It takes a lot of people to make a big Christian music-and-worship festival like the one they’re about to hold in New Holland work smoothly.
And there are some 200 people who volunteer in ways large and small before, during and after “The Day” in downtown New Holland, to be held this coming Saturday, June 7.
But […]

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It’s good to see a “return,” even though he really hasn’t gone anywhere, of the the very talented and thought-provoking Warren Barfield.
The North Carolina-born singer/songwriter/guitarist, who was very impressive back when he opened for FFH in Lancaster as a newcomer in late 2003, is back on the Christian music charts with his newly-released “Worth Fighting […]

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Instead of a music review, concert preview, interview with an artist or something else relating to Christian music, today we just want to offer prayers for one of CCM’s most successful and admired artists.
As most people have heard by now, the 5-year-old daughter of Steven Curtis Chapman, Maria, was killed in the driveway of their […]

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They were the group that showed so many of us it was possible to be a Christian and be cool.
They cranked out the hits for a decade, and anyone who was alive and listening to Christian radio a dozen years ago remembers the opening thump-thump to the song “Jesus Freak.”
DC Talk became dc Talk, and […]

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Jeremy Camp is among the select number of Christian music artists who can take their tour to healthy-sized auditoriums, a la Hersheypark Arena, with a pretty good hope of selling it out.
And his popularity and reach in Christian music is shown by a glance at this week’s Billboard music charts, where Camp’s “Let It Fade” […]

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Just like most the rest of America, I happened to hear “American Idol” contestant David Cook announce this week he was doing a Switchfoot song in the competition.
Whoa, Switchfoot, one of the most popular Christian groups ever?
And as the song’s familiar jangle of guitar and Cook’s lower-than-usual voice intoned “Welcome to the PLAN-et / Welcome […]

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A few things quickly become apparent after you play the newest Stellar Kart album just once or twice.
The first is, of their 10 songs on “Expect the Impossible,” there ain’t a bad one in the bunch, and you won’t be able to play it just once or twice.
“This is a great album to crank in […]

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No one pitchy out here, dog!
Amid the aroma of chickens this Saturday, will Long’s Park produce the next Mandisa, Amy Grant or Third Day?
As Lancaster Countians descend on the park for the world’s largest chicken barbecue (10 a.m. to 6 p.m.), no less than 10 contestants will be competing in a “talent challenge” sponsored by […]

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Decyfer Down probably got the least attention of the bands at Sunday night’s show with Skillet and Thousand Foot Krutch at Lancaster Mennonite High School.
But the group has had four number-one hits on Christian radio, and is considered an up-and-coming artist to keep an eye on in coming years.
It was guitarist Chris Clonts who came […]

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Valerie Fraedrich of Manassas, Va., was out in the lobby at Lancaster Mennonite High Schools auditorium on Sunday night, talking about unity among Christians when it comes to music.
Or clothes. Or tattoos.
And about how not to judge “books” by their covers, she said during an intermission at the Skillet/Thousand Foot Krutch/Decyfer Down show at LMHS.
It […]

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