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More Christian Than Artist After twenty years of doing this, I’ve developed a rhythm to my interviews. That can be a crutch, but often it is just part of a signature experience for the audience. I listen, I follow the interes...

SKILLET: AFTER THE STORM On paper, Skillet shouldn’t work. That sounds insulting, but I mean it as one of the highest compliments I can give them. Rock bands rarely get 30-year careers, and the ones that do certainly don’t tend to chart a trajecto...

Silencing the Wolves:How Franni Cash Found Her Voice If there's one thing I've learned, it's that the people sitting across from us are almost never exactly who we think they are. That can be both beautiful and heartbreaking. Sometimes the people we trust ...

The Black Sheep Comes Home "I think I'm still taking the eraser to the S on my chest."   Over the last year, Christian music fans have embraced Ben Fuller as one of its freshest and most compelling voices. If you’ve seen his show, you’ve heard ...

The moment they walked in, the room got louder. I say that in a good way. The band CAIN is three siblings from Alabama, and I know that dynamic well as the “Madison” in my own family. The middle child between an older sister and younger brother. T...

Amy Grant Is Still Telling the Real Story There’s a palpable vibe shift in the room. Sure, the CCM Magazine team might carry a little nervous energy in the days leading up to a Cover Story, but typically things speed up once the artist arrives. This...

Tommee ProfittOne of One As a fellow geek and collector, walking into Tommee Profitt’s studio feels like stepping into a dream. You pass a staircase of credits lining the walls, ranging from UFC broadcasts and horror films to international versions of al...

“I was at a festival over the summer, and I was told there was a woman that had to meet me after the show,” Jamie MacDonald tells me, and already I can feel the weight of where this story is headed.  She leans forward slightly, like she’s back in that...

February. The month of love. Red hearts. Warm and fuzzies. A sharp contrast to the reality outside our studio walls, where a historic ice storm had brought Music City to a standstill. One that, as I am writing this, is visible out my window, where tens of th...

Happy Phew YearInside the Creative Wonderland of 1K Phew Every so often, an artist comes across my feed who exudes originality, endless creativity, and a level of quality that feels capable of elevating Christian music as a whole. Not just by sounding bette...