Give Us Rest (A Requiem Mass in C [The Happiest of All Keys]) sold over 50,000 copies in its first week making it the No. 2 record in the country behind Adele’s 21, and the No. 1 new album on the charts. With a nearly constant No. 1 hold on the iTunes ® Overall Albums chart, Give Us Rest offers David Crowder*Band the highest chart and sales debut of their over decade long career.
“We have been really happy to hear and read the responses to the album,” remarks Crowder. “You make a thing and you hope it will mean something and be useful to someone else and to see such a positive reaction so early, well, we thought we couldn’t be happier about it. But then, when I got a phone call letting me know that we were debuting at number two on Billboard, I think, as far as memory serves, I pointed to the sky, yelled something, then un-ironically, with the purest of heart, totally Tebowed right in the middle of the street I had unknowingly wandered into.”
In what has been hailed an “epic,” “captivating” and “most artistic” final effort from the GRAMMY ® nominees, reviews have applauded the 34 track, double-disc album and full career of David Crowder*Band.
"One of Christian music's least predictable bands closes out a decade-long career. The group's final album, patterned after a Requiem Mass, contains nearly two hours of music. Give Us Rest's 34 tracks encompass raw recordings and elaborately constructed arrangements ranging from U2-like worship songs to pseudo-choral music to bluegrass-y gospel hymns." - USA Today
"Their most artistic project… Complexity, and simplicity. Deliberately arranging sound, emotion, intellect and vision. Doing more than pulling out a set of songs and putting them on a CD. DC*B’s contribution was also their journey. Give Us Rest is their coup de grace. Well done, David Crowder*Band, it’s time to take your rest." - Worship Leader
"It's an honest plea from a man who almost single-handedly redefined modern worship for the 21st century, which certainly was no easy task. But before stepping away from the microphone for good, Crowder showed exactly why he and his bandmates are in need of a rest, by creating an exhaustingly epic, double-disc album…. Give Us Rest sounds exactly as a ‘final album’ should. It is a Mount Everest of worship rock albums, never to be topped. For over a decade, David Crowder created some of the most creatively inspired worship music in the world, and now he deserves his rest." - ChristianityToday.com
"A captivating offering… the band’s crowning achievement in a career of exuberant, cerebral accomplishments… In the end, joy becomes the lasting note of this album, and perhaps the legacy of the career of this gone-too-soon band." - Crosswalk.com
"From track one to thirty-four it is nothing short of an amazing experience. 5 Stars" - JesusFreakHideout.com
"an epic blaze of musical glory… a memento of its career" – watchgmctv.com
Give Us Rest contains nearly two hours of music constructed in the outline of a Requiem Mass. The track listing even reads like a liturgy. It begins with The Entrance (or, the introit), a segment of three songs, then segues into The Plea (or, the kyrie), a section of three more songs, and then The Plight (or, the gradual and the tract), a sequence of six songs, and so on, all the way through The Absolution (or, the libere me and the paridisum), a string of six tracks to close out the album—and their 12-year run.
David Crowder*Band gave their final performance at Passion 2012 in front of over 42,000 college students, live at the Georgia Dome in downtown Atlanta. Just months earlier, the band completed a nearly 100% sold out headlining tour. Announced initially to their fans, David Crowder*Band revealed their final plans in early 2011. To read the original statement, click http://www.davidcrowderband.com/letter.html.
After twelve years of making music, including six studio projects, participation in over 21 compilations and additional recordings, two books and over 1.6 million albums sold, the GRAMMY ® recognized David Crowder*Band will unveil their seventh and last record, Give Us Rest or (a requiem mass in c [the happiest of all keys]) on January 10, 2012 (sixstepsrecords).
Announced initially to their fans, the celebrated band revealed their final plans earlier this year before their highly successful “The 7 Tour.” Named among the “most thoughtful, progressive and exciting acts in contemporary Christian music” by The New York Times, the popular yet unconventional David Crowder*Band finishes their career with an epic, triumphant collection of 34 songs that poetically illustrate that in death something new is reborn. The album showcases the band’s unique music style and touches on worship, pop, rock, bluegrass and electronic genres.
“Let Me Feel You Shine” is the first single from the Give Us Rest recording, and was the most added at AC Radio upon its release. About the track, Crowder remarks, “I don’t think I have written as personal of a song as this one (‘Let Me Feel You Shine’). For me, all of the experience of closing this chapter, of looking ahead and trusting, is in this song. I know all of us are in these moments where life twists and turns, and you don’t see what’s coming, but you feel God’s leading and you have to jump out and take the risk and see what it means to be a person of faith.”
David Crowder*Band’s final “The 7 Tour” was an overwhelming success this past fall with nearly 100% of the concerts selling out. The GRAMMY ® nominees garnered a tremendous response in major markets including Dallas, New York City, Portland, Seattle, Atlanta and Philadelphia. The band will play their final show at the Passion 2012 Conference in January 2012 at the Georgia Dome.
The final tour for GRAMMY ® nominated talent David Crowder*Band has garnered a tremendous response from fans with 26 of the 33 shows selling out, including major markets such as Dallas, New York City, Portland, Seattle, Atlanta and Philadelphia. Gungor, Chris August and John Mark McMillan joined David Crowder*Band in clubs and theaters across the nation this fall. The routing of shows will wrap on November 13 with a sold out crowd in Jackson, Miss.
Additionally, the band’s first radio and digital single from their final record Give Us Rest of (a requiem mass in c [the happiest of all keys]) is available on iTunes ® today, Oct. 24. David Crowder*Band will release their seventh studio album on January 10. Their first ever Christmas record, Oh For Joy, is also debuting this holiday season with a unique, nutcracker themed cover.
David Crowder*Band and the 7 Tour has been excited to take ONE on the road, and support the important work of Project 7 as they work to change the score by raising funds to build water wells in Sub Saharan Africa. ONE, the anti-poverty advocacy group co-founded by U2’s Bono, has been on the road with the David Crowder*Band to recruit fans to use their voices in the fight against extreme poverty and preventable disease. Volunteers are signing up ONE members and educating concert-goers about America’s vital work that has saved more than 15 million kids lives and put more than 46 million kids in school over the last decade. Project 7 makes everyday products for good and is dedicated to creating positive change through their purchase—giving back to assist real needs throughout the world. By purchasing Project gum, mints, water and coffee, people are making a conscious decision to do good, give back and support organizations positively impacting one of seven areas of need – HEAL the Sick, SAVE the Earth, HOUSE the Homeless, FEED the Hungry, TEACH them Well, HOPE for Peace, and QUENCH the Thirsty.
“We’re excited to team up with the David Crowder*Band and ‘The 7 Tour' to help raise funds for our ‘7 Wells Project.’ It’s wonderful to see the band use its tour as a platform to help others by partnering with us to provide clean drinking water for those in need through the building of water wells,” said Tyler Merrick, founder and CEO of Project 7. “Our goal through this partnership is to spread awareness of the fact that more than one billion people worldwide lack a basic supply of clean water, and to make it easy for concert goers to donate to this important cause by rewarding them with a canister of our Quench the Thirsty™ 7 Blend Coffee.”
** Highly anticipated, “The 7 Tour” will begin this evening in David Crowder*Band’s home state of Texas in front of a sold out crowd. Nearly half of the shows sold out months before the tour began. Spanning September through November, “The 7 Tour” will hit over 30 clubs and theaters across the U.S. including key markets such as: Dallas, Texas, Los Angeles, Calif., Portland, Ore., Seattle, Wash., Chicago, Ill., New York, N.Y., Atlanta, Ga. and Orlando, Fla. Joined by Gungor, Chris August and John Mark McMillan, “The 7 Tour” will mark the final nationwide tour for David Crowder*Band. Visit http://www.davidcrowderband.com for the most up to date information.
** ONE, the anti-poverty advocacy group co-founded by U2’s Bono, will also be on the road with the David Crowder*Band to recruit fans to use their voices in the fight against extreme poverty and preventable disease. Volunteers will be signing up ONE members and educating concert-goers about America’s vital work that has saved more than 15 million kids lives and put more than 46 million kids in school over the last decade.
** David Crowder*Band has announced that they will release their first ever Christmas record on Oct. 4, just months before the GRAMMY ® nominated band will debut their final album. Oh For Joy will include eight Christmas classics such as “Joy To The World,” “O Holy Night,” “Silent Night” and more, presented with the band’s distinct sound and a unique, nutcracker-themed album cover.
David Crowder*Band has announced that they will release their first ever Christmas record on Oct. 4, just months before the GRAMMY ® nominated band will debut their final album. Oh For Joy will include eight Christmas classics such as “Joy To The World,” “O Holy Night,” “Silent Night” and more, presented with the band’s distinct mark, final track listing below. The unique, nutcracker-themed cover was also revealed this week.
“Back in January we decided to start working on a record. It was to be a final masterpiece, our last statement, if you will. But we got sidetracked, and we made a Christmas album instead,” explains the band in a statement to their fans. “This is something that we are very excited about, something that we have wanted to do for years and years. Well, that Christmas album is now officially finished, and we are pleased to announce that on October 4th, Oh For Joy will release!”
Announced first to their the fans, David Crowder*Band will additionally be unveiling their final studio record on January 10, 2012. The album title is forthcoming, and the band is at work on the final project in their Texas recording studio. To read the original statement from the band, visit http://www.davidcrowderband.com/.
Up next for the band will be headlining the highly anticipated “The 7 Tour” with acclaimed artists Gungor, who is doing an acoustic set, Chris August and John Mark McMillan. This will mark the final tour for the GRAMMY ® nominees. The shows will span from September through November and hit over 30 clubs and theaters across the U.S. including key markets such as: Dallas, Texas, Los Angeles, Calif., Portland, Ore., Seattle, Wash., Chicago, Ill., New York, N.Y., Atlanta, Ga. and Orlando, Fla. Already, several dates including Dallas have sold out with many other markets being close to capacity. Tour dates listed below, all subject to change, visit http://www.davidcrowderband.com for the most up to date information.
The GRAMMY ® nominated David Crowder*Band will headline the highly anticipated “The 7 Tour” with acclaimed artists Gungor, who is doing an acoustic set, Chris August and John Mark McMillan. The shows will span from September through November and hit over 30 clubs and theaters across the U.S. including key markets such as: Dallas, Texas, Los Angeles, Calif., Portland, Ore., Seattle, Wash., Chicago, Ill., New York, N.Y., Atlanta, Ga. and Orlando, Fla.
Known for their fan-centric focus, David Crowder*Band unveiled a fan-exclusive pre-sale in order to give their core group of supporters the opportunity to purchase tickets before everyone else without high ticket fees and with the incentive of being the first ticket-holders into the venue each night. The pre-sale was such a success that in addition to the website initially crashing due to high traffic, nearly half of the dates sold out of their limited presale quantities seven months early.
“We're really excited about this tour,” comments David Crowder. “The line up is ridiculous! We're pretty sure this is going to be a really special outing.”
David Crowder*Band is currently working on their new album slated for release later this year or early 2012, this will be the follow-up to their GRAMMY ® nominated Church Music which released in the fall of 09.
For tickets and further tour details, visit http://davidcrowderband.com/schedule.
Artists and songwriters including The Beatles, David Bowie, as well as EMI CMG label group's own Chris Tomlin, David Crowder*Band, Audrey Assad and Josh Wilson have donated exclusive personal items and memorabilia to the EMI family’s charity auction to raise funds to help the Red Cross support people affected by last month’s earthquake and tsunami in Japan. The first phase of the charity auction is in progress and ends on April 15th, with the second phase ending on April 21st.
The latest round of the charity auction, which is one of the biggest in eBay’s history, includes sixstepsrecords' artists Chris Tomlin, who has donated handwritten and autographed lyrics, as well as the David Crowder * Band autographing a Keytar. There are still four days to go until the end of the first phase of the auction, which features a personalized video of Josh Wilson performing one of his songs, and handwritten lyrics on doilies from Audrey Assad. Fellow artists in the first phase and writers include Coldplay, Beastie Boys, Jane Birkin, Depeche Mode, 30 Seconds To Mars, Simple Minds, Alice In Chains, and The Chemical Brothers.
Other items added to the auction today include access to private concert rehearsal by Sting, a limited edition ‘Yellow Submarine’ bicycle issued to mark the re-release of The Beatles’ famous movie, three framed and signed prints of David Gilmour taken in Gdansk, and more than 30 albums individually signed by David Bowie.
Also included in the auction is the MacBook used by David Guetta to create the demos for his hit album ‘One Love’, the hand written lyrics to ‘God Only Knows’ from the Beach Boys’ Brian Wilson, and one of the four original handmade "Zero" shirts worn by the Smashing Pumpkins’ Billy Corgan for the release and tour of ‘Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness’.
All funds raised from the charity auction will be used towards the Japanese Red Cross disaster relief efforts to help those affected by the earthquake and tsunami. Funds will be used for the on-going provision of immediate relief to support the affected population during their recovery. EMI Group has committed to match all funds raised from the auction up to a maximum of one million euros.
All the items can be viewed at ebay.com/EMIfamily4Japan.
sixstepsrecords garnered two GRAMMY ® nominations Wed. evening. “Our God” from the Passion: Awakening album, recorded and co-written by Chris Tomlin, was recognized in the “Best Gospel Song” category while David Crowder*Band’s critically acclaimed Church Music received a nod in the “Best Rock or Rap Gospel Album” division. This marks the first GRAMMY ® nomination for both the David Crowder*Band and Passion, and the fourth GRAMMY ® nomination for Chris Tomlin. The 53rd Annual GRAMMY ® Awards will take place on Sun. Feb. 13, 2011 at 8pm ET/PT on CBS. The awards will be held in Los Angeles at the Staples Center.
“Our God” was originally featured on the Passion: Awakening album recorded live at the 2010 Passion gathering in Atlanta with over 22,000 university-aged students in attendance. Chris Tomlin, Matt Redman, Jonas Myrin and Jesse Reeves were writers on the song. David Crowder*Band’s Church Music was released in fall 2009 and is 73 full minutes of music – 17 tracks, which ably stand alone, while at the same time seamlessly join together.
Tomlin’s recently released And If Our God is For Us... ranked in at No. 17 on the Billboard Top 200 selling over 45,000 units in its first week. In this same week, his Christmas album, Glory in the Highest, was also No. 20 on the Billboard Top 200 giving Tomlin the rarity of having two albums in the Billboard Top 20 simultaneously. He is currently on the “Glory in the Highest Christmas” tour with Louie Giglio, the visionary and leader of the Passion Movement and pastor of Passion City Church in Atlanta, GA. David Crowder*Band’s music video comprised of 700,000 LITE-BRITE ® pegs for the Church Music track “SMS (Shine)” was recently featured on NBC’s The Today Show, Fox & Friends, USA Today online, Paste online and more. To view the video, visit http://www.youtube.com/davidcrowderband.
"All of our sixstepsrecords/EMICMG team is humbled to be recognized once again by the GRAMMY ® community,” remarks Giglio, the visionary and leader of the Passion Movement, sixstepsrecords and pastor of Passion City Church in Atlanta, GA. “Our hope all along has been to create music that lifts the souls of people around the globe while inspiring artistry that is rich and diverse. To be nominated in the company of such accomplished musicians is a huge honor."
David Crowder*Band’s music video composed of 700,000 LITE-BRITE ® pegs will air on The Today Show tomorrow morning, Wed. Dec. 1. The “SMS (Shine)” video will be featured on the show’s weekly webtastic series with Sara Haines in the 10am EST hour. The Today Show airs live on NBC starting at 7am EST every weekday.
The video portraying a love story made completely of LITE-BRITE ® pegs was done solely by hand. Even details such as the piano playing in the background and the monkeys beating a drum in perfect time was done free of digital effects and computer animation. It took 2,150 man hours, 1,200 LITE-BRITE ® images, 83 friends and 148 pizzas to complete the video.
To view the video, visit http://www.youtube.com/davidcrowderband. The video received placement on such sites as USA Today, Billboard, Paste, VEVO.com’s “Artist We Love” and more along with running on Fox & Friends. To view the making of the video, visit http://www.youtube.com/davidcrowderband.
David Crowder*Band is releasing a four song EP today exclusively on iTunes ® titled Summer Happiness. The EP features acoustic versions of Church Music favorites “Oh, Happiness,” “How He Loves,” “Alleluia, Sing” and “Shadows.”
The latest studio album from the band, Church Music, is currently on sale at iTunes ® for $7.99.
David Crowder*Band will also present the first ever “Crowder’s Fantastical Church Music Conference” this fall. The conference whose stellar line-up includes Louie Giglio, Rob Bell, Matt Redman, Francis Chan, Matt Maher, Jars of Clay, Leeland, Gungor, Derek Webb and more will take place on Sept. 30 through Oct. 2 in Crowder’s hometown of Waco, TX. To purchase tickets and see a personal invitation from David Crowder himself, visit http://www.davidcrowderband.com/fantastical/.
Church Music, the latest from the David Crowder*Band, took home the top prize for “Praise and Worship Album of the Year” at last night’s 41st Annual GMA Dove Awards, the band’s first win in this category.
In addition to the their win for “Praise & Worship Album of the Year,” Church Music was also nominated for “Rock/Contemporary Album of the Year” with “How He Loves” also receiving a nomination for “Rock/Contemporary Recorded Song of the Year.” David Crowder also performed “How He Loves” with MercyMe during the televised awards show. The group now has 7 GMA Dove Awards and has raked in a total of 20 nominations total.
Named among the “most thoughtful, progressive and exciting acts in contemporary Christian music” by the New York Times, the popular yet unconventional David Crowder*Band released their latest album Church Music in the fall which debuted at No. 1 on the Christian retail chart.
The 41st Annual GMA Dove Awards were held on Wednesday, April 21, 2010, at Nashville's historic Grand Ole Opry House, and will be televised nationwide on gmc Sunday, April 25, from 8 p.m. - 10 p.m. EST.
After wrapping the Rock and Worship Road Show along with summer festivals and Disney’s Night of Joy appearances, the David Crowder*Band will present the first ever “Crowder’s Fantastical Church Music Conference.” The conference whose stellar line-up includes Louie Giglio, Rob Bell, Matt Redman, Matt Maher, Jars of Clay, Leeland, Gungor, Derek Webb and more will take place on Sept. 30 through Oct. 2 in Crowder’s hometown of Waco, TX. To purchase tickets and see a personal invitation from David Crowder himself, visit http://www.davidcrowderband.com/fantastical/.
"Oh, Happiness" is the newest radio single from David Crowder*Band’s Church Music. The single is impacting New & Active on AC Monitored as well as AC Indicator, and is already in the Top 50 on the National Christian Audience Charts.
Nashville, Tenn. Dec. 3, 2009… David Crowder*Band alongside opening acts Danyew and Seabird took their Church Music Tour to 32 churches nationwide this fall with sell-out dates across the country.
The New York Times even took notice of the band’s Church Music show hailing the band as “among the most thoughtful, progressive and exciting acts in Christian music.” The concert review ran in the Nov. 17 issue of the paper and described the show at Terminal 5 as a concert with “references to Studio 54 on a night of devotional lyrics laced with funk.” Full concert review attached.
Continuing their reputation for touring inventiveness, the band launched a hugely successful Church Music Tour presale in June exclusively through their site giving fans the opportunity to grab a limited number of “early access” tickets. Free of ticketing fees, these tickets allowed holders to be the first through the doors, putting them closest to the stage each night. With over 40,000 followers on twitter, Crowder and crew posted audience shots from each tour stop through their twitter account.
“How He Loves,” the first single from Church Music, was also released as a music video. The video has maintained a stay in the Top 10 on the iTunes ® Christian and Gospel Music Video Chart since its release, peaking at the No. 1 spot. To view the “How He Loves” music video, visit http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJyW55AXJAk&feature=youtube_gdata.
Nashville, Tenn. September 30, 2009…. David Crowder*Band’s latest, Church Music, has proven to be a fan favorite raking in over 35,000 units the first week garnering the top spot on the Christian Retail Chart and the No. 11 position on the Billboard Top 200. Church Music also maintained a stay at No. 1 on the iTunes ® Christian and Gospel Album chart as well as peaked at No. 3 on the iTunes ® Overall Album chart.
“The street week results for The David Crowder*Band are extremely rewarding, especially in the current market climate, and reflect both the amazing creativity Church Music embodies and the powerful story the Crowder clan has woven together around this new release,” explains sixstepsrecords founder and director Louie Giglio. “Crowder continues to carve out a unique space on the musical landscape with the band's forward-thinking approach to our time-honored faith. I'm proud of the band's efforts, and those of our dedicated sixsteps/Sparrow team."
Church Music is the band’s highest debut to date with a 10% increase from the band’s previous release in 2007 of Remedy. This increase comes despite the market’s decrease.
David Crowder*Band will be taking Church Music to the masses this fall on a 32 city nationwide tour with opening acts Danyew and Seabird starting tomorrow, October 1.
Nashville, Tenn. September 22, 2009…. David Crowder*Band’s fifth album Church Music is being welcomed by acclaim from fans and media alike as it releases today, September 22.
As of its release, David Crowder*Band’s Church Music is resting the No. 3 spot on the overall iTunes ® album chart.
The Dove Award-winning six-piece outfit even landed a spot in USA Today’s Fall Music Preview. Below is just a sample of other media that are singing the praises of Church Music.
“This is far and away the best worship record of the year, perhaps the best overall record of the year and a career highlight. Fans of DCB will love Church Music and differential fans will fall in love anew. Now if only the rest of the genre would take a lesson from the David Crowder Band.....” - JESUSFREAKHIDEOUT.COM
“If there was ever an artist who could bridge the worlds of CCM and the music that delights both critics and discerning music fans without compromising his strong beliefs, David Crowder is it. And if there as an album to make that push into the mainstream, Church Music would be the one.” – CHRISTIANMUSICTODAY.COM (CHRISTIANITY TODAY)
“A modern psalmist of sorts, the smart frontman once again poetically challenges worship music’s acoustic roots by infusing current cultural influences... Steeped in doctrines of redeeming grace, Church Music is simply an extension of David Crowder*Band’s already anomalous hymnal.” - CCM
“This is the best album of the year, and even 2010 will have a hard time dethroning the resplendent Crowder and Co.” - SOUL-AUDIO
“This is my favorite overall album by David Crowder*Band and my top album of 2009. For me, this is truly a 5 star album!” - NEWRELEASETUESDAY.COM and CHRISTIANMUSICREVIEW.ORG
“Church Music will not only become the David Crowder Band’s fifth album, but it will mark a change in the way Church Music in the future may be created.” - STEREOTRUTH.NET
“Church Music is one of Crowder's best projects. Excellently written and recorded, it is well worth listening to.” - BEYONDTHETURNTABLE
Fans convened for a sold out show in the band’s hometown of Waco, TX yesterday evening, September 21, to mark the release of Church Music. Radio winners from all across the country were treated with a BBQ with David Crowder*Band at Crowder’s barn in Waco. Winners gathered from Spirit 105.3 KCMS in Seattle, K-LOVE, Star 99.1 WAWZ Middlesex-Somerset-Union, NJ and The JOY FM/Tampa, FL. KLOVE and THE JOY FM also broadcasted live this morning from Crowder’s barn in Waco, TX.
Up next for the David Crowder*Band is another sold out show at Los Angeles’ famed Roxy Theater on Thursday, September 24.
Aptly titled, the band hopes their self-produced recording will prompt listeners to recognize the continual evolvement of music within the Church as well as transport them into an awareness that we exist within the very presence of God, therefore allowing Church Music to happen anywhere. To add to the uniqueness of the album, the 17 songs on the album play continuously from beginning to end with one song blending into the next.
David Crowder*Band will join forces opening acts Danyew and Seabird to take the Church Music Tour to 32 cities and churches nationwide starting in October.
Nashville, Tenn. September 9, 2009… The David Crowder*Band countdown to Church Music has begun with weekly singles being released on iTunes ®.
Fans are getting an early dose of Church Music with iTunes ® releasing a new single from the record every Tuesday in September until the album streets allowing listeners to complete their own album. As of today, three singles have been released including "How He Loves," "Alleluia, Sing" and "We Are Loved" with a fourth song releasing next Tuesday, September 15, leading up to the full album release on September 22. "How He Loves" has been downloaded nearly 50,000 times since it was released on iTunes ® on June 30.
These singles are part of the "David Crowder*Band Countdown to Church Music" which topped the iTunes ® Video Podcast charts last week. To visit, the podcast link go to: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=329417555.
David Crowder*Band with opening acts Danyew and Seabird will take the Church Music tour to 32 cities and churches nationwide starting on October 1. The tour will begin on the heels of an outstanding pre-sale with thousands of tickets sold in advance, giving fans who purchased them first access to the front seats at every date this fall.
In addition to releasing Church Music, band front man David Crowder and violinist Mike Hogan will launch their book Everybody Wants To Go To Heaven, But Nobody Wants To Die with Zondervan on November 9.
Church Music will mark the David Crowder*Band’s fifth album. To add to the uniqueness of the record, the 17 songs on the album play continuously from beginning to end with one song blending into the next. The result: 73 full minutes of music – 17 tracks, which ably stand alone, while at the same time seamlessly join together.
Nashville, Tenn. Jul. 23, 2009… GMA Dove winners and former MSN “Artist of the Year” David Crowder*Band will release their fifth studio album, Church Music, on Sept. 22 from sixstepsrecords and EMI CMG Label Group.
Aptly titled, the band hopes their self-produced recording will prompt listeners to recognize the continual evolvement of music within the church as well as transport them into an awareness that we exist within the very presence of God, therefore allowing Church Music to happen anywhere.
“I hope this album serves as a reminder of music within the Church, of its richness and its broadness, and the tension that exists in using elements of cultural language to express our collective experience and also still remain a transformative presence that is set apart,” admits band front man David Crowder.
To add to the uniqueness of the album, the 17 songs on the album play continuously from beginning to end with one song blending into the next. In order to accomplish this, the band poured an immense amount of work into the process, sequencing the tracks before anything had been recorded so keys and tempos could be finalized. The result: 73 full minutes of music – 17 tracks, which ably stand alone, while at the same time seamlessly join together.
“We asked ourselves, if we, as a band, were to throw our arms around the popular music of our time, here in 2009, how would we do it,” says Crowder. “We started with the track. We programmed the album first, forcing ourselves to write from the track up, and then, after the song emerged, we dismantled it, replacing much of the programming with live instrumentation but leaving the fundamentals that the song emerged from intact.”
The band’s first single received a warm welcome on iTunes ® capturing the No. 1 spot on the Christian and Gospel Singles chart the week it was released. “How He Loves” just debuted at No. 26 on the AC Indicator chart.
With over 23,000 followers on twitter and an active myspace and web page, David Crowder*Band gave fans the opportunity to follow the making of Church Music through live 24-hour studio web-cams and viral videos titled “Rockumentaries.” With around 50,000 views, the four short films include parodies chronicling everything from a twitter obsession to battling guitar solos for the new record. To view these “Rockumentaries,” visit www.youtube.com/davidcrowderband.
On the heels of the highly successful Remedy Club tour which sold out notable clubs and theatres across the US, David Crowder*Band will headline the Church Music Tour with opening acts Danyew and Seabird starting this Oct. Appropriately titled, most of the tour’s 32 stops will take place in churches across the country.
Continuing their reputation for touring inventiveness, the band launched a hugely successful Church Music Tour presale in June exclusively through their site giving fans the opportunity to grab a limited number of “early access” tickets. Free of ticketing fees, these tickets will allow holders to be the first through the doors, putting them closest to the stage each night. The band will also make the Church Music project available in vinyl, available on the tour and through the band’s website. The double-disc LP also comes with a code give owners the ability to download a digital version of the record.
(NASHVILLE,
Tenn.) Aug. 5, 2008—David
Crowder* Band’s best-selling “REMEDY Club Tour” will be featured on the silver
screen in 80 cities for one night only, Monday, Aug. 18, courtesy of The Bigger
Picture, the alternative content distribution unit of Access Integrated
Technologies, Inc. (“AccessIT”) (NASDAQ:AIXD). The screening will serve as
an exclusive preview of David Crowder Band’s first ever full-length DVD release
on Aug. 19.
With 19 sold-out dates in
distinguished club and theater venues nationwide, the fall 2007 “REMEDY Club
Tour” captured the essence of what makes David Crowder Band among the
most-talked-about live bands in music.
Upon release of the REMEDY Club Tour DVD/CD combo on Aug. 19, fans will
finally be able to bring this live experience home. In anticipation of this
long-awaited event, the DVD will be debuted nationally for live audiences in
theatres across the country one night only on Aug. 18. Premieres are
scheduled in select cities including New York City, Dallas, Houston, Chicago,
Atlanta, Minneapolis, Nashville, Columbus, Ohio, Cincinnati and Tampa,
Fla. A complete list of cities and theatres is available at http://www.thebiggerpicture.us/davidcrowderband
“David Crowder*Band
consistently delivers one of the best live shows in music,” says Leisa Byars,
EMI CMG VP, Marketing & Artist Development. “The Remedy Club Tour Edition
was created for the many people who love the live Crowder show experience.
Partnering with AEG at a national level and radio in local markets, enables us
to place this compelling show on the big screen across the country and allows
the band's music to continue to impact lives and communities.”
“We are proud to
present The David Crowder Band “REMEDY Club Tour” with this special one-night
only presentation in theatres,” says President of AEG Network LIVE, John Rubey.
“Fans will be delighted with the high quality digital cinema picture and the
incredible surround sound.”
The 85-minute concert was
recorded at both the New York City and Atlanta tour stops. Shot with nine cameras,
the DVD features 5.1 surround sound and includes tracks from REMEDY
along with favorites from the band’s previous releases including, “I’m Trying
to Make You Sing,” “The Glory Of It All,” “Can You Feel It?,” “Everything
Glorious,” “…neverending…,” “Here is Our King,” “You Are My Joy,” “We Won’t Be
Quiet,” “Foreverandever Etc..,” “A Beautiful Collision,” “Never Let Go,”
“Remedy,” “I Saw the Light,” “No One Like You,” “O Praise Him,” and “Surely We
Can Change.”
Those who purchase the REMEDY
Club Tour DVD/CD will also receive a 15-minute exclusive tour documentary
“On The Road With David Crowder Band” as well as “Learning the Songs,” a
section hosted by each band member showing fans their setup and gear used in
each song along with a how-to lesson on playing the songs exactly like the
David Crowder*Band. Taking it even further, the DVD features the ability to
display chord/lyric subtitles so that fans can test their skills and play along
with the tour night.
After the David Crowder Band
was voted MSN’s Artist of the Year 2006, MSN noted, “They’ve single-handedly
redefined what contemporary Christian music should sound like…” The group’s
last record, A Collision, was widely regarded as one of the best albums
of 2005, receiving five-star reviews and comparisons to groundbreaking
albums of the past and artists such as The Beatles, Bob Dylan and Hank Williams. The
album further garnered an iTunes No. 1, debuted at No. 39 on the Billboard Top
200 and received GMA Music Dove Award honors for Best Rock/Contemporary Album
and Best Rock/Contemporary Song (“Here is Our King”). Featured
at the enormously popular collegiate Passion gatherings, the
band also makes
it a point to get back to the church they helped found, University Baptist
Church, on most Sundays. Crowder is
further an acclaimed author, having penned two books, including his acclaimed, highly personal, Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven, But
Nobody Wants to Die: Or (The Eschatology of Bluegrass). For more
information on the David Crowder Band, visit www.DavidCrowderBand.com.
The REMEDY Club Tour is coming to the big screen in select theaters around the country for a one night only event on Monday, August 18. The REMEDY Club Tour will be featured and enjoyed in high definition digital splendor at around 100 theaters across the nation. To see the trailor and for a list of theaters nearest you, <a href="http://www.sixstepsrecords.com/remedyonenightonly/" target=blank>click here</a>.
Also, fans will soon be able to experience the REMEDY Club Tour from the comfort of their own homes with David Crowder*Band’s first ever live DVD+CD. The REMEDY Club Tour Edition DVD+CD includes more than 85 minutes of live music from the “REMEDY Club Tour,” which boasted 19 sold-out dates in historic venues nationwide. The REMEDY Club Tour Edition DVD+CD hits stores August 19.
(NASHVILLE, Tenn.) July
11, 2008— sixstepsrecords’ David Crowder*Band will release the REMEDY
Club Tour CD/DVD to retail on Aug. 19. The band’s first ever full-length
DVD features five and a half hours of content, including a behind the scenes
tour documentary, song demonstrations hosted by each member of the Crowder band
and chord/lyric subtitles in addition to 16 songs recorded live on last fall’s
best-selling “REMEDY Club Tour.”
“This
tour was so amazing for us,” says David Crowder. “Many of our beliefs converged
regarding music’s role in the church and the unexpected spaces our faith can
function in. We believe that there is no space that is not sacred, that every
second is lived in the very presence of God, and we wanted people to experience
this reality, which, lead us to transporting these songs into places perhaps
unexpected. The response was fantastic. To be in these historic Rock-and-Roll
venues and watch the story of God come alive night after night was
unbelievable. And then, to have captured that on tape, to have a document
composed of these magical evenings is just ridiculous.”
The
fall 2007 “REMEDY Club Tour” boasted 19 sold-out dates, and its “Surely We Can
Change Something” campaign collected thousands of towels and socks for local
shelters, while encouraging attendees to “be the Remedy” in their local
communities. Fans can now bring that experience home, enjoying a full 85-minute
concert recorded at both the New York City and Atlanta tour stops. The concert
will premier for one-night-only at select movie theatres nationwide in
partnership with AEG Network Live. Additional details are forthcoming.
“David
Crowder*Band consistently delivers one of the best live shows in music,” says
Leisa Byars, EMI CMG VP, Marketing & Artist Development. “The Remedy Club
Tour Edition was created for the many people who love the live Crowder show
experience. Partnering with AEG at a national level and radio in local markets,
enables us to place this compelling show on the big screen across the country
and allows the band's music to continue to impact lives and communities.”
Shot
with nine cameras in two cities, the DVD features 5.1 surround sound, a
15-minute exclusive tour documentary “On The Road With David Crowder Band” as
well as “Learning the Songs,” a section hosted by each band member showing fans
their setup and gear used in each song along with a how-to lesson on playing
the songs exactly like the David Crowder*Band. Taking it even further, the DVD
features the ability to display chord/lyric subtitles so that fans can test
their skills and play along with the tour night.
The REMEDY Club Tour CD/DVD
includes the tracks, “I’m Trying to Make You Sing,” “The Glory Of It All,” “Can
You Feel It?,” “Everything Glorious,” “…neverending…,” “Here is Our King,” “You
Are My Joy,” “We Won’t Be Quiet,” “Foreverandever Etc..,” “A Beautiful Collision,”
“Never Let Go,” “Remedy,” “I Saw the Light,” “No One Like You,” “O Praise Him,”
and “Surely We Can Change.”
The band’s first studio recording since A
Collision in 2005, REMEDY is a continuation of its predecessor,
offering ten accessible, pop-centric tracks that dive deep into the theology of
worship. In addition to having already sold more than 170,000 copies, the album
produced radio hit “Everything Glorious” and earned three 2008 GMA Dove Awards
for Rock Contemporary Recorded Song (“Everything Glorious”), Praise &
Worship Album, and best Recorded Music Packaging. For more information on REMEDY
and David Crowder Band, please visit www.remedyiscoming.com
and www.davidcrowderband.com.
After the David Crowder Band was voted MSN’s Artist of the
Year 2006, MSN noted, “They’ve single-handedly redefined what contemporary
Christian music should sound like…” The group’s last record, A Collision,
was widely regarded as one of the best albums of 2005, receiving five-star
reviews and comparisons to groundbreaking albums of the past and artists
such as The Beatles, Bob Dylan and
Hank Williams. The album further garnered an iTunes No. 1,
debuted at No. 39 on the Billboard Top 200 and received GMA Music Dove Award
honors for Best Rock/Contemporary Album and Best Rock/Contemporary Song (“Here
is Our King”). Featured at the enormously popular
collegiate Passion gatherings, the band also makes it a point to get back to
the church they helped found, University Baptist Church, on most Sundays. Crowder
is further an acclaimed author, having penned two books, including his
acclaimed, highly personal, Everybody Wants to Go
to Heaven, But Nobody Wants to Die: Or (The Eschatology of Bluegrass).
Reunion Records artist Tenth
Avenue North will be busy in the next few weeks. Starting this
Sunday, the band will be heading to Orlando, Flor., for a performance at the International
Christian Retail Show (ICRS). After that, the guys
are flying out for a visit with Focus On the Family in Colorado Springs, Colo.,
to perform at the Focus on the Family Chapel on Friday morning. Then, the
four-piece will be playing alongside MercyMe and David Crowder Band, before
heading to Creation West and Soul Fest for a few main stage performances. Tenth
Avenue North’s second single, “By Your Side,” from its current album Over
and Underneath will be released to radio on July 11th.
For more info on Tenth Avenue North, please visit www.tenthavenuenorth.com.
(NASHVILLE, Tenn.) March 7, 2008—sixstepsrecords’ David Crowder*Band offers fans a limited edition of its September 2007 release, REMEDY, on April 29. The project continues to gain widespread recognition, garnering four 2008 Dove Award nominations and contributing to David Crowder’s eight nods, tying him with Casting Crowns’ Mark Hall as this year’s lead nominee.
Continuing the excitement surrounding last fall’s REMEDY release, which has already sold 130,000+ copies and produced the Top 5 AC single “Everything Glorious,” David Crowder*Band fans will soon be able to pick up REMEDY: Limited Edition, in stores April 29. In addition to the original CD song set, this limited edition version will include a bonus DVD with five song videos; four live videos shot in high definition from the “REMEDY Club Tour,” which boasted 19 sold-out dates and whose “Surely We Can Change Something” campaign collected thousands of towels and socks for local shelters, while encouraging attendees to “be the Remedy” in their local communities. The fifth video included is Dove-nominated Short Form Music Video, “Foreverandever Etc...”
The band’s first studio recording since A Collision in 2005, REMEDY is a continuation of its predecessor, offering ten accessible, pop-centric tracks that dive deep into the theology of worship. In addition to the radio hit “Everything Glorious,” “Never Let Go” is currently vying for adds at Christian AC radio. For more information on REMEDY and David Crowder Band, please visit www.remedyiscoming.com and www.davidcrowderband.com.
One week prior to the limited edition’s release, REMEDY will contend for Dove Awards in the categories of Rock/Contemporary Recorded Song (“Everything Glorious”), Rock/Contemporary Album, Praise & Worship Album, and Recorded Music Packaging. David Crowder*Band was among the top nominees this year, additionally nominated for Group of The Year and Short Form Music Video (“Foreverandever, Etc.).
The GMA Dove Awards will be produced in high definition and broadcast live on the Gospel Music Channel from 8 – 10 p.m. (ET/PT) on Wednesday, April 23, 2008.
After the David Crowder Band was voted MSN’s Artist of the Year 2006, MSN noted, “They’ve single-handedly redefined what contemporary Christian music should sound like…” The group’s last record, A Collision, was widely regarded as one of the best albums of 2005, receiving five-star reviews and comparisons to groundbreaking albums of the past and artists such as The Beatles, Bob Dylan and Hank Williams. The album further garnered an iTunes No. 1, debuted at No. 39 on the Billboard Top 200 and received GMA Music Dove Award honors for Best Rock/Contemporary Album and Best Rock/Contemporary Song (“Here is Our King”). Featured at the enormously popular collegiate Passion gatherings, the band also makes it a point to get back to the church they helped found, University Baptist Church, on most Sundays. Crowder is further an acclaimed author, having penned two books, including his acclaimed, highly personal, Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven, But Nobody Wants to Die: Or (The Eschatology of Bluegrass).
2006 MSN Artist of the Year David Crowder Band tops the Christian retail charts this week, selling 32, 259 units of its fourth studio project, REMEDY. Debuting at No. 1 on SoundScan’s Current Contemporary Christian Overall chart, No. 22 on The Billboard 200, and peaking at No. 4 on iTunes Top 100 Albums chart, REMEDY is David Crowder Band’s highest debut to date, with critics calling it the group’s best album yet.
Two years after releasing the genre-bending, tour de force A Collision, sixstepsrecords’ David Crowder Band rewarded patient fans last week with REMEDY. Setting a career best for first week album sales, REMEDY also ranked No. 7 on SoundScan’s Digital Albums chart, marking EMI Christian Music Group’s highest digital debut ever. Additionally, four of the Top 10 most downloaded realtones, according to RingToneJukeBox.com, are from songs featured on REMEDY, including current radio single “Everything Glorious,” “The Glory of It All,” “Can You Feel It,” and “…neverending….”
“We are so excited about the latest David Crowder*Band project, Remedy, music that once again reshapes what expressions of worship can and should be,” says sixstepsrecords founder Louie Giglio. “Classic Crowder, Remedy is inventive and fresh, with all the colors and textures Crowder listeners have come to expect. But, Remedy is much more than a collection of songs. It is a call to action, engaging every one of us for a purpose so much greater than ourselves. All of us at sixsteps/EMI CMG are thrilled to get behind both Remedy’s music and mission as God uses this project to marshall change in a world He is eager to restore.”
“Experiencing the type of growth that we’ve witnessed in David Crowder*Band’s brand awareness and record sales is very encouraging in today’s market and is a true testament to the authentic relationship they have with their fans,” says EMI CMG Label Group President Peter York. “They continue to meet people where they are, leading them out of their comfort zone into new experiences, musically and in life. We are proud of the band for the record they’ve made and for the challenges they have put forth to us and their fans.”
Encouraging listeners to live out the message of REMEDY, David Crowder Band is launching the “Surely We Can Change Something” campaign on tour this week. The “REMEDY Club Tour” will endeavor to connect fans in each city to multiple opportunities where they can serve their communities. With the assistance of Christian Community Development Association (
www.ccda.org) and local shelters, those who attend the show will be given the opportunity to bring with them towels and socks for the homeless, be challenged to develop ethical buying habits, and encouraged to invest energy in serving others in need in their area after the concert.
Further solidifying its unofficial title as Christian music’s most innovative band, David Crowder Band continues to receive high marks for REMEDY:
“…David Crowder Band continues to break the conventions of worship music …[m]ost worship albums offer music as a praise response to glorify our Creator. Remedy is more an engaging pop/rock album designed to spark worship because of who our Creator is. When the music is this good, worship comes naturally.” —ChristianityToday.com
“The David Crowder Band holds a high place in the progression of modern worship music, and the band’s latest album, Remedy, continues that fine tradition. It’s a roller coaster ride of electronica and dance beats, traditional acoustic and electric guitar, and heartfelt ballads …There’s a reason this band is one of the most popular in Christian music.” —Group Magazine
“The David Crowder Band is helping to galvanize modern worship pop-rock music that could go down in a club as well as in a church. And the band’s fourth studio effort takes the next step in that direction.” —Grand Rapids Press
“The group combines electronic programming with acoustic and electric instrumentation, alongside quirky though relatable lyrics, bathed in praise but avoiding cliché. …Remedy…bridg[es] the vertical direction of yesteryear with a progressive new means of presentation in both spiritual content and sound.” —CCM Magazine
“‘The Glory of It All’ concludes with David singing, “We will never be the same,” and I believe him. ‘Can You Feel It?’ insists a scarce-seeming God is really there, and it’s not just the electronic bells and whistles swirling into a rocker that makes me feel it. There’s something more …There is a wonder to the music of Remedy …After all, ‘The whole world’s about to change.’” —HM Magazine
The band’s first studio recording since A Collision in 2005, REMEDY is a continuation of its predecessor, offering ten accessible, pop-centric tracks that dive deep into the theology of worship. Produced by David Crowder Band, the album addresses what it means to be part of the remedy in today’s ailing world, hoping to drive fans toward tangible action. The band will debut music from REMEDY on a 28-city national club tour beginning Oct. 3. The record’s first single “Everything Glorious” claimed the No. 4 position this week on Radio & Records’ AC Monitored chart, No. 3 on its AC Indicator chart as well as No. 18 on CHR. For more information on REMEDY and David Crowder Band, please visit
www.remedyiscoming.com or
www.davidcrowderband.com.
After the David Crowder Band was voted MSN’s Artist of the Year 2006, MSN noted, “They’ve single-handedly redefined what contemporary Christian music should sound like…” The group’s last record, A Collision, was widely regarded as one of the best albums of 2005, receiving five-star reviews and comparisons to groundbreaking albums of the past and artists such as The Beatles, Bob Dylan and Hank Williams. The album further garnered an iTunes No. 1, debuted at No. 39 on the Billboard Top 200 and received GMA Music Dove Award honors for Best Rock/Contemporary Album and Best Rock/Contemporary Song (“Here is Our King”). Featured at the enormously popular collegiate Passion gatherings, the band also makes it a point to get back to the church they helped found, University Baptist Church, on most Sundays. Crowder is further an acclaimed author, having penned two books, including his acclaimed, highly personal, Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven, But Nobody Wants to Die: Or (The Eschatology of Bluegrass).
2006 MSN Artist of the Year, David Crowder Band will debut music from its fourth studio album, REMEDY, on a 28-city national club tour beginning Oct. 3. Currently in stores, the project’s first single, “Everything Glorious,” presently holds the No. 4 spot on Radio & Records’ Christian Adult Contemporary Monitored chart.
Joined by opening acts Phil Wickham and The Myriad, David Crowder Band’s “REMEDY Club Tour” kicks off in New Orleans this week. Having already sold out shows in Phoenix, San Diego, Anaheim, Calif., and Spokane, Wash., the tour will additionally visit major markets such as Dallas, Seattle, Denver, Chicago, Philadelphia, Boston, New York, Washington D.C., and Atlanta (a complete tour itinerary follows this release). The tour will play a distinguished list of venues, including 19 which were ranked among POLLSTAR’s Top 100 Worldwide Theatre Venues and Top 100 Worldwide Club Venues, according to a recently published mid-year report.
“We’ve been really intentional about what kind of space we wanted this music to enter into,” says David Crowder. “And for us, this tour presents opportunity to tear down walls that are drawn between what is sacred and what is secular, a chance to reorient space where corporate worship would be unexpected. If we are reading the gospel right, once the veil is ripped, God is everywhere. He is accessible in every space, and there’s not one moment that’s not a spiritual moment in our lives.”
Encouraging attendees to live out the message of REMEDY, the tour will endeavor to connect fans in each city to multiple opportunities where they can serve their communities. With the assistance of Christian Community Development Association (
www.ccda.org) and local shelters, those who attend the show will be given the opportunity to bring with them towels and socks for the homeless, be challenged to develop ethical buying habits, and encouraged to invest energy in serving others in need in their area after the concert.
Crowder explains, “We don’t really think that songs can change the world… but people can. So, we want these songs to get into folks’ lives and inspire change. And at each tour stop, we’ll have ways that people can take this experience and put legs to it immediately.”
The band’s first studio recording since A Collision in 2005, REMEDY is a continuation of its predecessor, offering ten accessible, pop-centric tracks that dive deep into the theology of worship. Produced by David Crowder Band, the album addresses what it means to be part of the remedy in today’s ailing world, hoping to drive fans toward tangible action. In addition to impacting national audiences on tour, David Crowder Band’s REMEDY is also making an impression at radio, claiming the No. 4 position this week on Radio & Records’ AC Monitored chart, No. 3 on its AC Indicator chart as well as No. 18 on CHR with “Everything Glorious.” For more information on REMEDY and David Crowder Band, please visit
www.remedyiscoming.com or
www.davidcrowderband.com.
About the Tour Artists:
INO Records’ singer/songwriter Phil Wickham released his self-titled label debut in 2006 to media acclaim. This fall, San Diego native Wickham releases his sophomore project, “Cannons,” produced by Pete Kipley. The combination of up-tempo pop, powerful worship and poignant lyrics are promising to take the church and fans alike to the next step up from his wildly-acclaimed debut self-titled project. For more information, visit:
www.myspace.com/philwickham or
www.philwickham.com.
The Myriad’s first full-length record, You Can’t Trust a Ladder (2005), was a featured “Staff Favorite” on iTunes as well as being used by MTV for “The Real World: Denver.” Having toured extensively, playing with bands such as Lovedrug, mewithoutYou, Mutemath, etc, and quickly earning a sing-along relationship with fans everywhere, The Myriad recently signed with Koch Records out of New York and will release its next project, With Arrows, With Poise, this fall. Additional information is available at http://www.themyriad.net.
After the David Crowder Band was voted MSN’s Artist of the Year 2006, MSN noted, “They’ve single-handedly redefined what contemporary Christian music should sound like…” The group’s last record, A Collision, was widely regarded as one of the best albums of 2005, receiving five-star reviews and comparisons to groundbreaking albums of the past and artists such as The Beatles, Bob Dylan and Hank Williams. The album further garnered an iTunes No. 1, debuted at No. 39 on the Billboard Top 200 and received GMA Music Dove Award honors for Best Rock/Contemporary Album and Best Rock/Contemporary Song (“Here is Our King”). Featured at the enormously popular collegiate Passion gatherings, the band also makes it a point to get back to the church they helped found, University Baptist Church, on most Sundays. Crowder is further an acclaimed author, having penned two books, including his acclaimed, highly personal, Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven, But Nobody Wants to Die: Or (The Eschatology of Bluegrass).
After the David Crowder Band was voted MSN’s Artist of the Year 2006, MSN noted, “They've single-handedly redefined what contemporary Christian music should sound like…” David Crowder Band lives up to that billing and follows up 2005’s critically acclaimed and commercially successful A Collision with what promises to be one of 2007’s best offerings, REMEDY. The band’s fourth full-length studio album releases September 25.
The album’s first single and the band’s fastest charting single to date, “Everything Glorious” moved up to No. 12 this week on R&R’s Christian AC Monitored chart and cracked the Top 10 on its Christian AC Indicator chart, only seven weeks since its add date. The song was first performed live earlier this year at Passion ’07 in Atlanta and has been a set list favorite throughout the band’s touring schedule this spring and summer. Other highlights on the album include a special guest appearance by the “Motor City Madman” Ted Nugent on “We Won’t Be Quiet,” the energetic and driving “Neverending,” and the synth-laden dance track “Can You Feel It?”
“The David Crowder Band continues to recast the modern worship conversation with language and musical texture that affirm our shared values while energizing our expressions with uniqueness and creativity,” says Louie Giglio, sixstepsrecords founder and popular speaker/author. “Remedy is a beautiful and redemptive leap forward in what has already become a storied journey for this band. Crowder's latest offering is laden with the potential to engage the listener with worship that transforms the world.”
Always rearranging the norm, David Crowder Band gave fans an inside look at the recording process for the new album in the spring, offering an eight-webcam view of The Barn, a recording facility built by the David Crowder Band in the legendary barn of Dr Pepper fame. Fans were given unprecedented access to the recording process with cameras left running 24 hours a day. In addition to watching the recording in real time, fans were given early hints of what is coming through video blogs posted by band leader David Crowder.
David Crowder states, “We perceive music as a means of empathizing with one another and enunciating something common among us in our experiences of life and faith. Our band’s latest musical offering is for us the next available step in this journey; musically, lyrically, and thematically it is the sound of one foot coming down firmly in the present while the other simultaneously rises, exiting the space previously occupied, throwing our weight in a forward direction of momentum and consequence toward whatever lies ahead.”
Remedy picks up right where A Collision - the universally acclaimed 21 track, 73 minute epic that made everyone’s Top Ten list – left off. The last line A Collision offered an apology of sorts and a bit of foreshadowing:
“And I’m trying to make you sing from inside where you believe. Like it’s something that you need, like it means everything. And I’m trying to make you feel that this is for real, that life is happening. That it means everything. I’m just trying to make you sing.”
REMEDY is a continuation of this effort, offering ten tracks that are arguably the most accessible and pop centric of the band’s career while at the same time diving deep into the theology of worship and what it means to be a part of the remedy that people around the world seek on a day to day basis. Whether it is a cure for AIDS, bringing an end to extreme poverty or the seemingly endless violence and aggression around the world, the need for change is evident. On this album, David Crowder Band addresses the obvious need for an ultimate remedy, yet knows that words and songs can do little to create change. They are mindful however that in recent history, songs and popular music acted as a catalyst for such change and gave voice to movement. With REMEDY, the hope is to inspire action.
Plans are in the works to tie the fall tour to the idea of providing a remedy, finding a way to connect fans in each city to the needs in their own community and around the world. The REMEDY Club Tour kicks off October 3rd, one week after the record hits shelves. The REMEDY Club Tour takes the band along with openers Phil Wickham and The Myriad from New Orleans through Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle, Chicago, New York City, Atlanta and all major markets in between. (Full tour schedule below)
David Crowder Band has captured the attention of such significant media as the New York Times, CNN and FOX News as part of the cable network’s coverage of Creation East. The band has toured with Michael W. Smith, Third Day and Mercy Me including a headlining tour with Mute Math. The first Christian artist to be named MSN.com’s Artist of the Year as well as foster a partnership with M-Audio/Propellerhead’s Reason software, Crowder is also the namesake behind premiere guitar maker Tom Anderson Guitarworks’s Crowdster Acoustic. Despite the success, David Crowder Band makes it a point to get back to University Baptist Church on most Sundays, a church they helped found on the campus of Baylor University in Waco, TX. The band is also featured at the enormously popular collegiate Passion gatherings. The band’s leader David Crowder is further an acclaimed author, having penned two books, including his acclaimed, highly personal, Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven, But Nobody Wants to Die: Or (The Eschatology of Bluegrass).
REMEDY CLUB TOUR Dates:
10.03.2007 New Orleans,House of Blues New Orleans
10.04.2007 Austin,La Zona Rosa
10.05.2007 Dallas,House of Blues Dallas
10.06.2007 Houston,The Berry Center, Cypress TX
10.07.2007 San Antonio,Floores Country Store
10.09.2007 Albuquerque,Kiva Auditorium
10.11.2007 Phoenix,Celebrity Theatre
10.12.2007 San Diego,House of Blues San Diego
10.13.2007 Hollywood,House of Blues Sunset Strip
10.14.2007 Anaheim,House of Blues Anaheim
10.16.2007 San Francisco,The Fillmore
10.18.2007 Portland,McMenamins Crystal Ballroom
10.20.2007 Seattle,Moore Theater
10.21.2007 Spokane,The Service Station
10.22.2007 Boise,The Big Easy
10.24.2007 Denver,Fillmore Auditorium
10.25.2007 Manhattan, KS,McCain Auditorium
10.26.2007 Tulsa,Cain’s Ballroom
11.01.2007 Chicago,House of Blues Chicago
11.07.2007 Cincinnati,Bogart’s
11.08.2007 Philadelphia,The Electric Factory
11.09.2007 Boston,Avalon
11.10.2007 New York City,Hammerstein Ballroom
11.11.2007 Washington, D.C.,9:30 Club
11.13.2007 Raleigh,PEC Raleigh Memorial Auditorium
11.14.2007 Columbia,Township Auditorium
11.16.2007 Atlanta,The Tabernacle
For more information on REMEDY and David Crowder Band, please visit www.remedyiscoming.com or www.davidcrowderband.com.
Looking ahead to the September 25 release of its fourth studio album, The Remedy, David Crowder*Band is sending fans on a treasure hunt for sneak preview details about the new set at seven summer music festivals around the country. No surprise if you know how the eclectic artist works. In an online Myspace post, the MSN 2006 Artist of the Year act writes, "summertime: sunshine, lemonade, music festivals, treasure hunts... we have left something for you, a gift. So, pay careful attention." Remaining festivals participating in the "search for The Remedy" include Cornerstone (June 27; Bushnell, IL), Creation Northeast (June 28; Mt. Union, PA), Sonshine (July 12; Willmar, MN), Creation Northwest (July 28; George, WA), and Spirit West Coast (August 2; Monterey, CA).
Yesterday, the hearitfirst.com team was fortunate enough to hear David Crowder speak about his new album Remedy, which
releases September 25th. Crowder related how the band strives to articulate faith through their music and also how they use
music to express what their community has been through in recent years. Community is ever present in the world of David
Crowder Band. Their previous album, "A Collision," dealt with themes of mortality at a time when they had lost members of
their closest community and now Remedy celebrates the idea that individuals can come together to create change in their local
community as well as across the world.
Crowder acknowledged the fact that many corporations are now jumping on board with social change - and pointed out that at
the forefront of social movement should be the church. He noted that for the first time in history, society and the church have
the same goal: massive social change. (For example, ministries go to Africa for relief...and now... American Idol also goes to
Africa). While corporations and organizations are striving to make a global impact, there is no global entity that can
accomplish change across the world - EXCEPT for the church which reaches all corners of the earth and in theory, SHOULD
have the goal of enacting change.
Using music to provoke massive change is Remedy's goal and it's clear that Crowder hopes their latest album will present
ideas that inspire the Church to come together to enact change. The opening track of the album is actually the title track and
the lyrics present Christ as the Remedy while the closing track is "Surely We Can Change," declaring that "all the love in the
world is right here among us / we must choose what our hands will do."
The idea that love is among us is important to Crowder's message. He is embarking on the Remedy Club Tour, which finds him
leading worship in unlikely venues. The band is booked in clubs across America, including House of Blues venues. "Every
space is sacred," Crowder asserted. He expressed that God is everywhere and "church" can happen anywhere - even a bar.
He is very excited to get on the road and lead worship in such atypical venues. To keep the spirit of being the remedy, ways to
get involved in social change will be made available at each show and concert-goers will be able to immediately contribute to
different movements and ministries.
Surely we've learned to expect the unexpected with David Crowder. Ted Nugent makes a guest appearance on the record,
playing on a track called "We Won't Be Quiet." Nugent's prolific electric guitar skills bring a very literal aspect to the song.
Guest appearances have marked Crowder's projects in the past, often lending very distinct and unique style to his
albums.Sonically, Crowder says this album is a collection of all the sounds they have used throughout their many albums.
"The whole world's about to change," one lyric states. We can only hope that the Church and others who may stumble upon
this record are inspired to createchange in local and global communities. Hopefully Remedy really WILL be a remedy.
EMICMG artists Chris Tomlin (sixstepsrecords), Steven Curtis Chapman (Sparrow Records), and David Crowder*Band (sixstepsrecords) were among the top honored winners at the 37th Annual GMA Music Awards - also known as the Dove Awards - held April 5 in Nashville, Tennessee.
Tomlin, who had earned the most nominations, won the most awards of the event (five) including Artist of the Year, Male Vocalist, Song and Worship Song of the Year ("How Great Is Our God"), and Special Event Album (for his original contribution to MUSIC INSPIRED BY THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA). The handful of honors caps a breakthrough year for Tomlin whose current album, ARRIVING, recently received RIAA gold certification for sales of over 500,000 copies.
Chapman, who has won more Dove Awards than any other artist through the years, won his 50th trophy for contributing to the NARNIA Special Event Album. In relation, one of the evening's highlights was a surprise tribute to Chapman for this landmark achievement. Gospel music legends such as Andraé Crouch provided testimonies while younger artists Jeremy Camp, David Crowder, Casting Crowns' Mark Hall, and Third Day's Mac Powell performed an acoustic set of classic Chapman Dove Award-winning music. Chapman, unaware of the tribute, was visibly moved by the outpouring from his musical colleagues.
David Crowder*Band also won a Dove Award for contributing to the NARNIA project plus honors for Rock/Contemporary Song ("Here Is Our King") and Rock/Contemporary Album (A COLLISION). Currently on tour with Third Day, David Crowder*Band will release B COLLISION, a creative companion to its award-winning predecessor, on June 27.
Other EMICMG winners at the 37th Annual GMA Music Awards included Matt Redman for Praise & Worship Album (BLESSED BE YOUR NAME: THE SONGS OF MATT REDMAN VOL. 1), Andy Hunter for Instrumental Album (LIFE), Switchfoot for Short Form Music Video ("Stars"), tobyMac for Rock Recorded Song ("The Slam"), and, as mentioned, MUSIC INSPIRED BY THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE for Special Event Album. The latter also features original new music from Delirious?, Bethany Dillon, Nichole Nordeman, Rebecca St. James, Jars of Clay, and others.
The 37th Annual GMA Music Awards was recorded live and will air in syndication from April 15 to May 21, 2006. For broadcast details and a complete list of award winners, visit GMAMusicAwards.com.
