Author CCM Magazine Staff

Summer is here! And your family barbecues and lazy pool days need the perfect music. We’ve hand-picked five new releases that are sure to make your summer days shine.

nobigdyl Solar nobigdyl’s Solar is the breath of fresh air that Christian hip-hop needs. In a genre full of heaviness, nobigdyl does something that few attempt—he has fun. Solar is, above all else, a grea...... Read more

Firma Collective Songs for Every Soul Songs for Every Soul takes on a difficult job—engaging in hymnody for contemporary audiences. This collection of stellar songwriters and musicians may have a tough task...... Read more

Only a Holy God, the inaugural effort from Nashville-based worship group, Here Be Lions, accomplishes to what most worship albums and leaders aspire—accessibility and sing-ability. After one listen, or perhap...... Read more

Smalltown Poets stopped by the CCM Magazine offices and performed four songs for us! Here's the second of those acoustic tracks.

Luke Smallbone explains the story behind for King & Country's new single, 'Joy.'

Smalltown Poets perform 'Middle of a First Love' live at the #CCMmag offices.

Hard times will come, but we can choose our posture, and that’s exactly the idea Brewster explores in his tenth album God of the Impossible. Drawing inspiration from the massive devastation of the recent California wildfires, the deep pain faced by friends in his church, and his love for his wife and children, Brewster hopes to give the church the songs they need to find encouragement.

Matthew West released his new music video today for "Becoming Me" as a tribute to moms this Mother's Day.

MARi recently sat down with Derek Minor in Nashville, TN to talk about balancing his dad duties, the challenges of being a hip-hop artist in a CCM world and more!