It's hard to believe this is only Plumb's third album. But it's far and away her most personal and revealing, not to mention her most focused, musically. Beautiful Lumps of Coal finds Arbuckle getting in touch with her inner rock diva, while exploring deeply personal aspects of her life and character with grea ... Read More

Reaching takes LaRue to a new level of maturity and self-assuredness, with multiple-layered themes, roughly textured sounds, and more intricately designed harmonies. The album picks up at a point in Phillip & Natalie's lives not long after their most difficult year ever -- questioning their calling after several earth-shatterin ... Read More

With help from friends like Jesse Butterworth (of Daily Planet), David Mullen, and others, Williams has hand-crafted the majority of songs on her sophomore album. Bannister utilized more traditional "band" sounds, abandoning the semi-programmed sounds on her first disc. (Guess that means she's no longer Joy "Electric." Sorry, couldn't res ... Read More

Michael W. Smith knows a great worship song when he hears one, and once again he's raided the libraries of Sixstepsrecords, Integrity Music, and others to pick some of th t stellar worship songs of the last few years. And Rich Mullins' vast library of songs is always a good bet; Worship Again features two of Mullins' classics. Smith himse ... Read More

Christian Music staple Sandi Patty proves that she's still got it -- even those glass-shattering high notes -- on Take Hold of Christ, her twenty-third album. This time out she abandons the more exploratory nature of her recent albums and goes purposely back to exactly the kind of music that we remember her for.

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There's no previously-recorded work included here; instead, the seven existing songs are all recorded anew, in a unique studio setting that attempted to capture the essence of Owens' live performances (in a distinct, and I would assume, very calculated departure from the heavier production heard on Something More). Only the most minimal i ... Read More

She's a celebrated soloist known for her ethereal vocals and introspective songs. He's remembered as the frontman for the short-lived band Common Children, and more recently, one of the most prominent creative voices influencing the City On A Hill albums. Upon marrying in 2000, Christine Glass and Marc Byrd discovered a mutual love ... Read More

Over the course of a decade, Point Of Grace has garnered the respect and adoration of industry peers and countless fans alike.  They have made a lasting imprint on Christian music, earning Platinum and Gold-selling albums, multiple Dove Awards and 26 #1 hit singles over the span of their career.  Today, they are as enthusia ... Read More

If your local church worship band were cool enough to rock out, had passion and energy to spare, were capable of sprinkling in some rap breaks that weren't silly or trite, and were full of professional-level talent, they might sound like Daniel's Window.

That's the basic formula that sums this group up. It's your sta ... Read More

The field of new male singer/songwriters has been in grieviously short supply the last few years. Mark Schultz... Bebo Norman... Shaun Groves... Not many others. We've had so many great female singer/songwriters appear pop up over the last few years, but the men have been horribly under-r ... Read More

Touching upon the deepest place of humanity in all of us, Jill Phillips follows up her acclaimed indie album, God & Money, with Writing on the Wall. Bypassing traditional words of worship for more personal commentaries on life, she nonetheless succeeds in magnifying God's greatness in light of our sinful, failure- ... Read More

Plus One manages to make striving for credibility sound like fun on Exodus, the band's highly-touted rebirth album. The newly reforged trio has left behind the dance moves and bubblegum pop harmonies of albums past and taken control of their music in order to do something radically different: rock & roll the way it shoul ... Read More

The newest signing on Wind-up Records, which is also home to 12 Stones, Creed, and Evanescence, is the powerhouse rock quartet from Florida known as Big Dismal. While lead singer Eric Durrance's throaty vocals will no doubt conjur up comparisons to Scott Stapp (Cr ... Read More

Octane 1.0 takes ten of today's most recognizable artist-driven worship songs and gives them entirely new spins; and each remix tackles a distinctly different musical style.

What Octane has going for it is that these aren't just token remixes -- they're wildly diverse and creative, and in most cases, the g ... Read More

In a day when the world is being shaken to its core, people are searching for answers.  Their quest to find a center of gravity becomes more and more desperate.  Then, out of the darkness emerges a voice of hope pointing to a secure place to land.  ... Read More

Detour 180 is not your everyday rock band. For starters, the land they call home is the same place where all those Hobbits and Elves have been hanging out lately: New Zealand. Then there's the fact that their primary songwriters are the band's drummer and guitarist. And to top it off, they've only been together for about a year, bu ... Read More

The Other Side Of Something delivers something treasured and something new. On Sara’s latest she continues to deliver the thought provoking moments you expect while exposing you to a decidedly more upbeat approach. The musical cornerstone of this album remains Sara’s lyrical vo ... Read More

Salvador is known as one of the best live performance bands in the industry, so capturing one of their live concerts on disc (and film, in the accompanying DVD) can't be that bad of an idea. And they do sound great -- terrific, even. Full of spicy salsa and never-stop-moving excitement, Worship Live does a solid job of showcasing t ... Read More

Few adults can look back on their lives and say that they never strayed from the first job they had as a teenager. Even fewer knew their life calling at such a young age and are still passinonate about what they do over 25 years down the road. Amy Grant is one of these rare, blessed individuals. Her decorated career in music began with Wo ... Read More

Don't miss this great album featuring 18 of the best songs and artists that Christian music has to offer! 

The soul-infused rock and pop that make up Charity Von's self-titled debut, combined with the richness of her voice, sounds—musically and lyrically—like it should be coming from someone who has lived a few more years on this planet. Although the intensity of the music is matched in the l ... Read More