CCM Magazine

2 weeks ago | ccmmagazine.com

“I was just a part of a band.” That’s how Jonathan Mason, now Vice President of A&R and Publishing in the Christian division of Curb Entertainment, sums up the unlikely start of his journey into the music business. For someone now shaping the careers of artists like Big Daddy Weave, Meredith

2 weeks ago | ccmmagazine.com | Bart Scott

A few years ago, I found myself at Universal Orlando’s CityWalk entertainment district just as a late-afternoon thunderstorm came rolling through. We took refuge inside a packed Margaritaville. While I’m a parrot head to my core, I never imagined that would be the place I’d bump into one of my favorite guitar players from a pioneering Christian punk band. Paul “Q-Pek” Ciupek helped redefine Christian music in the 90’s, and here he was casually strumming an acoustic on Jimmy Buffet’s back porch.

2 weeks ago | ccmmagazine.com | Logan Sekulow

In March 1966, John Lennon sat down with journalist Maureen Cleave for what seemed like just another interview. Little did he know, his next words would ignite one of rock music’s biggest firestorms. “Christianity will go,” Lennon declared boldly. “It will vanish and shrink. I needn’t argue a

2 weeks ago | ccmmagazine.com | Brandon Woolum

Acclaimed pianist and composer Paul Cardall, a Steinway & Sons Artist and Dove Award-winning musician, will release his latest masterpiece, Ascensus Christi: A Piano Rhapsody, on April 4, 2025. Inspired by the biblical account of Christ’s ascension, this powerful composition reflects on the mystery, awe, and eternal hope found in the promise of Heaven.

3 weeks ago | ccmmagazine.com | Logan Sekulow

Baylee Littrell, son of Backstreet Boys member and CCM solo artist Brian Littrell, is making a name for himself in his own right — not just as a singer-songwriter, but a bold unfiltered voice for faith in the next generation. The 22-year-old Atlanta native took to the American Idol stage this week