Music
- Died: Michael Knott, Christian Alternative Musician Who Helped Launch Tooth & NailKnott wrote rock operas, sang with honesty and conviction, called out hypocrites, and bucked the norms of the Christian music industry.Kelsey Kramer McGinnis|
- Music & MeaningEpisode 7|29minFour on the FloorA special episode highlighting music news from February 2024, featuring host Charlie Peacock and a panel of experts: Tracy Gershon, Rissi Palmer, and Swagg R’Celious.
- Big, Big Market: Why CCM Filled ’80s and ’90s HomesRecent histories, documentaries, and devotionals prompt fans to look back—and perhaps learn some lessons—from the genre’s heyday.Kelsey Kramer McGinnis|
- How Contemporary Christian Music Explains American ChristianityWhen the CCM business model faltered, it gave way to what sells even better: politics and fearmongering.Russell Moore|
- Viral JesusEpisode 110|39minKevin Olusola: ‘I Thought God Was Crazy’From Kentucky to Yale to viral video, this Pentatonix bandmember is a beatboxing, cello-playing, a cappella–singing messenger of hope who had planned a career in medicine, not music.Heather Thompson Day|
- What Toby Keith Taught Us About the Songs We NeedAngry Christians require angry songs—or better yet, angry psalms.Russell Moore|
- Sing Holy Forever … or Until TikTok Pulls the AudioWhat Universal Music Group’s catalog removal means for our favorites from Hillsong, Kari Jobe, Chris Tomlin, and more.Kelsey Kramer McGinnis|
- Music & MeaningEpisode 5|21minSister Rosetta Tharpe: The True Pioneer of Gospel RockCharlie Peacock pays tribute to the inventor of gospel rock with guests Tommy Sims and Jerry McPherson.
- Music & MeaningEpisode 4|20minAugustine Tunes In to the Top 40Charlie Peacock and fourth-century theologian St. Augustine listen to the lyrics of today’s Top 40.
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