Contemporary Christian pop-rock band Kutless has released Carry Me to the Cross, a moving ballad from its upcoming album, Believer. Carry Me to the Cross is another great track in the tradition of many fantastic Kutless songs, including the No.1 hit What Faith Can Do and the top 10 hit Everything I Need. The chorus of Carry Me to the Cross, in particular, is breathtaking, and it was all I could do here at the office not to burst out in...

Needtobreathe continues to release some of the best Southern flavored Contemporary Christian music this side of Nashville, and the band’s latest, Able, is no exception to that storied, enviable legacy. The latest release from Needtobreathe’s The Reckoning opus, Able is a fine ballad about humility and reliance on God, produced in the musical tradition of Washed By The Water, full of glorious Hammond-style keys, a full choir, and, of...

New Contemporary Christian artist Andy Cherry is making quite an impact with his debut Christian AC single, “Our God’s Alive.” In its ninth week on the Billboard Christian Songs chart, the track is now at #25, no small feat for a debuting Christian artist. Listening to Our God’s Alive, I can see why people are finding the taste of Cherry quite a pleasant one (see what I did there?): his strong and masculine voice is the...

Aaron Shust makes it three in a row on Billboard’s Christian Songs chart with My Hope Is In You. (He’s pictured here horsing around with fellow Christian singer Jeremy Camp. LOVE THIS SHOT.) Greatest Gainer honors to Phillips Craig and Dean’s When The Stars Burn Down, which jumps 26-16 this week. Top debut honors this week go to...

Korean girl group Secret has released a PV (preview video) for So Much For Goodbye, a track that will apparently feature on the ladies’ second Japanese single, scheduled to drop at the end of the month. (That will make an excellent birthday present for me, I’m just sayin’.) I’m not normally a fan of K-Pop ballads, but So Much For Goodbye works for me very, very well. Jieun and Hyosung deliver, as expected, but the big...