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CCM Magazine spoke with Ripp about the origins of the pairing and the new album, Ripp + Rice, and the unusual creative process used to make it.

A new year is upon us and that means our sights are set on some great new music. Whether it’s because of label changes, side projects, or just life getting in the way, it’s been a while since we’ve heard from some of our favorite artists. Here are five artists that we’re hoping to hear from this year.

Nashville, TN (January 14th, 2019) Two-time GRAMMY® award-winning duo for KING & COUNTRY (brothers Joel and Luke Smallbone) discuss the Story Behind the Song for their song, and current radio single,  "...

We’re getting ready to introduce CCM Nation – our brand new loyalty program for our CCM Magazine members – and we want to know your thoughts about the logos we’ve designed.

Every now and then, we ask some of our favorite artists to take us behind the proverbial curtain for a closer look at the writing process and creative inspiration for their latest singles. For this latest edition of Story Behind the Song, Josh Wilson describes the source material and thought process behind “Borrow.”

Switchfoot has outlasted nearly all of their contemporaries with well over 20 years in the studio and on the road. That amount of rarely paralleled experience should equate to some comfort for another album cycle, but Foreman says it’s simply not true. The whole process remains challenging and even elusive.

On Sunday mornings, the members of Elevation Worship are another church band. They show up early to serve their community in Charlotte, North Carolina, even as their songs find room in hearts and voices all around the country.

With Switchfoot’s 11th studio album, Native Tongue, coming right around the corner on January 18, it’s an ideal time to rank and recommend Switchfoot’s 10 other projects. So read on, get ready to recall over two decades’ worth of tunes and weigh in on where they wound up on CCM’s rundown!

Bart Millard of MercyMe shares the story behind the band's single 'Best News Ever' with CCM Magazine.

“Wildflower” is the title track of the album, and I named it Wildflower because I wanted to write a song that empowered women. I wanted them to know they are beautiful exactly how they are, and they don't have to try to be anything or anyone that they're not.