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  Aug. 20, 2021 (Nashville, Tenn.)  Stemming off the success of his radio singles “Provider,” “Every Step of the Way” and the current single “Source of Life”, Red Street Records’ breakout artist Cade Thompson has announced the release of his first full length album   Bigger Story   available starting September 10, 2021. The   pre-order is now live . Bigger Story  will feature 10 tracks produced by longtime collaborators Matt Armstrong, Bryan Fowler, Micah Kuiper and AJ Pruis. Recorded in the heart of Music City, Thompson sat down with some of the industry’s top songwriters including award-winning artist Matthew West, as well as Krissy Nordhoff, Micah Kuiper, Ross King, Jeff Owen, Matt Armstrong, Jeff Pardo, Benji Cowart and Ethan Hulse to pen powerful and inspiring songs drawing inspiration from personal experiences about his experience with God. Thompson explains, “This album was written out of my life experiences which led to this one question: How would ...

The powerful track, "Spirit," appears in the film, during a pivotal scene with Beyoncé's character, Nala and appears on the Walt Disney Records original motion picture soundtrack and on  The Lion King: The Gift album from Parkwood Entertainment/Columbia Records. The song, available globally later tonight, was written for the film by IIya Salmanzadeh, Timothy McKenzie and Beyoncé and is produced by Beyoncé and IIya and Labrinth.  https://smarturl.it/beyoncespirit With The Lion King: The Gift album, Beyoncé curated a masterful recording, a robust soundscape bringing together some of her favorite artists with the most talented and important African artists of the day to both pay tribute to the iconic film and bring the authentic sounds of African music to the world. "This is sonic cinema," said Beyoncé.  "This is a new experience of storytelling.  I wanted to do more than find a collection of songs that were inspired by the film. It is ...

buzzz worthy. . . Forty-five years after Mahalia Jackson's passing she remains the world's most famous gospel singer. The Grammy and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer was on hand to  sing before and after Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s landmark "I Have A Dream" Speech at the historic March on Washington, and has influenced  everyone from Aretha Franklin to Mavis Staples.  September 30 ,  2016, Shanachie Entertainment will release the definitive Mahalia collection featuring 22 previously unreleased masterpieces recorded between 1946 and 1957.   Moving On Up A Little Higher  is the first Mahalia Jackson recording featuring new material in  four decades. Produced by renowned Gospel scholar and award-winning author Anthony Heilbut ( The Gospel Sound: Good News   and Bad Times  and  The Fan Who Knew Too Much ), this definitive collection reveals the iconic singer's voice in its full  glory, capturing tones huge and small, stadium filling...

buzzz worthy. . . (Washington, DC) – September 8, 2014 - Grace Church has been recognized by Outreach Magazine as one of the country’s fastest growing churches.  Moving from 12 members to 4,000 in a matter of a few years, the Dumfries, VA-based church is one of the most popular in the Washington, DC area.  The church’s Pastor, the charismatic and dynamic Bishop Derek Grier, is known as a profound and riveting speaker.  Since starting the church in 1998, one of his goals has been to bottle the church’s unique and authentic worship into a CD.  His vision came to pass with the 2014 release of the Grace Worship Team’s new project, GRACE|LIVE. “We are excited because GRACE|LIVE will bless the lives of many,” said Bishop Grier, “We are a ministry that celebrates the creative arts because we know that it is another way to introduce people to the restorative power of the Gospel.  GRACE|LIVE achieves this goal through the creative excellence of Ephraim  McK...

buzzz worthy. . . Tatyana Ali says "Hello" Fifteen years after her debut album, Tatyana Ali is back on the music scene with a new EP entitled HELLO. Six new songs written and produced by Ali showcase the more grown-up and sexy side of the talented actress, who just released a short film to introduce her fans to the album. Hello, the short film can be viewed here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eADCJDF3pQI&feature=youtu.be Recently nominated for a 2014 NAACP Image Award for her role as Roxanne on The Young & The Restless, on January 21st, Tatyana will be the featured Artist on SPOTIFY, where fans can exclusively purchase the album before it's available on ITunes.