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Skillet wins 2008 artist of the year in the annual K-life sandy awards!
tobyMac wins the 2008 Sandy Award for Male Vocalist and for Portable Sounds!
David Crowder Band wins the 2008 Sandy Award for Group Of The Year
Krystal Meyers wins the 2008 Sandy Award for Female Vocalist of the Year!
Rush of Fools wins the 2008 Sandy Award for New Artist of the Year! Click here to see the Gospel Music Channel Video Feature!
Jon Foreman of Switchfoot accepts the 2008 Sandy Award for their song Awakening!
Skillet wins first Dove award following 16 nominations!
Pillar with GM Jon Fugler in K-LIFE Lobby!
Pillar in studio while on the coast with the For The Love Of The Game Tour!
Wavorly checks in!
All 5 Wavorly band members--aerial view!
Brooke Barrettsmith and Guitarist Billy visit K-LIFE!
Brooke sings Farewell!
John Piper at Cal Poly speaking to 1800-2000 College and High school students on Missions!
Kingdom Of Comfort is a challenging title that represents what Delirious has been dealing with in preparing for their new CD. View the video.
Compassionart songwriters, Steven Curtis Chapman, Martin Smith (Delirous),Michael W. Smith and others continued to record songs that were written during a retreat in January. The Nashville studio hummed with activity as the songwriters were joined by guest vocalists tobyMac and Leeland Mooring, each putting down their signature vocals on tracks that were started at the famous Abbey Road Studios in London.
Compassionart, a charity based in Littlehampton, England and dedicated to seeing works of art generate income for the poorest of the poor, hosted a songwriter’s retreat in Scotland, UK. Working together toward a common goal involving no personal gain, the songwriters set out to write 10-12 songs and, by the end of the retreat, had completed 22 new songs.
In addition to the songwriters, the publishers, managers, copyright institutes and agents involved have all waived their rights and are donating their efforts on this project to Compassionart.
What's Joy Williams up to? "At 17, I signed a recording contract with PLG/SonyBMG, and moved to the friendly and muggy town of Nashville, TN. I co-wrote and recorded several albums as Joy Williams, and realized after 7 years of being on the road full time that it was song-writing that kept tugging at my heart. I am now signed as a writer in LA. I'm also with ASCAP. I write for various projects daily with a team of very talented people. I've worked with American Idol finalists, rock bands, pop acts, boy bands, indie artists, tv/film, Disney acts, CCM, country and more. I love crafting a melody and lyric, and I love what I do."
Tenth Avenue North visits the K-LIFE Studios! Mike (L) & Jeff (R) from the band represented this new 4 member band emerging in 2008!
Fun with the K-Life banner!
Third Day started their 2008 off on a patriotic note as the band traveled to Kuwait and Iraq in mid-January as part of a USO/Army and Air Force Chaplains entertainment tour. The band made the overseas trip to meet and perform with servicemen and women at several bases in the Persian Gulf. Upon return, Third Day received a letter from Maj. Gen. Mark P. Hertling, commanding general of Task Force Iron at C.O.B. Speicher, thanking them for their visit. "Your superb concert... not only entertained our deployed service members and civilians, but also enhanced our combat readiness and soldier spiritual fitness," the letter said.
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After years of health problems, Christian rock pioneer Larry Norman passed away last Sunday, February 24 due to heart failure; he was 60. Often referred to as "the father of Christian rock," many credit Norman with starting the genre through the release of his Upon This Rock album in 1969. Hours before his death, Norman dictated a final message to his fans through his web site, saying, "I feel like a prize in a box of cracker jacks with God's hand reaching down to pick me up. I have been under medical care for months. My wounds are getting bigger. I have trouble breathing. I am ready to fly home." The official announcement can be found at LarryNorman.com
New band Esterlyn visits K-LIFE with instruments!
Prolific singer and songwriter Matthew West returns to action on January 15, 2008 with Something To Say, a new album that looks to be his most directly biographical offering to date.
West, who had to undergo surgery on his vocal chords and could not speak for two months following the procedure, wrote much of Something To Say based on what he learned during that season of silence.
"I couldn’t speak directly to my wife, sing to my daughter, or answer the phone. Our weakest moments become our defining moments when we allow God to speak to us through them," he says.
The Appetite For Construction Tour stopped by!
Dustin Ruth, Matt Theissen, Jon Foreman & Jerome Fontamillias on K-LIFE!
Sevenglory at the beach following their K-LIFE in-studio visit!
Latin/Christian artists, Jaci Velasquez and Nic Gonzales (Salvador) were blessed with the arrival of their first child. Zealand David Gonzales was born at 7am on Saturday, November 3, 2007. He weighed in at 7lbs and measured 19 ¼ inches long with jet black hair.
FALLING UP visits K-LIFE in November to celebrate their new CD Captiva!
A FALLING UP LINE UP!
The Hands and Feet Project, an organization started by the Audio Adrenaline guys to rescue and take care of orphans in Haiti was hit by Tropical Storm Noel this past Monday night.
Britt Nicole and her Guitarist Calvin joined Noonie in the studio and treated us to an in-studio mini-acoustic set! See Britt's video version of her song You, Set The World On Fire, Don't Worry Now.
Britt shared her life verse: I Chronicles 28;20 'Be strong and courageous and do the work, don't be afraid or discouraged by the size of the task, for the Lord my God is with you, He will not fail you or forsake you.'
View the video for Grey Holiday's song Let Go!
Click to see the stop animation video for the song 'Signature Of Divine (Yahweh)' off the new NEEDTOBREATHE CD, The Heat!
This year is proving to be an exciting year for Multi-Platinum recording artist Jaci Velasquez and her husband Nic Gonzales of the award-winning band, Salvador. The couple was legally being wed on December 5, 2006 at a small get-together in Franklin, TN, which was followed by a formal ceremony in Austin, TX on December 17th. Since then the couple has worked on music, settled down in Nashville, TN and NOW is preparing for a new addition to their budding family, due mid-November - a baby BOY!! "We’re thrilled and already feel creatively inspired by our son," said Jaci. During her pregnancy, Jaci will be in the studio working on her next album.
The Hands & Feet Project, a nonprofit organization started by members of Audio Adrenaline, was chosen as the home for an unwanted baby girl that was thrown down a 28-foot outhouse hole in a small Haitian village. A teenage boy found the infant and then alerted authorities, which mobilized to the scene and rescued her. "After being dropped 30 feet into a pit and left for dead, and there were no bruises, no signs of trauma. I knew I had witnessed a miracle," said Darry "DJ" Williams, an American UN soldier who facilitated the rescue efforts.
Eighteen-year-old singer/songwriter Bethany Dillon announced her engagement to Shane Barnard (of acoustic-pop duo Shane & Shane). "I’m getting hitched to the Godliest, humblest, sweetest man on the planet," said Dillon in her journal posting. "What a blessing to get to share my life with the best friend I've ever had!" No official wedding date has been set yet.
See the video collage of the sandy award winners!
You voted Leeland the 2007 K-Life Sandy Award New Artist of the Year!
You voted Barlow Girl the 2007 K-LIFE Sandy Award Group of the Year!
You voted Krystal Meyers the 2007 K-LIFE Sandy Award Female Vocalist of the Year!
You voted Jeremy Camp the 2007 K-LIFE Sandy Award Male Vocalist of the Year!
You voted Stellar Kart the 2007 K-LIFE Sandy Award Song of the Year winner for 'Me & Jesus'
You voted Sanctus Real the 2007 K-LIFE Sandy Award winner for Rock/Contemporary Song of the Year for 'Its Not Alright'
You voted tobyMac the 2007 K-LIFE Sandy Award Artist of the Year!
**Pictured from 2006 is Kutless who you voted to win the 2007 K-LIFE Sandy Award for Rock/Contemproary Album of the Year for Hearts of the Innocent!
Look out world - Elijah Kelly Weaver (daddy Mike is in Big Daddy Weave) is here!!! Mike's wife, Kandice gave birth to a healthy, 7lb6oz beautiful baby boy on 4/30!
New band, Rush Of Fools visited the K-Life studios on the National Day Of Prayer!
Chris Tomlin and Aaron Shust shared the spotlight at the 38th annual Dove Awards at the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville, Tenn.
DecembeRadio played for over 20,000 diapers on 2/12 to benefit the area Pregancy Resource Centers!
Switchfoot drummer, Chad Butler (far left) was featured in a phone interview with Noonie on K-LIFE January 5th. Take a listen!
Plumb's new song 'Cut' 1-800-394-hope or teenhopeline.com
11.06.2006
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10.12.2006
Mainstay in the studio
08.10.2006
Rebecca St. James in the studio
05.24.2006
Downhere in the studio
05.12.2006
Shawn McDonald in the studio
05.09.2006
Hyperstatic Union in the studio
04.24.2006
The 2006 K-LIFE Sandy Awards
