New Artist Spotlight: Kari Jobe I first heard about Kari Jobe from my old friend Ed Cash, the producer on her self-titled debut record (Integrity Music). It’s great to see new talent in the worship realm—especially from such a godly woman.

City of Black & White Marks Kearney’s Best Work Much like The Fray front man Isaac Slade’s urgent vocal and almost mournful arrangements, Mat Kearney’s acoustic stylings on City of Black & White are painfully honest, moving and his best work to date.

Social Justice Spotlight: Press Play With its debut record chiming in at No. 2 on the Christian sales charts and No. 45 on Billboard’s Top 200, high-profile media and a massive digital presence, Press Play’s street week press release reads like a new artist dream.

Doolittle Makes Retro Modern on Coming Back to You Boasting vintage strings, dirty tambourines, chiming bells, one perfectly placed horn hit after another and the funkiest three-part background vocals this side of the ’60s, Coming Back to You is completely retro but brilliantly modern.

Q&A with Christy Nockels Dove Award-winning Christy Nockels (best known for her work with husband Nathan in Watermark) is back with Life Light Up, a solo effort and her first album bowing on sixsteps records.

Q&A with Christy Nockels Dove Award-winning Christy Nockels (best known for her work with husband Nathan in Watermark) is back with Life Light Up, a solo effort and her first album bowing on sixsteps records.

What are we Singing: Reign in Us I have never been able to read the works of King David or the history of his life without crying. Something about David simply moves me.

Embracing Change My days go much better when I start with the Lord and heavy dose of caffeine. The problem arises when I find myself in a situation where I can't do either or both of these...

Worship: The Key to Drawing Near to God If you could attend a first-century church gathering, I think you would say, 'Wow, listen to how they speak to God! He seems so real to them! They seem to have such intimacy, such freedom, and such power!'

Playing Church? Or Worship? As a little girl, 'playing church' was great fun and a delightful way to pass an afternoon. Playing church is, however, a pathetic and meaningless way to pass a lifetime.

City of Black & White Marks Kearney’s Best Work Much like The Fray front man Isaac Slade’s urgent vocal and almost mournful arrangements, Mat Kearney’s acoustic stylings on City of Black & White are painfully honest, moving and his best work to date.

Doolittle Makes Retro Modern on Coming Back to You Boasting vintage strings, dirty tambourines, chiming bells, one perfectly placed horn hit after another and the funkiest three-part background vocals this side of the ’60s, Coming Back to You is completely retro but brilliantly modern.

Plenty to Like with Shorter-Length Travel  Though there’s plenty to like across all six tunes of Future of Forestry’s Travel EP, one can’t help but feel like its 27-minute time limit is somewhat of a tease. A follow-up scheduled to release this fall will no doubt expand the band’s already-fervent indie rock audience.

Pop Goes Yellow Cavalier on Self-Titled EP Yellow Cavalier is filling the void. With a dazzling debut EP, the tidy quartet is marketing themselves as not just an answer to the boy band drought, but rather an active response to a rich legacy of “ccm” pop/rock.

Chris and Conrad Deliver Crisp Pop on Self-Titled Debut Chris and Conrad are likeable. Falling squarely in the genre of crisp popsters Matthew West and John Waller, the fresh-faced musicians promise intergenerational appeal on their self-titled debut.