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Relentless (Natalie Grant Album)
''Relentless'' is the sixth studio album by contemporary Christian music singer Natalie Grant. It was released on February 12, 2008, through Curb Records. Critical reception Andree Farias of AllMusic said "After surviving two label shutdowns and constant trial-and-error, the powerhouse vocalist finally hit it big with 2005's '' Awaken'', her best-selling fifth studio album. Before that, it was false start after false start—the singer with the big voice and even bigger Christian pop dreams couldn't seem to get her break. But ''Awaken'' was different. For the first time, Grant was finally taking the reins of her career, forging a vision of her own, handling a larger share of the songwriting duties, and opting for a more mature, pop/rock-inflected adult contemporary sound. With ''Relentless'', Grant continues this maturation process, displaying even more artistic autonomy, aggression, and adventurousness than before. For a Christian pop diva, she's certainly taking a lot of risks h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catt Gravitt
Cathy Lee "Catt" Gravitt is an American songwriter based in Nashville, Tennessee. In the music business for over 20 years, she signed on as a writer with her current publishing company, Razor and Tie, in 2008. Gravitt has songwriting credits in multiple genres and has written songs with or for several artists including Kid Rock, Kelly Clarkson, Kelsea Ballerini, Jake Owen, Vince Gill and Natalie Grant, among others. In 2012, she won the SESAC Songwriter of the Year award. Gravitt most recently won the Canadian Country Music Association's 2018 Songwriter(s) of the Year award, along with co-writers Skip Black and Aaron Goodvin, for the song " Lonely Drum", performed by Aaron Goodvin. Career After graduating from Eastern Illinois University with a journalism degree, Gravitt initially set out to be an artist. She was signed to A&M Records in an all-girl pop group in Los Angeles. After the group parted ways she made her way to Nashville where she sparked the attention of producer G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Natalie Grant
Natalie Diane Grant (born December 21, 1971) is an American singer and songwriter of contemporary Christian music. She received the Gospel Music Association's Dove Award for Female Vocalist of the Year four consecutive years, 2006–2009, and a fourth additional prize in 2012. She has been nominated for nine Grammy Awards (2012, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, and 2020). Early life Grant was born December 21, 1971 in Seattle. She enrolled at Northwest College (now Northwest University) in Kirkland, Washington studying to be a schoolteacher. She reportedly figured that her musical gifts were merely for sharing with her local church until she learned how to find God's true calling for her life. She switched directions and began a career in Christian music. Career Grant first started in contemporary Christian music when she auditioned for the travelling music group Truth. Later she moved to Nashville to pursue her solo career. There she signed with Benson Records in 1997 and began ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Horse And The Cherry Tree
"Black Horse and the Cherry Tree" is a song by Scottish singer-songwriter KT Tunstall from her 2004 debut album, ''Eye to the Telescope''. The track was released on 21 February 2005 as the lead single from the album, charting at 28 on the UK Singles Chart the same month. The following year, the single became a hit outside Europe, reaching No. 7 in Canada and No. 20 in the United States and New Zealand. Song information KT Tunstall said of the song: Tunstall also said the song was inspired by one summer when she was travelling across Greece on a moped and saw a large black horse "going nuts" in an olive grove. She wrote the track years later after watching a concert by Son of Dave, which inspired her to write a bluesy song. The lyric "my heart stops dead" refers to a heart murmur she had as a baby. She said, "I got into this fantasy that my heart felt betrayed and had decided to stop working. The song is about having to dig incredibly deep to find out who you wanna be." The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nashville String Machine
Nashville String Machine is a musical collective comprising session musicians, based in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. Members of the group have been credited on records dating from 1972 to the present, although the group was formally formed as "The Nashville String Machine" in 1981. The group was formed by violinists Carol Walker Gorodetzky (b. March 23, 1942 in Nashville, Tennessee, died 2023) and her husband concertmaster Carl J. Gorodetzky (b. March 6, 1937 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, married to Carol Gorodetzky January 26, 1980). They oversee the contracting of arrangers, players and studio support as needed; their available supply of potential orchestra members maximizes at 80. Since the required number of orchestra members changes from project to project, individual members vary. However, there are three members of the ensemble who date from its 1981 founding: * Pam Sixfin – violin * Gary Vanosdale – viola * Craig Nelson – arco bass. Carol Walker Gorodetzky, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shannon Forrest
Shannon Forrest (born August 22, 1973, in Easley, South Carolina) is an American drummer and percussionist known primarily for his session work. As a session drummer, he has contributed to the work of many well-known artists, and he is also a producer and engineer. Additionally, he served as touring drummer of Toto from 2014 to 2019, and again from 2024 to the present. Biography Session work Forrest began his career working with his father Otis Forrest at The Sounding Board Studio in Easley, SC. There he recorded many projects with traditional southern Gospel and local country artists. He moved on to work as a Nashville session musician, where Forrest has been involved in the recording of successful albums by Brooks & Dunn, Taylor Swift, Rascal Flatts, Carrie Underwood, Mary Chapin Carpenter, The Chieftains, Willie Nelson, Ricky Skaggs, Trisha Yearwood, Lee Ann Womack, Jerry Douglas, Merle Haggard, Tim McGraw, Josh Turner, Toby Keith, Alabama, Montgomery Gentry, Kenny Rogers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Owsley (musician)
William Reese Owsley III (March 6, 1966 – April 30, 2010), known professionally as Owsley, was an American singer and songwriter. His two solo albums won critical acclaim, and his debut album was nominated for a Grammy Award, as was the song "Threaten Me With Heaven".Buckner, Brett (February 10, 2012)"Swan song: After his death, Will Owsley song nominated for a Grammy award" ''Anniston Star''. Owsley was also a record producer, a recording engineer, and the guitarist in Amy Grant's touring band. Early life and influences Owsley was born and raised in Anniston, Alabama, in a musical household. His father was the Drum major (marching band), drum major of the Million Dollar Band (marching band), Million Dollar Band, the marching band of the University of Alabama; his mother was a singer and stage actress; his sister was a classically trained pianist, and his brother was a rock guitarist. Owsley graduated from the Rectory SchoolThe Birmingham News (May 3, 2010)William Reese III ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Moak
Paul Moak (born July 8, 1979) is an American producer, engineer, mixer, and multi-instrumentalist currently residing in Nashville, Tennessee. Biography Paul Greer Moak, III was born in Jackson, Mississippi, on July 8, 1979. He learned music at a young age and began touring and recording with artists soon after, primarily as a session guitarist but performing on other instruments as well.Discogs.com''Album credits for Paul Moak as a session musician.'' 2002–present. Over the years, Paul began to transition to the roles of producer, engineer, and mixer.AlbumCredits.com''AlbumCredits.com Page for Paul Moak'' 2002–present. He moved to Nashville, TN in 1998, where he had his first private studio. In early 2004, Paul opened "The Smoakstack" in Nashville with Will Sayles, a 1,760 square-foot recording facility consisting of three tracking rooms and a control room, as well as a lounge, kitchen, and bathroom. The studio used Pro Tools HD 7, with twenty-four inputs/outputs and API/ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenny Greenberg
Kenneth S. Greenberg is an American guitarist, songwriter, producer, and session musician. He is known for bringing a rock-and-roll sensibility to Nashville recording sessions. Biography Greenberg was born in Cleveland, Ohio but attended junior high and high school in Louisville, Kentucky. He moved to Nashville at age 21 to play guitar professionally, initially playing on demos and then recording sessions. Tony Brown was instrumental in helping Greenberg break into production and session work. Greenberg has worked with Taylor Swift, Amy Grant, Brooks & Dunn, Gretchen Wilson, Willie Nelson, Jewel, Wynonna Judd, Lee Ann Womack, Toby Keith, Trisha Yearwood, Montgomery Gentry, Peter Cetera, Faith Hill, Cyndi Lauper, and other artists. Greenberg has toured with Kenny Chesney, Faith Hill, and Bob Seger. Record production Greenberg produced albums for Pam Tillis ('' Thunder & Roses''), The Mavericks ('' The Mavericks''), Allison Moorer ('' The Hardest Part'', '' Down to Beli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stuart Townend (musician)
Stuart Townend (born 1963) is an English Christian worship leader and writer of hymns and contemporary worship music. His songs include "In Christ Alone (song), In Christ Alone", (2001, co-written with Keith Getty, Townend's first collaboration with any other songwriter), "How Deep The Father's Love For Us", "Beautiful Saviour" and "The King of Love". As of 2008, Christian Copyright Licensing International (CCLI) lists "In Christ Alone" in its Top 25 CCLI Songs list. Career Townend, son of a Church of England vicar in Sowerby Bridge, West Yorkshire has three older siblings. His father, Rev. John Townend, was vicar of Christ Church, Sowerby Bridge from 1974 until his death in a motor accident in 1985. Townend started learning to play the piano at age 7."Biography of Stuart Townend" BBC Religion and Ethics, 2004, accessed 1 May 2005 At the age of 13, he made a Christian commitment, and began songwriting at age 22. He studied literature at the University of Sussex. He is married w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keith Getty
Julian Keith Getty (born 16 December 1974) is a Northern Irish businessman, Christian singer and songwriter, best known for writing the song " In Christ Alone" in 2001 with veteran songwriter and worship leader Stuart Townend. Getty and his wife, Kristyn, also release music under the musical duo Keith & Kristyn Getty. Overview Getty is a composer of Christian hymns. His song " In Christ Alone" is sung by an estimated 100 million people worldwide each year and was voted the third most popular hymn of all time in Britain on BBC's Songs of Praise. He has since written or published 38 of the top 500 songs sung in churches in the USA and UK as measured by CCLI. As a recording artist, Getty's album ''Confessio: Irish American Roots'' was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Gospel Roots Album and he has received two GMA Dove Awards. Often considered an ambassador for hymns, he has performed at venues including Carnegie Hall, Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Royal Alb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
In Christ Alone (song)
"In Christ Alone" is a British popular modern Christian song written by Keith Getty and Stuart Townend, both songwriters of Christian hymns and contemporary worship music in the United Kingdom. The song, with a strong Irish melody, is the first hymn they penned together. The music was by Getty and the original lyrics by Townend. It was composed in 2001. "In Christ Alone" is considered a Christian credal song for belief in Jesus Christ. The theme of the song is the life, death and resurrection of Christ, and that he is God whom even death cannot hold. The song is commonly known as "In Christ Alone (My Hope Is Found)" and "In Christ Alone (I Stand)" taking verses from the song. It has become very popular and has been the subject of many cover versions and many language translations. Popularity The song was composed in 2001 and originally released on the Kingsway album '' New Irish Hymns'', featuring vocalists Máire Brennan, Margaret Becker, and Joanne Hogg. It gaine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christa Wells
Christa Nichole Wells (''née'', Rogers; born August 23, 1973) is an American singer-songwriter, who primarily plays an indie pop style of music. She has released two full-length independently-made studio albums, ''Frame the Clouds'' in 2009 and ''Feed Your Soul'' in 2013. Along with these, Wells has released two extended play albums, ''How Emptiness Sings'', in 2011 and ''Covers'' in 2015. She was awarded the Dove Award for Songwriter of the Year, in 2006, for the song, "Held", on Natalie Grant's ''Awaken'' album. Early and personal life Christa Nichole Rogers, now Wells, was born on August 23, 1973, in Palo Pinto, Texas, the daughter of Gordon and Sharon Rogers (''née'', Covert). Her father was in the military, which caused the family to frequently move. She studied music industry and English education, while enrolled at Anderson University in Anderson, Indiana. She married Toby Wells in 1994, and they have five children, biological and adopted. Music career Wells started h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
