Justin Bieber will be visiting South Africa once again, this time to perform in Cape Town and Johannesburg as part of his Purpose World Tour, reports Eyewitness News The What Do you Mean crooner will be in Johannesburg at the FNB Stadium on May 14 2017, and at the Cape Town […]
Music
Dr Tumi in clean sweep at SABC Crown Gospel Awards
Originally published in Sowetan Dr Tumi dominated at Sunday night’s 9th SABC Crown Gospel Music Awards at the ICC in Durban by taking five trophies, including the coveted Song of the Year for his hit Nothing Without You. The medical doctor-turned-musician was almost out of words each time he was called […]
Award winning Christian rocker Adrian Sing says passion for Jesus is the key
All the glory is the fitting name of the song which earned Adrian Sing the Best Gospel Rock award at the SABC Crown Gospel Awards at the Durban ICC on Sunday. “I would like to give all the honor to God as without Him we would not be in this position […]
Local DJ taking ground for the Kingdom
Officially listed as Prophet Mikallo Britow on his ID, DJ Prophet777 is a Gospel House DJ gaining a lot of attention across the country as he aims to deliver the Good News of the Gospel through his music. Dressed in his signature full white attire, he uses his unique look […]
Make Christmas special
[notice]Hugh Wetmore is a songwriter and student of worship trends. He invites you to join the worship conversation by commenting on his monthly column.[/notice] Christmas this year falls on a Sunday — make it Special with a song-list that is totally different to the usual Sunday’s Praise and Worship selection. […]
WATCH: Matt Redman leads huge crowd singing ’10 000 Reasons’ in NYC’s Times Square
Originally published in The Christian Post. In the middle of New York’s Time Square — a bustling thoroughfare that rarely comes to a standstill — two-time Grammy Award-winning Christian worship leader Matt Redman brought one of the most recogniseable places in the world to a halt and held a worship […]
SABC Crown Gospel Music Awards nominees announced
The leading awards for celebrating excellence in the gospel industry announces its nominees The World Gospel Powerhouse announced the nominees for the 9th Annual SABC Crown Gospel Music Awards in a grand all-white red carpet affair on October 19 2016, at the iconic Moses Mabhida Stadium in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal – […]
Bob Dylan — the faith of the new Nobel Prize winner
Originally published in Christian Today Bob Dylan has been awarded the Nobel Prize For Literature. The man born Robert Zimmerman has captivated audiences for over 50 years, first as an acoustic folk troubadour, then as electric iconoclast and now as an elder statesman of roots music. The biting satire of […]
Lauren Daigle repeats with three wins at Dove Awards
Originally published in Fox News For the second year in a row, Christian singer Lauren Daigle won three awards at the Gospel Music Association’s Dove Awards on Tuesday night, including artist of the year. Two worship groups, Hillsong UNITED out of Australia and Bethel Music based in California, also took […]
‘Spiritual songs’ — God is listening for honest lyrics
[notice]Hugh Wetmore is a songwriter and student of worship trends. He invites you to join the worship conversation by commenting on his monthly column.[/notice] I have long admired hit-singer Bono’s principled stand for justice in our unjust world. But I didn’t realise that he had committed himself to moral principles […]
