Contemporary Christian artist Mark Roach has staged a comeback with a 2012 EP titled Beautiful Truth. Roach first showed up on my radar a couple of years ago, when two of his singles, The Least I Can Do and Surrounded, which did pretty well on the Soft AC/Inspo charts at the time. I’m glad he’s back, because Mark Roach makes some of the most radio-friendly, singable songs to which I’ve ever had the pleasure of listening,...

Contemporary Christian rock group Needtobreathe’s southern-style Contemporary Christian style has always appealed to me, and the release of Keep Your Eyes Open from The Reckoning excites me for several reason. I love the introductory piano lines, the big drums, the powerful voice of Bear Rinehart, the easy singsong of the chorus, the encouraging tone of the song (despite its somewhat somber message… everything about Keep Your...

Contemporary Christian artist Andy Cherry has followed up his debut single Our God’s Alive with his take on the classic Christian hymn, Nothing But The Blood. Instead of bestowing expected piety on the famous Christian paean to the blood that grants mankind salvation, Cherry instead chooses to infuse it with southern pop-rock, throwing in some rollicking drum work and an original refrain of his own writing. Does it work? Yes and no....

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...