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...

Contemporary Christian artist Phil Wickham has followed up his Soft AC/Inspo Top 10 hit At Your Name (Yahweh Yahweh) with another upbeat track, This Is The Day. The second single off Wickham’s stellar new release, Response, This Is The Day is instantly singable and automatically likeable, culminating in that soaring bridge and powerful final few choruses. If there’s anything that Wickham has shown us in his career, it’s that he...

Contemporary Christian pop-rock band Mikeschair has released All For You from its CD A Beautiful Life. The follow-up to the Top 10 hit, Someone Worth Dying For is a pleasant mid-tempo toe-tapper that may find audiences at Christian AC and Soft AC/Inspo with its anthemic melodic chorus, inspired verses, and soaring bridge. While I would’ve preferred seeing the irresistible Love Won’t Quit On Us as a second single, I’ll gladly...

Contemporary Christian legends Phillips, Craig and Dean have released When The Stars Burn Down, the carrier single of their new album, Breathe In, which drops across the USA in digital and CD formats in March 2012. When The Stars Burn Down was co-written by Jennie Lee Riddle, who also wrote Revelation Song, Phillips, Craig & Dean’s most recent #1 hit; Johnathan Lee shares songwriting credit on Phillips, Craig and Dean’s When The...