Riley Armstrong is a Contemporary Christian singer-songwriter from the hamlet of Dapp, Alberta, Canada. He moved to Vancouver at the age of 18 to pursue a career in music. He earned a degree in...
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Vanessa Bell Armstrong (born Vanessa Bell on October 2, 1953 in Detroit, Michigan) is a gospel singer who released her debut album Peace Be Still in 1983. The title track has since became one of...
Jason René Castro (born March 25, 1987) is an American acoustic/folk-pop singer-songwriter and was the fourth place finalist on the seventh season of American Idol. After Idol, he signed a recording...
One of the challenges in documenting contemporary Christian music is that Christian music is crammed with unwritten history. As well as the tidal wave of newcomers continually emerging onto the...
Denver and the Mile High Orchestra (DMHO) is a horn-driven band based out of Nashville, Tennessee. DMHO was formed by a group of friends at Belmont University in 1999. They have traveled across the...
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Another band from the Exit Records years, First Strike released their classic rock album in 1984. It was produced by Michael Roe of the Seventy Sevens.
In 1984 there was quite a bit of heavy metal...
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Identical Strangers only album was released in 1996, when Randy Thomas and Andy Denton joined forces. Randy, best known as a founding member of the Sweet Comfort Band and the Allies, was working with...
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Illustrator was a Yakima, Washington based band active in the second half of the 80s. The band released two albums at the time: 1987’s self-titled “Illustrator” and 1989’s...
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The Sonlight Orchestra was the brainchild of Austin Roberts (a Grammy Award-winning singer/songwriter/producer who landed a Top Ten hit in 1975 with his song "Rocky") and Kim Rose (a classically...
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The Strawmen were essentially the Seventy Sevens with Mark Harmon's brother Bill (instead of Michael Roe) on vocals. Despite their album's release date, Strawmen were pre-Seventy Sevens. The sessions...
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Street Called Straight was a high-tech husband and wife duo who could easily be categorized as a Christian version of Captain and Tennille, albeit with a more '90s sound. Scott Frankfurt and Jody...
Early Jesus Music group, Street Christians released one album in 1971. The music is described as "Rock Hymns" in the "Jesus Christ Superstar" tradition.
The first recording of music from Buddy and Julie Miller was released in the early 1980s under the band name, Streetlight. The album has the first appearance of her wedding song, "Jesus in Your Eyes...
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Stryken (originally known as Stryker) was a 1980s Christian heavy metal/hard rock band based in the north Austin, Texas suburb of Cedar Park. Using stage names, the group consisted of Dale Streiker (...
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Stryper remains hard rock's best kept secret. However, that secret has been hidden in plain sight for far too long. Sure they're Christian, but they're also decidedly metal. That's the first thing...
