Nashville, Tenn. Apr. 30, 2009… Fox Radio personality and author of “They Popped My Hood and Found Gravy on the Dipstick” is continuing to travel the country on the Dipstick tour in support of his first book with speaking engagements, capacity-crowd book signings and radio and television appearances.

“They Popped My Hood and Found Gravy on the Dipstick” has maintained a stay on Amazon.com’s “Hot New Release Chart” as well as received placement in such major chains as Costco, Books-A-Million, Davis-Kidd Booksellers, Barnes & Noble, Lifeway and more.
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SEATTLE, WA…April 29, 2009…Releasing their third studio project on Tooth & Nail Records last week, As Cities Burn broke into the Billboard Top 200 at No. 109 selling more than 4600 units of “Hell or High Water.” This Louisiana-based released “Hell or High Water” to a huge wave of acclaimed reviews:

“There’s some gems here that will likely get stuck in your head, and the album is a must own piece of art. You will be challenged and you will be better off for it.”
–Indievisionmusic.com
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(NASHVILLE, Tenn.) April 29, 2009–New Sparrow recording artist Sarah Reeves continues promotional efforts supporting her debut album Sweet, Sweet Sound, now in stores. Among the momentum around Reeves first label offering, Sweet, Sweet Sound debuted at No. 5 this week on SoundScan’s Christian/Gospel Digital Albums chart, while its current radio single, and title track, recently exceeded one million myspace plays.

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Nashville, Tenn. Apr. 28, 2009… GRAMMY ® Award Winning Singer/Songwriter, philanthropist and mother, Amy Grant will release her first new, non-Christmas music in five years with the release of She Colors My Day EP exclusively on iTunes ® the week of May 5 and in partnership with the skin care brand philosophy.
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SEATTLE, WA…April 28, 2009…BEC Recordings’ newest shining star continues to break ground as a solo artist with the release of his debut on April 7th. Phillip LaRue released “Let the Road Pave Itself” to much media acclaim including the honored title of Gospel Music Channel’s latest “Listen Up” artist (April /May). This budding artist continues to gain new listeners this week as his music is appearing on multiple formats from a digital download to online video premieres to another TV placement.
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“Hannah Montana: The Movie” Red Carpet, Apr. 28, 2009… Pleasing anxious fans across the country, 14 year old Luke Benward released Let Your Love Out Apr. 21st and confirmed on the red carpet that he will in fact be performing during the 13-city iShine Live tour this spring.

“Singing has always been a passion of mine. I thought it would be fun to do a record that would inspire my generation to love, give and be themselves,” says Benward. “The spring iShine Live tour is going to be a blast. I hope lots of fans come out to see the show.”
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Seattle, WA…April 27, 2009…Tooth & Nail Records’ Thousand Foot Krutch is breathing new life to their fans with the freshly posted single “Bring Me To Life” as part of the Taco Bell’s Feed The Beat music program. TFK partnered with familiar face, Aaron Sprinkle, to co-produce the single, and Randy Staub, to mix the single, which is available for a free download to fans previewing the Fall 2009 release. Fans can hear the single at the Feed the Beat site or go to the new studio album’s site to receive a free download link. TFK is currently placing the finishing touches on their fifth studio album, “Welcome to the Masquerade.” The full album is also co-produced by Sprinkle and Trevor McNevan along with Staub mixing. More details to follow soon on the forthcoming project.
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Seattle, WA…April 24, 2009…Last night in Nashville, 75 artists, songwriters and producers were celebrated during the 40th Annual GMA Dove Awards at the famed Grand Ole Opry House, which aired live on Gospel Music Channel. Among the winners and those honored last night were two BEC Recordings’ artists KJ-52 and Seventh Day Slumber.
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Nashville, Tenn. Apr. 24, 2009… INO Records’ The Afters took home the top prize in the “Rock/Contemporary Album” category at the 2009 GMA Dove Awards held yesterday evening at the Grand Old Opry House in Nashville, Tenn. and broadcasted live on Gospel Music Channel.

The band was recognized for their record “Never Going Back to Ok” which was produced by Dan Muckala. The band dedicated the award to their late manager David Lipscomb.
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April 24, 2009…Nashville, TN…sixstepsrecords welcomes seven awards at this year’s 40th Annual Dove Awards, which were held at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville and broadcast LIVE on Gospel Music Channel. The Atlanta-based record label received five trophies for their compilation disc Passion: God Of This City for Special Event Album of the year.

Passion: God Of This City featured all sixstepsrecords’ artists: Chris Tomlin, David Crowder* Band, Charlie Hall, Matt Redman, Christy Nockels and Kristian Stanfill.. Each of the artists received a Dove Award for their involvement on this record.
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