Music

The Newsboys is about to begin its largest tour as a band, the "God's Not Dead Tour," which starts in January and will look to promote the release of their latest album.

The title God's Not Dead has invoked a strong response from the band's lead singer Michael Tait.

"He's more than an idea or spiritual being," the Newsboys' Michael Tait told The Christian Post, referring to the title of their new worship album God's Not Dead. more >>

The alternative rock band Switchfoot snagged their name from a surfing term that describes how surfers change their stance to move in the opposite direction. It’s a fitting moniker for the San Diego band given they’ve had highs and lows – not unlike the tides.

Few know this better than Chad Butler. In an interview with The Christian Post, Switchfoot’s drummer describes the tug-of-war between life and death, darkness and light on their latest album Vice Verses. It’s a topsy-turvy world, the skinsman says, and we can only navigate it by giving our lives to God’s will.

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It took losing his earthly father for award-winning singer-songwriter Matt Brouwer to understand his heavenly father.

The Nova Scotia, Canada, native says it's a hard truth that's haunted him ever since he lost his dad in a car accident at age three. Since growing up in a single parent household on a dairy farm with two older brothers, Brouwer has turned his heartbreak into a way of wrestling with God's will through song.

Such raw honesty has bolstered Brouwer's fan base, and the singer now counts Billboard Top 20 singles and Canadian Juno Awards among his achievements. Stopping by the Christian Post's Washington D.C. office en route to New York, the singer shares how with great loss comes even greater love. more >>

Amber Bullock stole the hearts of this season’s record breaking “Sunday Best” audience and she’s about to steal the hearts of gospel music lovers everywhere with her debut Music World release, Thank You.

Like her label mate and fellow “Sunday Best” champion Le’Andria Johnson, Bullock originally just took a chance when she tried out for the show that would change her life.

Never expecting to win, Bullock blew away the competition with her jazzy-style vocals that left her highly esteemed gospel-jazz vocal coach Kim Burrell calling her a natural. more >>

WASHINGTON – Attend an As I Lay Dying concert and one will likely find two things: heavy metal and prayer.

It's a combination most metalheads or Christians wouldn't count on, but it's easy invoking divine intervention when confronted with the "Wall of Death." Hundreds of participants line up on opposing sides of a mosh pit as the band plays, the tension mounts until it snaps and both sides charge at each other in a deluge of whirling bodies. As concert-goers slam in violent communion, it's easy to see why As I Lay Dying defies categorization; it has taken them ten years, but they've conquered the secular heavy metal world while remaining openly Christian.

The group is currently celebrating its 10th anniversary with its "Decade of Destruction" tour crisscrossing America. Josh Gilbert, the band's bassist, said the trek's goal is to thank As I Lay Dying's fans for years of devotion. Such support has gained the San Diego metal act Grammy award nominations and a Billboard Top 10 placement for their last album, 2010's The Powerless Rise. more >>

Christian singer-songwriter Matthew West follows his faith rather than the almighty dollar.

The acclaimed musician maintains it's tough maintaining a livelihood in this economy even as a Dove Award winner. All the same, he says he'd rather preach God's word than increase his net worth any day. Currently touring behind this year's Story of Your Life album, West hopes his new The Heart of Christmas release will remind listeners that Christmas belongs to Christ.

In an interview with The Christian Post, West talks about transforming Christian music for the better and remembering what matters in a season of materialism. As he sees it, this is the season to get spiritual and keep it that way. more >>