The man, the phenomenon, the moment….mistery? is pleased to invite y’all to the 4th Birthday Celebrations of Australia’s 1st Hip Hop Church tonight. Bringing a fresh focus on Jesus through the medium of Hip Hop, this little puppy has grown to become strong gathering of the faithful who utilise their hip hop skills to glorify God.

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The first thing you’ll expect from any music website, or release from a renowned musician, is a cohesive musical offering. Smokie Norful is a Grammy-award winning gospel singer, and one of the most successful African-American Christian musicians of this generation.

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Sydney Christian rock group Road To Canaan has been shortlisted in the top 5 for the National Youth Week RockIt competition. To get through they need your help.

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Well known and respected in the Christian music industry, Sanctus Real indeed have an an impressive CV; Grammy-nominated for the 2009 release We Need Each Other and multiple Dove Awards, it is not surprising that their newest release was preceded with much hype and excitement.

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Hailing from Canada, Newworldson are an amazing Christian music act who display an eclectic mix of sounds that make you just think they couldn’t be Canadian. We got together with the guys to talk InPop, this year’s Parachute Festival 20th Birthday Celebration and their #1 fan Anne-Marie May.

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The hit Worship/Rock band Sanctus Real were in Australia recently doing a whirl wind tour including shows at the much loved Easterfest. They’ve just their new album “Pieces of a Real Heart”. We got together with the boys to talk Easterfest, their new album, and Nacho Libre.

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This past decade has seen the musicality of congregational worship move forwards in leaps and bounds. It only makes sense - if we really are created in the image of the divine Creator, our expressions of praise should be divinely creative. C3 Church (previous known as CCC), have been one of the key pioneers in engineering such fresh sounds.

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Think the film "Men Who Stare at Goats" with stars George Clooney, Ewan McGregor and Kevin Spacey then Awakening - the new live worship album from the hugely popular U.S. movement Passion, is the Christian music equivalent. With heavyweights such as Chris Tomlin, Kristy Nockels, and the ever-present Hillsong United, chances are that Awakening will ride into the favourite collections of many based solely on the all-star line up.

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Easterfest is on again this year, and the organisers have held back no punches bringing together a stellar line up of artists including the Newsboys (with new lead singer Michael Tait), Sanctus Real, Stan Walker (Australian Idol Winner), Superchick, Hawk Nelson, KJ52, Ivoryline, Article One and New Empire just to name a few. We caught up with Isaac Moody earlier this week to find find out what’s install this year and also took the chance to find out more about one of the most influential leaders in Christian music here in Australia.

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KJ52 in his first and only Sydney show with the crew from Sydney’s very own Krosswerdz, before he heads for Easterfest. This is Sydney’s Christian Hip Hop night of nights featuring one of the biggest names in Christian Hip Hop. Going to be dope y’all!

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Hey check it out, we now have a music video page!! Every week we will post at least 6 brand new videos, one for each day and then we’ll take a break on Sunday.

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Yup that’s right, we got together with Mr Moody to talk Easterfest. This year has an amazing line up of artists including Newsboys with new lead Micha...

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Representing Penrith and the Central Coast, emcee duo Izzy & The Profit are down to crush mics and rock the house. Also representing the Central Coast, Sonic Solo & Teop will bust loose with fresh lyrical flavour! As always kickin it live will be none other than DJ Android up on the wheels of steel dropping classic hard hip hop breaks.

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Grammy Award winning Gospel artist, songwriter and pastor Smokie Norful in a video for his new music album "Smokie Norful: LIVE" performing “Justified”.

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You may already know that we have artists like Chris Tomlin, David Crowder Band, Steven Curtis Chapman and TobyMac but in the next few days a NEW ARTIST/BAND is coming to Australia’s #1 Christian Music Site, that we think you might be pretty excited about – we definitely are!

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Sydney Hip Hop artists Genesiz has just released his new album “Redemption” and it is one to check out. It features a coveted line up of artists including the Grammy Nominated group the Gospel Gangstaz, and popular underground Hip Hop artist Sevin.  Filled with with West Coast style tunes this album is for fans of T-Bone to check out. We got together with our man Genesiz to talk beats, his ministry the Commission and KFC!

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They were the first Gospel group to perform on “Soul Train”, they have won 3 Grammy Awards and they have performed with a stellar selection of artists including James Brown, Aretha Franklin, Johnny Cash, Ray Charles and the Rolling Stones. They are the Mighty Clouds of Joy.

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The Dove Awards, the Christian music equivalent of the Grammy Awards, arrive in less than 2 months and we can’t wait! We’re compiling a list of the nominations which we’ll be publishing soon but until then check out this video of the winner of last year’s Dove Award for Artist of the year.

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“Once, we put a chicken in Spoken’s tour bus during their show. When they came back after their gig, they didn’t notice it until they turned on the lights and the bird started freaking out and flapping it’s wings uncontrollably…”

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A little bit of Beyonce, Eminem, Switchfoot and John Mayer, not to mention Bob Marley. The love child of Fall Out Boy and Daft Punk; a mish-mash of rock, rap, hip-hop, soul, and just a little in between. Such is the diversity of TobyMac’s latest release, Tonight…

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Peter Furler introduces former DC Talk member, Michael Tait, as the new lead singer of the newsboys. Watch as they discuss old stories from the bands past, and explain some new stories behind the new album, 'In The Hands Of God'.

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Sydney's very own Krosswerdz Hip Hop church is on next Saturday with guest speaker Pastor Jake Matthews from the Penrith Christian Outreach Centre. This is the place to be if your an emcee, soul singer or b*boy/b*girl! Bring your skills and get busy over live breaks at the hottest freestyle session in the city!!

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Brand new video for Lecrae's track "Far Away"! Written specifically to raise awareness and money for relief work in the earthquake shattered region, the video features footage from the ground in Haiti and of the recent concert in the US where $20,000 was raised.

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Falling Up have been one of the premier bands in the Christian music industry, having sold over 200,000 records and inspired a generation with their unique brand of hard rock, nu metal and pop-infused anthems. Ribordy’s terse statement on Falling Up’s Myspace blog1 is an indicator that indeed, the guys have simply had enough…

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In a year when performances throughout the GRAMMY telecast featured "eclectic pairings," the winner for Best Traditional Gospel Album seems particularly appropriate. Oh Happy Day: An All-Star Music Celebration features performances by 3 Doors Down, Al Green, Patty Griffin, Heather Headley, Jon Bon Jovi, Jonny Lang, Queen Latifah, Joss Stone with Buick Audra and many more…

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Checkout this Day 1 highlights video direct from the crew that put together the Parachute Music Festival! The festival is “OFFICIALLY” pumping!!!

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Thirdmile.com were at Parachute Sydney on Thurs @ CCC Oxford Falls and the night was a blast! With hundreds gathered, all the artists work together to deliver an epic night of soul/funk, crunk rock and inspiring worship. Leeland, Family Force 5, Newworldson and New Empire are now off for the finale of the Parachute tour – the Parachute Festival in NZ! With over 20,000 expected it is sure to go off!!

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I don't know about you, but the end of those harsh winter months always fills me with a sense of hope and exuberance because it signals the gradual rebirth of sunlight, plants and warmth.

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Tonight is the night to be in Sydney. Parachute Music has organised their second annual Christian music event in Sydney, and if its anything like last year’s event with Casting Crowns this will be amazing! Not only will the world renowned Leeland be gracing the stage...

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One of NZ’s premiere Hip Hop artists, Rapture Ruckus, who also happens to be Christian is making waves on MySpace with #1 spot for his track “Tonight”.

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Happy Australia Day! Hope your having a fantastic time and enjoying some great weather and hope you enjoy this rendition of the Australian national anthem in the tune of a Jimmy Barnes classic.

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Family Force 5 are a cutting edge contemporary Christian crunk-rock group that are easily best enjoyed live! They will shortly be landing in Australia with Leeland & Newworldson for their tour of Brisbane and Sydney.

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In his latest single "Empire State of Mind," Hip Hop artist Jay Z says "Jesus can't save you, life starts when the church ends."  If you were in a freestyle battle with Jay Z and that was his finishing line, what would your response be?

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In what is sure to be a spectacular celebration for Parachute Festival's 20th birthday, this year's event will be host to some of the biggest names in Christian Rock and Worship (check the title). Curious to know more about the largest Christian music festival outside of the United States?...We still can't believe NZ is showing Aus up on this one.

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