Hip-Hop
The Crowder drop: Christian rap without the cringe hype
A rollout story from the faith-hop lane — dated, mixed, and still a song.
Jul 18, 2026 · 6 min
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Music stories
Gospel, country, jazz, indie, hip-hop — artist and record journalism, gospel in every piece.
He has put a new song in my mouth.
Psalm 40:3
Gospel
The Sunday-night Phil Wickham record that outlived the campaign
Gospel as catalog, not a single-week spike. How Phil Wickham built a song people still stand for.
Jul 17, 2026 · 7 min
Country
How TobyMac wrote a country testimony that still honky-tonks
Faith, fiddle, and a chorus people actually sing.
Jul 16, 2026 · 8 min
Country
Israel Houghton’s country-gospel story: steel guitar and a Sunday lyric
Country Christian music as journalism — not a costume, a catalog.
Jul 15, 2026 · 9 min
Gospel
The Sunday-night Fred Hammond record that outlived the campaign
Gospel as catalog, not a single-week spike. How Fred Hammond built a song people still stand for.
Jul 14, 2026 · 4 min
Gospel
How Yolanda Adams kept gospel on the radio without sanding off the shout
Yolanda Adams still writes church-night records. This is the story of a cut that refuses to become background CCM.
Jul 13, 2026 · 5 min
Country
How Tye Tribbett wrote a country testimony that still honky-tonks
Faith, fiddle, and a chorus people actually sing.
Jul 12, 2026 · 6 min
Country
Chandler Moore’s country-gospel story: steel guitar and a Sunday lyric
Country Christian music as journalism — not a costume, a catalog.
Jul 11, 2026 · 7 min
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Country
How Anne Wilson wrote a country testimony that still honky-tonks
Faith, fiddle, and a chorus people actually sing.
Jul 10, 2026 · 8 min
Country
CAIN’s country-gospel story: steel guitar and a Sunday lyric
Country Christian music as journalism — not a costume, a catalog.
Jul 9, 2026 · 9 min
Jazz
The Limoblaze groove that learned from the Hammond, not the drop
Jazz-gospel listening: pocket first, branding never.
Jul 8, 2026 · 4 min
Gospel
How KB kept gospel on the radio without sanding off the shout
KB still writes church-night records. This is the story of a cut that refuses to become background CCM.
Jul 7, 2026 · 5 min
Hip-Hop
The Forrest Frank drop: Christian rap without the cringe hype
A rollout story from the faith-hop lane — dated, mixed, and still a song.
Jul 6, 2026 · 6 min
Jazz
Jazz changes in Cody Carnes’s gospel pocket
Harmony as testimony. How Cody Carnes lets a jazz turn serve a church lyric.
Jul 5, 2026 · 7 min
Jazz
The Kari Jobe groove that learned from the Hammond, not the drop
Jazz-gospel listening: pocket first, branding never.
Jul 4, 2026 · 8 min
Jazz
Jazz changes in Donnie McClurkin’s gospel pocket
Harmony as testimony. How Donnie McClurkin lets a jazz turn serve a church lyric.
Jul 3, 2026 · 9 min
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Jazz
The William McDowell groove that learned from the Hammond, not the drop
Jazz-gospel listening: pocket first, branding never.
Jul 2, 2026 · 4 min
Hip-Hop
Kirk Franklin’s Christian hip-hop verse that actually verses
Bars, testimony, no fake LIVE badge. How Kirk Franklin treats hip-hop as a gospel language.
Jul 1, 2026 · 5 min