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05.03.10: Hilary Watson's Vestige of Beauty releases this week 05.02.10: Matt Brouwer wins JUNO Award for Gospel Album of the Year 03.25.10: Jill Paquette Coming Home with new CD 03.12.10: Matt Brouwer nominated for another Juno Award 02.25.10: Evan Wickham issues highly anticipated Above The Sky 11.09.09: Grayson Kessenich delivers debut full-length CD, From The Treehouse 09.11.09: Shachah releases video for "Deliver Us" 08.18.09: Release date for Shachah's Let The Light In: August 25 03.24.09: Fishers artists in the studio 09.18.08: Shachah releases music video for "Arise" 07.24.08: In memory of Christopher Laurie 06.03.08: Matt Brouwer completes new Where's Our Revolution album 04.08.08: Shachah signs deal with Cross Movement Records |
Hilary Watson's Vestige of Beauty releases this week
Hilary decided to bring her voice and guitar even more to the fore with a stripped-down sound that is warm, inviting, and immediate. The arrangements are tender and spare, with the interplay of violin and cello (now a staple of her live show) filling a large role along with occasional appearances of banjo, bass, drums, and percussion, while her voice has never sounded stronger or more compelling, as on the soaring, Middle-Eastern tinged choruses of "Emmanuel." Further highlights include a duet with Sara Watkins of Nickel Creek on the outstanding "Hymn of Faith," "Worthy Is The Lamb" featuring Evan Wickham, "Waiting on a Miracle," "Cruel is the Night," "Glorious Light," and the title track. Posted 05.03.10 at 9:17am Matt Brouwer wins JUNO Award for Gospel Album of the Year
Alongside fellow 2010 award winners Michael Buble and Kings of Leon as well as co-nominees Thousand Foot Krutch, Steve Bell, FM Static, and Janelle, Matt was honored with his first JUNO win. Congratulations to Matt for the recognition of his inspired work on Where's Our Revolution. Posted 05.02.10 at 8:30pm Jill Paquette Coming Home with new CD
She and her husband, Greg, also recently celebrated another new arrival: their first child, Judah, was born in August. For more information about Jill's new CD, including info on ordering as well as upcoming tour dates, visit her official website. Posted 03.25.10 at 9:56am Matt Brouwer nominated for another Juno Award
Congratulations to Matt for yet another milestone and more recognition for his outstanding work on Where's Our Revolution. Posted 03.12.10 at 10:30am Evan Wickham issues highly anticipated Above The Sky
Fueled by a growing grass-roots following, the impact of Evan's debut was evident in the way that years after it was released it was more popular than ever -- and people were asking more and more when a follow-up would be arriving. That follow-up recently arrived in the form of Above The Sky, a 12-song CD of original worship songs that expands the horizon's of Evan's music with a deeper, more expansive sound. Highlights of the new disc include "Now Unto The One," "Speak To Me," "Heavenlies," and "Our Deliverer," and lyrically Evan's work is just as challenging as ever; check these lines from "Love Has A Name": What have we done? We’ve stopped before the race was run All our righteous deeds Without love all of our praises The new CD is available directly from Posted 02.25.10 at 1:57pm Grayson Kessenich delivers debut full-length CD, From The Treehouse
Grayson just finished a brief tour in Southern California and will be playing one-off dates around Northern California between now and the end of the year before embarking on more extended tours throughout the US in 2010. Posted 11.09.09 at 5:18pm Shachah releases video for "Deliver Us"
The band is having a release party for Let The Light In in Palm Springs, Calif. this Sunday night. Posted 09.11.09 at 4:30pm Release date for Shachah's Let The Light In: August 25
The band has also wrapped up shooting a music video for the new album in Los Angeles; the video is currently in post-production and will be released soon after the CD. Posted 08.18.09 at 8:50am Fishers artists in the studio
Evan Wickham is recording his long-awaited follow-up to the acclaimed Mysterious Things in Southern California while Nathan Tasker is working on his first full-length album of originals since his beloved 2006 More Than This disc. Hilary Watson has Jonny Macintosh (Luna Halo, Jimmy Robeson, Joe Henschel) producing her sophomore release and Justin Fox is recording at Donnybrook Studios in Costa Mesa, Calif. in preparation for release of his tenth CD. Finally, Ives is writing and recording new songs for their highly-anticipated first full-length disc and the band has put up a sneak preview track, "The Ringleader" for listening on their official Myspace page. Posted 03.23.09 at 4:02pm Shachah releases music video for "Arise"
With their national debut release dropping this month, SHACHAH has just released their first music video for lead single "Arise." Directed by Adam Tillman-Young, the clip also incorporates a brief video for "Stand Up," another track from their Cross Movement Records debut. Brenden McPeek (vocals, guitar), Josh Wagner (guitar, vocals), Earl Mergelsberg (bass), and Stephen Anderson (drums, vocals) comprise the Southern California-based band, which has steadily built a grass-roots following since forming in 2004. In that time, Shachah has released four acclaimed CDs, the last of which, On The Move, caught the attention of Cross Movement Records, who signed the band in the spring and re-released the disc nationally this month. Posted 09.18.08 at 4:10pm Christopher's father, Greg Laurie, is the pastor of Harvest Christian Fellowship in Riverside, Calif., and Fishers artists have served over the years at countless events both at the church and at Harvest Crusades around the world. The entire Fishers family mourns the loss of a friend and we ask that you join us in praying for Brittany, Stella, and the rest of their family during this time. Greg Laurie's personal blog page has a statement about Christopher as well as a place where thoughts, condolences, and prayers can be shared online. Posted 07.24.08 at 5:35pm Standout tracks on the new album include "Come Back Around," leadoff single "Beautiful Now," and the title track, as well as a very special song, "The Other Side," which features Amy Grant and Vince Gill on guest vocals. "It's a song I wrote about the experiences of losing my sister about two years ago, and I guess just putting my feelings to music," says Matt. "My sister was twelve years older than me, a really gifted guitar player and singer, and really inspired me as a kid to express myself through music.
"She actually introduced my family to Amy's music, so it's pretty awesome to now have Amy actually sing on the song. I feel like a pretty lucky kid right now."
A video of Matt recording the song with Vince Gill and Amy Grant is available here and the entire Where's Our Revolution album is now available for purchase and immediate download via Matt's official website. The CD is also available for pre-order and will be hitting stores this fall. Excerpts from several tracks can also be heard on Matt's artist page here at the Fishers website.
Posted 06.03.08 at 11:14pm "This has been a process that started a while back and through much prayer and a building of relationships we have decided that this is what the Lord has put in our path," says bassist Earl Mergelsberg. "Please keep us in prayer as we start to get ready for the next chapter in this ministry that the Lord has entrusted us with."
The new album will be a mix of songs already written and released on Shachah's three self-released albums, plus many new tracks. In the meantime, the band is hitting the road this summer, with dozens of dates lined up on tours in the Northwest later this month and into May as well as a Southeast US tour in June and July. For more information on Shachah and their upcoming tours, visit their official Myspace at www.myspace.com/shachahmusic.
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With such an inspired and mature debut, expectations were high for Hilary Watson's follow-up to 2007's Passing By. Yet the release this week of Vestige of Beauty exceeds those high expectations with a collection of ten songs of astonishing depth and honesty.
We are very excited and proud to announce that Matt Brouwer won the 2010 JUNO Award for Contemporary Christian/Gospel Album of the Year for his outstanding release, Where's Our Revolution.
Acclaimed Canadian-born singer/guitarist/pianist/songwriter 
It's safe to say that the anticipation for Evan Wickham's follow-up to his acclaimed 2005 debut Mysterious Things was building in the months leading up to its recent release.
Grayson Kessenich just released his full-length debut, From The Treehouse, an eleven-track disc recorded in Northern California earlier this year that expands on his already-potent Euro-pop and modern rock sound while showcasing his increasingly mature songwriting. Standout tracks include the album-opening "Gates" and "Under The Moonlight," as well as the ornately elegant closer, "All Things New."
Let The Light In, Shachah's highly-anticipated follow-up to their acclaimed national debut On The Move, is now set for release on August 25 on Cross Movement Records. The sixteen-track CD features the band's trademark diverse array of funk/hip-hop/rock sounds blended with lead singer Brenden McPeek's rapid-fire, unabashed lyrics and cool melodicism.
Several Fishers artists are currently in the studio at work on new projects: Justin Fox, Hilary Watson, Evan Wickham, Ives, and Nathan Tasker are all currently recording with plans for new releases later in 2009.
On Thursday, July 24, the unthinkable happened when Christopher Laurie, a young husband and father, was killed in an automobile accident in Southern California. Leaving behind his wife, Brittany, two-year-old daughter Stella, and a baby on the way, Christopher will be dearly missed by his family and the thousands of people whose lives he touched.
Southern California hip-hop/soul/rock band SHACHAH just signed a deal with