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Recent Headlines - Music Genre: Christian

Mississippi Celebrates Its Grammy(R) Legacy with Star-Studded Gala Hosted by Governor Barbour Mississippi's contribution to music of all genres will be celebrated at a gala event in Jackson on May 29th. Stars set to perform include The Williams Brothers, James Burton, Mavis Staples, Paul Overstreet, Eddie Cotton and Sweden's Hannah Holgersson, Anorah and Beatrice. - 2008-05-17

1 Attachment Raven Moon's Licensee: YOUNG AMERICA MUSIC USA .COM Has Signed ``Radio Icon'' Casey Kasem to Record With GINA D(R) -- Company Thinks This Ground Breaking CD Could Make Them America's First "Spoken Word Recording Idols" Raven Moon Entertainment, Inc. (OTCBB:RVEN) announced today that its licensee MADE IN AMERICA ENTERTAINMENT, LLC d.b.a. YOUNG AMERICA MUSIC USA .COM has signed "Radio Icon" CASEY KASEM to record a new spoken word music CD with GINA D(R) star of the worldwide hit television series 'GINA D'S KIDS CLUB(R).' The recording called "YOUNG AMERICA narrated by CASEY KASEM and featuring GINA D" was written and produced by executive producers Joey and Bernadette DiFrancesco with additional lyrics by Lorre Crimi and Frank Akrey, is part of a thirteen song collection. Plans are now underway for a June release that could make CASEY KASEM and GINA D America's first "Spoken Word Recording Idols." - 2008-04-03

Christian Artist Griffith and Company New Single Tell It All Hits the Charts Century 2 Entertainment made the decision to conduct an Internet test market of the new single by Griffith and Company, "Tell It All", before releasing it to radio. In a matter of days Internet music tracking company SoundClick reported that of the 2,762,291 songs it was tracking, Griffith and Company, "Tell It All" was at Number 1 Country, Number 1 Christian Country, and Number 7 in all genres of music. (SoundClick 02/22/08). With the current radio release the recording has now made its way into the mainstream Christian music charts with a solid debut at number 64 in the Singing News (Singing News, March 08). - 2008-03-21

Armond Morales, Founding Member Of The Grammy & Dove Award Winning Group The Imperials, Issues Open Letter To His Son Armond Morales, founding member of the Grammy & Dove Award winning group The Imperials, issues public statement in response to the story that broke last week at ChristianityToday.com. - 2008-03-04

Sonic Bear Music, Va. Beach, VA, releases "Vertigo" by Stephen Peppos, a Virginia Artist/Composer, Official Release Date February 1, 2008 Artist/Composer Stephen Peppos' Vertigo CD is receiving high accolades from music reviewers and industry insiders of the Contemporary Instrumental and New Age Genres. - 2008-02-23

New 'Neo Eclectic' Music is Breakthrough Sound for Debut CD 'Color Purple' associate conductor Victor Simonson delivers jazz, classical, gospel, opera, smooth jazz and sacred music on one CD. - 2008-01-25

Mission House Music Recording Artist Jim Murphy set to Release New Album Jim Murphy's "Everything Changes," hits stores February 12th. - 2008-01-13

A&S Case Company: When Customers Talk, A&S Listens, Then Delivers Solutions; A&S Case Company Introduces the Revolutionary A&S Axe Box™, an Innovative Approach to Industry Guitar Vaults Made Lighter & More Compact Than Ever A&S Case Company: When Customers Talk, A&S Listens…Then Delivers Solutions. A&S Case Company introduces the revolutionary A&S Axe Box™... an innovative approach to industry guitar vaults made lighter & more compact than ever. At last, a multiple guitar case designed to meet user's needs based on their thinking… made lighter, more compact and with revolutionary pocket doors for ease of use. It's 15% lighter, more convenient, incredibly flexible and stronger than any removable lid case on the market today. - 2008-01-09

PassAlong Networks Launches Rostr Playlist Widget: Users Can Display Music Taste, Brands Can Permeate Social Networks Media distribution developer PassAlong Networks(TM) today launched Rostr(TM), a customizable and interactive Web playlist widget that enables artists, labels, fans and brands to extend their reach into social networks while offering users a unique tool for displaying their music tastes. - 2008-01-03

Indie Gospel Label RedeemedSoul.com Wins "Best Album" Award New gospel label RedeemedSoul.com's debut CD "The New Soul (Various Artists)" was named 2007's "Best Compilation Album" at the En Sound Music Awards. This is yet another industry honor received by the fledgling "indie" record label. - 2007-10-06

Arkin Terrell signs with Nashville's I-Witness Records I-Witness Records ( a division of Mission House Music-Nashville, TN) has signed Inspirational Country Artist Arkin Terrell as its flagship Artist. - 2007-08-20

1 Attachment Mission House Music welcomes Maria Long Mission House Music proudly welcomes Maria Long to the Mission House family. - 2007-06-29

1 Attachment Lisa Houston to Launch Her Highly Anticipated Debut Album "Spread the Love" Album includes thirteen tracks most of which were written by Lisa Houston & Producer Jimmy Mac, it also includes trademark songs of her career and award winning Christian musicians. - 2007-06-19

Family Values Tour Fans Invited to Create Original 2007 Tour Poster: The Family Values Tour Partners with Brickfish to Select Fan-Designed 2007 Tour Poster One of the greatest brands in summer rock festivals, The Family Values Tour, has announced an online contest open to all fans to design a 2007 promotional tour poster. - 2007-06-13

1 Attachment Arts Integration into Education: Music Serves as a Bridge to Peace The arts are an essential part of American culture as a whole. It is very important that all members of society come into direct contact with the arts -- not only as passive observers, but also as active participants. The Humanitarian Resource Institute Arts Integration into Education initiative is promoting the arts as a vehicle for solution oriented strategic planning and development for peace. - 2007-06-12

2 Attachment Inspirational Artist Jita Gains Record Campaign Momentum BeatSquad recording artist Jita brings a fresh sound to the inspirational music scene, containing sweet melodic mainstream and jazzy groove tracks that appeal to a universal audience. - 2007-06-05

Mother of Twins Delivers in Studio Psalmoetry births mainstream milk - spiritual soulfood. - 2007-05-15

1 Attachment Industry Giants Join Forces, Launch Groundbreaking Indie Artist Support Tool: The Virtual Music Publisher Rainmaker's Rhonda E. Kelley, GoGirls Music's Madalyn Sklar, and Burn In Silence/3000K's Ben Schulkin shatter the cost/time barrier between independent musicians and critically-important media coverage. - 2007-05-14

4 Attachment 'She's An Army of One' a Positive, Uplifting Tribute to the American Service Woman The much anticipated release of "She's An Army of One" is finally out to the world. As the song is a tribute to the women of the military, the producers have chosen not to expound on the names of the performers at this point in order to allow the women of the military to be in the spotlight. TRA-STAR and BMJ-Nashville have agreed to contribute a portion of the sales revenues to the Womens Army Museum at Ft Lee, VA. - 2007-04-20

Mississippi Celebrates Grammy® With Star-Studded Gala Rock 'n roll legend Jerry Lee Lewis, gospel music greats The Williams Brothers, country icon Marty Stuart, jam band blues-rock sensations The North Mississippi All Stars as well as Swedish pop music superstar Carola join with Governor Haley Barbour to bring home the message of Mississippi's ongoing "Birthplace of America's Music" for at a gala Celebrating A 50 Year Grammy Legacy. Co-sponsored by Peavey Electronics and the Mississippi Development Authority, the event is set for the evening of April 26th at the Marriott Hotel Ballroom in downtown Jackson, MS, preceded by a reception at the Governor's Mansion. - 2007-04-10

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