Paul Baloche’s The Same Love is doing well on Radio and Records’ Soft AC/Inspo chart (#13 with a bullet), which bodes well for the Contemporary Christian journeyman. The Same Love is striking, not just for its message of hope and redemption, but for its video, which emphasizes the “You’re calling,” part of the song, and uses the ‘paper cups and string’ play-phone concept to “reach out”...

Heather Williams has done it again! With her new single, You Are Loved, Williams proves that she is one of the finer solo female singer/songwriters on the Contemporary Christian scene today. To my recollection, the Contemporary Christian singer/songwriter has released two singles, Hallelujah b/w His Eye Is On The Sparrow and God Is Still God, both of which were really stellar singles, lyrics-wise and melody-wise. You Are Loved is the second...

Contemporary Christian pop-rock band Tenth Avenue North is following up its #1 hit, You Are MOre, with Losing, the carrier single of The Struggle, the band’s new album, dropping in August 2012 across the United States. According to online sources, the band asked for story submissions, and wrote a song of one of the stories; Tenth Avenue North’s Losing tells the story of how a lady named Denise survived a violent attack. I am...

Debuting Contemporary Christian group Rhett Walker Band must be doing something right; its debut single, When Mercy Found Me is picking up rapidly at Christian AC. Signed to Patton House Management – they’re labelmates with JIMMY NEEDHAM! I love them already! – and released via Essential/PLG, When Mercy Found Me is powerful in its singable chorus and memorable in its celebration of God’s grace. When Walker sings,...

This week’s round of Ganns’ Giveaways is brought to us by House of Praise. We’re giving away two copies of Heal Our Land, the brand-new studio album from Australian praise and worship group Planetshakers! The recent Manila visitors really take it to town with this new album, which features the powerful tracks Supernatural, Power and Do It Again, as well as the moving Heal Our Land and Strength of My Life. And get this: the...