Posted by chuck On January - 30 - 2009
Yes, we at One21music.com will cover American Idol’s Season 8. However, we will take a little different slant. We will identify and focus on American Idol contestants of faith. While American Idol’s Hollywood theater of torture airs next week, we will research the candidates to find those who profess their faith in Christ and then we will follow their progress throughout Season 8.
The Season 8 audtition shows ended last night and they were the usual cornucopia of train wrecks and tear-jerkers, spiced with some talent and humor. American Idol is a decidely secular endeavor. It feels that the judges punish contestants who choose to demonstrate their faith through their song selections. On the surface, Idol stifles creativity and undervalues sensitivity, two qualities of the great music we try to… Continue reading
Posted by ian On January - 30 - 2009
There was a lot happening in the Christian music scene this week! This update is a little longer than usual, but be sure to search through and read about artists you know, and also discover some new ones. Let us know if there are any stories we missed from this week. In addition, at the bottom of the post I will be listing all the CDs from Christian musicians that will be released the following Tuesday.
A whole bunch of hard work being done over here, this next week we will be putting up our list of Christian artists and record labels! This is the next step for our company, so I hope you will enjoy what we put up!
Here are your links for the week:
Strike First Record’s Hope For The… Continue reading | 3 Comments
Posted by ian On January - 28 - 2009
Hey there, remember a few weeks ago when we posted our favorite Christian hip-hop video for 2008? Remember it was this guy on Syntax Records named Kaboose? Remember how you liked it , right? Well then you are going to love us, because we have his brand new mixtape, Bits & Pieces, here for your listening pleasure. Oh, yea, and it’s free. Are you starting to notice a pattern here? We suggest an album, put a big picture up in the post, and magically it’s free…
We love new music, and when it’s free, that’s a better deal, don’t you think? Click on the link below, download the ZIP file, then extract the files, and the… Continue reading
Posted by ian On January - 26 - 2009
The Ambassador
Genre: Hip-Hop
Sub-genres: Gospel, East Coast
Location: Philadelphia, PENN
Label: Cross Movement Records
Website: http://www.theambassadoronline.com/
Christian Label: Yes
Category: The Spiritual whats this?
In 1997, a group of friends with a passion for hip-hop and sharing the gospel released an album called Heaven’s Mentality. It combined the hard-hitting sound of East-Coast style hip-hop with grounded theology. The songs were in your face, passionate, walked the hard line of true hip-hop and true evangelism. The group was called The Cross Movement, and the CD was the beginning of a career that has seen the release of seven albums for the group, and over twenty from the individual members. They have expanded to creating a label under the… Continue reading
Posted by ian On January - 23 - 2009
The end of another week has seen some really good things happen here at The One21. We took on new employee, expanded our artist database extensively, and made some big decisions for the company. Good things are coming in the next few months, so hang with us. The next big thing you should see is that we will have an Artists tab at the top of the page containing what we believe to be the whole scope of the Christian music scene. Im hoping to have that up within the next week.
Until then, we have our weekly news update for you guys, a bunch of links taking you to all that is going on the Christian music scene this week. Click through and let us know if we missed anything… Continue reading
Posted by chuck On January - 21 - 2009
Iris Dement
Genre: Country/Folk
Styles: Americana
Location: Arkansas to California to Kansas City
Label: Independent
Website: None
Myspace : None
Christian label: No
Category: The Light whats this?
The past twelve years have been tough on us Iris Dement fans. A flurry of creativity from 1992 to 1996 rewarded us with three of the best country/folk albums in the history of the country music, and then she faded away. With those three albums, Miss Dement beautifully articulated the honest struggles of believers in this world. Iris Dement is as clear an example of the musical spirit we pursue at One21 as any artist I can name.
All three of her celebrated country/folk albums were released while she was… Continue reading
Posted by ian On January - 19 - 2009
Okey, so you may have to open your mind a bit with this one, but its free, so take a chance already!! (morse) is a downbeat/experimental electronic artist out of Ohio. His stuff is very….bizarre, mainly composed of deconstructed sounds and tones, all layered on top of one another to create something that is truely unique. You know us, we love unique. It may take a few listens to get whats going on here, but you wont be disappointed. Here is the drill, right-click the link below and do a Save Target As (it may be Save Link As), extract the files from the ZIP file, and you got music for your ears. Enjoy!
Download (morse)- A|| Look
Posted by ian On January - 16 - 2009
2009 is up and going, and things are starting to pick up again for us around here. Some formatting issues didn’t let me post a New Releases post this week, but we have taken care of it, so there will be one up next week. I promise. Anyway, the music scene is starting to go back to work, so the news is a bit more plentiful than past posts. We do this every week (almost every week) to keep you, the reader, up to date on what is happening in the Christian music industry. If you think we have missed something, or you want to hear about your favorite Christian artist, hit us up in that Contact Us tab over there, and we will do our best to change our… Continue reading | 1 Comment
Posted by ian On January - 14 - 2009
Over the last decade, popular music has both benefited and suffered from the sudden evolution of technology. MP3 technology has changed the music industry in ways never thought possible, facilitating easy storage and making new music widely available. With this convenience however, a moral and legal issue concerning the use of these MP3 files has become a common place and heated debate. As believers in Christ, we have a duty to rise above the rest and truly discover where is the right place to stand on this issue.
A few weeks ago, I commented to my family that I was amazed at some of the artists that had broken the top fifty on Billboard Top 100. Specifically, I was happy to see that Underoath had debuted very high in its first week of sales. Underoath is not only… Continue reading | 5 Comments
Posted by ian On January - 12 - 2009
Well, you can’t say we never gave you anything. We have done about four of these now, and none of the MP3 album downloads have been the same. This time we are presenting a little reggae action. Dominic Ballie is Christian reggae/hip-hopper from LA, and is feeling a little generous this time around. Good news for us, because that means we all get a new album for FREE. You know the drill, click on the link below (or Save Target As), download the zip. file, extract the files from the zip., and you got some sweet new tunes.
Dominic Balli & The Roots Republic- Public Announcement free download
