Wovenhand
Genre: Rock
Styles: Alternative, Alt-Country, Post-Rock, Industrial, Folk Rock, Goth
Location: Elktooth, Colorado
Label: Sounds Familyre
Myspace:  www.myspace.com/wovenhand
Christian label: yes
Category: The Spiritual whats this?

Imagine yourself lost in the damp, dark backwoods of West Virginia, the light slipping away and you come upon an exiled fire and brimstone preacher fighting his demons by a dim flickering fire by mumbling songs, wild eyed, with a deep baritone on top of a droning banjo.  That is where Wovenhand’s music takes you.

Since his days with Sixteen Horsepower, David Eugene Edwards, has led his fans, count me as one, into the deep, dark center of Christian music.  This is a music where the characters vividly wrestle with temptation and confront… Continue reading | 7 Comments

Alright, so if you are reading this right now,I have a challenge for you. You see,  I spend a lot of time working on these news posts. About 1-2 hours a day.  I do my best to post a wide variety of links for a lot of different artists so that there is something for everyone to read.  As our knowledge of the Christ-centered music scene has grown, so have these posts in length and diversity, so i hope you guys are enjoying them.

Here is my challenge: find someone in this post that you have no idea who they are.  Then click on the link for them, dig in, and really try to get into them.  I promise that you will find something that is at least interesting, but the… Continue reading | 4 Comments

To channel Randy Jackson, “I don’t know dawg, American Idol Season 8 is a little weird for me. “  Last night was pretty bad.  What is up with these ultra talented singers picking these bad songs?  I know these guys can sing, I heard them. Some of it can be attributed to the big step of these inexperienced performers stepping onto that stage for the first time, but that does not account for those songs.

One21 Music is covering Christian music artists competing on American Idol Season 8.  Last night Matt Giraud, Mishavonna Henson and Kris Allen performed on the second installment of the semi finals.   Front runner Matt Giraud fumbled his position as one of the favorites by unsuccessfully wrestling with” Viva La Vida”.   Mishavonna and Kris were… Continue reading | 2 Comments

from left to right: David (drums), Mattie(vocals), Brandon(bass), Ryan & Mike (guitars)

Iowa’s For Today have been making a huge name for themselves ever since they popped up on the hardcore scene over a year ago. After signing to Facedown Records, they released their first full length CD, Ekklesia, in 2008 to widespread positive response.  Their combination of brutal  mosh hardcore with harmonic metal overtones was well received all over the country by metal and hardcore fans alike. At the eve of their next chapter, with the upcoming release of their latest effort, Portraits,  in June, For Today are ready to take over the game.

I recently was able to catch these guys on their tour with fellow Christian metalheads, MyChildren MyBride… Continue reading | 1 Comment

I don’t know what to say.  That is just an expression don’t you know.  I always know something to say.  I know these are really good singers.  I have been dazzled by many of them, yet they take this step to live television and they seem to fall apart.  I have only seen two performances so far in Round 2 that equals what these performers did during Hollywood week.

As you know by now we are covering the Christian music artists competing in American Idol Season 8.  None of Wednesday night’s three Christian music artists exceeded expectations, but that was par for the show.

Matt Giraud was the first to perform and, to be frank, I think he squandered his position as one of the favorites.  This funky soul singer… Continue reading | 2 Comments

Well, here we are for week two of the American Idol Season 8 semi-finals.  We will see how tonight’s performances stack-up to last week’s pretty sorry showing.   It is all about song choice, song choice,  song choice.  Last week I heard too much, “I was trying to show a different side of me”.  Remember, tonight is your audition for America, give us your best shot.

At One21music, we are covering Christian music artists competing on America Idol Season 8.  Tonight we have three singers who have declared themselves believers: Kris Allen, Mishavonna Henson and Kris Allen.  It is going to be a tough night for them with some strong competition from Adam Lambert, Jessic Langseth and Jasmine Murray.

This is actually an old one. I don’t know how I happened upon it, but man am I glad I did.  This is just great hip-hop with a great message. Rhema Soul is a three piece team with a female emcee. I don’t know why I told you that, but just to let you know they have a little different flavor than most. Its a solid album, you should definitely tear it up.  Enjoy.

The link below will take you to a Mediafire page. Hit the Click Here To Download button. Save the .ZIP file to your computer, EXTRACT ALL FILES after it is done, and this sweet little EP is yours.

UPDATE: it appears that the link below is… Continue reading | 2 Comments

One21music is dedicated to introducing you to the full spectrum of Christian music.  In our minds, that is music made by believers written from a viewpoint of hope and faith.  We are doing this so that you can experience great, non formulaic music that expresses how we, as believers, live our lives in this world.

This article has nothing to do with music, but it does relate to how we live our lives as believers.  Over the next few weeks I am going to take you through a recipe for dealing with today’s troubling financial times.

This past Monday, February, 23, 2009,  the Dow Jones stock market index closed at $7,100, the lowest level in 31 years!  A long, frightening period of economic retrenchment faces us and if we are not unemployed, we anticipate being laid-off any… Continue reading | 6 Comments

Brooke Waggoner
Genre: Pop
Styles: Indie-Folk, Progressive, Singer/Songwriter
Location: Nashville, TN
Label: SwoonMoon Music
Website: www.brookewaggoner.com
Myspace: myspace.com/brookewaggoner
Christian Label: No
Category: The Light whats this?

There is a fine line in music that few can walk.  This line is the one that separates the familiar from the new. The easy from the difficult.  The lite from the dense. The accessible from the talented.  Most artists crumble under the pressure of trying to stay on this line. On one hand they want to be creative and innovative. On the other, they want people to be able to get into their music, to be accepted.  Most go one way or… Continue reading | 6 Comments

Who does this Barack Obama think he is?  I have heard he thinks he has a mandate from the American people, but let me assure you Mr. President that your mandate does not extend to interrupting American Idol.  Deliver the State of the Union on Thursday night.  Survivor is a tired franchise and Grissom has left CSI.

This week, Wednesday is American Idol night and One21music will be live blogging the second semi-final episode of American Idol Season 8.

Last week, two contestants we have identified as Christian music artists, Danny Gokey and Michael  Sarver, were voted through to the Final 12.  Read our coverage here. To recap, American Idol Season 8 started viewer voting with 36 contestants.  For three weeks, they… Continue reading | 1 Comment