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06/17/2021

Earth and Asphalt, by Beki Hemingway

Earth and Asphalt, by Beki Hemingway

11 track album

06/09/2021

The Phantom Tollbooth - Parallel Love: The Story of a Band Called Luxury

Whatever happened to the band called Luxury? http://www.tollbooth.org/index.php/current-issue/movie-reviews/2678-parallel-love-the-story-of-a-band-called-luxury

Parallel LoveThe Story Of A Band Called Luxury1Hour 23 MinutesWritten, Directed & Produced by Matt HintonAwake Productions Once upon a time in a faraway land called Toccoa, Georgia, a group of college students started a band called Luxury. Although all of the guys in the band would consider themselv...

05/29/2021

Remember these guys?

Now Streaming on your favorite platform!

05/28/2021

🔵 Excited to announce that Danielson Famile will be hanging out 9/4! 🔵

05/22/2021

True Tunes' Biggest Giveaway Yet! - TRUETUNES.com

True Tunes' Biggest Giveaway Yet! - TRUETUNES.com

Our Biggest Giveaway YET! In a blatant and unabashed attempt to build our email list and to welcome new people into this conversation we are giving away a PILE OF COOL STUFF! (in two parts – or two piles – or…. Whatever. You WANT this stuff. We promise.) This isn’t just a run-of-the-mill pri...

05/17/2021

Need some LIVE music? We got u! May 29! — whiteowlmusicfest.com

05/13/2021

In The Studio with Michael Card

In The Studio with Michael Card

Join us for weekly conversations on community and creativity centered around scripture.

05/10/2021

Natalie Bergman's Jesus Music for a New Generation - TRUETUNES.com

Natalie Bergman's Jesus Music for a New Generation - TRUETUNES.com

  Third Man Records artist Natalie Bergman joins host John J. Thompson to talk about her stirring, vulnerable, and exceptionally cool new album, Mercy, and the heartbreaking tragedy that inspired it. Bergman, who until recently was best known as one half of the alt-pop band Wild Belle, has crafted ...

05/01/2021

Mezzomusicltd - YouTube

Michael Roe has something special planned for his 56th weekly live show: 7&7iS LIVE TOMORROW SATURDAY MAY 1 at 5 PM Pacific Time!! Join Doc Love and Bruce Spencer for "CoROEnosphere 56" where we will be showcasing big hits from 1956, one of Doc's favorite music years. Please post your requests for future shows below. Join us at https://www.youtube.com/c/Mezzomusicltd/featured on the 'Mezzo Music Ltd' YouTube link above, choose "videos", then find CoRoenosphere 56 and you're in! Hit "subscribe" (if you haven't already) & the "bell" icon for notifications. Be sure to hit the "LIKE" button and the Tip Jar during the show A rocking' good time is guaranteed for all!

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04/12/2021

Talking '80s Christian metal with Electric Jesus' Chris White and Daniel Smith

Talking '80s Christian metal with Electric Jesus' Chris White and Daniel Smith

The new film from director Chris White, Electric Jesus, tells the story of an ’80s Christian heavy metal band, 316, and their struggles, trials, and travails trying to make it in a world in which Christians fear metal and metalheads aren’t exactly fond of Christians. It’s a heartfelt, really t...

04/07/2021

The Phantom Tollbooth - McKelvey and Bustard - Every Moment Holy, Volume 2

http://www.tollbooth.org/index.php/current-issue/book-reviews/2666-mckelvey-and-bustard-every-moment-holy-volume-2

Every Moment Holy, Volume 2Death, Grief And HopeRabbit Room Press356 PagesDouglas McKelvey & Ned Bustard Due to the Covid-19 virus, the past year or so has been a time of sadness, of loss, of grief and ultimately a time of death. Yet even in this time of frustration there have glimpses of hope, peac...

03/26/2021

In The Studio with Michael Card

In The Studio with Michael Card

Join us for weekly conversations on community and creativity centered around scripture.

03/20/2021

Yesterday we received news that shook us. Our friend and founding Underoath member Corey Steger died suddenly this week. He was an uncommonly caring person. He was constantly striving to be a better version of himself not just for himself but to be the best example of God’s love to his wife and two children who he loved more than anything. We would not be who we are without him, period. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family. Godspeed, Corey.

03/18/2021

How Stryper found God and brought Christianity to Sunset Strip, by those who were there

How Stryper found God and brought Christianity to Sunset Strip, by those who were there

The new book Nothin' But a Good Time: The Uncensored History of the '80s Hard Rock Explosion tells the epic story of hair metal, including the rise of Stryper and their controversial yellow and black attack

03/14/2021

Derek Webb's Rich Mullin's tribute, reviewed at Tollbooth.org
http://www.tollbooth.org/index.php/current-issue/music-reviews/2660-webb-derek-rich-ep

Derek Webb's Rich Mullin's tribute, reviewed at Tollbooth.org
http://www.tollbooth.org/index.php/current-issue/music-reviews/2660-webb-derek-rich-ep

03/10/2021

BIG NEWS! We are thrilled to announce that 13-time Dove Award Winner @cindymorganmusic will be our Special Guest at the Loveless Cafe Brunch (May 31) during the #WOMF21 VIP Weekend. Extra ticket required, available for discounted price at https://whiteowlmusicfest.com

03/08/2021

Photos from Switchfoot's post

02/28/2021

THANK YOU The Prospector Theater for awarding #electricjesus your Best Comedy Feature and Best Feature Film awards for the 2021 Prospector International Film Festival! We hope to be back when the film is released to spend more time with your SPARKLING TEAM and grab more of that made-in-house gourmet popcorn! #ejesusfilmtour

02/17/2021

Carman, Christian Music Icon and Gospel Music Hall of Famer Dies at 65 | The Roys Report

Carman, Christian Music Icon and Gospel Music Hall of Famer Dies at 65 | The Roys Report

Carman Dominic Licciardello, a Christian music legend known simply by his first name, has died. He was 65.

02/13/2021

Music Bugle Exclusive – Q & A – Leanor Ortega Till Of Five Iron Frenzy

Music Bugle Exclusive – Q & A – Leanor Ortega Till Of Five Iron Frenzy

Artwork for ‘Until This Shakes Apart.’ Courtesy of Earshot Media. By Nicholas Jason Lopez A seven-year wait, a dedicated fanbase and $287,764 raised in a completely crowdfunded Kickstar…

02/13/2021

See the scenario of the upcoming motion picture, APOLLO, a film that will feature some of the events of my life and my music.

APOLLO tells the story of Paul, a celebrated ‘playlist curator’ at the popular global music streaming company Apollo. When confronted with the peak of his success, Paul spends a summer’s day on a musical odyssey through Amsterdam that slowly but surely forces him to choose between his life’s ambitions and the things he is expected to sacrifice to make his dreams come true.

Shooting begins Spring 2021. The production company for APOLLO is nominated for this year's Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture - Foreign Language - ANOTHER ROUND. #NoTheEndIsNotNear

02/02/2021

Beki records album in lockdown

Beki records album in lockdown

American musicians Beki Hemingway and Randy Kerkman, who have made their home in Dundalk, spent the first lockdown recording a new album which they have now released.

01/30/2021

Cleaning out the basement, we found more dusty merch!

01/16/2021

Until This Shakes Apart

Until This Shakes Apart

01/12/2021

PRESS RELEASE – FOR IMMEDIATE USE

CHARLIE PEACOCK’S NEW ALBUM SKIN & WIND ‘SHINES’
CRITICS RAVE OVER CP’S NEW VOCAL PROJECT / RELEASES JAN. 15

GRAMMY Award-winning record producer Charlie Peacock releases his highly-anticipated 14th career vocal studio album Skin and Wind this Friday, January 15. Peacock is considered amongst the top names in terms of his career impact on the music industry, and his new album sings a message of faith, hope, and love.

“The metaphor of wind has been front and center for the poetic mind since the spark of time and human reflection,” shares Charlie Peacock about the theme behind the title of his album Skin and Wind. “And then there is skin – a sheath of magic holding us together; skin as the beloved community. The faith-forming mystery of Emmanuel is that He is the God of skin. Put skin together with wind, and all manner of Spirit, mystery, and motion come clean. And if you dare feel it, in part or total, there is a mind bend on offer.”

This 10-track project is turning the heads of music critics. Dave Trout from UTR Media shares: “Skin and Wind shines – a true musical ray of light at a time when we desperately need it.” Larry Stephan from The Phantom Tollbooth suggests: “Charlie Peacock is a songwriting tour de force, with every song on Skin and Wind pushing back against the darkness and calling to the listener to a place of hope.”

On Skin and Wind, Peacock surrounds himself with some of the most-respected artists in Nashville, including engineering, mixing, and mastering from long-time collaborator Richie Biggs [Jon Foreman, Joy Williams, Steven Curtis Chapman]. Other world-class musicians, like Jeff Taylor, Jerry McPherson, Ruby Amanfu, and 2021 GRAMMY nominee Sam Ashworth (who is also Charlie’s son) also contribute their talents to the project.

All songs on Skin and Wind are written and produced by Peacock. The new album will release on all streaming and digital music platforms on January 15, and that same day limited run of physical CDs will be available at charliepeacock.com.

11/24/2020

Grandfather Rock gives us hours of content to add to your list of blessings and thanksgivings. http://www.tollbooth.org/index.php/current-issue/features/2615-thoughts-and-observations-on-culture-and-media-in-a-covid-infected-world

11/20/2020

Electric Jesus

The Electric Jesus soundtrack kickstarter is winding up.

It’s the FINAL COUNTDOWN! Pre-order the #ElectricJesus soundtrack on Kickstarter before 8:59pm PT tonight and you’ll be one of the firsts to hear it in its entirety. Featuring “Commando for Christ”, “Barabbas” and a new one “Ecstatic Delight”. We’ll be dropping the music video next week directed by and featuring the film’s cast! https://ffm.to/electricjesusks

11/19/2020

Recon movie review. http://www.tollbooth.org/index.php/current-issue/movie-reviews/2612-recon

11/15/2020

Check out our latest music reviews here. http://tollbooth.org/index.php/current-issue/music-reviews

11/14/2020

Electric Jesus Movie Review.
http://www.tollbooth.org/index.php/current-issue/movie-reviews/2611-electric-jesus

11/12/2020

Derek Walker took the opportunity to review Iona's boxed set to write a nine-part retrospective on their entire career. Here is a link to the first part. http://www.tollbooth.org/index.php/current-issue/features/2571-iona-the-book-of-iona-1

11/09/2020

Electric Jesus

Thank you! #ElectricJesus has won “Best Picture,” “Best Director” (Chris White) and “Best Supporting Performance” (Brian Baumgartner) at the Orlando Film Festival. Currently screening at film festivals across the US now!

11/07/2020

www.tollbooth.org

Still on the road to glory.
The Phantom Tollbooth Fall Press Release
November 2020
www.tollbooth.org

Travel and social restrictions may be limiting, especially for the still-young-at-heart, but the straight and narrow road to glory is still open for all who seek it. And what better time than an uncertain one? You've already slowed down. Are you ready for change? Our shadowy tollbooth is still available with suggestions.

Features http://www.tollbooth.org/index.php/current-issue/features
Iona's boxed set release gives Derek Walker an opportunity to reconsider in depth the output of these remarkable Celtic pioneers.

Our Writer's Music Picks
Dave Brons – Not All Those Who Wander Are Lost
Dion - Blues With Friends
Flying Colors – Third Degree
Frye Family Band - Things Unseen
Iona – Open Sky (5)
McStine and Minnemann - self / titled
John Schlitt - GO

Concert Review http://www.tollbooth.org/index.php/current-issue/concert-reviews
Ross Bennett Cup O Joy Concert

Book Reviews http://www.tollbooth.org/index.php/current-issue/book-reviews
Cathleen Bascom - Of Green Stuff Woven
Steve Bell - Pilgrim Year
Rhidian Brook - Godbothering
Chuck DeGroat - When Narcissism Comes to Church
Rich Earl - In the Hollow, Volume I - Winter
Edward Gilbreath - Birmingham Revolution
Steve Hackett - A Genesis in my Bed
Cailyn Lloyd - Quinlan's Secret
Nick Page - The Badly Behaved Bible
Derek Walmsley – God Calls Everyone

Movie Reviews http://www.tollbooth.org/index.php/current-issue/movie-reviews
7-63 Up (Blu-ray)
A Patient Man
Bombshell
Feel the Beat
God of the Piano
Love Is Not Love
Made in Italy
Mr Topaze
Radioactive
DannyRelic
River City Drumbeat
Silent Panic
Small Group: The Movie
Tenet
The Dalai Lama: Scientist
The High Note
The Honest Thief
The Old Guard
The War With Grandpa
Turnover
Union

Music Reviews http://www.tollbooth.org/index.php/current-issue/music-reviews
The Brilliance – Suite No. 2: World Keeps Spinning
Danny Bryant– Means of Escape
Dave Brons – Not All Those Who Wander Are Lost
Avishai Cohen – Big Vicious
Deacon Blue – City of Love
Dion - Blues With Friends
Flying Colors - Third Stage: Live in London
Flying Colors – Third Degree
Frye Family Band - Things Unseen
Rory Gallagher – Check Shirt Wizard, Live in ’77 (2CD)
Jan Garbarek and The Hilliard Ensemble – Remember Me, My Dear
Gigspanner Big Band – Natural Invention
Eric Gillette - A New Day
Glass Hammer - Dreaming City
Jason Gray - Reorder
The Haar – The Haar
Steve Hackett – Selling England by the Pound & Spectral Mornings Live at Hammersmith
Tori Harper - Selah EP
Iona – The Book of Iona
Iona – The Book of Kells
Iona – Beyond These Shores
Iona – Journey into the Morn
Iona – Open Sky
Iona – The Circling Hour
Iona – Another Realm
Iona – Snowdonia
Iona – The Sound of Iona
Eileen Ivers– Scatter the Light
Izz - Half Life
The Jayhawks – XOXO
Kaprekar’s Constant – Depth of Field
Perry LaHaie - Him
John Mark McMillan - Peopled with Dreams
McStine and Minnemann - self / titled
Morse / Portnoy / George - Cover To Cover Anthology (Volumes 1-3)
Neal Morse - Sola Gratia
The Neal Morse Band - The Great Adventour
Morse, Portnoy, George – Cover to Cover Anthology
Planetshakers - Glory Pt 2 EP
Player A - Sand Dollar in My Suitcase
Pyramid Park – Not an Island
Matt Redman – Let There be Wonder
Chris Renzema - Let the Ground Rest
Justin Rizzo - Paid It All EP
Deborah Rose – The Shining Pathway
Kate Rusby - Hand Me Down
John Schlitt - GO
Simple Hymns: Songs of Communion
Stryper - Even The Devil Believes
Sweet Invention - Streaming Out the Day
Tangerine Dream – Recurring Dreams
Unspoken - Reason Deluxe
Frank van Essen– Meditations of a Sound Mind, vol.1
Vox Clamantis – The Suspended Harp of Babel
Rick Wakeman – The Red Planet
Sheila Walsh - Braveheart Worship
Watkins Family Hour – Brother Sister
Dan Whitehouse – Dreamland Tomorrow
Ian Yates - Mystery

To submit projects for review, contact [email protected]

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Linda LaFianza

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08/21/2020

Lifest

Lifest

for King & Country Drive In Concert!
Sept 13th! Fox Cities Stadium!

https://www.itickets.com/events/449061.html

07/10/2020

AudioFeed's Big 2020 Fundraiser

85 minutes to go!

A music festival that deserves your love and support