One of the nicer additions to the list of current top Christian songs is a ballad about someone who’s hard to miss when you pick up a newspaper or watch TV.
It’s called “Britney,” is written to, yep, Britney Spears, and is a sympathetic look at what the celebrity machine can do and has done to […]

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There’s been a lot of attention given to the Casting Crowns Christmas tour, which includes a Dec. 13 stop in Reading, and rightly so.
Along with Casting Crowns, maybe Christian music’s top band these days, it includes a host of other top names, like Natalie Grant.
There’s also the Christmas tour by Point of Grace, stopping by […]

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There’s some big music news this week about a Christian music cornerstone and one of its most promising new acts.
Michael W. Smith on Tuesday released his 21st career album (most of us don’t own that many pairs of shoes!), called “A New Hallelujah.”
The album was recorded live in Houston before 12,000 people (a good-sized crowd […]

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Just like plenty of great ballplayers never make the World Series, a lot of Christian music performers never get to have a Gold record.
But Casting Crowns is marking its sixth consecutive record with at least the gold status, thanks to its third live CD/DVD, “The Altar and The Door Live.”
A gold record is usually considered […]

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Forgive us here at CrossRock — OK, “us” should really be “me” — for gushing just a little.
Having only heard the new song “Shadowfeet” a handful of times, including this week, by somebody (Brooke Fraser) I hadn’t heard of ’till recently, I’m still trembling a bit over what a great song it is.
Fraser is a […]

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It’s time to go … Wow.
As in, another “WOW” compilation is out, featuring 30 of the year’s top Christian artists, and it’s topping the charts in Christian music in its very first week out of the chute, according to Billboard.
No wonder … take a look at the songs, and the artists, both a virtual who’s-who […]

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He set out for Nashville from his native West Virginia 30 years ago, at age 20, convinced he could make it in Christian music.
After a few years of doing the seemingly-required waiting-on-tables thing, Michael W. Smith released his first record (they were still actually “records” and not CDs back then) a few years later.
And this […]

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(This ran in the Friday, Oct. 17 Lancaster New Era … all kinds of good rock, and God rock, to be heard …I wish there was more room to mention Article One. Several people said they hadn’t heard much about them, but were impressed. Maybe CrossRock can spotlight them sometime …
Not sure why the concert […]

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They’re the Beatles and the Stones (if you’re younger, how about the Coldplay and Dave Matthews?) of current contemporary Christian music.
And Third Day and Casting Crowns this week added to what’s been a quickly-growing list of awards and nominations.
The two bands received American Music Award nominations for favorite artist in what they call the “Contemporary […]

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(Folks … here’s what we wrote about Thursday night’s Superchick/Stellar Kart show at Manor Church, formerly Manor BIC. I’ve seen Stellar Kart, but never Superchick, who I hear has an excellent show. Should, obviously, be a good one …)  
They’re one of the most popular acts in Christian music, with a sound that has led them everywhere […]

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