worship’s widely acclaimed “Seasons,” and he penned Cory Asbury’s No. 1 single.“
The Father’s House,” UNITED’s “Captain,” the church anthem “O Praise The Name (Anástasis),” and Brandon Lake’s current No. 1 single “Gratitude,” among many others. To date, his songs have been streamed globally more than 750 million times.
Hastings is sharing many of his songs live while on Brandon Lake’s Miracle Nights Tour throughout this month and April, while earlier this year he joined Cody Carnes’ “God Is Good! Tour.”
Three-time GRAMMY®-nominated worship leader Cody Carnes released his first-ever live recorded album last year. He is now back with new, live recorded music with the release of the song, “Who Is This Man,” the first track from an upcoming live album.
The brand new single was captured along with the forthcoming album at a special two-night worship event last summer that also birthed his debut live album, God Is Good!. Click below to also watch the live performance of “Who Is This Man.”
“I’m so excited to announce another live album, starting with this first song ‘Who Is This Man,’” shares Cody Carnes. “This song makes me cry every time I hear it. This live moment is so full of the presence of God. Every lyric of this song points to Jesus.
The lyrics are inspired by the disciples being constantly amazed at Jesus and the miracles that followed that they would ask ‘who is this man?’ I pray this song leads you to Jesus as you listen and worship along with us.”
Recorded at his church base, The Belonging Co., the new album will release later this year. From God Is Good!, Carnes’ current radio single, “Ain’t Nobody,” is currently in its fourth week inside the Top 10 at Mediabase Christian Audience and continuing to climb.
Already in his career, Carnes has been nominated three times for a GRAMMY Award and currently has 15 songs on the CCLI Top 2000 chart as a songwriter.
Carnes embarked on his first headlining tour earlier this year with worship leader Benjamin William Hastings and is currently wrapping up the “West Coast Blessing Tour” with his wife Kari Jobe and Martin Smith.
On Friday, June 2nd, 5x GRAMMY Award-winning artist Naomi Raine will release her stunning debut live record ‘Cover The Earth’ (TRIBL Records), which features a series of choir-filled performances recorded live from New York City and collaborations with 9x GRAMMY-nominee Natalie Grant, Chandler Moore (Justin Bieber, Maverick City Music), Todd Dulaney and Lizzie Morgan (Maverick City Music).
She shares the first song from the new album, “One Name (Jesus),” accompanied by a video from the performance taping.
“‘One Name’ is about Jesus and my total reliance on him,” says Naomi. “Over the past few years, people have listened to my music, experienced my ministry, and have begun to know my voice and my name. I just wanted to release a song about The Name that’s higher than every other name in a world where there’s so much emphasis on the names of celebrities and brands.
I want to bring a message of hope, but not hope in me or my gifts, but in the God who gives them both freely and I pray that people find hope when they listen to the song.”
More than a collection of songs, ‘Cover The Earth’ is a full-blown worship experience full of upbeat and praise-worthy songs that blend pop, R&B and more, while delivering encouraging and uplifting messages across ten songs and four “flow” song transitions. The album was recorded in the heart of New York City and produced by Naomi with Adale Jackson.
Naomi will celebrate the release of “One Name (Jesus)” with two events, one in Jamaica on March 18th and one in South Africa on April 1st with more to be announced.
On ‘Cover The Earth,’ Naomi addresses how faith can free us from mental prisons (“Paul & Silas (At Midnight) [with Chandler Moore]”), fear (“Uncovering”), greed (“Costly”) and more, while also revealing the character behind her source of inspiration for the music.
Naomi also sings of the courage it takes to be a light in dark places on songs like “We Agree (Flow),” in which she boldly roots herself in her faith despite modern culture, proclaiming “we don’t care what the left or the right is saying ‘cause we agree with Heaven.”
“‘Cover the Earth’ is a project about the goodness of God, his kindness and faithfulness,” adds Naomi. “It is a call to action for those that love God to seek Him and spread the message of the gospel of Jesus Christ everywhere we go.”
Naomi’s debut live record follows her vulnerable album ‘Journey’ and its follow up ‘Journey: Acoustic Sessions,’ which were released in 2022.
In the past year, Naomi has performed on the BET Awards, GRAMMY Awards and more. The GRAMMY, NAACP, Stellar, BET, Billboard and Dove Award-winning artist is one of the top songwriters in the gospel genre, and starting this April, she’ll co-headlining the first-ever all-female worship tour, It’s Time Tour, alongside Tasha Cobbs Leonard, TAYA, Natalie Grant, Tamela Mann and others.
Every day people all over the world are calling on the name of Jesus and stepping into the resurrection victory that Jesus won!
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