Michael English News

Local music enthusiasts probably think of Kurt Burkhart as that guy who sits on a stool in bars like Britannia Arms and does well-received cover songs by artists like the Beatles and Jack Johnson.

Richie McDonald I Turn to You the inspirational AC pop of Mark Harris, Casting Crowns, NewSong, and Michael English, with only faint echoes of the country-pop of Lonestar and Sawyer Brown.

“It should be a very special evening.”

Nationally acclaimed song and vocal artist Michael English will lend his voice to a concert coming up later this month. via Greensburg Daily News

“Avalon is a straight-up pop group”

Planning board OKs Food Lion plans The planning board has recommended approval of plans for a new Food Lion shopping center off N.C. 179 near Willis Drive. via Brunswick Beacon

Label: Curb Records Michael English 's first studio album in eight years is released in partnership with his book of the same title, released in 2007. via Crosswalk

“I try to be as honest as I can be. "It's a different day for me. I'm just ready for whatever God gives me. I'm just trying to seek his face - honest to goodness seek his will for my life. If I do that, everything is going to be fine.”

Not that it mattered on this particular manic Wednesday morning, but a well-known Christian singer was about 30 minutes tardy for a phone interview from Nashville, Tenn. via Topeka Capital-Journal

“I had no idea that 10 to 15 years later, I'd been singing them”

For Melissa Greene of the Christian music group Avalon, music has always been a way to spread the Gospel, first in church as a child and later as a calling across the country. via Emporia Gazette

“Find some Tylenol and get that feeling out.”

Michael English is back. No, really ... he is. After a much-publicized fall from grace in the '90s, the powerhouse singer came back to Christian music in 2000, only to learn the hard way that he wasn't ready. via Campus Life

“It gave me hope that I would not end up a legal cripple for the rest of my life.”

FRANKLIN - Letters signed by country music legend George Jones and Christian singer Michael English are included in court documents asking a judge to give former Williamson County Sheriff Ricky Headley a ... via The Tennessean

“I want to look to the future and not think too much about the past ... so let's go and finish what we started.”

Few artists in Christian music have had a more checkered career than Michael English. via XtraMSN Real Estate

The Prodigal Comes Home, the first new album by contemporary Christian singer Michael English in eight years, made its debut at #10 on iTunes Christian. via The Tennessean

“I'll be the first to get in the middle of the conversation.”

A decade ago, when crews from the tabloid television show "A Current Affair" tracked down troubled musician Michael English, they asked him what he wanted out of life. via Herald & Review

“Time"), and the freeing feeling of forgiveness ( Matthew West 's "Feels Like Redemption"). Even a cover of John Hiatt's soulful '87 classic "Have a Little Faith in Me”

Michael English's "second comeback" is quite possibly his best and most personal album, tracing the controversial singer's road to redemption through well-performed songs about brokenness and grace. via Campus Life

Waco Symphony Orchestra, "Holiday Pops," 7:30 p.m. Friday, Waco Hall; tickets cost $15, $20, $25, $30 and $35. Call 754-0851 for ticket information. via Waco Tribune-Herald

“I completely do not support that”

Amid public outcry, school board members voted unanimously Thursday night to reject a change in board policy that would limit public comment time. via Burbank Leader