Music

K-Love owner EMF Expands with Spanish-Language Acquisition

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Educational Media Foundation (EMF), a media powerhouse with over $1.1 billion in assets, is set to acquire Radio Nueva Vida, a Spanish-language Christian radio network, from the Association for Community Education (ACE). ...

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“Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree” reaches milestone of one billion streams

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Fans of Brenda Lee have been “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree” more than a billion times setting a streaming record and surpassing Mariah Carey. “It is a good song,” the 80-year-old singer ...

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For King + Country will ring in holidays with “A Drummer Boy Christmas Live”

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“A Drummer Boy Christmas Live” will bring For King + Country’s popular Christmas show to theaters across the nation from December 5-9. Band member Joel Smallbone says he is excited to bring ...

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Lauren Daigle’s Original Song Featured in New Bonhoeffer Film

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Christian singer Lauren Daigle‘s new song “Then I Will” is featured in the movie “Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Spy, Assassin,” which opened to positive reviews in theaters November 22. The movie tells the gripping ...

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Musician KB believes hip hop can reach young people

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Hip hop music can be an effective tool for spreading the gospel, Dove Award-winning artist KB says. The gospel “never made sense until I heard it in the language of hip-hop, and ...

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Catholic bishop of Jefferson City bans several songs over theological issues

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The Diocese of Jefferson City has banned the singing of several contemporary hymns at Mass because of doctrinal inaccuracies in their lyrics, the Catholic News Agency reported. In a late October decree, ...

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Rock singer uses platform to share message of God’s love

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The lead singer of the rock band 3 Doors Down paused at a recent concert to tell the audience that God loves them. Before singing the band’s song “Away from the Sun” ...

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Country singer Larry Fleet shares inspiring story behind hit song

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The country song “Where I Find God” launched a successful career for singer-songwriter Larry Fleet. The song’s roots can be traced back to “Gospel Song Sunday,” a casual music series on social ...

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Mother Church of Country Music traces its history to religious revival

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The Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, the original home of the Grand Ole Opry, also is known as the Mother Church of Country Music. The music venue began as a church and still ...

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Singing this song improves heart health, study finds

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A surprising new study reveals that singing songs can improve your health. What shocked cardiologist researchers however, was what song helped the most. The classic hymn “Amazing Grace” can apparently do wonders ...

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Carrie Underwood surprises church by joining worship team for song

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Members of Rolling Hills Community Church in Franklin, Tenn., were surprised last Sunday when country music star Carrie Underwood helped lead worship. She joined the worship team as they sang “Goodness of ...

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Surviving member of The Nelons  shares message of hope at memorial

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A tragic loss of life became a celebration of life this week during a memorial service for four members of the singing group The Nelons, who recently died in a plane crash. ...

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Singer John Rich wrote “Revelation” to counter “satanic” content

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Country music star John Rich said God inspired him to write the song “Revelation” to counter “satanic” content promoted by the mainstream media. Rich, a multiplatinum artist and half of the duo Big ...

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Plane crash kills members of The Nelons family gospel group

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A plane crash has taken the lives of three members of the four-person gospel singing group The Nelons. Their plane went down Friday afternoon in northeast Wyoming on its way to meet ...

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Supreme Court strikes blow to religious webcasting

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The National Religious Broadcasters Association has lost its challenge to a rate system that it says forces religious webcasters to pay more to promote religious messages than it does for secular entities. ...

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K-LOVE leadership changes, lawsuits threaten $1 billion empire

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Educational Media Foundation (EMF), which operates K-LOVE and Air1, the largest radio network ministries in the contemporary Christian music world, has undergone significant leadership changes and turnover in the last 18 months. ...

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Is K-LOVE imploding? Lawsuits and leadership turmoil at $1 billion network

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Educational Media Foundation (EMF), which operates K-LOVE and Air1, the largest radio network ministries in the contemporary Christian music world, has undergone significant leadership changes and turnover in the last 18 months. ...

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Elvis Presley’s Bible up for auction provides glimpse into his spiritual life

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Elvis Presley’s personal Bible is being auctioned off, with a starting bid of $30,000. The Bible, which was on his nightstand the night he died, has Elvis’s name embossed on the cover ...

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Patriotic music will fill the air at local Memorial Day weekend events

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Music was part of the first Memorial Day ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery in 1868. “At intervals during the day, an excellent band, stationed near the platform, discoursed some sweet funeral dirges,” ...

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CeCe Winans wows ‘American Idol’ audience with performance of “Goodness of God”

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Although CeCe Winans was not a contestant, she stole the show in the finale of “American Idol.” She joined contestant Roman Collins for a powerful rendition of “Goodness of God.” On Instagram, the ...

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Winter Jam claims 34,000 got saved

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More than 34,000 attendees made decisions for Christ during this year’s Winter Jam Christian concert tour, claims Zane Black, who served as pastor for the tour. “They are inundated with the counterfeit ...

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Proceeds from anniversary recording of “How Great Thou Art” to benefit Ukraine war victims

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Many of today’s most popular Christian musicians are teaming up on an updated version of “How Great Thou Art” to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the beloved hymn. Worship leader Matt Redman ...

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Audiences feel connection with musical family depicted in “Unsung Hero”

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Filmmaker Andy Erwin is no stranger to success, with a long string of popular Christian movies. Even so, his new film “Unsung Hero” is different. “I don’t know what it is that ...

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Is Taylor Swift’s new album too dark for kids?

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As young fans rush to purchase the latest Taylor Swift album, some parents question whether the dark material on “The Tortured Poets Department” is suitable for kids. The album contains seven explicit songs that ...

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American Idol Gospel singer Mandisa dead at 47

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Grammy-winning contemporary Christian singer Mandisa Lynn Hundley, a former top-10 American Idol finisher, was found dead Thursday in her Nashville home. She was 47. The announcement was made on social media, and no cause ...

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