Casting Crowns, Michael W Smith, Israel Houghton featured in Billboard article

INFLUENTIAL trade magazine Billboard have published a major feature on contemporary worship music. Praised Be! by Deborah Evans Price is subtitled Worship Music Jumps From The Church To The Charts and includes interviews with Casting Crowns, Martha Munizzi, Lincoln Brewster, Michael W Smith and Israel Houghton. Writes Price, "Though there are a variety of musical styles under the Christian/gospel umbrella, worship music is a very different expression: some consider it to be the purest form of faith-based music." CR

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