Popular singer releases first new Christmas album in nearly 20 years. Read more
Popular singer releases first new Christmas album in nearly 20 years. Read more
I’ve spent the past couple of days on the set with the producers, cast and crew of the upcoming film based on Lee Strobel’s New York Times bestselling book The Case For Christ. In the next few weeks, I’ll share more specific information about who’s involved and the heartbeat behind the film, but in the meantime, the teaser trailer premiered on television, so you can get an early look for yourself. You’ll see it’s a total period piece from the... Read more
The popularity of worship music was once again reflected in the awards handed out at the 47th annual Gospel Music Awards, held last night at Nashville’s Lipscomb University. Lauren Daigle won three awards with Hillsong United and Bethel Music were awarded two Doves each. After winning the night’s top award, Daigle reflected on her whirlwind year, which included the Gold certification (500,000 copies sold) of her debut Centricity Music Album. “I had no idea that God would do this. I’m... Read more
GRAMMY Award winning singer CeCe Winans released a lyric video today for her first new recording in six years, “Never Have To Be Alone.” Winans is a Platinum selling gospel artist with lifetime sales of more than 12 million records worldwide. The new song, posted to her Facebook page, has a late 70s’s breezy soundtrack with sweet, simple, but encouraging lyrics. As a longtime CeCe Winans fan, I really love it. What do you think? Check it out below: Visit... Read more
Tonight I’m in Nashville covering the 2016 Gospel Music Association Dove Awards. It’s my 12th time doing this but the first time for this Reel Faith blog, so I’m going to try and periodically update on the winners with comments, pictures and video. Stay tuned for more and you can also follow me on Twitter for the latest – www.twitter.com/dewaynehamby. 2:53 – The pre-telecast awards show is going on now. Winners have been announced and the Bowling family is... Read more
Celebrating the the success of Welcome To The New, GRAMMY® nominated band MercyMe has announced an exclusive two week free download of their song “Greater,” available through Oct. 9 at FreeCCM.com. The song is the second single from the band’s 2014 album and has spent 16 weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard National Christian Audience chart. The fourth single from the album “Dear Younger Me” is proving to be another hit, currently at No. 2 on the Billboard AC Monitored Chart. The album is currently... Read more
American Prodigal, the second solo release from Crowder (David Crowder), continues the musician’s musical evolution on a generous offering of fun, worshipful and frequently upbeat songs. Unafraid to blend and alternate musical genres, many of the songs mashup sounds of bluegrass, Americana, folk, electronica, rhythm and blues, rap and even disco. “Run Devil Run,” the project’s first single is a danceable ditty that contemporizes the sounds of old spirituals. In that same vein is “Keep Me” and “All You Burdens.”... Read more
Principal photography has begun on ALL SAINTS, an inspirational drama from AFFIRM Films, a Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) company and Provident Films, starring Emmy Award winner and Golden Globe nominee John Corbett (MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING, “Northern Exposure”) and Cara Buono (“Stranger Things”, “Mad Men”). Filming continues through mid-October on location in Nashville and Smyrna, Tennessee. ALL SAINTS is inspired by the true story of salesman-turned-pastor Michael Spurlock (Corbett), the tiny church he was ordered to shut down, and a... Read more
There’s a minor, understated scene in the new film Sully where a New York City policeman is helping one of the cold, shell-shocked airplane passengers disembark from a ferryboat. In a split second, the officer pulls the warm blanket further down the passenger’s back and for that moment, this dramatized account gives way to an astonishing sense of reality—this event actually happened and that potentially tragic day showcased the best of humanity coming together. The film, starring Tom Hanks and... Read more
Tale of famous pilot Chesley Sullenberger offers hope and inspiration for viewers Read more