Burbank, CA (August 28, 2008) - “Lincoln Heights,” the critically acclaimed and multiple NAACP Image and NAMIC Award nominated family drama series returns for season three, with ten new episodes premiering, Tuesday, September 16, 8:00-9:00 p.m., ET, on ABC Family. “Lincoln Heights” follows the lives of the Sutton family led by Eddie, an ambitious police officer, who moved his wife and three kids to the inner-city neighborhood where he was raised, with hopes of cleaning it up and making a difference.
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Philadelphia, PA - - Delilah Winder is a celebrity chef, restaurant owner and cookbook author who has a passion for food and entertaining. From a little girl in her grandmother’s kitchen to the “it” girl on the Philadelphia food scene, Delilah is a successful business woman on the continual move upward and taking her fine cooking with her. Philadelphia’s favorite chef is now prepping for yet another great expansion in her business of cooking. Chef Delilah Winder is set to tape and host her own brand new cooking show – A Taste Of Gospel.

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“…feels like the beginning of a vibrant new chapter in an already distinguished career.”
–Billboard

SEATTLE, WA…September 30, 2008…After the recent release of Bebo Norman, the media has been a buzz about his best work to date. In addition to media praise, digital buyers clamored to iTunes to purchase the album as Bebo Norman peaked at No.1 on the Overall Christian Album Chart during his street week (September 16). Bebo Norman is rooted in the tuneful sensibilities of comparable artists like James Taylor and John Mayer; all the while, he is confidently stretching the musical arrangements to his worshipful melodies.
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(NASHVILLE, Tenn.) Sept. 29, 2008 – Members of Forefront Records rock band Dizmas have joined Josiah Venture to bring music and evangelism to Eastern Europe. The band will serve as team members with Josiah Venture for the “Exit 316 Tour” this October and November in the Czech Republic.

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(NASHVILLE, Tenn.) Sept. 29, 2008—Sparrow Records award-winning Canadian modern rock band Starfield brings its highly successful “I Will Go” Tour to the U.S. this fall. The tour that has already played successfully in Canada, the U.K. and Europe now marks Starfield’s first-ever headlining slot in the U.S. The “I Will Go” Tour will feature new Sparrow Records artist Above The Golden State as the opening act.

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For the past year Americans have heard Marvin Sapp’s clarion tenor sing about Christ’s ability to sustain believers. “Never Would Have Made It” is his biggest song and its power has transcended the gospel world and landed in the middle of urban markets. A performance at this year’s BET awards was the evening’s apex trumping the usual secular favorites for a song reflective of the country’s need for a lifesaver among economic instability and the race for a new president. Kirk Franklin made gospel cool by mixing it with urban culture. Franklin’s success was not guaranteed by the infusion of hip-hop beats and dances but easier to explain. Sapp’s crossover success is an anomaly but it reveals a reverse history lesson; gospel music has returned soul to the radio. In the ‘50s and ‘60s it would take Ray Charles and Aretha Franklin to bring the gospel sensibility to popular music. By the ‘90s hip-hop took over and soul singers became extinct. At this time Sapp was a member of the revered gospel group Commissioned. By ’96 he went solo and began the path that has led to his seventh album Thirsty. Currently on the How Sweet The Sound tour in search of top-notch choirs around the country Pastor Sapp addresses the song’s success, his holistic ministry and how he always knew God was real.

What do you think it is about “Never Would Have Made It” that makes so many people connect to it instead of other gospel songs?

I think the thing that makes “Never Would Have Made It” such a heart wrenching song is because we’ve all had “Never Would Have Made It” moments. We’ve all found ourselves in places where we didn’t know what we were going to do how we were going to get through it. But after we come through it and learn the lessons that God was really trying to teach us all of become stronger better wiser individuals. I think that is really the grabbing point if you will of the song.
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NASHVILLE, TN– Sept. 29, 2008 –Amy Grant and Vince Gill will embark on a 15-date Christmas With Amy & Vince Tour Dec. 4, in Manchester, NH, and bring it home Dec. 22 and 23 with two shows in Nashville at the Ryman Auditorium.
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( Atlanta , GA ) – (September 29, 2008) – Pastor Gregg Patrick was a guest on TBN Monday, September 22nd on their extremely popular “Praise The Lord” show. The show was shown live from the Miami , Florida studio and hosted by Tony-Award winning actor/Pastor Clifton Davis. Patrick discussed the phenomenal success of his choir’s top-ten album CROSSOVER and R&R chart rising single “I Am A Witness” featuring Rhonda McLemore.

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Little did three-time Grammy Award nominee and multiple Stellar and Dove Award winner, Dottie Peoples, know that when she adopted this phrase as her personal testimony, it would become the most compelling sentiment of her new CD and debut single, “Do It!,” because it heralds two of the most significant and exciting changes in her illustrious musical career.
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Nashville, Tenn. Sept. 26, 2008… Starting in late September through December when Family Christian Store shoppers donate $10 to the James Fund, they will receive an exclusive ten song CD from Robert Pierre’s new project Identity before it is available to the public and a Barnabas Bear that will be donated to an orphan in the consumer’s community or in a third world country.
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