Michael W. Smith: Every Christmas Rocketown Records, 2023 Michael offers up his fifth full length holiday project Every Christmas, a follow up to his 2014 The Spirit of Christmas. The project is an intimate family affair as it was co-produced with his son, Tyler Michael Smith featuring his daughters Whitney Mooring and Anna Smith and the children’s choir is made up of … [Read more...] about Music Reviews December 2023
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for king + country in Abbotsford, December 4
Multi-GRAMMY® Award winning duo and Curb | Word Entertainment recording artist for KING + COUNTRY will bring their“A DRUMMER BOY CHRISTMAS | THE 2023 TOUR EXPERIENCE” to Abbotsford Centre on December 4 for the very first time. The highly-anticipated annual holiday spectacle will feature an extraordinary … [Read more...] about for king + country in Abbotsford, December 4
54th Annual GMA Dove Awards
The 54th Annual GMA Dove Awards were handed out October 17, 2023, in Nashville, Tennessee to a sold-out audience. Host Tauren Wells led the all-star night of music with performances from across the community including Gospel, Latin, Worship, Pop, Southern Gospel and a special tribute to Hip Hop. Brandon Lake was the big winner of the night with four awards including Artist … [Read more...] about 54th Annual GMA Dove Awards
The Messiah of Handel
Beethoven once said: “Handel was the greatest composer that ever lived. I would uncover my head and kneel before his tomb.” King George III called Handel “the Shakespeare of Music.” George Bernard Shaw commented that “Handel is not a mere composer in England: he is an institution. What is more, he is a sacred institution.” In North America and England, at the very … [Read more...] about The Messiah of Handel
Fanny Crosby: Poetic Songbird
Fanny Crosby, the poetic songbird was blinded, while only six weeks old, by a quack unlicensed doctor. He permanently scarred her corneas by applying hot mustard poultices to her mildly infected eyes. Her father died when she was just twelve months old, forcing her mother to become a maid to support the family. Despite these tragedies, Crosby never fell into … [Read more...] about Fanny Crosby: Poetic Songbird