Happiness is overrated. Our culture is obsessed with it, and we devote vast amounts of time, money, and brainpower to attaining it. Yet many of us feel alienated or aimless nonetheless. With suicide rates in the U.S. recently hitting a thirty-year high and depression trending upward for decades, it's clear we've been chasing the wrong goal. In her compact, wise book, THE POWER OF MEANING: Crafting a Life That Matters (Crown; On-sale: January 10, 2017) Emily Esfahani Smith urges us to embrace an alternative: the pursuit of meaning.
Country music veteran Lee Ann Womack surprised fans with an acoustic version of one of her favorite Christmas hymns, "Oh Come All Ye Faithful."
Funeral Arrangements for gospel legend Willie Joe Ligon, founder and lead singer of The Mighty Clouds of Joy have been set for this week. An All-Star Gospel Musical Celebration honoring his life and music will be held Tuesday, December 27, at 6 p.m., at the Antioch Missionary Baptist Church in Beaumont, Texas.
With his first new music since 2013, "American Idol" Top 10 finalist Chris Sligh releases a new CD today through iTunes. The 11-song electropop/worship project titled "Mighty Roar/Healing Flood," features music written or co-written by Sligh, who also engineered, produced, mixed and mastered the album.
Eleven time Grammy Award Winner Pastor Shirley Caesar will add another trophy to her mantle as the Recording Academy announced her as part of the 2017 class of Lifetime Achievement Award recipients.
Reba McEntire is released her first single from her new Christian music album. "Back to God" is the first single from Sing It Now: Songs of Faith & Hope, although fans had heard "Softly and Tenderly" first, just after the singer announced the record. Randy Houser and Dallas Davidson co-wrote "Back to God;" in fact, it was featured on Houser's debut album, Anything Goes, released in 2008.
Daywind Music Group announces the latest in the Daywind Concert series, with the release of new Live At Daywind Studios DVDs featuring Southern Gospel Artist of the Year, Karen Peck & New River, as well as Legacy Five and Brian Free & Assurance.
2017 will mark 40 years of country music legend Ronnie McDowell making music that impacts the lives of others. For 38 of those, he has also been changing the lives of children in need from his hometown of Portland, Tenn. with a special Christmas shopping trip they will remember for years to come.
In a little more than two weeks after the wildfires that spread across Dolly Parton's home area of Sevier County, Tennessee, Parton and the Dollywood Foundation launched the distribution of assistance from the My People Fund. During the four day cash distribution, 884 families received their initial support payments.
GRAMMY® nominated Hillsong Young & Free's newest music video for their current radio single "Falling Into You" premiered exclusively with Billboard.
Singer and songwriter Merci Neff has just released her new EP "Weight of the World." Consisting of 5 newly penned songs, this EP captures Neff's passion and her journey thus far.
GRAMMY® Award-winning Christian music vocalist, Jason Crabb, revealed some very exciting Christmas plans to news outlet, The Christian Post, earlier today. In an exclusive video posted to their website and social media accounts, Crabb shared the news that he will be performing in Paris, France Christmas weekend.
The Grammy® and Stellar Award nominated Miami Mass Choir have been away from the recorded music scene for fifteen years. The dynamic choir has returned with a live album that has landed in the Billboard Top 10 Gospel Albums this week.Director Marc Cooper and his group of south Florida's elite singers and musicians took the #8 position with their MIAMI MASS CHOIR LIVE: At the Adrienne Arsht Center album.
Country music duo Wilson Fairchild is gearing up for their upcoming project, Songs Our Dads Wrote, which will hit stores February 7. The duo, made up of Wil and Langdon Reid, are honoring their fathers, Harold and Don Reid, who are both founding members of the legendary Country Music Hall of Fame quartet, The Statler Brothers.
For a quarter century, audiences across the globe have enjoyed the rich harmony and timeless message delivered by the three men that comprise Greater Vision.