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Rebecca St. James was once one of the biggest names in Christian music. If you grew up in the 1990s and 2000s like I did, her music was all over Christian radio--and for good reason. Rebecca&rsqu...

Step into hip-hop artist Eddy Puyol's music world. His music tells a story of faith, love, and joy; his recently released album, Nothing Changed But My Stage Name, exemplifies that.   Fr...

“Antidote” by pop band Capital Kings and contemporary artist Sam Rivera is a vulnerable song. It’s about feeling the weight of your emotions, the depth of your need for God, and cryi...

Firm Foundation I grew up on Christian music. The sounds of my childhood are the sounds of artists like Petra, Whiteheart, Michael W. Smith, Jars of Clay, and the like. There were some mainstream song...

Greg Long was a reliable presence in 1990s Contemporary Christian music. In the early 2000s, Greg joined Avalon (now Avalon Worship), that his wife Jenna belonged to. With that group still going stron...

Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins is a mega producer who has produced music for artists like Michael Jackson, Beyonce, and Lady Gaga. However, the one thing he has always maintained is his strong f...

It's been 30 years since Toby McKeehan (TobyMac) started Gotee Records, named loosely after a play on his own name. Then a member of the up and coming dc Talk, this label has remained a strong pre...

Sound of Freedom was quite the cultural phenomenon in summer of 2023. It's not uncommon for faith-based films to break out and enjoy a respectable run, but Sound of Freedom took on a whole new lev...

Even some fans of classic Christian rock may not be familiar with The Brave. (Not to be confused with the Australian secular metal group.) I had the sounds of 1990s Christian music all around me growi...

The Newsboys is a well-known name in three decades of Christian music. While they snuck into the music business at the end of the 1980s, they enjoyed notable success in the early 1990s. While their in...