Contemporary Christian supergroup Casting Crowns has released Jesus Friend of Sinners to radio just a few weeks after the release of Just Another Birthday. While I am overjoyed to have this song – one of the best songs on Come to the Well lyrically – I am also a little saddened that we couldn’t see a bigger promotional push behind Just Another Birthday, which, aside from being one of the rare Casting Crowns singles to not...

The Rend Collective Experiment debuted this week on Billboard’s Christian Songs at #25, no small feat for a band’s first chart ink, and even better, for a band out of Ireland. But then again, the Rend Collective Experiment is no ordinary group. Birthed in 2004 as a group of mixed-up young adults looking to understand life, God and what it means to be part of a vibrant creative community. Eight years later, the band earns its...

Contemporary Christian vocal duo Shane Barnard and Shane Everett, collectively known as Shane and Shane, have released a follow-up to the incredible The One You Need. Without You is an equally powerful song of worship to God, a song that absolutely bursts with emotion as the singers calls out to God to be with them. Shane and Shane are gifted vocalists, and their harmonies have never been tighter of Without You. The track is now rising up...

Contemporary Christian pop-rock trio Remnant has released Something Real to Christian Soft AC/Inspo, a track that I instantly liked at first listen, thanks to the memorable chorus, the encouraging message, and the confident voice of lead vocalist Josh Caldwell on lead vocals and guitar, Christian Bllalock on lead guitar and Byron Betsill on bass. Remnant has produced a strong sound not unlike Needtobreathe or Third Day, with a touch of...

I’ve just learned that Contemporary Christian rock band The City Harmonic has released Mountaintop off their I Have a Dream album. Now this really excites me. Not just because Mountaintop is the best track off this album, but because I Have a Dream – the title track – wasn’t really as catchy as the band’s hit single Manifesto, and Mountaintop was a bigger single, in my opinion. Plus the instrumentation on the...