EMI Christian Music Group took home 13 Dove Awards at the Gospel Music Association's annual award show last Wednesday. The evening started off with a bang with the show opening performance of "Lose My Soul" by TobyMac featuring Kirk Franklin and American Idol's Mandisa and a full gospel choir dancing and singing in the aisles. ...

iTunes is celebrating the popular worship music of the Passion experience at a new centralized page on the site known as "The iTunes Guide to the Passion Movement." In addition to crisp categorization and easy links to every available Passion recording, there are also fun new "celebrity playlists" from Passion artists Chris ...

A recent piece in the Mobile Press-Register offers a candid look at the How Great Is Our God Tour featuring Dove Award winning artist-worshipers Chris Tomlin ("Indescribable") and Matt Redman ("The Heart of Worship") as well as Passion worship conference founder and speaker Louie Giglio. "It is a night of worship to ...

PASSION 07 EP - PART 3, a digital download featuring exclusive music and spoken word content from the Passion 07 worship conference, debuted at #1 this week on the iTunes Christian music chart. At the same time, the set's predecessors remain in the Top 5 as well. The newest installment - PART 3 - features live performances of "Marvelous ...

Minnesota's St. Paul Pioneer Press recently interviewed artist-worshiper Chris Tomlin prior to his local appearance on the How Great Is Our God Tour for a story called "Five Questions with Mr. Hymn." "Tomlin's songs are sung more often in U.S. churches than any other contemporary artist," the newspaper reports. ...

Minnesota's St. Paul Pioneer Press recently interviewed artist-worshiper Chris Tomlin prior to his local appearance on the How Great Is Our God Tour for a story called "Five Questions with Mr. Hymn." "Tomlin's songs are sung more often in U.S. churches than any other contemporary artist," the newspaper reports. ...

Subscribers to the free service HearItFirst.com have an exciting new contest to enter. The popular Christian music site will give away one Taylor acoustic guitar personally signed by the industry's 2006 Artist of the Year and current GRAMMY nominee Chris Tomlin. The contest runs from January 31 through March 6, and you can enter once per day ...

Subscribers to the free service HearItFirst.com have an exciting new contest to enter. The popular Christian music site will give away one Taylor acoustic guitar personally signed by the industry's 2006 Artist of the Year and current GRAMMY nominee Chris Tomlin. The contest runs from January 31 through March 6, and you can enter once per day ...

Matt Redman has penned hits for everyone from Michael W. Smith and Rebecca St. James to Kutless and Tree 63. But now, the British songsmith and worshiper is climbing the charts under his own name like never before with a new solo album, BEAUTIFUL NEWS, which hit stores just after Christmas. Following its debut at #19 on Billboard magazine's ...

The Passion 07 worship conference held last week in Atlanta, Georgia, exceeded expectations with more than 22,000 college students in attendance from around the world, including all fifty United States. With global aid as a major theme, a fundraising goal of $500,000 actually reached $700,000 as the event closed. Passion founder/director Louie ...