Craig & Christian Music

Check out my lists of the best Christmas radio singles in Christian Music both for this year and for all time!  I'm sure I left out a TON of great Christmas Songs by Christian Artists so feel free to add your suggestions in the comments sections below.  Happy Listening and Merry Christmas! Best of 2012: 1. Francesca Battistelli- Heaven Everywhere 2. Mandisa- It's Christmas 3. Steven Curtis Chapman- Christmas Time Again 4. Dara MacLean- Bethlehem Skies 5. For King & Country- Baby Boy  6. Anthem Lights- All I Want For Christmas is You 7. Josh Wilson- Once a Year  8. Kari Jobe- When Hope Came Down 9. Jason Gray- Christmas is Coming 10. Jeremy Camp- Joy to the World 11. Amanda Noelle featuring Anthem Lights- Hark the Herald Angels Sing 12. Sidewalk Prophets- Because Its Christmas  13. Francesca Battistelli- Christmas Is 14. Mandisa- Somebody's Angel 15. Matthew West- Come On Christmas 16. Sanctus Real- Sh...

In Christian Music there artists that are stars, those on the verge of stardom, those only a few know about, and then those that are on their way up.  Today's blog focuses on Christian Music's Up & Coming Artists.  They've only released a couple of albums and had a few hit singles but they are already beginning to make their mark on the industry.  Each has their own unique style and ministry and is reaching their own corner of the world for Christ.  Be sure to check out these great artists if you haven't heard of them already.  In a few years these guys may run the business... 1. Britt Nicole With 1 successful headlining tour, 2 #1 albums, 3 #1 singles and 4 more top 10 hits, Britt is well on her way to becoming a household name in CCM.  After establishing her presence with her sophomore album The Lost Get Found , she broke through in a big way with her recently released CD Gold .  With the right balance of mainstream friendly da...

Radio Ready: The Broken, The End of Me, Sing of Your Glory, Lights of Distant Cities, Just a Glimpse iPod Picks: The Broken, World Gone Dark, Outside Her Window Was the World, Go With You, Lights of Distant Cities, Just a Glimpse, Daylight Breaking Let me just say this from the start: I love Bebo Norman!  His 2006 album Between the Dreaming and The Coming True  was a revelation to me and an album that I continue to return to time and again. What makes Bebo so great is that he has found the delicate balance intimate folk music and radio pop.  While his first couple releases were heavy on the folk sounds and his last two releases relied a bit too much on the radio-ready worship-pop, Lights of Distant Cities  finds Bebo properly balancing both styles while also treading through new sonic territory.  Folk is back en vogue with Mumford & Sons, The Civil Wars, Gotye and their associates racing up the mainstream charts so it seems that the t...

Radio Ready: Bombs Away, The Dead Come to Life, Masquerade, Coat of Arms, I Am Nothing iPod Picks: Coat of Arms, Bombs Away, Masquerade, Peeta, The Dead Come to Life, Love/War, Graveyard The Background Jonathan Thulin first crossed my path about a year ago when he released an imagery driven, Lady Gaga-esque music video for his powerful single "Babylon".   New Release Tuesday  did a big feature on the video and it soon became the most viewed Christian Music Video on the social media site.  I was a bit confused and creeped out by the video but I fell in love with the song itself and its message.  While it was released nearly two years ago, its probably the most played song on my iPod for 2012.  I went ahead and purchased the parent album to "Babylon" which was cleverly titled The Anatomy of a Heartflow  and while none of the songs lived up to the lyrical creativity or musical power of "Babylon", what I did find was one of my favorite voices to appear...