Archive for the 'music' Category

July 30, 2007

Excerpt from article from The Buffalo News: Entertainment, July, 2007

The faithful will fill Darien Lake next weekend for the Christian music festival

By Molly Hirschbeck

Sharon Cantillon/Buffalo News

Devout teens cheer on Christian bands and speakers at last year’s music festival.

If you’ve ever wondered what divine intervention looks like, events starting next Sunday at Darien Lake can show you. Thats when the amusement park will become a slice of heaven on earth.RVs, tents and trucks will consume the area, turning the park’s campgrounds into a small city. More than 20,000 people are expected to willingly make the small space their home for four days, during which another 45,000 will bus in.

This is Kingdom Bound. For the past 20 years, Kingdom Bound Ministries has made a name for itself with its annual Christian music festival. The event celebrates the fundamental messages of faith by bringing together music artists who promote the teachings of Christianity. This year the event playbill boasts more than 50 bands and spiritual speakers, with acts ranging from swing and blues to pop-rock and rap. Still, one wonders: What is it that draws so many people? Read more.

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June 12, 2007

Twenty-something Christians produced STREETBRAND, a faith-based youth culture magazine for today’s young, trendsetting and multicultural audience. Written for both girls and guys, STREETBRAND is the magazine especially but not exclusively for young Christian adults.

Within the pages, readers find a wide variety of articles from music, films and books to exclusive celebrity interviews, fashion and style, in-your-face columns, relationships, health and fitness, career, money, positive living, and thought provoking pieces on current issues. (more…)

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October 2, 2006

I Hated Christianity
Christian Music Today.com, 9/25/06
by musical artist Sara Grove, about musical artist Jonny Lang

Excerpt: The first time I saw Jonny Lang, he was a 15-year-old kid, perched on a stool, his hair in his eyes—and playing his guitar and singing like he’d sold his soul to the devil. He was an irrefutable talent, and quickly became a young legend in the world of the blues and beyond, touring with The Rolling Stones, Aerosmith, and Sting, among others.

I didn’t see Lang again till a few years ago when my husband Troy and I were watching The Late Show with David Letterman, and Lang was the music guest. When he took the stage that night, he was a very different guy we’d seen years before. As he sang, Troy and I looked at each other and said, “What happened to him?” (more…)

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August 1, 2006

What does Creationfest, a rocking concert for thousands of teens, look like to a Seattle reporter?

Thousands worship, then rock out at Creation Festival
By D. PARVAZP-I REPORTER

GEORGE — It’s over for another year. Roughly 22,000 Christians prayed, rocked out, networked and maybe even checked out the baptismal pool in the dust bowl known as the Gorge Amphitheatre. [Read entire article here]

An excerpt from the article:

Still, there was a sense among most here that Christians are the underdogs in this country and that they are a true subculture. (more…)

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June 5, 2006

Campus Life, June/July 2006
Taking Light Into Dark Places
How P.O.D. shocked a shock jock
by Mark Moring

No Nonsense: P.O.D. was live on the radio with controversial talk-show host Howard Stern when they completely shocked the notorious shock jock. Stern couldn’t believe his ears. The guys in the band had just said, no, they don’t sleep around with groupies.

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~Real Quote~

We go into each album on our knees, and pray that God would do something awesome with it,” Sonny says. “It’s just the P.O.D. way to always intertwine our music with the hope we have in Christ. We encourage people to scream their faith from the rooftops. Whatever you’re going through in your own life, God is the same, regardless. That’s what we’re testifying about. God is good always.”

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