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After overcoming some critical personal shakeups to produce 2004's excellent THEY'RE ONLY CHASING SAFETY, Florida's Underoath fulfilled the immense expectations set by that album--to transcend their audience's demands and still uphold their Christian metal roots--with 2006's DEFINE THE GREAT LINE. The Band undertakes this follow-up effort with … (More)

Very rarely does a monumental record find itself matched with the promise of commercial success. But the strength, intensity and explosive lure of Define The Great Line Underoath’s follow up to its over 420,000 selling 2004 breakthrough They’re Only Chasing Safety--is undeniable. With over 98,000 units scanned first week at charting at … (More)

Any listener still under the impression that Christian music is strictly light and positive need only listen to a few moments of Underoath's THEY'RE ONLY CHASING SAFETY before realizing that the Lord works in mysterious, and in this case, uncompromisingly rocked-out, ways. The first and most obvious clue that indicates a break with the original … (More)

1. Why We Sing [Live] - Kirk Franklin  2. Faithful Is Our God [Live] - Hezekiah Walker & the Love Fellowship Crusade Choir  3. Great Is Your Mercy [Live] - Donnie McClurkin  4. Say the Name [Remix][Live] - Martha Munizzi  5. Available to You [Live] - Rev. Milton Brunson & The Thompson Community Singers,  6. I … (More)

The younger sister of the Winans, one of the key vocal groups of contemporary black gospel, Vickie Winans is the genre's Janet Jackson and one of the genre's most beloved figures: a six-time Grammy nominee whose sales and star power hold their own against her siblings. This compilation, which is part of Light Records' GOSPEL LEGACY series of … (More)

Music has a tremendous power to touch people on a profound level.  There is nothing like the sound of a simple voice singing praise and devotion to God, whether it is a pop vocal arrangement, layered harmonies or down-home quartet singing to really make listeners embrace the emotional quality of a song.  When you gather these sounds … (More)

Part of Light Records' ongoing GOSPEL LEGACY collection of single-artist anthologies, this well chosen 12-track compilation is an excellent introduction to one of the finest male solo singers in contemporary black gospel. Spanning all of his career, GOSPEL LEGACY includes Walter Hawkins favorites like "He'll Bring You Out," "What is … (More)

What happened to Warren Barfield? After a season of trials and setbacks that roughed him up in more ways that one, the singer/songwriter unleashed a soulful guitar-pop album, 2006's Reach, that stood in stark contrast to the guy next door charm of his self-titled debut. The disc earned him favorable reviews that compared him to the likes of John … (More)

Ironically, the Mississippi-based Christian rock band's claim that they don't advertise themselves as "some crazy, new thing" was precisely what made their debut album stand out. Wavorly didn't set out to change the world, and yet had they been just slightly more aspirational they may have been within a stone's throw of doing just that. … (More)

Part of Light Records' GOSPEL LEGACY series of single-artist anthologies of popular songs by the stars of contemporary black gospel, this compilation gathers 12 of the most beloved hymns by one of the style's most beloved family acts, the Winans. Highlights include "Bring Back the Days of Yea and Nay," "You Just Don't Want To Be … (More)

Anchored in the church's historic worship tradition, yet seasoned with the fresh colors of the spirit's movement in the present, musicians Billy Smiley and Scott Wesley Brown bring time-honored hymns of faith into the modern-day church.  These two pioneers of contemporary Christian music have come together to create Worship Hymns, an … (More)

Disc: 1  1. God of Wonders (Mac Powell and Cliff & Danielle Young)  2. I Could Sing of Your Love Forever (SONICFLOOd)  3. Shout to the Lord (Matt Redman)  4. Breathe (Christy Nockels)  5. Lord I Lift Your Name on High (SONICFLOOd)  6. Agnus Dei (Charlie Hall)  7. Forever (Chris Tomlin)  8. Did … (More)