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Justin Warner

Jamie — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 19:28:21 +0000

Justin is an Ohio boy, born and raised there. He attended Indiana Wesleyan University graduating with a degree in youth ministry. Justin has a deep passion for worship through the form of music as well as teaching the next generation about the love of God. He also enjoys the outdoors, the local church, and great coffee. He is engaged to a girl named Lauren, who is a righteous fox. Justin’s desire is to watch God stir a passion for His Kingdom through worship in the form of music, and minister to the next generation of leaders in the Sugarloaf area.

Jon Foreman

Jamie — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 23:01:33 +0000

Jon Foreman is a committed, non-denominational Christian who is the lead singer, lead guitarist, main songwriter, and co-founder of the Christian rock band Switchfoot.

Twitter: twitter.com/jonforeman

Website: www.jonforeman.com

Laura Story

Jamie — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 19:09:28 +0000

Laura Story is a songwriter, worship leader, artist and all around multi faceted woman. Her Grammy nominated songs including “Blessings” and Chris Tomlin’s “Indescribable” have brought hope to millions around the world. But she would never tell you that. Traveling for concerts, leading worship at Perimeter Church and loving life with her husband Martin in Atlanta, Georgia are everyday gifts of mercy in her life she shares.

Twitter: twitter.com/LauraStoryMusic

Website: www.laurastorymusic.com

Trevor Morgan

Jamie — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 18:47:58 +0000

Trevor Morgan is a Dove Award-winning singer and songwriter based in Franklin, Tennessee. His guitar prowess has made him an in-demand session player in Nashville, and his electrifying live performances have left crowds buzzing across the country. He has recently been involved in the Glory Revealed albums and tours, and his Mac Powell-produced solo project “the blessed and the broken” is available now through iTunes and amazonmp3.

Twitter: twitter.com/Trevmorgan

Website: www.theblessedandthebroken.com

Mike Donehey

Jamie — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 00:35:43 +0000

Mike Donehey (band Leader of Tenth Avenue North), the group met at Palm Beach Atlantic College. The Band has become one of the brightest lights on the contemporary Christian music scene. “Love Is Here” reached the Top 20 U.S. Contemporary Christian Music chart, and had reached #3 by June 2008. It was awarded the most played song on Christian Hit Radio that year. The Lights Meets The Dark was the title of the band’s second album; it came out on May 11, 2010. Its first single, “Healing Begins” was 1^st preformed at Baptist Church of West Palm on May 14 2010. This was in a way to helped Promote the album. The band has toured with David Crowser and MercyMe and they have released the dates of their tours in the United States. They have won “The New Artist of the Year” award at the GMA Dove Awards in April 2009. In 2010 the band got a GMA Dove award for “Best Song Of The Year” for their Song “By Your Side”.

Twitter: twitter.com/mikedonehey

Website: www.tenthavenuenorth.com

Aaron Shust

Jamie — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 00:15:34 +0000

A contemporary Christian singer and songwriter, Aaron Shust grew up in Pennsylvania, but became a true musician in Georgia, where he studied music theory. His first album, Anything Worth Saying, was recorded in 2004, which landed him a deal with the Brash Music label soon thereafter. The album would end up becoming the fifth best-selling praise & worship record in 2006, and produced a genre radio hit with the single “My Savior My God.” The song would go on to hit the top spot on a number of charts, eventually scoring Shust a Dove Award for Best Song.

Twitter: twitter.com/aaronshust

Website: www.aaronshust.com

Natalie Grant

Jamie — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 00:05:24 +0000

A powerhouse vocalist, heart-gripping songwriter and charismatic performer, Natalie Grant has an unshakable determination to remind us of the simple significance of love, and the revolutionary power that it carries, as expressed on her latest project, Love Revolution. Released in August 2010, Love Revolution gave Natalie the highest-selling debut of her career.
As a Grammy Nominee, GMA Female Vocalist of the Year for four consecutive years (2006-2009) and the top-selling Adult Contemporary female solo artist in 2005, 2006 and 2008, Grant is among a select number of artists to have achieved a formidable foothold at mainstream media and radio. Despite these accomplishments, it is the message of the Gospel, and the revolutionary power of love it carries, that she waves as her banner and her hope.
Beyond her artistry, Grant remains an outspoken advocate for victims of human trafficking through Abolition International, which she created in 2005. She balances all of these endeavors with her greatest calling—as a wife, and mother of three.

Twitter: twitter.com/NatalieGrant

Website: www.nataliegrant.com

Mac Powell

Jamie — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 23:51:50 +0000

Mac Powell (born December 25, 1972), originally from Montgomery, Alabama, is an American singer-songwriter and producer who formed the Christian rock band Third Day. The Atlanta-based rockers have six gold albums, a platinum album, four Grammy Awards and 24 of the GMA’s Dove Awards to their credit. Powell won the 2001 Gospel Music Association award for “Male Vocalist of the Year.”

Twitter: twitter.com/macpowell

Website: www.thirdday.com

Phil Wickham

Jamie — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 00:10:27 +0000

Phil Wickham is a contemporary Christian music singer / songwriter and guitarist from California Wickham has released five discs Give You My World in 2003 self-titled album in 2006 Cannons 2007 Singalong 2008 Heaven and Earth, 2009

Born in Orange County, the son of renowned worship leader John Wickham, he moved to San Diego is in the middle of high school who gave birth to his career, was asked by her youth pastor to lead worship at age 12, Wickham accepted encouraged by his father, then a worship pastor at Chuck Smith’s Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa

By 18 Wickham had released her debut CD, Give You My World, including the hit song “Shining” Surprised by the good reception he began working on twelve new songs on his self-titled album, released April 25, 2006 wite Simple RecordsWickham’s second release with Simple / INO Records Cannons Cannons released in 2007 was inspired by the explosions, guns and CS Lewis’s book “Voyage of the Dawn Treader by The Chronicles of Narnia series Wickham said in an interview with ChristianityTodaycom that the album is” about how the universe explodes with the glory of God and how we have to go with his song “The 10th track from the Guns’ Jesus Lord of Heaven” has been translated into seven different languages, 8 August 2008 Wickham released a live worship album called Sing Along registered with Solid Rock Church in Portland Oregon with 3000 fans present disc was released as a free download available only from its website and received over 8000 downloads within a week of release After the release of his album Sing Along his debutalbum climbed to No. 25 on iTunes Top Christian Albums Chart (2 years after the initial release).

Twitter: twitter.com/philwickham

Website: www.philwickham.com

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Jamie — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 19:38:57 +0000