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This Week In Jesus: The Dovies Edition

April 26 . 2008 – 3.19 pm

Everybody knows Jesus loves Him some music. This week, the Dove Awards was broadcast live for the first time in several years, on the new and promising Gospel Music Channel, and Jesus was all OVER it, dude! I wonder what He thinks about the second-rate wannabe-GRAMMYs telecast. If you ask me, I think that He’d be disappointed that it wasn’t a little more fun and a little less intentionally-fractured-to-appeal-to-too-broad-of-an-audience (this week’s TWIJ sponsored by Hy-phen.com).

The Dove Awards are a perfect microcosmic example of what’s generally wrong with CCM as a whole - too few individuals dominating too big of an industry. In Christian music proper, it’s Salem, who dominates radio and print media. For the Doves, it’s the Gospel Music Association (GMA).

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Gospel Music’s Biggest Night Hands Out 665 Dove Awards

April 24 . 2008 – 5.17 pm

I’m not sure if that’s an exact number, but it sure seems like they can’t help but hand out a gazillion of the pretty Birds to a squadron of artists whom even the most loyal of fans would have a difficult time recognizing, except for in the big four categories, Male & Female Vocalist, Group and Artist of the Year. With these top awards going to Chris Tomlin and Natalie Grant for the third straight year, and Casting Crowns nabbing the Group award for the fourth straight year, things appear to be a bit lethargic in the GMA. TobyMac, enthusiastically receiving kudos as Artist of the Year was one bright spot in the darth of gospel drizz. It was a sweet antidote to the blandness of the Chris Tomlin and Mark Hall dynasty, probably the best unfortunate representation of where the Christian music industry is at.

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Dove Award Nominations Announced…or Dove Smudge.

February 16 . 2008 – 11.54 am

If Dove Award nominations are announced in a forest and no one hears them, did they really ever get announced? The nominees for the Gospel Music Association’s 39th Annual Dove Awards were announced on Thursday. I have to preface this with the fact that I’m a huge Christian music fan. My life has been strongly affected (and my bank account deftly padded) by Christian music. I’m very thankful. That being said, it’s pretty easy to find the flaws in the system. (I love www.patrolmag.com for its honesty!) But as someone who has been involved in the industry for quite a while, and still maintain my passion, I can’t help but raise a few questions. First off, check out the noms for yourself: www.doveawards.com

Mark Hall, lead singer/songwriter of Casting Crowns leads all nominee with six individual noms, with his group getting four additional nods, including Artist and Group of the Year (the latter a title they’ve won the past three years).

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