Veteran rock and rollers NEEDTOBREATHE could throw their hat in the ring for the title of "hardest working band" in show business (perhaps competing with the Black Keys and Coldplay). Since their beginning in the mid-aughts, they have put out an album nearly every other year, toured extensively and even found the time and bandwidth for solo albums (the fantastic Wilder Woods albums) and non-profit humanitarian causes. And to the band's credit, their track record of solid albums continues with the dusty, downbeat, and soulful The Long Surrender.

The album begins with the poignant and affecting title track that finds lead singer Bear Rinehart testifying about the tough moments in life against a...

For 20 years, Ginny Owens has been a consistent voice in the waning CCM pop world. With 10 studio albums, a handful of EPs, and even books to her credit, Owens has been a prolific force. Now, after a 3-year gap from her last musical offering, Owens is back with her new EP, Different Kind of Water. Containing five tracks of piano-laden pop, Owens sets out to encourage the listener to not get caught up in worldly pursuits, but to seek a heavenly treasure instead.

The music of this EP is definitely in a classic piano pop vein, reminiscent of the 2000s. The opening title track feels the most like an overt throwback, while the rest of the EP feels more modern. "On Repeat" takes...

2026 is the new 2016. It was a decade ago when Elevation Worship released Here As In Heaven, a defining project for the group featuring songs like "Here As In Heaven," "Resurrecting," and "O Come to the Altar." A project that really helped shape the sound of modern worship and set the tone for so much of what we're still hearing today.

Ten years later, Elevation Worship returns with a new live album, SO BE IT. Even the cover feels intentional, pulling from the same color palette as Hallelujah Here Below. This is a declarative record, one that sits in agreement with the Word of God. It immediately pulls me to the Book of Proverbs...