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Shot of Love turns 45 …

#bobdylan #shotoflove #eightiesmusic #eightiesrock #rockmusic #music #musicsky #musiciansky #gospel #christianrock #ronwood #ringostarr #donaldduckdunn Orpheus releases his 21st album -- Shot of Love -- on August 12, 1981. It's the last bookend to his gospel/Christian albums -- Slow Train Coming in '79 and Saved in '80. Unlike those albums, this one deals with mostly evangelical stuff and integrating rock 'n roll into religion.

https://robinbannks.com/2026/08/12/shot-of-love-turns-45/

Forever Now: Switchfoot Comes Home to the Guitars

Opinions expressed are solely my own and do not represent the views or opinions of my employer.

Switchfoot’s new record, Forever Now, dropped this summer as the band’s fourteenth studio album, a thirteen-track, forty-five-minute release on ByDesign Recordings/BMG, and after almost thirty years of following this band, I can say without hesitation: this is a gift to longtime fans. It is not a nostalgia act phoning in the hits, and it is not “Dare You to Move” trying to happen a fifteenth time; it is a band choosing, deliberately and joyfully, to pivot back into the sound that made me love them in the first place.

If you came up on The Beautiful Letdown the way a lot of us did, you know the trap: one song becomes the brand, and the brand becomes the ceiling. Forever Now kicks that ceiling wide open. It leans into the heavier, guitar-forward Switchfoot of Nothing Is Sound and Native Tongue, the version of the band that was never afraid of distortion or of a chorus that actually hits like a chorus. It shares real DNA with Hello Hurricane‘s restless, searching energy, and it is easily the most alive this band has sounded since “Stars” first convinced me they still had teeth.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSzk_d3ZWZA

“Ride or Die” is the clearest proof of that pivot for me. The riffs and melodies underneath it call back, oddly and wonderfully, to old surf tunes; there’s a Jan and Dean or Beach Boys sensibility buried in the bones of the song, sun-bright hooks built for a convertible and an open highway. But Switchfoot doesn’t play it straight: they run it through heavy reverb and a rock production that turns a beach-pop melody into something with real weight behind it. It is the sound of California surf music growing up and putting on armor.

Thematically, the record is one of the most hopeful things Foreman has written in years. The title track and its companions call back to older Switchfoot songs that have always asked the same question in different clothes: what does it look like to actually live your faith out loud, right now, today, instead of waiting for some easier future version of yourself to get around to it? “Forever Now” as a phrase becomes a call to activeness, a reminder that belief is not a thing you hold quietly but a thing you do; it is less a sermon than an invitation, and it lands that way.

“Wake Up, Mr. Crow,” “Ride or Die,” and “Broken Wings” form the record’s anthem cluster, three big, riff-driven, arena-shaped songs that ask the listener to snap back into advocacy and conviction instead of drifting through another news cycle numb. It’s a neat trick, pairing that much muscle with that much heart, and it’s one Switchfoot has always been better at than they get credit for.

If you’ve been waiting for the version of Switchfoot that rocks like it used to, Forever Now is that record, and then some. Put it on loud, and let it call you back to life.

Bryan F. Wilson teaches social studies and English language arts in Lexington, Kentucky. BFWClassroom.com publishes resources for educators. Opinions expressed in this blog do not represent those of my employer.

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Skillet Bring the Heat to Busch Gardens Williamsburg [Photos] https://www.allforgardening.com/1833822/skillet-bring-the-heat-to-busch-gardens-williamsburg-photos/ #BuschGardens #ChristianRock #ConcertPhotography #ConcertPhotos #ConcertReview #garden #gardening #GigPhotos #HardRock #photos #ShowReview #skillet #virginia #Williamsburg

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Aaron Lewis Just Found Out Christ’s Teachings Were About Love and Social Equality, and He Is PISSED

http://web.brid.gy/r/https://thehardtimes.net/blog/aaron-lewis-just-found-out-christs-teachings-were-about-love-and-social-equality-and-he-is-pissed/

Michale Graves Planning To Storm the Gates of Heaven if New Christian Music Career Doesn’t Get Him Admitted

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://thehardtimes.net/blog/michale-graves-planning-to-storm-the-gates-of-heaven-if-new-christian-music-career-doesnt-get-him-admitted/

SONG OF THE WEEK! “One Planet – One Utopia – One Helmet (Live 1986)” https://johnnyjblairsingeratlarge.bandcamp.com/track/one-planet-one-utopia-one-helmet-live-1986-remastered-2025

#johnnyjblair #rondavis #chrishaggerty #victorvalverde #singersongwriter #christianrock #christian #unclecharlies #cortemadera #california #sanfrancisco #protest #political #mayor #jellobiafra #deadkennedys #stpaul #areopogus #ziggystardust #davidbowie #thewho #thekinks #raydavies #newwave #utopia #planet #helmet #election #bumpersticker #soapopera

SONG OF THE WEEK “Ya Gotta Care” https://johnnyjblairsingeratlarge.bandcamp.com/track/ya-gotta-care-simplemindfunk-mix

#care #carepackage #newtestament #lexicon #johnnyjblair #singersongwriter #singeratlarge #jefflloyd #synthpop #newwave #soul #funk #yamahadx7 #keyboard #christianrock #christianpop

Light of Grace (Christian Music) = Just released: A powerful song of worship 🎶 - #God #Jesus #TheLord #Praise #ChristianMusic #Bible #Music #Song #YouthWorship #ChristianCommunity #FaithJourney #SpiritualAwakening #GospelInspiration #DivineLove #PraiseAndWorship #ModernGospel #FaithfulLiving #JoyfulDevotion #HeavenlyConnection #SoulUplifting #ChristianRock #SpiritualDiscovery #BibleReflection #HolyGuidance #SacredPraise - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=

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“Vision is the art of seeing things invisible”—Jonathan Swift

SONG OF THE WEEK: “The Sleeping Giant of Love” https://johnnyjblairsingeratlarge.bandcamp.com/track/the-sleeping-giant-of-love

#SleepingGiant #GulliversTravels #JonathanSwift #Lilliput #davidbowie #splitenz #neilfinn #denniswilson #johnnyjblair #singersongwriter #sanfrancisco #california #christianrock #artrock #poprock #alternativerock #singeratlarge #storm #hurricane #lightning #thunder #island #drums

Light in the Darkness (Christian Music) = Fresh praise music for our loving God 🎼 - #God #Jesus #TheLord #Praise #ChristianMusic #Bible #Music #Song #FaithJourney #SpiritualGrowth #BibleStudy #WorshipMusic #PrayerMoments #YouthMinistry #ChristianFellowship #FaithBasedLifestyle #ChurchCommunity #SpiritualAwakening #TeenBibleStudy #YouthPrayer #ChristianRock #JesusCenteredLiving #FaithExploration #GospelReflection #ChristianMeditation - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=

SATURDAY MATINEE MUSIC VIDEO “Rebellion Comes On”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRla4IIngvM

#dream #war #heaven #synthpop #cslewis #fantasyfiction #charleswilliams #warinheaven #johnlennon #davidbowie #newmusik #tonymansfield #ultravox #johnnyjblair #singersongwriter #singeratlarge #sanfrancisco #Casio #jacopastorius #christianrock #progrock #artrock

Walk In The Light (Christian Music) = Fresh tune of praise 🙏 for our Savior! - #God #Jesus #TheLord #Praise #ChristianMusic #Bible #Music #Song #YouthWorship #ChristianRock #SpiritualJourney #FaithMusic #LightAndTruth #HopeAndLove #JesusGuideMe #PraiseAndWorship #GospelMessage #InspirationalFaith #MusicOfGrace #YouthfulFaith #ModernHymn #UpliftingWorship #PraiseExperience #GodsPresence #BelieversSong #EternalLight - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTrZLGS5-wo

Friday Oct 24th Drag Queen Flamy Grant will be performing at Niles Discovery Church in Fremont California. Tickets are $23 online (nilesdiscoverychurch.ticketspice.com/flamy-grant-in-concert) or $25 at the door.

"Award-winning and Billboard-charting artist Flamy Grant
is a shame-slaying, hip-swaying, singing-songwriting drag
queen from Asheville, North Carolina. Her 2022 debut record,
Bible Belt Baby, reached the #1 spot on the iTunes Christian
Chart"

#concert #live #DragQueen #CountryRock #christianRock #SanFranciscoBayArea #EastBay #LGBTQ

Open Arms, Open Hearts (Christian Music) = Blessed to share this song of praise 🌟 - #God #Jesus #TheLord #Praise #ChristianMusic #Bible #Music #Song #YouthWorship #SpiritOfTruth #ModernPsalms #ChristianRock #FaithJourney #PraiseSongs #YouthGathering #SpiritualRenewal #FaithfulHearts #DivineLove #GospelInfused #UpliftingWorship #UrbanPraise #ModernWorship #HeavenlyConnections #SoulfulWorship #RejoicingHearts #YoungFaithful - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cw69AiWB9WY

Skillet’s Revolution roars with battle cries—until it pauses for a dad-rock wedding ballad. “Happy Wedding Day” is part Hallmark, part nu-metal midlife crisis. Tender? Schmaltzy? Both?
#Skillet #HappyWeddingDay #Revolution #DadRock #NuMetal #ChristianRock #MusicCriticism #Songwriting #RockCulture
https://pablohoneyfish.wordpress.com/2025/09/29/a-hallmark-card-on-a-riot-shield-the-strange-case-of-skillets-wedding-song/

💪🎸 “Strong Till the Finish” – an 80’s hard rock Christian anthem for men facing life’s battles. Finish the race with faith! #ChristianRock #FaithStrong #StrongTillTheFinish

https://bdking71.wordpress.com/2025/09/11/strong-till-the-finish/

Artist: Seventh Day Slumber
Title: Savior Machine
Genre: Christian Rock
[YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rb647-FUHFE) | [SoundCloud](https://soundcloud.com/search/sounds)
#ChristianRock #Music #Deezer #SoundCloud #YouTube #TranceFamily #EDM #NewMusic #NowPlaying #Playlist #Electronic #Blind #Accessibility #Bot #Seventh #Day #Slumber #Savior #Machine

SUNDAY MUSIC VIDEO MATINEE: “One Planet – One Utopia – One Helmet” (TV broadcast) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmEQy88m3Bk

#planet #utopia #sanfrancisco #thekinks #raydavies #davedavies #soapopera #davidbowie #thewho #ziggystardust #jellobiafra #stpaul #areopogus #johnnyjblair #singersongwriter #singeratlarge #christianrock #CCM #hardrock #poprock #NewWave #RonDavis #ChrisHaggerty

SUNDAY MATINEE MUSIC VIDEO: DOOR IN THE WATER—A Micro-Documentary https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmc4JMziLrI

#LP #waterboys #spirit #newwaverock #conceptalbum #SanFrancisco #poprock #friends #BeachBoys #PetSounds #Genesis #TheKinks #ChristianRock #KnoxvilleTN #TheJacksons #YamahaDX7 #RonDavis #ChristopherHaggerty #BridgetPurifoy #AnnaValdez #VictorValverde #CCM #firstalbum #fellowship #LambLiesDownBroadway #PreservationAct #johnnyjblair #singersongwriter #singeratlarge #surfing

Ash In The Wind | Skillet https://youtu.be/PQyOYrdlwNc #music #christianrock #alternativerock #hardrock #symphonicmetal #best #top

Some probably very random thoughts about the grandfather of Christian rock and his problem with Esperanto… #Esperanto #Conlangs #Christianrock #LarryNorman

https://substack.com/home/post/p-161040283

https://www.tumblr.com/singeratlarge/785203439330263040/sunday-matinee-music-video-were-getting-closer?source=share

#sun #uhura #nichellenichols #captainkirk #williamshatner #startrek #bread #circus #angels #cosmos #astronauts #psychedelic #twilightzone #CSLewis #johnnyjblair #chrisvonsneidern #spymovie #surfguitar #surfrock #singeratlarge #singersongwriter #spacetrilogy #christianrock #mikeroe #michaelroe #seventysevens #prairieprince #inklings #JRRTolkien

SUNDAY MATINEE MUSIC VIDEO “We’re Getting Closer to the Sun” short promotional video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FwujlMUyb4

#sun #uhura #nichellenichols #captainkirk #williamshatner #startrek #bread #circus #angels #cosmos #astronauts #psychedelic #twilightzone #CSLewis #johnnyjblair #chrisvonsneidern #spymovie #surfguitar #surfrock #singeratlarge #singersongwriter #spacetrilogy #christianrock #mikeroe #michaelroe #seventysevens #prairieprince #inklings #JRRTolkien #twilightzone