Dave's Top Eight

1. Jerry Reed...Revisited by Darrell Toney (reviewed 6/07) (5 Stars)
2. Sounds Like Sunday by Janet Paschal (reviewed 5/07) (5 Stars)
3. True To The Call by Kingdom Heirs (reviewed 3/07) (4 1/2 Stars)
4. Revival by Gold City (reviewed 10/06) (4 1/2 Stars)
5. Get Away Jordan by Ernie Haase & Signature Sound (reviewed 2/07) (4 1/2 Stars)
6. Breakin' Chains by Three Bridges (reviewed 5/07) (4 1/2 Stars)
7. Big Sky by The Isaacs (reviewed 4/07)
8. Skywriting by Mercy's Well (reviewed 7/07)

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March 29, 2007

Does the 'Christian Music Genre' Still Exist?

We talk a lot about putting labels on the "style" of music, but consider this question:

Does the 'Christian Music Genre' Still Exist?

If the answer to this question is "no, not really," then what is "Christian Radio" to do? No longer is it a choice between "sacred" and "secular." And frankly, God has always used whatever and whoever he wants anyway.

Is it a day of reckoning with this dichotomy of life we live?

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Does the 'Christian Music Genre' Still Exist?
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There is a real catch-22 with it and I could argue both sides.

-Daniel Britt

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February 6, 2007

"CCM" A Southern Gospel Fan Can Enjoy

Click HERE to sample music by a new group called 33 Miles. Former Gold City sound tech, Josh Hoevelmann, alerted readers of the Sogospelnews.com forums to 33 Miles in THIS thread.

Based on their three song samples posted at MySpace, I really like this group so far.

Vocal harmony counts for something on the chorus of a pop song. Better yet, I even heard a guitar solo and some nice vocal ad libs on "What Could Be Better."

It reminds me a bit of the music I used to hear in the early 1990s, before groups like Jars Of Clay, Caedmon's Call, and Mercy Me came along and made bland music the "in" thing, crowding out just about everything in this style in the process.

Remember East To West? At one point in time, they were thought of as the next huge group on the horizon. Just as they were hitting their stride with a critically acclaimed second CD, it's like the faucet was totally turned off on Christian pop music. For the next ten years, "CCM" has been all about a constant supply of worship music with very little in the way of musical virtuosity, vocal harmony, or elaborate production quality. When is the last time you heard a decent guitar or keyboard solo on Christian radio?

It's well past time to turn that faucet back on.

(By the way, former East To West member Jay Demarcus went on to tour with Michael English before joining a popular Country act called Rascal Flatts. 33 Miles is being compared to Rascal Flatts.)

Let's just hope Christian radio is wise enough to run with this group. If groups like this start to catch on, this SG fan might grow to enjoy listening to the two humongous Christian FM stations in my area again.

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