Contemporary Christian singer/songwriter Chris August has announced on his website that his new single will be Center of It. The Dove Award winner got into an accident recently – someone got carried away by too much skateboarding fun – and August admits that he had to take time off to rest and heal, an experience completely different from what the singer was used to. This most likely helped color the development of the songs on...

Fresh from the success of the first single Dark Horses and its follow-up Restless, (Contemporary Christian) rock band Switchfoot has released the much harder-edged Afterlife from its Vice Verses opus. While my 35-year-old ears were initially surprised by the rather loud sound, Afterlife quickly grew on me, and I can certainly expect to hear Afterlife playing on CHR rock stations, secular and Christian, throughout the USA. AFTERLIFE...

Contemporary Christian superstar TobyMac has released Me Without You, the carrier single off the rapper’s fifth studio album, scheduled for release in August 2012. Me Without You will be available for commercial purchase via iTunes on June 12th, and as early as now, Christian AC stations are picking up on Me Without You. Me Without You is another toe-tapping, guitar-driven singalong jam that is perfect for driving down the highway...

Contemporary Christian pop-rock band Starfield has released its first-ever official music video, for The Kingdom, lifted off its latest release of the same title. Tim and John Neufeld have crafted some of the more memorable Christian pop-rock anthems of the past few years, including Son of God, Reign in Us, I Will Go, and Let Me Rediscover You. The video of The Kingdom is sprawling in its various location shoots, all designed to highlight...

ALBUM TITLE: Clear the Stage ARTIST: Jimmy Needham PRODUCER: Ed Cash and Jimmy Needham BEST TRACK/S: If I Ever Needed Grace, My Victory, Clear the Stage, Arrows, The Only One OVERALL RATING: 4.5/5 It is no secret that I have the highest respect for Contemporary Christian singer/songwriter Jimmy Needham, but I must tell you that on Clear the Stage (Inpop), Needham has set such remarkable new heights for himself that it boggles the mind why...