Multiple award-winning Jamaican gospel singer Chevelle Franklyn, is set to release Go In Your Strength, the debut worship single from her full-length album South Wind Vol 1, globally on April 3. Recorded in South Africa, the 13-track album features the voices of South African Gospel singer Ntokozo Mbambo. Franklyn co-produced […]
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Highly-anticipated ‘I Still Believe’ movie releasing in SA on March 20
True-life Christian love story, I Still Believe , which tells the story of award-winning Christian singer Jeremy Camp and his first marriage to Melissa Lynn Henning-Camp who died in 2001, less than a year after they were wed, launches in South Africa on Friday March 20. Country singer Shania Twain plays the role […]
Songs of realism, songs of fantasy — Hugh Wetmore
Hugh Wetmore is a songwriter and student of worship trends. He invites you to join the worship conversation by commenting on his monthly column. The other Sunday I listened to the world news before coming to our worship service. The news told of those destructive fires in Australia, of floods […]
HLE’s debut hits high note with #1 single on iTunes All-Genre Charts!
Straight off her collaboration with Benjamin Dube, singer, songwriter and former Joyous Celebration lead singer HLE, also known to many as Hlengiwe Ntombela, released her debut solo single Dwala last Friday — and it went straight to number one on the iTunes charts. The iTunes success was achieved amid some major […]
WATCH: Katy Perry, Lionel Richie join hands in prayer with American Idol contestant
Originally published in Christian Today A New York City subway singer hoping to be the next winner on “American Idol” took a moment during her nerve-wracking audition to put the spotlight on God. During the audition, Samantha Diaz, who goes by the stage name of “Just Sam”, plucked up the […]
World-acclaimed SA music giant, Joseph Shabalala, dies at 78
The founder of the world-acclaimed traditional, cultural, scathamiya group Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Dr Joseph Shabalala passed away on the February 11 2020 at Life Eugene Marais Hospital in Pretoria at the age of 78. Joseph Shabalala was born in 1941 and was the eldest of eight children. This eldest son […]
Tasha Cobbs Leonard definitely coming to SA!
The Gospel edition of the Magic Music Sessions due to be held on April 25 will feature Grammy Award-winning recording artist/songwriter Tasha Cobbs Leonard. Concert promoters Vertex Events have assured that the singer will perform at this year’s Magic Music Sessions despite a recently cancelled tour by another concert […]
Justin and Hailey Bieber release wedding footage, say they ‘trust God so much’ with their love story
Originally published in The Christian Post Justin Bieber’s new YouTube series Seasons released two episodes this week showing footage from his and his wife, Hailey’s wedding day. During the episodes Bieber revealed that he “was shaking” when he proposed to Hailey in the Bahamas in 2018. “I was like, ‘I […]
Ten most popular worship songs in churches last year
Originally published in Christian Headlines Pat Barrett’s song Build My Life and Hillsong Worship’s What a Beautiful Name were the most popular worship songs within churches in 2019, while Sinach’s Waymaker could make the list for 2020, according to a new report. Faithlife Proclaim, a church presentation software from Faithlife, […]
New Year’s song resolutions — Hugh Wetmore
Welcome this opportunity to set a new, clear, 20/20 vision for your sung worship ministry this New Year. Give it deep, prayerful consideration, together with your colleagues. Take your congregational singing one notch higher than it was last year. Set your bar one notch higher, and stretch your muscles to […]

