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Share + Dec 22, 2009 11:05 pm US/Central Reporting Jason DeRusha Do you hear what I hear? Radio stations have played Christmas songs nearly 350,000 times this holiday season, according to ASCAP.

CCM group NewSong were formed in Valdosta, GA, in 1981 by Eddie Carswell, Billy Goodwin, Eddie Middleton, and Bobby Apon, who met while attending Morningside Baptist Church.

I don't know how I escaped "Christmas Shoes" for such a long time, but I did. I didn't hear it until this year, and yet, the fact that I've heard it umpteen times in the past three weeks at work where the radio station has been tuned to a non-stop Christmas music station worries me, because that means it's entered the canon alongside such seasonal ...

Thursday night, scores of Christian-music fans will converge on First Baptist Church in Pascagoula to have "A Very Merry Christmas," courtesy of 3 prominent musical acts: New Song, Big Daddy Weave and Francesca Battistelli.

Beginning with the golden voice of band cofounder Billy Goodwin, over the years NewSong has counted some of Christian music's most talented singers among their number.A Give Yourself Away marks the celebrated return of former front man Russ Lee, and it's a move that just feels right for everyone.A "Russ was front and center during the years we ...

For single mothers, life can be a blur as they struggle to juggle children and their activities with work and its responsibilities.

"Infinity" , a new song from German gothic metallers CREMATORY , is available for streaming on the band's MySpace page .

Nashville - One of Christian music's most highly regarded and successful bands, NewSong, is slated to bring their "A Very Merry Christmas Tour" to Clements Baptist Church in Athens at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Dec.

CCM group NewSong was formed in Valdosta, GA, in 1981 by Eddie Carswell, Billy Goodwin, Eddie Middleton, and Bobby Apon, who met while attending Morningside Baptist Church.

WPFJ Radio and Sleep USA are conducting a singing contest for boys age 9-14 from 6-8 p.m. Nov.

Ambushed in Iraq, McDonnall now challenges take the Gospel to the - darkness of the world' NewSong & Blue Tree closes commitment service at FBSC annual meeting Nov 18, 2009 By MARGARET DEMPSEY-COLSON Florida Baptist Convention COMMITMENT "Who are you living for? Why are you living for who you are living for," John Cross, FBSC president asked at the ...

Funny the first time, it got old fast. 2. Dogs Barking Jingle Bells . Annoying, annoying, annoying.

CCM group NewSong was formed in Valdosta, GA, in 1981 by Eddie Carswell, Billy Goodwin, Eddie Middleton, and Bobby Apon, who met while attending Morningside Baptist Church.

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A funny thing happened as singer-songwriter Reed Waddle planned a move from Florida to Boston and started researching area musicians.

Grace Pettis has a busy year lined up with the release of her album, touring, graduation from college and a wedding.

NewSong, which is well-known for their mainstream hit "The Christmas Shoes" will perform with Chynna and Vaughan, right, and Bluetree, not pictured.

The world is looking very worldly this evening, in Philadelphia's Chinatown - the dazed conventioneers issuing from the nearby 1,400-room Marriott; the seamed faces of the homeless - but here outside the Trocadero Theatre , we're running a slight spiritual temperature.

NewSong and Chynna & Vaughan will perform in concert Sept. 19 at First Baptist Church in Beckley, the fourth stop on the NewSong "Give Yourself Away" tour.

Faith Day at Kings Island has nothing to do with closing your eyes and trusting the roller coasters.