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Live From New York (album)
''Live from New York'' is a live album by Jesus Culture with Martin Smith. The album was released on November 20, 2012 by Columbia Records and Integrity Media, and produced by Jeremy Edwardson. Background Jesus Culture was joined by former Delirious? lead vocalist Martin Smith, and recorded the album live at the Jesus Culture Conference in June 2012. Critical reception ''Live from New York'' has garnered " universal acclaim" by the nine review of the album. AllMusic's David Jeffries called the album a "unique effort". At ''CCM Magazine'', Grace S. Aspinwall proclaimed that "the result is spectacular" with respect to the teaming up of Jesus Culture and Martin Smith on the album, and wrote that "Smith bolsters an already stellar team to greatness." The Christian Manifesto's Calvin E'Jon Moore told that the release has "very few flaws." Joshua Andre of Christian Music Zine evoked how "the 110 minute journey is truly magical and God-breathed!" In addition, Andre found that "Marti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jesus Culture
Jesus Culture is a Christian revivalist youth-oriented organization that was formed at the Bethel Church (Redding, California), Bethel Church of Redding, California, in the United States. Jesus Culture Ministry hosts conferences and operates a record label, Jesus Culture Music. In 2013, Jesus Culture moved to plant a church in Sacramento. Meetings started on September 14, 2014. Background In late 1999, the youth group at Bethel Church in Redding, California, led by youth pastor Banning Liebscher, launched the first Jesus Culture conference. Tony Cummings, music editor of Cross Rhythms, described the ministry as "one of the most significant Christian movements in post-war America". According to Jesus Culture's website, "The heart of these gatherings was to serve other churches and lead young people to experience the radical love of God." In 2013, Jesus Culture moved to Sacramento to plant a church, and meetings started at Folsom High School on September 14, 2014. Conference ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cross Rhythms
Cross Rhythms is a Christian media organisation based in Stoke-on-Trent, England. It operates an FM and online radio station, produces radio shows sent internationally, and its website has resources about contemporary Christian music. History 1983–2002 In 1983, Chris Cole started a 30-minute weekly Christian music radio show on Plymouth Sound FM, an Independent Local Radio station in Plymouth. Originally titled ''The Solid Rock of Jesus Christ'', the programme aired on Sunday evenings. It grew into a one-hour programme, and became one of the most listened to programmes in its time slot in South Devon. The show continued until 1996. In May 1990, music journalist Tony Cummings founded the magazine '' Cross Rhythms''. In 1991, publication of the magazine was taken over by Cole's publishing company, Cornerstone House. That same year, Cross Rhythms took over the organisation and management, of what had previously been the Umberleigh Rock Gospel Festival. The event was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Top Christian Albums
Top Christian Albums is a weekly chart published in ''Billboard'' magazine that ranks the best-performing Christian albums in the United States. Like the ''Billboard'' 200, the data is compiled by Nielsen Soundscan based on each album's weekly physical and digital sales, as well as on-demand streaming and digital sales of its individual tracks. The chart was introduced on the magazine issue dated March 29, 1980, under the title "Best Selling Inspirational LPs". The current name was adopted on August 16, 2003, in an effort to "streamline" chart titles. The first number-one album was Candle's '' Music Machine''. Amy Grant Amy Lee Grant (born November 25, 1960) is an American singer-songwriter and musician. She began her music career in contemporary Christian music (CCM) before crossing over to pop music in the mid-1980s. Grant has been referred to as "Honorific ...'s ''Age to Age'', released in 1982, topped the chart for 85 consecutive weeks, the longest for any album on the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billboard 200
The ''Billboard'' 200 is a record chart ranking the 200 most popular music albums and EPs in the United States. It is published weekly by '' Billboard'' magazine to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists. Sometimes, a recording act is remembered for its " number ones" that outperformed all other albums during at least one week. The chart grew from a weekly top 10 list in 1956 to become a top 200 list in May 1967, acquiring its existing name in March 1992. Its previous names include the ''Billboard'' Top LPs (1961–1972), ''Billboard'' Top LPs & Tape (1972–1984), ''Billboard'' Top 200 Albums (1984–1985), ''Billboard'' Top Pop Albums (1985–1991), and ''Billboard'' 200 Top Albums (1991–1992). The chart is based mostly on sales—both at retail and digital – of albums in the United States. The weekly sales period was Monday to Sunday when Nielsen started tracking sales in 1991, but since July 2015, the tracking week begins on Friday (to coincide ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tim Hughes
Timothy David Llewelyn Hughes (born 23 July 1977) is a British worship leader, singer, songwriter, and Anglican priest. Formerly the director of worship at Holy Trinity Brompton, a large Anglican church in central London, he has since been ordained as a minister in the Church of England and appointed Vicar of St Luke's, Gas Street Birmingham. He leads Worship Central, an international worship training and resource centre. Hughes has written a number of songs that are sung worldwide, including the Dove Award-winning " Here I Am to Worship", "Happy Day", "Beautiful One", "Jesus Saves", "At Your Name", and "The Way". Personal life Hughes, the son of an Anglican vicar, grew up in High Wycombe, before moving to Birmingham as a teenager when his father was appointed vicar of St John's Church, Harborne. He studied history at Sheffield University, graduating in 2000. Hughes is married to Rachel and has four children. Career Worship leader Hughes began his music career in 1997 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darrell Evans (musician)
Darrell Patton Evans TRADING MY SORROWS Work ID No. 885877831 ISWC No. T9133650881 IPI No. 338037076 (born October 6, 1968) is an American evangelical Christian musician and songwriter, known primarily for his contributions to contemporary Christian worship. He is known as the writer of songs like "Trading My Sorrows", "Let the River Flow", "Your Love Is Extravagant", "Redeemer, Savior Friend", "Freedom", and "Fields of Grace." Influenced by the music of Bruce Springsteen and U2, his style of music is noted for its extensive use of free form composition, with several of his songs having been written spontaneously during concerts and worship times. Besides his music writing, he is an accomplished guitar player and singer. Biography He was born in San Francisco, California, into a military family, where they moved frequently around the western United States and Europe. Evans was the oldest child of a practicing Catholic couple. He became a born-again Christian at a Leon Patillo c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeremy Riddle
Jeremy Michael Riddle (born October 18, 1977) is an American Christian musician, songwriter, and worship leader, best known for a long tenure as an ensemble leader with Bethel Music. Background Born in Mount Holly Township, New Jersey Jeremy Riddle's debut album, ''Full Attention'', was released on March 6, 2007. It peaked on the ''Billboard'' Top Christian and Gospel Albums Chart at No. 47, and the only single released from the album, "Sweetly Broken", peaked at No. 19 on both the ''Billboard'' Hot Christian Songs and Christian Airplay Charts. It has also been used as a contemporary worship song. In 2009, Riddle released ''The Now and Not Yet'' through Varietal Records. Riddle has stated on his website that the reason for this album is to " reatefresh expressions of worship that both exalt the Creator and encourage and enlighten the people of God." The album has appeared on two charts, ''Billboard''s Hot Christian Albums format (peaking at No. 15) and the Top Heatseekers (pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Tomlin
Christopher Dwayne Tomlin (born May 4, 1972) is an American contemporary Christian music singer, songwriter, and worship leader from Grand Saline, Texas. He is signed to Universal Music Group, Universal's Capitol Christian Music Group. Some of his most well-known songs are "How Great Is Our God (song), How Great Is Our God", "Our God (song), Our God", "Whom Shall I Fear (God of Angel Armies)" and "Holy Forever". In 2006, according to Christian Copyright Licensing International (CCLI), an organization that licenses music to churches, Tomlin was the most often sung contemporary artist in U.S. congregations. Tomlin has produced 21 number-one radio singles, 30 top-ten hits (more than any other Christian artist), and spent over 158 weeks at number-one during his career. He has sold more than 12 million albums with more than 7 Billion career global streams, won a Grammy Awards, Grammy, three Billboard Music Awards, 31 GMA Dove Awards, is a two-time BMI Film & TV Awards, BMI Songwriter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jason Ingram
Jason David Ingram is an American Christian music producer and songwriter. He has been a songwriter for many Christian artists, including Bebo Norman and Point of Grace. Career Around the end of 2001, he was the first artist to be signed to Resonate Records, an INO Records partnership with Sonicflood's lead vocalist Rick Heil. He subsequently released his first album, ''Jason Ingram'', on March 5, 2002. Since 2003, Ingram has been the lead vocalist of the Christian pop rock band The Longing. Ingram co-founded in 2009 and is currently the lead vocalist for the band One Sonic Society. Ingram has written songs for many contemporary Christian music artists. He wrote Bebo Norman's "I Will Lift My Eyes" and Salvador's "Shine". At the annual SESAC Awards, held in Nashville on March 5, 2007, Ingram received the "Christian Songwriter of the Year" award. After receiving the honor, he told ''Billboard'', "I had no idea, it never crossed my mind. I am so thrilled. You write and you ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stu G
Stuart David Garrard (born 6 July 1963) better known by his stage name Stu G, is an English vocalist, guitarist, and songwriter. He was one third of US-based Christian contemporary music band One Sonic Society, and is writing and recording as a solo artist. He served as the lead guitarist, backing vocalist, and secondary songwriter for the rock band Delirious? from 1994 until 2009. His song writing credits for the band include "Come Like You Promise", "Metamorphis", and "Pursuit of Happiness". His most famous work is probably "Majesty (Here I Am)" (written with Delirious? lead singer Martin Smith). Stu G has also produced his own solo material, and released his first album in 1995. He is also a member of the songwriter's charity CompassionArt. In a documentary coinciding with the Delirious? live DVD ''Now is the Time'', Martin Smith claimed of Stu G that he "can't think of many guitarists that are better than him". Biography Early career 1994–1996 Stu G joined Delir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kim Walker (musician)
Kim Walker-Smith (born December 19, 1981, as Kimberlee Dawn Walker) is an American singer, songwriter, worship leader, and recording artist. She produced her first solo album, ''Here Is My Song'', which was released in February 2008 through the Jesus Culture record label. Walker-Smith was best known as the worship leader for the Jesus Culture Band and Jesus Culture events, and was also known as a worship pastor for Bethel Church in Redding, California Her rendition of the John Mark McMillan song " How He Loves" has been viewed over 27 million times on YouTube. Her rendition of Brian Johnson's and Jon Mohr's song "Where You Go I Go" has over 11 million views on YouTube. Early life Kim Walker was born in Albany, Oregon, and "raised in a small farm town called Klamath Falls, Oregon." Her parents divorced when she was four years old. Her family moved frequently, causing her to be shy and withdrawn as a result of always being "the new kid". Walker stated that her family ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Bashta
Daniel John Bashta (born January 1, 1982) is an American contemporary Christian singer and songwriter raised in Reserve, Louisiana. On September 6, 2011, Bashta released the album entitled ''The Sounds of Daniel Bashta'', his first full-length studio album with Integrity Music record label. The album charted at No. 39 on the ''Billboard'' Magazine Christian Albums and Heatseekers, for the week of September 24, 2011. His song "Like a Lion" became a major Christian Radio hit as "God's Not Dead" for the Newsboys. Bashta's second album, ''The Invisible'', was released as an iTunes LP iTunes LP (referred to in pre-launch press by the code name Cocktail) is a format for interactive album artwork introduced by Apple Inc. on September 9, 2009. It is similar to the CMX format being developed by the three major record labels, an ... with downloadable chord charts and special music videos, including "The Invisible Journey". History Bashta grew up a missionary, traveling the world wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
