Album Reviews

  • album promo image for After the Storm

    By Monica Watkins, contributing editor, GospelMusicChannel.com

    It's been eight long years since Greg O'Quin's last project and just over a decade since his infamous single, "I Told the Storm" set gospel music airwaves...

  • album promo image for City of Black & White

    By Debra Akins, contributing editor, GospelMusicChannel.com

    It's been three years since the last full-length studio release from Mat Kearney, and what an evolution for one of the industry's most talented singer/songwriters...

  • album promo image for Across the Earth: Tear Down the Walls

    By Debra Akins, contributing editor, GospelMusicChannel.com

    Hillsong United return with their first live CD recording since 2006. Featuring 12 songs (11 new tracks), Across the Earth: Tear Down the Walls is another...

  • album promo image for Higher Heights

    By Monica Watkins for GospelMusicChannel.com

    Veteran artist Papa San continues to redraw the boundaries of gospel music with his latest reggae gospel offering, Higher Heights. Once touted as "Jamaica's fastest...

  • album promo image for Just Love
    Just Love
    By Monica Watkins, contributing editor, GospelMusicChannel.com
    Once again, Music World...
  • album promo image for Identity Crisis

    By Monica Watkins, contributing writer, GospelMusicChannel.com

    East Texas-born Tedashii delivers his second independent label release entitled Identity Crisis, a no-frills, southern-style hip hop explosion...

  • album promo image for In the Hands of God
    By Debra Akins, contributing editor, GospelMusicChannel.com
    The Newsboys are back in a big way with album number 14 (yep, 14), In the Hands of God....
  • album promo image for Let The Road Pave Itself

    When Phillip LaRue and his sister Natalie formed their duo LaRue, back in the late '90s, theirs was a fresh-faced, modern pop sound ripe with youthful exuberance that--even to their own chagrin--appealed to The Disney Channel audience. But...

  • album promo image for Smokie Norful Live
    By Monica Watkins, GospelMusicChannel.com
    EMI Gospel recording artist Smokie Norful is set to deliver his first ever live CD recording simply titled ...
  • album promo image for We All Are One (Live in Detroit)

    By Monica Watkins for GospelMusicChannel.com

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  • album promo image for <em>The Power of One</em>

    By Debra Akins for GospelMusicChannel.com

    As the leader of the Grammy, Stellar and Dove Award-winning musical ensemble Israel and New Breed, Israel Houghton has catapulted to the forefront of the worship music landscape since his debut as...

  • album promo image for Freedom

    By Debra Akins, contributing editor, GospelMusicChannel.com

    The anticipated release of Mandisa's sophomore CD, Freedom, brings her one major step closer to the day when we all stop referring to her as a...

  • album promo image for Chorus of the Saints

    By Melissa Riddle for GospelMusicChannel.com

    It would be easy to write this band of Aussies off as simply the lucky blokes who were fortunate enough to meet up with Third Day, hit it off and get the green light/production...

  • album promo image for The Law of Confession, Part 1

    By Monica P. Watkins for GospelMusicChannel.com

    Donald Lawrence is a gifted producer, composer, songwriter and recording artist, arguably one of the most noted names in gospel music today. Fans all over the world are...

  • album promo image for Vota

    By Jenny Bennett for GospelMusicChannel.com

    There's a reason classic rock is named as such: it really never goes out of style. But VOTA, formerly known as Casting Pearls, has recently made some smart changes, not limited to a new...

  • album promo image for CompassionArt

    By Debra Akins for GospelMusicChannel.com

    It's not often that we get to observe a true milestone recording in the making, but the efforts of Delirious frontman Martin Smith have been well-documented over the past year. And...

  • album promo image for Innocence & Instinct

    By Jenny Bennett for GospelMusicChannel.com

    Music critics and fans alike can sense the authenticity of an artist a mile away, and it's often that quality that makes them so appealing. That's an approach that has worked...

  • album promo image for Audience of One

    By Debra Akins for GospelMusicChannel.com

    Heather Headley might be one of the most acclaimed singers you've never heard of. That is, unless you're a Broadway music fan. In that case, you probably know her well, thanks to...

  • album promo image for Crystal Aikin

    By Monica P. Watkins for GospelMusicChannel.com

    With your eyes closed you may think you're listening to Kim Burrell or Kelly Price, or maybe Vanessa Bell Armstrong or Jennifer Hudson, but the winner of Black Entertainment...

  • album promo image for Speaking Louder Than Before

    Visit Jeremy Camp's Street Week page with exclusive devotional videos!

    By Jenny Bennett for GospelMusicChannel.com

    Jeremy Camp's passion for relating to people through the Gospel has...