The AfroGospel Culture is one that has seen a spike in the last few years and there are names we all can reckon with. But when you have major players like the “one lady army” – Same OG and Oba Reengy do a Collaboration, the sound expected is nothing short of Edification, Vibes and Swag.
This is what they both delivered in their joint song – Amazing Grace and they have decided to Bless us with a Music Video.
Bryan & Katie Torwalt release new music with a single titled “Wouldn’t It Be Like You – Live”. The official live video can be viewed below, and was recorded at TRIBL Nights in Atlanta, GA last year. The track is available now to download or stream.
“’Wouldn’t It Be Like You’ was written after a lot of conversations and a deep dive into the Gospels. We were amazed at how often people either completely missed Jesus, or expected Him to be different than He was. He didn’t fit the religious leaders’ narrative for what the Messiah should look like and even His disciples, who were convinced that He was the Messiah, expected Him to take up arms and lead a revolution.
Instead, He healed the sick, set people free, spent time with the outcasts, welcomed the children, ate with the tax collectors, and in the ultimate shock; He died and then rose from the dead! His Kingdom looked different than they expected, and even different than they wanted it to be at times, but in the end, so much better.” – Katie & Bryan Torwalt
JJ Heller released new music with “Do-Re-Mi” from The Sound of Music. Heller shares on social media,
I love The Sound of Music so much.
Have you ever thought about how clever Do Re Mi is? It’s literally a song written about music. And on top of that cleverness, it also marks a lovely part in the film when Maria teaches the children what it means to laugh and play.
In The Sound of Music, Do Re Mi spans the length of several scenes and lasts about five and-a-half minutes, so our challenge was trying to figure out how to condense it so we didn’t have a forever-long version. The other challenge was learning how to sing it as myself instead of doing my Julie Andrews impression 🤣, but I think I did it!
In the end, I think we came up with something that honors the original but is distinctly I Dream of You. I also LOVE how this one showcases the the British boys choir! ❤️
Heller began releasing monthly singles in April 2017 that together have amassed over 55 million combined streams to date (through August 2020). The songstress will continue to announce a brand-new song on the first Friday of each month.
Two-time GRAMMY nominated inspirational artist Koryn Hawthorne releases a remix of “You” featuring Big K.R.I.T.
The track was first featured on Hawthorne’s 2020, I Am. I Am marks the second album released by the Billboard Music and NAACP Image Award-winning hitmaker. Instantly dominating the charts, the album debuted at #1 on Nielsen’s Current Gospel Album Chart and #2 on Billboard’s Gospel Consumption Chart.
Featuring melodic mixes of various genres including gospel, pop, hip-hop and R&B, I Am, features collaborations with the music industry’s most talented songwriters and producers including, Maher, Johntá Austin, Makeba Riddick, Troy Taylor, Jeremy “TryBishop” Hicks, Daniel Breland, Jason Ingram, Steffany Gretzinger and Dahryl “DJ” Camper.
Multi-award-winning and platinum-selling band Hillsong UNITED releases their latest music with a single titled “On Repeat.” The official lyric video can be viewed below. The track was written by Joel Houston, Ben Fielding, Benjamin Hastings and Aodhan King, and is a powerful anthem that proclaims the goodness of God and His faithfulness to us.
With a driving melody that begins as a ballad and soars into a declaration of praise, the new track is an invitation for listeners to set aside personal ambition, revel in the glory and grace of God and His unconditional love for us and give Him the continuous praise and honor He deserves. “So I’m gonna lay my world down/Here at Your feet/Look to the heavens/For all I need/I’m gonna sing my heart out/Praise on repeat/To the God who’s never given up on me.”
“The simplicity of the Gospel works itself out daily in tangible and significant ways,” says UNITED’s Joel Houston. “In our lives there’s a parallel of grace being on repeat, and then praise being on repeat as our response to God’s grace. It’s so simple yet profound and encourages me to believe that God’s going to give me the grace, so I’m going to give Him the praise knowing that He’s going to give me the grace again. I think that’s true for anybody anywhere, regardless of their story, what season they’re in, or how life looks like – and I pray it never gets lost on us.”
Look for UNITED this spring with Chris Tomlin on the long-awaited 2022 co-headline Tomlin UNITED 2022 Tour. The multi-city circuit will make stops in major markets in the U.S. including Los Angeles, Boston, Chicago, Dallas and Miami, among others. Anticipated to be the biggest Christian music tour of the year, the Tomlin UNITED Tour will welcome thousands of fans each night to worship together and experience songs that have shaped modern faith today. For additional information and tickets, please visit www.TomlinUNITED.com.
The Multi-GRAMMY nominated, multi-GMA Dove Award winning, and Billboard No. 1 charting group Elevation Worship announces the release of their upcoming album, LION. Available worldwide on March 4th, the group dropped the first single, “Same God” today. Co-written by Steven Furtick, Chris Brown, Brandon Lake, and Pat Barrett and featuring Elevation Worship’s Jonsal Barrientes, this soaring and powerful ballad speaks to the faithfulness of God.
“He is unchanged in His wisdom, His power, His goodness, and His generosity toward us,” explains Elevation Worship’s Chris Brown. “I hope the song portrays His character and nature in a way that takes people on a journey and reminds people that we’re a part of a great cloud of witnesses that have seen this same faithful God make good on His promises to the generations before us, and those to come after.”
In the last two years alone, Elevation Worship has broken barriers for the worship genre, celebrating multiple No. 1 songs at radio, three nominations for the 2022 GRAMMY Awards, two 2021 Billboard Music Awards (Top Christian Artist and Top Christian Song), and four 2021 GMA Dove Awards. The new album follows the highly-acclaimed Graves Into Gardens (2020) and special collaboration project Old Church Basement (2021) with Maverick City Music. It was the groundbreaking songs on these albums that paved the way for the musical diversity that is represented on LION, their 14th album, a musical blend that creates intimate moments of worship to high-powered anthems.
Brown adds, “This project was written and recorded at different times over the last year and really covers a broad spectrum of moments captured in our church worship. Some of these songs really surprised us in the writing rooms, which led us to some very special moments in recording them – both in the studio and live in church. The process of making this album has been unlike any other we’ve had. And I hope every new song touches hearts in a powerful way.”
The track is from their upcoming project titled Lion.
1. Bye Bye Babylon (feat. Valley Boys) 2. What I See (feat. Chris Brown) 3. Same God (feat. Jonsal Barrientes) 4. LION (feat. Chris Brown & Brandon Lake) 5. This Is The Kingdom (feat. Pat Barrett) 6. This Is The Kingdom (Flow) [feat. Pat Barrett] 7. Dancing (feat. Joe L Barnes & Tiffany Hudson) 8. Water Is Wild (feat. Chris Brown & Brandon Lake) 9. Welcome Resurrection (feat. Chris Brown) 10. Forever YHWH (feat. Tiffany Hudson) 11. No One (feat. Chandler Moore) 12. You Really Are (feat. Chandler Moore & Tiffany Hudson) 13. Why (feat. Valley Boys) 14. The One You Love (feat. Chandler Moore) 15. Might Get Loud (feat. Chris Brown, Brandon Lake, & Tiffany Hudson)
GRAMMY Award-winning rock band Switchfoot debuts the official visual for “Beloved,” which is available now to download or stream. This track is from their interrobang album, whichdropped last year.
“Why release it now, you ask? … Ours is a fractured world where community is hard to find. When we can’t find community, we settle for tribalism instead. This song is a response to that division and feels just as appropriate in 2022 as it did in 2020 and 2021,” the band shares on social media. “‘ beloved’ is a song that attempts to see ‘you’ as you are, rather than as an ‘it’ that can be commoditized or used. Love is only possible in this exchange. In this surrender, this humility, this intentionality.”
Worship leader and songwriter Shaylee Simeone releases her new single titled “Hear Me Out.”
Nashville-based singer/songwriter and worship leader Shaylee Simeone is on a journey to say “yes” to God’s calling on her life. With pop-inspired music that is inherently congregational, she took her first step with a single debut of “Dearly Loved” in July 2019, and it now has over 2 million streams on Apple Music. For years now, Shaylee has enjoyed being a part of several music projects focused on sync/licensing while consistently leading worship at her local church; it’s no wonder that writing worship music that feels universally accessible has been such a natural transition. Shaylee longs for her music to be relatable and emotive while remaining rooted in solid Biblical theology.
Futures, the Georgia-based via Australia group, aka the Aus-American blend ensemble, is set to release the video for “Hills + Horizons,” today, Friday, January 21, 2022. The title-track is the lead single from the January 7th release on DREAM Records.
Like many acts today, Futures spent much of their “down” time over the past few years writing and recording the 11-cut blend of pop-rock infused tunes. When the doors opened, the group went out and performed these songs at small art/coffee house spots across their home state to feel a connection with others. As the group’s leader Mark Evans states below, we have experienced an unprecedented time in our lifetime and the songs that grew out of this have a mix of emotions, themes, sounds and hope. The goal is to connect with people and hopefully provide an outlet of peace.
“Hills & Horizons speaks to the ups & downs, the lonely road & the in-betweens of life where we don’t get to see the whole picture. It connects on a personal level & at the same time, has been our shared human experience over the last 2 years. We believe the spirit of these songs breaks through depression, disappointment, discouragement & disillusion; literally changing not only how a person feels about their situation but how they see everything.” – Mark Evans, Futures.
The Hills & Horizons album has seen early playlist adds on Spotify’s New Music Friday Christian and Sing A New Song, Apple Music’s Risers, YouTube’s Christian Goes Pop, Pandora’s New Christian Music Now and more since its release on January 7, 2022. The title track “Hills & Horizons” has garnered over 100,000 streams across all platforms in its first week. The single has also seen early buzz at radio with its debut on PLAY MPE as the most streamed/downloaded song of the week.
The band members – Chloe Evans, Mark Evans, Danae Leslie and Ryan Rolls had a hand in the treatment for the video that captures the muse of music and how it played a central role in every great awakening throughout history. The band recently sat down with JesusFreakHideout and talked about how the “Hills & Horizons” music video follows the whisperings of a new awakening from a dream all the way to the hilltop, with signal fires being lit across the world. This is our journey; this is the kindred call inside all of us.
“We’re honored to be partnering with the team,” says Lance Brown, co-owner of DREAM Label Group & Publishing. “We are excited to see what God will do with this incredible album.”
