Gospel Soundcheck

Downhere’s Marc Martel appeared on The Ellen DeGeneres Show yesterday, and fans are raving about his performance. Mostly, about how much he sounds like Freddy Mercury, which is a good thing since he’s getting all of this attention for his audition tape for the Queen Extravaganza. The thing is that Christian music fans have known…

The guys in the band Downhere are some of my most favorite people in Christian music, so I just had to share this with you: As part of this year’s celebration of Queen’s 40th anniversary, Queen drummer/songwriter/singer Roger Taylor is launching an American talent search to offer musicians the opportunity to star in the Queen Extravaganza…

If you’re looking for a night of great music, worship and fun, don’t miss “The Called To Love Tour” this fall, featuring Aaron Shust along with two of my favorite artists, Downhere and Jason Gray. All three artists are releasing new projects this fall: Aaron Shust This Is What We Believe (8/23), Downhere, On The Altar…

The rock/worship band Downhere is offering one lucky fan a really unique opportunity: to have the band write a song just for them. All you have to do is make a t-shirt featuring either “My Last Amen” or “Hope Is Rising,” titles from the band’s latest album, and then take a picture of yourself wearing…

Whenever I think of Marc Martel, co-lead vocalist for Downhere (another of my favorite bands) I think Freddie Mercury or Kevin Max. Marc’s got this wildly cool and unusual voice, much like both of those singers..But as you can see in the video above, he’s a student of many styles of music, and his latest…

Congrats to rock band Downhere, who took home a Juno Award for Contemporary Christian/Gospel Album of the Year at the 2009 Juno Awards. The Juno Awards are the Canadian equivalent of the Grammys. The above video is a live performance the band did in the studio of 105.3 while the band was on tour with…

The nominations for the Juno Awards were announced this week and downhere (pictured), Starfield, NewWorldSon, Article One, and Life Support were nominated for Contemporary Christian/Gospel Album Of The Year. The Juno Awards are the Canadian equivalent of the Grammys. The awards will be handed out in Vancouver, British Columbia on March 20. The show will…

Congrats to downhere drummer Jeremy Thiessen and his wife Erin on their new baby, born 12/4. Jeremy’s Twitter says: “His name is Liam Jeremiah, born Dec. 4th at 12:18pm. He weighed 7lb 8oz and was 20.5″ long. Mom and baby are healthy.” That’s two new babies for downhere this year. Glenn Lavender and his wife…

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…

Yesterday I told you about Downhere’s new album Ending is Beginning, and how I’d seen them perform some of the new songs at Kingdom Bound festival. Now you can hear some of that new music, too! Just follow this link to download the band’s single, “My Last Amen.” Ending Is Beginning is in stores September…

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