Things have been a bit strange around here in that all of us at The One21 are out visiting family. This is usually a Friday thing when I post a bunch of links to various goings on in the Christian music world.  It is an attempt to keep everyone up to date on what is going on, and if you think that we missed anything, hit us up in the Contact Us tab over there…here we go:

Singer/Songwriter Todd Agnew talks about his upcoming Christmas tour here

Brett Dennen and Paste Magazine are running a “Thanks Giving” contest, read and sign up here

The Great Commission gives a slew of updates concerning tours and recording here

The Myriad have recently posted a video concerning drummer Randy Miller here

tobyMac talks remixes… Continue reading

Two days after I received my high school diploma, I found myself standing at one of the main entrance/waiting areas of the airport in Austin, surrounded by people I didn’t know. I was beginning my first summer as a intern for Wild Week youth camp, a traveling teen evangelism camp that featured Ken Freeman, Paul Vick, Kacy Benson, and the worship music of Among Thorns.  That summer, we were on the road for 11 weeks, we did eight camps in four states, and on average saw between 600-1200 kids per a week.  It was a truly amazing experience for me, one that changed the way that I see Christ, believers, music, and churches (to the point at which I was trying to jump on tour with Among Thorns so… Continue reading | 1 Comment

I will try to post these on Mondays from now on, here is what dropped today-

NOV. 25, 2008

 Demon Hunter- 45 Days (CD/DVD)

 Jeremy Camp- Speaking Louder Than Before

 DecembeRadio- Comfort & Joy

 xDeathstarx- The Triumph (Reissue)

 The Almost- No Gift To Bring EP

We aren’t going to post ours quite yet (its not even December yet!!); but we want to hear yours!!

TOP 15 Albums of 2008, leave your list in the comments section, and discuss…

It is going to be a strange week for the One21 Music, in that most of the week we will be spending with our families and friends.  Not as many posts will show up this week, but take the time off to browse through some of our other articles we have put up for you.

Things are rolling for us here, and hopefully before you know it we will be giving you some huge updates for our company.  We really want to hear from you, so leave us comments and talk to us about what you think is going on in music.

Enjoy your week, we know we will…

Jonathan Steingard is better known as the guitarist for rock band Hawk Nelson.  He is hard at work on his new solo album right now, and decided to put a 3-song EP togeather to hold people over until then.  Its kick back mellow stuff with a lot of substance. Click the link below, save the ZIP file, extract the files, and you have a new CD… for free!!!

DOWNLOAD EP

Every week I am going to try to post a whole bunch of links to kind of keep everybody up to date as to what is happening in the Christ-centered music scene. It will be different every week, so keep checking back.  If you know of any stories we should know about, let us know using the “Contact Us” tab over there…

Syntax Records posted a preview video for The Wages Of Syntax, Vol.2 here

As I Lay Dying, War of Ages, Impending Doom, August Burns Red, Brian Welch, Demon Hunter, Devil Wears Prada, Gwen Stacy, Maylene & TSOD, Oh, Sleeper, Straight Line Stitch and Underoath were all nominated for Headbangers Best Of ‘08; you can vote for your favorite here

Paramore won mtvU’s Woodie Of The Year, a video and details… Continue reading

I don’t know how we missed this, but Paramore was on Jimmy Kimmel Live last week preforming their new song “Decode”. Very solid performance, very solid song.  The song comes from the Twilight Soundtrack, which is out now, and the band said in a recent interview that they are starting to put stuff together for a new CD, due some time in 2009.

Jason Upton
Genre: worship
Styles: eclectic, progressive, independent
Label: Key Of David
Website/myspace: Jason Upton
Christian label: yes
Category: The Spiritual whats this?

Known for his unorthodox worship songs and unwillingness to conform to any standard set forth by the Christian culture; Jason Upton is a worship leader that truly seeks God’s heart.  He has been singing in churches since he was 15, but didn’t begin to lead worship until after receiving his Masters in Divinity. During this time, Jason and his wife began to feel God giving them songs to share with the world.  Since then, Jason has devoted himself to truly seeking God through worship.  He has… Continue reading | 2 Comments

Christ, in the 21st Century, speaks to the post modern world in ever more expansive ways.  Christian music in the mainstream and underground pop, rock, r&b, hip hop, jazz and country circles reaches the believing and yet to believe world.  It is time to embrace and celebrate this music.

Ever since I was a teenager, there has been this bizarre debate among the Christians in my life as to what Christians should listen to.  Some thought that all secular music was out, others thought certain bands were okay even if their music wasn’t Christ-centered. Others thought that music was objective, and that if there wasn’t anything offensive in the music, then it was okay.  Many people agreed, however, that Christians should listen to only Christian music because… Continue reading | 8 Comments