Sanctus Real's Fifth Studio Album, Pieces Of A Real Heart Releases
(3/9/2010)GRAMMY-nominated, Dove Award winning Sanctus Real releases its fifth studio album, Pieces Of A Real Heart, on Sparrow Records today amidst wide critical acclaim. The album is the result of the band maturing and growing as songwriters, musicians and individuals, while retaining its aggressive edge and incorporating a more diverse musical palette of instrumentation and themes.
Embracing the updated sound, radio has already launched the first single from Pieces Of A Real Heart, "Forgiven," to the top of the charts and gathered enough spins across multiple Christian radio formats to make it the No. 5 most played song this week on Billboard's National Audience Monitored chart. As the single continues to gain momentum, the song has also become the first video from Pieces Of A Real Heart. Yahoo!, the No. 3 most trafficked US site on the internet, debuts the "Forgiven" video this week at (http://new.music.yahoo.com/sanctus-real). Following the Yahoo! debut, the video, which is directed by Nathan Corrona, will run on numerous other outlets nationwide.
Sanctus Real further recorded an acoustic version of "Forgiven" and four more acoustic songs from Pieces Of A Real Heart for its Digital Deluxe edition. This Deluxe edition features all the studio recordings, the five acoustic versions and a digital booklet, all available exclusively through digital retailers for $12.99, including iTunes (http://bit.ly/d7h5OM).
Sanctus Real is also offering music fans the opportunity to download a FREE song from the new album. Anyone can immediately receive the brand new song, "These Things Take Time," by re-tweeting or posting the link http://www.tweematic.com/sanctusreal/ on their facebook pages. Sanctus Real guitarist Chris Rohman has called this song one of his "absolute favorites off the new record."
Music fans can also listen to the full album that is available to stream now from http://www.rhapsody.com/sanctus-real/pieces-of-a-real-heart.
As the album hits physical and digital retail outlets everywhere today, here is what media critics are already saying about Pieces Of A Real Heart:
"With honest lyrical prose and heightened musical charm, Sanctus Real re-energizes their stay as one of Christian music's favorite bands. Leading with their bona fide hit, 'Forgiven,' the pop/rock [band] charters through the vulnerable sway between faith and doubt with such ease, listening to Pieces Of A Real Heart feels more like eavesdropping into a Christian pilgrim's personal spiritual journey, full of perpetual questions and surrender." – CCM
"Best overall album by one of the premier bands in Christian music… I expect multiple hit songs to emerge from this album. Sanctus Real has really hit the mark with Pieces Of A Real Heart." – NewReleaseTuesday.com (Album rated A+)
"They've developed a more refined and mature pop/rock sound. They still pack plenty of energy and overflow with sunny harmonies, but now with swelling keyboards and the occasional string accompaniment." – ChristianityToday.com
Popularly known for its captivating recordings and live performances, Toledo, Ohio-based Sanctus Real is playing "Forgiven," "Lead Me" and other new songs from Pieces Of A Real Heart, as well as fan favorites spanning 13 No. 1 and Top 5 radio hits, on its headline spring tour with special guests Addison Road, Above the Golden State, Me In Motion and Speaker Sammy Adebiyi. The tour launched March 3 in Albuquerque and travels coast to coast through April 18. This leg of its 2010 tour is sponsored by the charity, Mocha Club (www.mochaclub.org), an online community of people giving up the cost of two mochas a month ($7) to fund relief and development projects in Africa. (See below for upcoming Spring tour dates.)
Sanctus Real is all about living out their lives as "real" Christians, not only on the stage and as they interact with fans, but in the quieter moments of their lives as husbands, fathers and fellow believers. The band creates compelling, authentic music that lives up to the meaning of their name: to be Holy (Latin meaning of "Sanctus").
Sanctus Real's 2006 breakthrough album, The Face of Love, landed at No 2 on the Billboard Top Heetseekers chart and amassed a string of radio hits, including the No. 1 songs "I'm Not Alright" and "Don't Give Up." The band's most recent release, We Need Each Other, garnered the band a GRAMMY nomination, and the album's title track became the band's sixth No. 1 radio single.
For all the latest Sanctus Real news, go to www.sanctusreal.com, www.myspace.com/sanctusreal, and www.emicmg.com.
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Skillet Unveils New Headline Tour
(3/9/2010)Atlantic/Ardent/INO's Artist and Group of the Year Dove-nominated recording group Skillet has announced details of their upcoming headline tour. The "Awake & Alive Tour" begins April 15th at Scranton, Pennsylvania's Scranton Cultural Center and then continues through late May (see itinerary below or click here). Joining the Grammy-nominated rock outfit on the trek will be fellow nominees RED, whose most recent effort, "Innocence & Instinct," climbed its way to the Top 5 on iTunes Top Albums chart. Also joining the tour will be hard rock outfit, The Letter Black.
One of America's hardest working live acts, Skillet – who spent the first part of 2010 touring alongside Atlantic labelmates Shinedown – is currently co-headlining the "Awake Tonight" tour with TobyMac, which kicked off to several sold out shows last week, and will also be headlining a number of upcoming summer festivals.
The "Awake & Alive Tour" celebrates the continuing success of Skillet's acclaimed new album, "AWAKE," which reached the #1 spot on the iTunes Store's "Top Albums" chart within 24 hours of its release last summer. The album also made a blockbuster debut on the SoundScan/Billboard 200, entering the chart at #2. The album continues to reign as a favorite, ascending the upper half of the Billboard 200.
Produced by Howard Benson (Three Days Grace, Daughtry, Flyleaf), "AWAKE" is highlighted by the electrifying single, "Monster." The track is currently a top 5 smash at Active Rock outlets nationwide, while also scoring top 20 airplay at Mainstream Rock.
What's more, "Hero" – the second mainstream single from "AWAKE" – has been featured in an array of high-profile promotional campaigns, including WWE's annual Royal Rumble pay-per-view and is set to arrive at Active Rock outlets this week. Likewise, "Hero" has already hit the top spot on the Christian CHR and Rock charts, and now, after being the most-added it's first week out, the second Christian radio single "Awake & Alive," is already Top 10 at Christian rock and Top 15 at CHR.
Founded in 1996, Skillet has earned rapturous praise for their inspirational and intense approach to hard-edged alternative rock. Continually gaining praise in the Christian market, the mainstream is following suit, with Hit Parader celebrating Skillet for "(bringing) to mind the kind of slick, studio-savvy work that made vintage Aerosmith and Bon Jovi so much fun to listen to." "Skillet…continually push their musical muscle with soaring guitar work interspersed with their take on 80's hair-metal ballads," declared Mix.
In addition to cumulative album sales in excess of 1.6 million, Skillet has racked up a wide range of honors throughout their extraordinary career. Frontman John Cooper and producer Brian Howes recently collected two BMI Music Awards for "The Last Night" and "The Older I Get," both featured on 2006's Grammy Award-nominated "COMATOSE." That album proved Skillet's most popular work to date, achieving RIAA gold certification. "COMATOSE" followed the band's 2003 label debut, "COLLIDE," which launched Skillet into the mainstream while also garnering their first Grammy Award nomination.
For up-to-the-minute news and information, visit www.skillet.com or www.myspace.com/skilletmusic.
Skillet's latest, "AWAKE," continues to propel the incredible momentum the rock outfit has going for them with a blockbuster debut at No. 2 on Billboard's Top 200, selling over 67,000 units and peaking at No. 1 on iTune's "Top Albums" chart and "Top Rock" chart. Already over 300k in scans in just 20 weeks (more than double that of the GOLD selling COMATOSE), "AWAKE" was Amazon.com's best selling Christian CD of 2009, and boasts the No. 4 mainstream Active Rock single in the country with "Monster," which was also AOL Music's No. 4 mainstream rock song of last year, and the No. 1 Christian CHR & Rock single, "Hero," which has been used all season long by the NFL in their, Sunday Night Football and NFL Weekend Kickoff promos.
Skillet has toured with the likes of mainstream megastars Breaking Benjamin, Three Days Grace, Seether and Flyleaf, and headlined a slew of major Christian festivals, all followed by solo tours that ranked within Pollstar's Concert Pulse Top 50 Tours. Along the way, the two-time Grammy®-nominated alternative rockers also scored seven consecutive number one Christian radio singles, a 2008 GMA Dove Award for "Rock Song of the Year," and a 2009 nomination for Artist of the Year. Along with a trio of singles on Billboard's Mainstream Rock charts, a pair of BMI Songwriting Awards, and being chosen as Reader's Poll favorites on several top ccm websites, they also released their first ever concert CD/DVD combo pack "Comatose Comes Alive."
SKILLET AWAKE & ALIVE TOUR w/ RED and The Letter Black
(all dates subject to change)
APRIL
15 Scranton, PA Scranton Cultural Center
18 Charlotte, NC Bojangles Coliseum
22 Raleigh, NC TBA
23 Savannah, GA TBA
24 Aiken, SC USC Aiken Convocation Center
25 Pensacola, FL Saenger Theater
29 Lafayette, LA Cajundome Convention Center
MAY
2 Jonesboro, AR ASU Convocation Center
4 Ft. Smith, AR Ft. Smith Convention Center
6 Park City, KS Hartman Arena
7 Dodge City, KS Dodge City Civic Center
9 Topeka, KS Kansas Expocentre
11 Bismarck, ND Bismarck Civic Center
13 Rapid City, SD Rushmore Plaza Civic Center
15 Fargo, ND Urban Plains Center
20 Saginaw, MI Dow Event Center (Theater)
21 East Lansing, MI Michigan State Univ. Concert Auditorium
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Another #1 Single For Thousand Foot Krutch Off Latest Album
(3/8/2010)Thousand Foot Krutch continues to garner success from their recent release "Welcome to the Masquerade" as the band received another No. 1 Christian Rock single with "Fire It Up." This marks the band's second No. 1 rock single off of their fifth studio album following "Bring Me To Life." In addition, "Fire It Up" has had numerous TV, film, gaming and sport arena placements including the latest feature at the Super Bowl this year. "Fire It Up" joins the other rock No. 1 singles for TFK: "Puppet," "Absolute," "Faith, Love and Happiness," "The Art of Breaking," "Rawkfist," "Phenomenon," "Falls Apart" and "Bring Me To Life." This single also gave TFK their fourth Top 20 hit on the Active Rock chart. Here's what stations are saying about "Fire It Up":
"We are so excited that 'Fire It Up' has gone to #1! Well deserved from an amazing band who is guaranteed to have many more!"
-Radio U's Nikki Cantu
"'Fire it Up' reminds us why the TFK guys are the Kings of the Rock Anthem. One of the Hottest songs we've spun in years. It's "Rawkfist" for 2010. This is why we have Rock Radio!"
-Cale Nelson, The Z Nation Music Director
"TFK has always been one of our all-time top artists - and 'Fire It Up' delivers on that expectation from our listeners, with an irresistible explosion of rock."
-Brian Harman, The Effect Radio Network Music Director
Thousand Foot Krutch's "Welcome to the Masquerade" was also nominated for a JUNO Award in the "Contemporary Christian / Gospel Album of the Year." The 39th JUNO Awards, Canada's Music Awards, are in association with The Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (CARAS). This nomination coincides with the success of the album as it was also honored with two Dove Award nominations for "Rock Recorded Song of the Year" ("Bring Me To Life") and "Rock Album of the Year." The Juno Awards are April 19 and the Dove Awards are April 21.
Since the release of "Welcome to the Masquerade," the band has nabbed much media attention as well as the opening spot on select Breaking Benjamin's upcoming tour dates. TFK will open for Breaking Benjamin starting this weekend March 13th concluding the 21st. Dates and ticket information online.
For more information on TFK visit their website (www.thousandfootkrutch.com) MySpace (www.myspace.com/thousandfootkrutch) Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/thousandfootkrutch) and Twitter - @officialTFK.
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Tobymac's Song 'Tonight' Chosen As Theme Song For MLB Networks'
(3/8/2010)Following the highest sales debut of his solo career with his new CD TONIGHT (No. 6 on Billboard Top 200/No. 1 Christian SoundScan/No. 2 iTunes® overall), multi-platinum and GRAMMY® Award winning artist TobyMac is now celebrating the project's title track being chosen as the theme song for Major League Baseball Network's (MLB) 30 CLUBS IN 30 DAYS spring training series. The song will be featured throughout each episode.
With just 41 days until Opening Day, MLB Network recently announced it will once again televise the Spring Training series 30 Clubs in 30 Days, with hour-long features on each of the 30 Major League clubs previewing the 2010 season. The new season of 30 Clubs in 30 Days will provide extensive coverage of each team with field reports, interviews, predictions and inside access to every club's training camp as Opening Day approaches. A preview of the new season can be viewed on MLB Network's web site.
30 Clubs in 30 Days premieres on Wednesday, March 3 at 5:00 p.m. ET with the Detroit Tigers, followed by the New York Yankees on Thursday, March 4 at 5:00 p.m. ET (check www.mlbnetwork.com for updates).
Sold out and packed crowds helped TobyMac kick off the AWAKE TONIGHT tour with Skillet last week, which runs through April 11. For tour dates and more information on TobyMac, go to: http://www.tobymac.com
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Big Daddy Weave Launches 'We Want The World To Hear' Spring Tour
(3/8/2010)Fervent Records' recording artist Big Daddy Weave is hitting the road this week for the "We Want the World to Hear" tour featuring special guests Chris and Conrad. Heading into their 11th year as a band with all original members, Big Daddy Weave will visit more than 20 cities across the South, Midwest and Southeast regions performing songs from their most recent album, What Life Would Be Like, and other Big Daddy Weave fan favorites.
"We are really excited to be heading out on the 'We Want the World to Hear' tour with our good friends Chris and Conrad," says lead singer, Mike Weaver. "It's not just the name of a tour or title of a song. We are excited to share hope with people who might be stressed out during this time of uncertainty in our world. We want the world to hear the hope we have in Jesus."
Big Daddy Weave hit the spotlight in 2002 when One and Only debuted in SoundScan's Christian Top 5, the highest debut for a new artist that year. Garnering their first CHR No. 1 at radio with "Audience of One," the band's other chart-topping songs include "You're Worthy Of My Praise" and "Every Time I Breathe." Big Daddy Weave has additionally been featured on several special event albums such as: Dove Hits, WOW Hits, WOW Worship, WOW Christmas and the Absolute series. For more information on Big Daddy Weave and the "We Want the World to Hear" tour, visit www.bigdaddyweave.com.
Chris and Conrad exploded on the scene in 2009 with their debut Top 5 hit "Lead Me To The Cross". Their new single "You're The One" is already a Top 20 hit and climbing fast. For more information on Chris and Conrad, visit www.ChrisandConrad.com.
"We Want the World to Hear" Tour featuring Big Daddy Weave with Chris and Conrad
*Dates and markets subject to change without notice.
3/5- Martin, TN
3/6- Florissant, MO
3/12- Dayton, OH
3/13- Charleston, WV
3/14- Marietta, OH
3/18- Texarkana, TX
3/19- Nacogdoches, TX
3/20- Flower Mound, TX
3/21- Wimberly, TX
3/25- Leland, NC
3/26- Warner Robbins, GA
3/27- Monroeville, AL
4/9- Daytona Beach, FL
4/10- Hartsville, SC
4/15- Hixon, TN
4/16- Clarksville, TN
4/17- Hattiesburg, MS
4/29- Jacksonville, FL
4/30- Valdosta, GA
5/1- Gibsonville, NC
For an updated list of tour dates, markets, and biographical information on Big Daddy Weave go to www.bigdaddyweave.com
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Pocket Full of Rocks Releasing Most Anticipated Album to Date
(3/3/2010)GMA Dove Award-nominated worship band Pocket Full of Rocks is releasing their third studio project More Than Noise on March 2, 2010. Helmed by award-winning producer Ed Cash (Chris Tomlin, Leeland, Bebo Norman), More Than Noise matches heartfelt lyrics and melodies with stellar production.
"We started recording with Ed Cash in the spring of '09, and it's always amazing to watch songs take on a life of their own," says lead singer and songwriter Michael Farren. "Honestly, I cannot pick a favorite. 'When Love Whispers Your Name' was co-written with my daughter Madison, who also sings the backing vocals on the track...so you can imagine my fondness for that one. There is also 'Come As You Are', written with my friends Chad Cates and Tony Wood. This song has already had a profound effect as we've begun sharing it live. Another highlight would have to be the last-minute addition of 'Let It Rain.' This song was actually written back in 1999, but Ed heard it with fresh ears, and it has now taken on a whole new life as well!"
To kick off the new record, their first single "Alive" was the most added single at Christian AC for multiple weeks, with airplay on both KLOVE and Air 1. The single peaked in the Top 10 on the AC Christian radio, making more than 10,000 weekly audience impressions.
In conjunction with the release of More Than Noise, Big Fish FM is hosting a CD release concert in the band's hometown of Texarkana, AR on March 12. Each ticket will include a copy of Pocket Full of Rocks' new CD. For more information, visit www.bigfishfm.com.
Pocket Full of Rocks will also join 33Miles and newcomers Kimber Rising this spring for "The One Life Tour" sponsored by Christian humanitarian organization Food for the Hungry. The tour will visit approximately 30 cities between March and May 2010. Visit www.pocketfullrocks.com/tour for the most up-to-date tour information.
THE ONE LIFE TOUR SCHEDULE (all dates subject to change):
March 19 – New Berlin, WI (Milwaukee, WI) - Poplar Creek Church Cafe
March 20 – Milan, TN – Chapel Hill Baptist Church
March 24 – Ardmore, OK – Crystal Rock Cathedral
April 10 – Winnsboro, LA – Franklin Parish Catfish Festival
April 11 – Portland, TX – First Baptist Church
April 12 – Pharr, TX – Trinity Worship Center
April 16 – Lufkin, TX – Carpenter's Way Church
April 17 – Ovilla, TX – Ovilla Road Baptist Church
April 22 – Richmond, KY – First Baptist Church
April 23 – Ashland, KY – Paramount Arts Center
April 24 – Madisonville, KY - TBD
May 1 – Oxford, NE – Southern Valley High School
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Healing 4 Haiti Music Project Available Today on iTunes
(3/2/2010)More than a dozen award-winning artists offered their musical talents to help make sure desperately needed relief supplies continue flowing into Haiti, where the struggle for survival continues for hundreds of thousands of earthquake victims. Today, the result of that musical effort – Healing 4 Haiti – is available for sale at iTunes (http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/healing-4-haiti/id356668357).
Healing 4 Haiti is a collection of 15 songs from Christian music's leading artists and worship leaders and includes the anthem "Come Together Now (Music City Unites For Haiti)," penned by Michael W. Smith, Cindy Morgan and David Mullen and featuring a host artists including Vince Gill, Wynonna, Amy Grant and Oak Ridge Boys. The CD's songlist also includes tracks from Israel Houghton, DecembeRadio, Kari Jobe, The Afters, Hawk Nelson and many more plus an exclusive version of Jared Anderson's new song, "Carry Me."
Healing 4 Haiti was released today by Integrity Music at iTunes and will become available at retail stores on March 16. A minimum of $5.00 per copy of the album sold will be donated to Haiti earthquake relief. The donations will be used to provide clean water, shelter, medical care and other critical aid from Samaritan's Purse. It will also support the work of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association's Rapid Response Team, which had chaplains on the ground within 24 hours of the earthquake providing emotional and spiritual comfort to survivors. Additionally, net proceeds from "Come Together Now (Music City Unites for Haiti)" will go to the Haiti relief efforts of Samaritan's Purse and the American Red Cross.
Several of the artists have traveled to Haiti and visited the work of Samaritan's Purse and the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association. (Photos available upon request.) Additional information for Healing 4 Haiti is available at www.healing4haiti.org.
International relief organization Samaritan's Purse and the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, both headed by Franklin Graham, were on the ground in Haiti immediately following the tragedy and have expanded their response to more than $25 million in aid.
About The Billy Graham Evangelistic Association:
BGEA is a nonprofit organization that reaches millions of people each year through Billy Graham television broadcasts, Franklin Graham Festivals, Will Graham Celebrations, "My Hope" World Television Project, Dare to Be a Daniel youth ministry, The Billy Graham Training Center at The Cove, Decision magazine, "Hour of Decision" and "Decision Minute" radio programs, and the Internet.
About Samaritan's Purse:
Samaritan's Purse is a nonprofit organization that provides immediate, no-red-tape response to the physical and spiritual needs of individuals in crisis situations - especially in locations where few others are working. Samaritan's Purse has worked in more than 100 countries to provide aid to victims of war, disease, disaster, poverty, famine and persecution.
About Integrity Music:
Integrity Music is a division of Integrity Media, a privately-owned media/communications company that produces, publishes and distributes Christian music and related materials that are sold throughout the United States and in over 160 other countries. Integrity Media is committed to providing Christ-centered products and resources to individuals, families and the Church worldwide.
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Robbie Seay Band Finds Its Calling In Community
(2/26/2010)There's something to be said for being comfortable with being uncomfortable, for being at a place in your life where you've settled in. A place where you know who you are – both the good and the bad – and you know your purpose, and as difficult as it can be some days, you're more than okay with it.
Welcome to the world of Robbie Seay Band, a group of musicians bent on creating art, not only for art's sake, but for the sake of giving authentic voice to the hopes, fears, joys and sorrows of everyday people.
Never has this calling been more readily answered than on their third EMI release, Miracle. Honed from community life at Ecclesia Church Houston, where Robbie Seay and his band serve on a weekly basis, Miracle is a collection of songs composed and recorded over 10 months. A call and response to life, to what God is doing in their midst, as it happens.
"Music comes from that communal place, in nature, in worship, in stories, sermons, conversations..." Robbie Seay says. "Part of the calling of a worship leader is to be compelled and obligated to voice the prayers of the community and live in the middle of what's truly happening in your community. That is far more powerful than simply regurgitating and mimicking music from other communities."
Produced by Seay and Tedd T (tobymac, Mute Math, David Crowder Band), with some help from Dan Muckala (Brandon Heath, The Afters) and Matt Bronleewe (Chris Tomlin, Leeland), Miracle continues to walk the ambient edge musically, while delivering unforgettable, heart-bare lyrics composed in the context of community.
"In some ways, this record reflects the past year for us - representing a broader journey and reality," Robbie says. "From the deepest depths of sorrow and angst to the greatest moments of celebration in scripture, the band strikes up and it's beautiful to be part of that. Each song seems to echo what God is doing among us, that this is not a me-centered life we're living... we are not alone."
When the whole world seems to turn its back on me, all alone out on the sea,
I need a miracle, I need a miracle...
The title track and first single of the project, "Miracle" came in the wake of devastating news. "I remember getting a phone call from one of my closest friends. 'Kristy has cancer. It doesn't look good, but we're believing for a Miracle.' I wrote the lyrics the next day. I prayed and believed with him. Kristy, wife and mother of three young boys would die two months later.
"The song is not a miracle sweat cloth," Robbie continues, "or a televangelist coming to a town near you. It's the crying out when you're in the depths of life. Believing. And as we all know, sometimes it doesn't end like we so fervently believed. The song is not a promise of a miracle. It is, however, the declaration that we all will find ourselves in great need of one at some point in our lives - and in those moments, we choose to believe even when we can't see our hands in front of our face."
Awaken my soul... All I've gained I'm letting go...
"Awaken My Soul," a driving anthem written on a plane en route to California, is Robbie's take on the story of the prodigal and the band's current single. "Realizing my own sin and stubbornness made me the perfect match with the prodigal, but the song is really more about the Father's response. God not only waits with forgiveness, he pursues us. His rescue follows us closely. So, awaken my soul. All this stuff, all the fame, it's loss compared to the powerful force of love that is the Father."
We see mothers bury sons and begging you to come, Oh, oh oh,
We need your grace, Oh God, your grace... We cannot wait
Perhaps one of the most vulnerable songs on the project, "Lament (We Cannot Wait)" was written to express the grief of the Ecclesia Church community when tragedy hit home. "When my wife got off the phone with Karen, our dear friend and nanny to the Seay kids, I knew the news was bad. Karen's oldest son was shot and killed. Karen works at our church as well, and our community rallied around her in love and support. But losing a son, for a community and especially a single mother, this was life at its hardest. I began to write 'Lament (We Cannot Wait)' in my kitchen that night, after the house was still and quiet. It became our plea, our prayer for Ecclesia and our city."
"Lament," featuring independent artist Breanne Duren's (OWL CITY) haunting childlike voice, rings even more loudly in the wake of the earthquake in Haiti. "It has also taken on new meaning for all our brothers and sisters in Haiti who are living through Hell and have lost family and friends, Robbie adds. "God's grace, We cannot wait. It's our only hope in times of grief and desperation."
Still, there are songs of life and redemption to be sung. And Robbie Seay Band strikes a miraculous balance, reminding believers of the rich history of God's redemption among us. Songs such as the hymn like "Let Our Faith Be Not Alone," the captivating "Crazy Love," "Your Love Is Strong" and Seay's modern adaptation of the classic hymn "Oh Love That Will Not Let Me Go" (featuring Audrey Assad) are powerful testimonies that God's love and his rescue is sure.
In this collection, as in the previous six releases (four independent), Robbie Seay Band continues to dig down to the ministry and artistic roots that God has planted within them. To compose songs forged in the fires of that place, where life on the road is simply an extension of life at home. To give the people songs that reflect a more honest look at life, a voice to respond from an authentic place.
"Our music isn't just a vehicle for what I've got to say. It's a dual calling, being a person of faith and an artist with some influence. The idea that any of us are grand saints of the faith is just ludicrous. Most of us artists are just trying to love family, love God and make good music.
"The older I get, the more I have to make sure I'm answering both callings, asking, 'What would you have me say, God?' Would you give me the strength to say it?' That's the kind of artist I want to be."
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The Imposter, Starring Kevin Max In Stores Now
(2/24/2010)THE IMPOSTER, a film about redemption, forgiveness and the lives we lead behind closed doors, releases on DVD today. Created by director Daniel Millican for Serendipitous Films and Pure Flix Entertainment (The Wager, Sarah's Choice), THE IMPOSTER is distributed at retail outlets nationwide through EMI/CMG and through the Pure Flix online store.
Starring Kevin Max (dc Talk), Jeff Deyo (formerly of Sonicflood), and Kerry Livgren (Kansas, AD), THE IMPOSTER tells the story of a popular Christian rock band Grand_design whose lead singer, Johnny C (Max), is spiraling out of control. After his wife and band mates discover his secret life offstage, Johnny C's life begins to fall apart. Coached by his mentor Proff (Livgren) and a crazy homeless man Tom Wright (World Trade Center, Barbershop), he begins a journey back home to rebuild what is left of his family and home life.
The DVD, which includes bonus featurettes including "Unmasking The Characters", Full Music Videos of "Believe (Is An Act)", "Empty", "Carry On Wayward Son", and Study Guide Scenes will be available at all major Christian stores on February 23, 2010. The suggested retail price for THE IMPOSTER (UPC# 893261001943) is $19.99.
To purchase online, click http://www.familychristian.com/shop/product.asp?prodID=119716
For more information or media resources for THE IMPOSTER, visit: www.pureflix.com/imposter
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Superchick offers free song download
(2/24/2010)Feb. 22, 2010--GRAMMY Award nominated pop-rock group Superchick is offering a free download of its song "Courage" (from the Beauty From Pain album) Feb. 21-27 in support of National Eating Disorders Awareness Week.
The song was originally inspired by Superchick guitarist/vocalist Melissa Brock's personal struggle with an eating disorder. Melissa explains, "I know full-well the pressures that society and even friends sometimes place on us to be thin and beautiful. It started for me when I was 15. I know what it's like to not feel pretty, to feel fat, to feel like no one would ever want to be with you or even be friends with you because you feel so bad about yourself. BUT I also know how it feels to be free from those pressures and feel a love and acceptance that isn't humanly possible. This week I am sharing my story, the whole story. And I hope that it reaches someone out there who has been or is where I have been. The biggest step is knowing you aren't alone."
Read Melissa's story in its entirety at http://www.superchickonline.com/blog/?p=506. Also--access the free download of "Courage" at http://inpop.com/superchick/courage/. For more information on National Eating Disorders Awareness Week, visit:www.nationaleatingdisorders.org/.
The free download is an extension of Superchick's involvement with "Operation Beautiful," an NEDAwareness Week featured organization. "Operation Beautiful" is an international campaign that encourages women to love themselves just the way they are. For more information on "Operation Beautiful," visit: www.operationbeautiful.com.
Source: Superchick Web Site