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Candle (band)
Candle is a Christian kids' band that is best known for their Agapeland-related children's albums ''Music Machine'' and ''Bullfrogs and Butterflies''. They recorded children's albums for Sparrow Records' Birdwing branch. The band won the 1988 Dove Award "Children's Music Album of the Year" for their album ''Bullfrogs and Butterflies III''. They have also been nominated for a Grammy Award multiple times. List of Candle albums * ''Agapeland'' * ''Animals and Other Things'' - nominated for the 1982 Grammy Award "Best Recording for Children" * ''Music Machine'' * '' Music Machine II'' - Dove Winner, nominated for 1983 Grammy Award "Best Recording for Children" * ''Music Machine III'' * ''Music Machine Fun Club Album'' * ''Bullfrogs and Butterflies'' * ''Bullfrogs and Butterflies II ''Bullfrog'' is a common English language term to refer to large, aggressive frogs, regardless of species. Examples of bullfrogs include: Frog species Americas *Helmeted water toad (''Calyptocephale ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christian Music
Christian music is a genre of music that has been written to express either personal or a communal belief regarding Christianity, Christian life and faith. Common themes of Christian music include praise, worship, penitence and lament, and its forms vary widely around the world. Church music, hymnals, gospel music, gospel and worship music, worship music are a part of Christian media and also include contemporary Christian music which itself supports numerous Christian styles of music, including Christian hip hop, hip hop, Christian rock, rock, Contemporary worship music, contemporary worship and urban contemporary gospel. Like other forms of music the creation, performance, significance and even the definition of Christian music varies according to culture and social context. Christian music is composed and performed for many purposes, ranging from aesthetic pleasure, religious or ceremonial purposes or with a positive message as an entertainment product for the marketplace. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Children's Music
Children's music or kids' music is music composed and performed for children. In European-influenced contexts this means music, usually songs, written specifically for a juvenile audience. The composers are usually adults. Children's music has historically held both entertainment and educational functions. Children's music is often designed to provide an entertaining means of teaching children about their culture, other cultures, good behavior, facts and skills. Many are folk songs, but there is a whole genre of educational music that has become increasingly popular. History Early published music Class singing became compulsory in England with the passing of the Elementary Education Act 1870, Education Act (1870). By the early 1900s, demand for choral works for educational use had resulted in more than 50 school operettas in the catalogue of Vincent Novello, Novello, England's leading publisher of educational music. These were mostly modelled on the tuneful, humorous and morally ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sparrow Records
Sparrow Records is a Christian music record label and a division of Universal Music Group. History Sparrow Records was founded in 1976 by Billy Ray Hearn, then artists and repertoire (A&R) director at Myrrh Records. Barry McGuire was the first artist signed to the label, followed quickly by John Michael Talbot and his brother Terry, Janny Grein, and Annie Herring of 2nd Chapter of Acts; all of whom released albums with Sparrow in May of that year. Purchased by Thorn EMI in 1992, Sparrow's parent underwent a demerger four years later to become the EMI Group, and the label is now part of the Capitol Christian Music Group. As of 2009, Sparrow's artists include Britt Nicole, Chris Tomlin, Mandisa, Matt Redman, Matthew West, Steven Curtis Chapman and Switchfoot. Since 1996, a popular production of Sparrow Records has been the annual '' WOW Hits'' contemporary Christian music series. In 1998, the WOW franchise then added the annual '' WOW Gospel'' series of albums. The '' WOW ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dove Award
A Dove Award is an accolade by the Gospel Music Association (GMA) of the United States to recognize outstanding achievement in the Christian music industry. The awards ceremonies presented annually and have been held in Nashville, Tennessee except in 2011 and 2012 when they were held in Atlanta, Georgia. The ceremonies feature live musical performances and are broadcast on TBN. The awards were established in 1969 and represent a variety of musical styles including rock, pop, hip hop, country, and urban. History The Dove Awards were originally conceptualized by Gospel singer and songwriter Bill Gaither at a Gospel Music Association board meeting in 1968. The idea of the award being represented by a dove is credited to Gaither and the design for the award itself is credited to gospel singer Les Beasley and designer Bob McConnell. The first GMA Dove Awards were held at the Peabody Hotel in Memphis, Tennessee in October 1969. In 1971, the awards moved to Nashville. The 3 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grammy Award
The Grammy Awards, stylized as GRAMMY, and often referred to as The Grammys, are awards presented by The Recording Academy of the United States to recognize outstanding achievements in music. They are regarded by many as the most prestigious and significant awards in the music industry in the United States, and thus the show is frequently called "music's biggest night". The trophy depicts a gilded gramophone, and the original idea was to call them the "Gramophone Awards". The Grammys are the first of the Big Three networks' major music awards held annually, and are considered one of the four major annual American entertainment awards with the Academy Awards (for films), the Emmy Awards (for television), and the Tony Awards (for theater). The first Grammy Awards ceremony was held on May 4, 1959, to honor the musical accomplishments of performers for the year 1958. After the 2011 ceremony, the Recording Academy overhauled many Grammy Award categories for 2012. The 67th Ann ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Music Machine II
''Music Machine II'' (AKA ''The Music Machine: All About Love'') (1983) is a Christian children's album by Candle that is a continuation of the Music Machine album from 1977. It is set in Agapeland, and teaches children about Love. It features the characters Stevie and Nancy. It is part of a series of spin-offs of Music Machine albums, books, and Music Machine movies. This album is the winner of the 1983 Dove Award for "Children's Music Album of the Year," and it was Nominated for the 1983 Grammy Award " Best Recording for Children." Track listing #"When Love Lives in Your Heart" (J. Miller) - soloist Betsy Hernandez #"Tune Up Song" (J. Miller, B. Miller) - soloists Julie Miller and Buddy Miller #"The Greatest Thing of All" (J. Miller) - soloist Nathan Carlson #"Love Never Fails" (J. Miller, R. Krueger) - soloist Buddy Miller #"Glad to Be Me" (J. Miller, B. Miller) - soloist Ben Roberts #"I Was Made for Love" (J. Miller, B. Miller) - soloists Buddy Miller, Julie Miller, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bullfrogs And Butterflies II
''Bullfrog'' is a common English language term to refer to large, aggressive frogs, regardless of species. Examples of bullfrogs include: Frog species Americas *Helmeted water toad (''Calyptocephalella gayi''), endemic to Chile *American bullfrog (''Lithobates catesbeianus''), indigenous to North America *Cane toad (''Rhinella marina''), a toad indigenous to Central and South America, called "bullfrog" in the Philippines Australia *'' Limnodynastes dorsalis'', found in Southwest Australia *'' Limnodynastes dumerilii'', found in Eastern Australia * Giant banjo frog (''Limnodynastes interioris''), found in Eastern Australia Africa *African bullfrog (''Pyxicephalus adspersus''), found in central and southern Africa *Calabresi's bullfrog (''Pyxicephalus obbianus''), found in Somalia *Crowned bullfrog (''Hoplobatrachus occipitalis''), found in much of Africa *Edible bullfrog (''Pyxicephalus edulis''), found in much of Africa Asia *Banded bullfrog (''Kaloula pulchra''), found in So ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ants'hillvania
''Ants'hillvania'' is a Sparrow Records production that was written by Jimmy and Carol Owens with Cherry Boone O'Neil and produced by Dan Collins. It is well known for being full of "Ant" puns. It was nominated for a Grammy Award for '' Best Album for Children'' for the Grammy Awards of 1981. It uses the '' Bible's'' "Parable of the Sower" and "Parable of the Prodigal Son" to tell the story of a colony of ants and the misadventures of a particular ant named Antony. Antony's story was continued in the sequel titled '' Ants'hillvania II: The Honeydew Adventure''. Plot The track tells the story of an ant colony in a beautiful forest called Ants'hillvania (a pun on Pennsylvania). The colony is filled with kind, fun-loving, and virtuous ants, led by their village leader, the CommandAnt. The ants value work and each other, and live by "the Wisdom from Above", or in other words, the word of God, which keeps their colony together through hard times. However, the CommandAnt's young teen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Christian Musical Groups
American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America ** American ancestry, people who self-identify their ancestry as "American" ** American English, the set of varieties of the English language native to the United States ** Native Americans in the United States, indigenous peoples of the United States * American, something of, from, or related to the Americas, also known as "America" ** Indigenous peoples of the Americas * American (word), for analysis and history of the meanings in various contexts Organizations * American Airlines, U.S.-based airline headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas * American Athletic Conference, an American college athletic conference * American Recordings (record label), a record label that was previously known as Def American * American University, in Washington, D.C. Sports teams S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
