For obvious reasons, Christian artists take the Christmas season more seriously than their mainstream counterparts, which is why you'll find a relatively higher percentage of new Christian holiday albums year a... Continue Reading...

Many Christian record labels have struggled in 2004, downsizing their staffs, outsourcing publicity work, and cutting their artist rosters—all making it more difficult to break new talent to Christian... Continue Reading...

Like all of Christian music, worship is a diverse genre. Some albums are designed for use in congregational settings, others for seeker-friendly audiences or personal times of worship. Yet while these albums&am... Continue Reading...

Time again for our annual list of Favorite Worship Albums. The 12 CDs listed here, all released since September 2002, aren't ranked in any particular order, because different people worship in different ways. M... Continue Reading...

The local mall is already decorating for Christmas, so we can start thinking about it too. Besides, the new Christmas albums have already hit the stores. Here's what's new this year.While there aren't many high... Continue Reading...

It's time again to call attention to "the little guys," the up-and-coming Christian artists most people have yet to hear about. I'm especially proud of this list of independent artists (presented in no particul... Continue Reading...

It would probably amaze the average listener (and independent artist, for that matter) how many "indies" are out there today. In just six months since our last indie list, we heard from hundreds of hopeful cand... Continue Reading...

No hype, no radio play, no major distribution. It's not always easy being an independent artist, but it's probably easier today than it ever has been thanks to digital music, CD burners, and of course, the Inte... Continue Reading...

Our first independent artist spotlight from earlier this year was met with such enthusiasm, we decided to make this a semi-annual feature. What follows is another list of ten independent artists (some with smal... Continue Reading...

Contemporary worship was already a phenomenon in Christian music at this time last year. But few could have known about the tragedy that was to come on September 11, or the comfort and impact that songs of wors... Continue Reading...