Gospel Soundcheck

Fervent Records' popular tween group pureNRG is scheduled to debut their highly-anticipated video, "Here We Go Again," on the homepage of Yahoo! Kids this Thursday, October 9. If you're a fan of the tween dance pop sensation, be sure to check it out.

Gee, I didn't even know there was a Yahoo! Kids. It looks a lot like ... well, every other tween cool pop website.

Here's a special, time-sensitive, limited chance to get five new songs for free.

From 5 to 10 p.m. (Eastern Time) on Tuesday, October 7, SpiritandSong.com will be offering free downloads of five selected tracks from Jackie Francois' upcoming album, Your Kingdom is Glorious. Listeners will be able to get the spiritandsong.com newcomer's music nearly a full month before her CD is released for sale on Nov. 5.

To get the downloads you have to use this special link - www.spiritandsong.com/5for5. And while you're at the SpiritandSong.com website, check out some other great artists, like Sarah Hart and Ceili Rain.

This just in! Rock worship band Downhere will be peforming at the Block Party at Belmont University Tuesday afternoon as part of the Presidential Debate festivities. The band says the party starts at noon and ends at 6pm, and they'll be performing from 3:15-4:15.

If you don't live in the Nashville area but would still like to participate, the band will attempt to broadcast the performance live via the internet.Go to www.mogulus.com/downhere, where you should be able to watch the performance. They'll be updating the webpage from the Block Party as well, so, they say, "If it looks like we are having some technical difficulties or things have changed and we will be unable to broadcast it, we will let you know via downhere.com."

Celtic rock band Ceili Rain is taking a unique approach to their next recording project: their fans are funding it.

A few months ago, band leader Bob Halligan Jr. sent out an email to the Ceili Rain mailing list, asking fans to partner with the band on their next album, CR6. Fans were asked to become sponsors of the project, contributing as they felt led.

I like this idea, for a couple of reasons.

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Chris Tomlin will head out in January for his 'Hello Love Tour,' featuring Israel Houghton and New Breed. The tour is in support of Tomlin's latest album, Hello Love, which took the No. 9 spot on Billboard's Top 200 Album Chart and was the highest charting iTunes debut ever for any album in the Christian industry.

I know that January seems like a ways away, but tickets are already on sale, and if I had to take an educated guess, they'll sell out quickly.

The nationwide tour, which kicks off on January 22 in Hershey, PA, will hit over 35 cities across the U.S. through April 9th, including Baltimore, Houston, Dallas, Phoenix, AZ, Los Angeles, Seattle, Chicago, Newark and more. Tickets for shows through February 6th went on sale October 1st, with the remaining cities available on December 1st. To purchase tickets online, visit Chris Tomlin's website.

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