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In the news this week, MICHAEL W. SMITH & MERCYME "celebrate" a new tour; DARLENE ZSCHECH records her first solo project; brother of BLEACH members dies in Iraq; big changes for the SUPERTONES & PHAT CHANCE; artist birthdays; album releases; Ark-La-Miss concerts; and much more!
In the news this week--
The sixth album featuring music from the PASSION conferences is set for release on August 19th. The project was recorded live at the "OneDay03" gathering held in Sherman, Texas during last Memorial Day Weekend. Over 20,000 students from every state and several foreign countries (including Switzerland, South Africa, Japan, and Australia) gathered to worship and pray for "spiritual awakening in this generation." The album will include new Praise & Worship songs from lead worshippers CHRIS TOMLIN, DAVID CROWDER BAND, CHARLIE HALL, and MATT REDMAN. The five previous Passion CDs recordings have sold almost one million albums. <><
The "Celebration Tour" with MICHAEL W. SMITH and MERCYME kicks off a 19-city tour this fall on October 16th. with stops scheduled in Jackson, Mississippi and New Orleans, Louisiana. According to recent interviews with the tour's featured artists, Smith and MercyMe are looking forward to this tour. "I'm excited about dusting off some of my older songs and performing 20 years worth of music," Smith says. "It will be fun to share everything from the early hits to the music from the Worship records on this tour," he added. Also MercyMe's frontman Bart Millard says the band feels "honored" for this opportunity. "To tour with Michael W. Smith is a dream come true! All of us in MercyMe are life-long fans of his music and, more importantly, his ministry," Millard commented. For tour dates, see www.michaelwsmith.com or www.mercyme.org . <><
HILLSONGS lead worshipper and songwriter DARLENE ZSCHECH ("Shout To The Lord") will release her first solo studio album on INO Records on October 14th. "Kiss of Heaven" will feature a collection of songs the singer feels "didn't fit on a traditional Hillsongs project" and will include tunes ranging from "more personal worship songs to a love song for her husband" and a cover of "Walk On" first recorded by Irish mega band U2. Zschech, who is the producer and worship leader on most of her church's live worship projects, denies she may be departing as worship pastor of the Hillsong Church in Sydney, Australia (a position she has held for 18 years.) "I'm still the worship pastor there. Nothing in that is changing," Zschech maintains. "There's been this holy calling to see worship in truth reestablished around the globe, and that job is not done yet," she added. <><
In some tragic news, the brother of BLEACH band members Jared and Milam Byers has been killed in Iraq. According to the group's label, Tooth & Nail Records, and news reports, Josh Byers died in an RPG attack on his military unit. Jared and Milam were very proud of their brother and, ironically, had asked the art staff at Tooth & Nail just the night before his death to include a photo of Josh in the Middle East on their upcoming album. The Byers family is asking for everyone's prayers during this time of grief. <><
SOUNDBYTES: GREG LONG is staying extremely busy these days as he fills in for Michael Passons, who quit AVALON several weeks ago, and is performing along side his wife JANNA POTTER-LONG, one of the last original members of the award-winning vocal group. Long is also getting some TV experience with host duties on Trinity Broadcasting Network's new missionary reality series called "Travel the Road." <>< Speaking of TBN, the world's largest television network is airing a major profile on REBECCA ST. JAMES on her 10th anniversary in music (tentatively scheduled for August 1lth.) St. James is also taping an hour-long special for Trinity Broadcasting and two 30-minute specials for the Inspiration Network this summer. <>< PAX 217 opened for legendary rocker Ted Nugent at a concert in Virginia last week. <>< The Gospel Music Association is adding a "Worship Song of the Year" category for next year's Dove Awards. The new category will recognize songs that are "impacting churches around the country." <>< Canadian artist CAROLYN ARENDS' song "There You Are" is featured in the new teeny twins Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen movie, "When in Rome." <>< O.C. SUPERTONES' bassist Tony Terusa has quit the Ska and Reggae band. A statement from guitarist Ethan Luck says that, "The fact is, (Tony's) family is his main passion now, not that music is not, but when people like Tony get married and have a kid, sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't, being in a touring band." Chris Beaty, formerly of SEVEN DAY JESUS, will take over bass guitar chores. <>< PHAT CHANCE, who is now known as STEREO MOTION, will release their self-titled album with their new moniker on September 2nd. "Rise," boy band members Brent, Bryan, Dallas, and Justin's first single from their new project, can be checked out at their website, www.stereo-motion.com . <><
This Week's Christian Music Artist Birthdays:
Tuesday, July 29th. - Mark Gersmehl (Whiteheart, Gersh) & Owen Thomas (The Elms)
Wednesday, July 30th. - Scott Dente' (Out of the Grey)
Thursday, July 31st. - Barry Blair (Audio Adrenaline) & Sam Barnhart (Bleach);
Friday, Aug. 1st. - Steve Green, Mark Harris (4HIM);
Saturday, Aug. 2nd. - Brittany Hargest (Jump5)
Upcoming Album & Video Releases:
7/29: Various--Life Together Worship Series: Beginning Life Together, Connecting With God's Family, & Growing To Be Like Christ (three CDs/DVDs) (Maranatha! Music)
8/2: VeggieTales--The Ballad of Little Joe (DVD/VHS) (Big Idea)
8/2: VeggieTales--Esther, The Girl Who Became Queen (DVD/VHS) (Big Idea)
8/5: Warren Barfield--Warren Barfield (Creative Trust Workshop)
8/5: Shaun Groves--Twilight (Rocketown Records)
8/5: Jill Phillips--Writing On The Wall (Fervent Records)
8/12: Contagious--Es Real (Rejoice Music)
8/12: Desperation--Live Worship for a Desperate Generation (Vertical Music/Integrity Music)
8/12: DETOUR 180--DETOUR 180 (Cross-Driven Records)
8/12: Maranatha! Our Sunday Best --Sunday Blue, Sunday Green, & Sunday Red (three CDs) (Maranatha! Music)
8/12: Songs4Worship--Devotion & Sanctuary (two CDs) (Time Life Music/Integrity Music)
8/12: Various--Ultimate Christian Hits (Curb Records)
8/12: Various--Ultimate Hymns of Faith (Curb Records)
8/12: Various--Ultimate Songs of Faith & Inspiration (Curb Records)
8/19: Gaither Vocal Band---A Cappella (Spring House Music Group)
8/19: Amy Grant--Simple Things (Word/Curb/Warner Bros.)
8/19: Charlie Hall--On The Road To Beautiful (sixstep records)
8/19: Lamar Campbell & Spirit of Praise--Confessions of a Worshipper (EMI Gospel)
8/19: Mars Ill--Backbreakanomics (Gotee Records)
8/19: Nichole Nordeman-Legacy DVD (Sparrow Records)
8/19: Passion--Live From OneDay '03 (sixstep records)
8/19: Petra--Jekyll & Hyde (Inpop Records)
8/19: Sanctus Real--Say It Loud (Sparrow Records)
8/19: John Michael Talbot--Signatures (Troubadour)
8/19: Various--Festival Con Dios, Volume 3 (Inpop Records)
8/19: Various--Lord Reign In Me: The Best of UK Vineyard Worship (Vineyard Music)
8/19: VIP Mass Choir featuring John P. Kee--The Power of Worship (Verity Records)
8/26: Shirley Caesar--Greatest Gospel Hits (Word Entertainment/Rhino)
8/26: Kim Hill--Surrounded by Mercy (Spirit-Led Records)
8/26: The Rock 'N' Roll Worship Circus--A Beautiful Glow (INO Records)
8/26: Jamie Slocum--My Heart Knows (Curb Records)
8/26: Ten Shekel Shirt--Risk (INO Records)
8/26: Various--Bishops of the Faith: Praise in the Pulpit (Integrity Music)
Upcoming Ark-La-Miss Concerts:
8/1 - Allen Asbury, First Baptist Church, Bossier City, LA
8/2 - Jump5, Dixie Landing Water Park, Baton Rouge, LA
8/3 - Russ Lee, First Baptist Church, Bossier City, LA (9:45 am)
8/16 - Summer Jam 2003 w/NewSong, Plus One, Tait, DETOUR 180, & Todd Agnew; Municipal Auditorium, Shreveport, LA ($10 general admission)
8/17 - Summer Jam 2003 w/NewSong, Plus One, Tait, DETOUR 180, & Todd Agnew; Faith Church, New Orleans, LA ($10 general admission)
8/21 - The Benjamin Gate, Household of Faith, Gonzales, LA (7:30 pm)
8/23 - Point of Grace, Dixie Landing Water Park, Baton Rouge, LA
8/23 - Audio Adrenaline, First Baptist Church, Bossier City, LA
8/28 - Shane & Shane, Mississippi College, Clinton, MS
9/3 - Andrew Peterson, First Baptist Church, Jonesboro, AR
9/12 - David Crowder Band, Amite Baptist Church, Denham Springs, LA
9/13 - Seventh Day Slumber, Camp Ozark, Hot Springs, AR
9/17 - "SAW You At the Pole" Concert w/Forty Days & Scott Krippayne, Fant Ewing Coliseum (ULM campus), Monroe, LA
9/25 - Ron Kenoly, New Hope Missionary Baptist Church, Natchez, MS
9/26 - FFH, Bethany World Prayer Center, Baton Rouge, LA
9/27 - Jaci Velasquez & Salvador, Alltel Arena, North Little Rock, AR
9/29 - FFH, Reed Green Coliseum, Hattiesburg, MS
10/04 - ShoutFEST w/ZOEgirl & Tait, Tupelo Furniture Market/MS Complex, Tupelo, MS
10/04 - Vertical Fest featuring Bebo Norman, Superchic(k), The Benjamin Gate, & GS Megaphone; Convention Center, Pine Bluff, AR
10/9 - Phillips, Craig, & Dean, First Baptist Church, West Monroe, LA
10/11 & 10/12 - Tammy Trent, First Baptist Church, Bossier City, LA
10/12 - Selah, Temple Baptist Church, Ruston, LA
10/16 - Winners Never Quit Tour w/Five Iron Frenzy & Bleach, First United Methodist Church, Pine Bluff, AR
10/3 - Michael W. Smith & MercyMe, Mississippi Coliseum, Jackson, MS
11/2 - Michael W. Smith & MercyMe, Lakefront Arena, New Orleans, LA
11/23 - downhere, Convention Center, Alexandria, LA
12/29 - By The Tree, Mississippi College, Clinton, MS
1/26/04 - Louisiana Baptist Conference w/ Charles Billingsley, First Baptist Church, Lafayette, LA
2/27 & 2/28/04 - Women of Faith Conference w/Natalie Grant, CenturyTel Center, Shreveport, LA
2/28/04 - Gaither Homecoming Tour, Mississippi Coliseum, Jackson, MS
4/2/04 - Big Daddy Weave, Jackson, MS (venue TBA)
4/8/04 - Salvador, Pentecostal Campground Tabernacle, Tioga, LA
© July 28, 2003; Glory2Glory Productions; Chuck Halley, publisher; Monroe, Louisiana. All rights reserved. No part of this e-zine may be reproduced without prior written consent.
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