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He has put a new song in my mouth.
Psalm 40:3

Megan Woods puts her name on the cover

The self-titled debut is ten songs, out today. “The Truth” is still the door. The rest of the record is what she does once you are inside.

Oct 9, 2026 · 3 min

Gospel

Mitch Wong says the songs again, this time for the room

re:said is five worship songs rebuilt so a church can sing them. “MARVELOUS” still names Jesus plain: counselor, prince of peace, king.

Oct 9, 2026 · 3 min

Gospel

Roosevelt Stewart keeps the praise tied to memory

Memory (Live) is fourteen songs from a room, not a booth. The title cut says praise can start from what God already did.

Oct 8, 2026 · 4 min

Gospel

Christina Bell and Darrel Walls keep the testimony plain on “Still That Good”

A gospel single about a goodness that did not expire. Bell sings it, Walls answers, and the record refuses to turn the confession into a slogan.

Oct 7, 2026 · 3 min

Gospel

Peg Luke and Jack Luke turn an old spiritual into a slow waltz on “Lord, I Want to Be a Christian”

“Lord, I Want to Be a Christian” lifts a familiar hymn into three, a duet that lets the prayer sit in the room instead of rushing past it.

Oct 7, 2026 · 3 min

Gospel

Tauren Wells lets the room sing on Here Comes the Church

His first live worship album keeps the Breathe On It songs and hands them to a bigger choir, including Naomi Raine, Tasha Cobbs Leonard, and Israel Houghton.

Oct 3, 2026 · 4 min

Gospel

ANTHNY writes the Monday after the service on Worship Leader’s Diary

A debut album about what is left when the microphone is down: thirteen songs he wrote and produced himself, closer to a journal than a set list.

Sep 26, 2026 · 4 min

Gospel

Anthony Brown & group therAPy stop hedging on Full Disclosure

The Baltimore choir’s seventh album comes back loud, with “Always Be Good” as the single that refuses to sand the testimony down.

Sep 22, 2026 · 4 min

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Indie

Switchfoot’s Forever Now: the rock record they were dared to make

San Diego’s long-haul band puts guitars back in the middle of the room — thirteen tracks, no apology, and a closer that loops the first riff home.

Sep 15, 2026 · 8 min

Indie

Poor Old Lu at The Showbox: a reunion that still sways

Seattle’s alternative veterans take the legendary room, play the catalogue without sanding the rust off, and leave the door open for a new record.

Sep 14, 2026 · 7 min

Indie

John Van Deusen’s Joyful Noise Pt. 2: worship without the poster

Twenty tracks of praise that still sound like a band, with a guest list that actually sings — Citizens, Sandra McCracken, Jon Guerra, and a choir that stops the room.

Sep 13, 2026 · 8 min