In observance of the forthcoming Martin Luther King, Jr. Federal holiday, Stellar Gospel Music Award nominated singer Ruth La'Ontra will perform her inspiring new song, "Come Through," at the 37th annual Triangle Martin Luther King Jr. Interfaith Prayer Breakfast that takes place on Monday, January 16, 2017 at the Sheraton Imperial Hotel, 4700 Emperor Boulevard, Durham, NC 27703.

Five months after being fired as senior pastor of South Carolina-based NewSpring Church due to a drinking problem and marital issues, Perry Noble is making a comeback. The former writer and pastor is planning to set up a church and business consulting venture.

Ten-time Grammy winner Cece Winans' long-awaited new album, 'Let Them Fall In Love,' is set for release on February 3, 2017 via Puresprings Gospel/Thirty Tigers. Recording her first solo album in nearly a decade, the multiplatinum-selling artist returned to the studio to cut her most adventurous album yet.

Country music duo Florida Georgia Line has released their new video and single "God, Your Mama and Me." The song features the help from former heartthrobs Backstreet Boys. The song is written by Josh Kear, Hillary Lindsey and Gordie Sampson.

Award-winning super duo Dailey & Vincent are pulling out all the stops in 2017. They continue this prodigious trend with the relocation of their 5th annual music festival, Dailey & Vincent LandFest, presented by Springer Mountain Farms. As part of their Diamond Celebration, their 3-day festival bringing the very best in American music, will move from its prior Denton, North Carolina location to the heart of the Georgia Mountains in scenic, Hiawassee, Georgia - this fall.

New music from Earnest Pugh is currently impacting radio. The song, "I Need You to Breathe", is an opulent praise and worship ballad that underscores the need to rely on God, especially during the anxious times of uncertainty in which we live."

Today, 10-time GRAMMY® Award winning recording artist, songwriter and producer Kirk Franklin, has released his latest single, "My World Needs You" to radio stations and debuted a visual for the song exclusively on BET.com. The heartfelt song speaks about the social injustices happening around the world today and calling upon God to bring strength in time of hardships.

BMI has announced that Gospel singer and worship leader Kim Burrell will no longer be appearing on BMI's Trailblazers of Gospel Music Honors scheduled for Jan. 14. This is due to Burrell's controversial sermon where she condemns gays and the act of homosexuality.

David Madsen's new book From Millstones to Bibles ($9.99, paperback, 9781498490429; e-book, $9.99, 9781498490436) is designed to educate and get through to young children and defeat Secularism in our society.

Washington DC's Young, Talented and Anointed Worship Ensemble DARNELL MOORE AND COMPANY will be in full concert Jan 15th at New Macedonia Baptist Church, 4115 Alabama Ave, SE, Washington, DC. Songwriter, musician and front man Darnell Moore invites the public to an unrestricted worship experience and invites everyone to hear and see all new music. Darnell and his phenomenal group of singers will present new music from his forthcoming EP CAN'T GIVE UP NOW.

Mark Bishop is a rarity these days in Southern Gospel music. While many of his peers are satisfied to just spin around the same songs and hymns within the genre' canon over and over again, Bishop writes his own music.

Twenty-seven-time Grammy Award winner Alison Krauss is gearing up to release her new album on February 17th. Krauss' forthcoming album, Windy City, is a collection of 10 classic songs that she carefully selected with Nashville producer Buddy Cannon. She was determined to collaborate with Cannon for this record, even if she didn't yet know what songs she would be recording.

On March 3, worship leader and songwriter Darlene Zschech returns with her new Integrity Music live album, Here I Am Send Me. Over social media, the former worship pastor of Hillsong Church has revealed the album's cover. Reminding us of the older Hillsong albums, the cover reveals Zschech with her back to us and hands raised over a background of the global map, so appropriate of the album's titular.

BMI will honor gospel music superstar Marvin Sapp at its 18th annual BMI Trailblazers of Gospel Music Honors at the Rialto Center for the Arts in Atlanta, GA on January 14, 2017.

The mother of country music veteran Alan Jackson has died. Mrs. Jackson died Saturday morning (Jan. 7) peacefully at her home in Newnan, Georgia.