The Newsboys have been in the game for a long time. In fact, this release officially marks their 23rd LP release, although there are a few ways to count. Coming off of the successful "Newsboys United" tour, this release sees current frontman Michael Tait step back into the spotlight, this time joined by Adam Agee, formerly of pop-punk outfit Stellar Kart, and later (for a brief window), Audio Adrenaline 3.0.

This latest release, World Wide Revival: Part One, is the first of a two-album release plan, and as fans may have guessed, we see the band fall fully into the "big arena worship" sound. To the band's credit, they do deliver on "bigness" throughout the eight-song worship set, easily surpassing the quality of many of their contemporaries. That being said, that isn't a particularly high bar...

July 24, 2024 ... The Gospel Music Association has revealed the nominees for the 55th Annual GMA Dove Awards: Brandon Lake takes the lead with sixteen nominations including Artist of the Year. Jeff Pardo received eleven nominations with Chris Brown, Chandler Moore and Jonathan Smith each receiving ten. CeCe Winans and Naomi Raine lead the female nominees with five nominations each. Nominees were announced earlier this morning on SiriusXM The Message by GMA Dove Awards host, Tauren Wells. The 55th Annual GMA Dove Awards, presented in partnership with the Cantinas Arts Foundation, will be held October 1, 2024 at the Allen Arena in Nashville, TN, and will air exclusively on TBN and TBN+ Friday, and simulcast on SiriusXM The Message, October 4, 2024 at 8pm and 10pm ET...

It's now been nearly 20 years since Alt/Ambient Rock band My Epic first appeared on the scene, offering listeners a shockingly deep take on the genre, both melodically and lyrically. Their auditory palette has ranged from contemplative acoustic fingerstyling all the way to screams and thrashing guitars, often with a healthy dose of shoegaze-like interludes spread in between. Such a versatile degree of tracks has enabled the band to seize the attention of elderly parents, angst-ridden teenage girls, gym bros, and theologians alike.

My Epic's last LP, Behold, was released all the way back in 2013. It was critically-lauded and featured a rich atmosphere of meditative and heavy theological topics. In a way, it felt more like a message...