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SARAH HART- SARAH HART IS A "SONGWRITER'S SONGWRITER". SHE
IS ONE OF OCP'S (OREGON CATHOLIC PRESS) LEADING LITURGICAL
SONGWRITERS. SHE IS ALSO A VERY "IN DEMAND" CONTEMPORARY
CHRISTIAN MUSIC SONGWRITER IN NASHVILLE, WHERE SHE RESIDES.
SHE'S WRITTEN SONGS FOR MATT MAHER, 33 MILES, THIS BEAUTIFUL
REPUBLIC, AND JAMIE JAMGOCHIAN. HER SONG BRAVE NEW WORLD,
HAS BEEN FEATURED ON THE TV SHOW JOAN OF ARCADIA (THE SHOW
IS AVAILABLE ON DVD AND CAN BE DOWNLOADED). HER SONGWRITING
CREDITS ALSO INCLUDE CO-WRITING THE GRAMMY NOMINATED 2010
SONG (BEST GOSPEL SONG), BETTER THAN A HALLELUJAH, RECORDED BY
AMY GRANT ON HER SOMEWHERE DOWN THE ROAD ALBUM, (SPARROW
RECORDS- 2010). ALSO IN 2010, SARAH HART CO- WROTE THREE
SONGS WITH AUDREY ASSAD FOR AUDREY ASSAD'S 2010 RELEASE, THE
HOUSE YOU'RE BUILDING (SPARROW RECORDS- 2010). SARAH HART
WROTE A LOT OF NEW SONGS IN 2011. SARAH HART SINGLES WERE
INCLUDED IN THE NEWSBOYS 2011 RELEASE, GOD'S NOT DEAD (INPOP
RECORDS- 2011), JASON GRAY'S ALBUM, A WAY TO SEE IN THE DARK
(CENTRICITY MUSIC- 2011), TRICIA BROCK'S THE ROAD RELEASE (INPOP
RECORDS- 2011), NEWSONG'S ONE TRUE GOD ALBUM (NEWSONG
MINISTRIES INC.- 2011), AND THE AARON GILLESPIE RELEASE,
ANTHEM SONG (BEC RECORDINGS- 2011). VERY FEW CATHOLIC
SONGWRITERS IN NASHVILLE HAVE THIS MANY SONGWRITING
CREDITS. SARAH HART HAS ALSO FOUNDED DAUGHTERS OF GOD, IT'S A
GROUP OF CATHOLIC ARTISTS WHO LEAD CATHOLIC WOMEN'S EVENTS.
PLEASE VISIT SARAH HART'S WEBSITE, LISTEN TO HER MUSIC AND
LEARN MORE ABOUT SARAH HART. www.sarahhartmusic.com
MATT MAHER- MATT MAHER IS CALLED THE "TRAILBLAZER OF
CATHOLIC MUSIC". ASSOCIATED PRESS HAS NAMED HIM THE
"BREAKTHROUGH NOMINEE" IN REFERENCE TO THE 2010 DOVE AWARDS.
HE WAS NOMINATED FOR SIX DOVE AWARDS INCLUDING PRAISE &
WORSHIP ALBUM OF THE YEAR (ALIVE AGAIN) AND WORSHIP SONG OF THE
YEAR (ALIVE AGAIN). ALSO THE SONG I WILL RISE, WHICH HE CO-WROTE
WITH CHRIS TOMLIN FOR THE GLORY REVEALED II ALBUM, WAS
NOMINATED FOR A FEW DOVE AWARDS. HIS SONG ALIVE AGAIN FROM
THE 2009 ALIVE AGAIN ALBUM (ESSENTIAL RECORDS- 2009), WAS NAMED
BY itunes THE BEST CHRISTIAN SINGLE OF 2009. THE SECOND SINGLE,
HOLD US TOGETHER, WAS ON BILLBOARD MUSIC MAGAZINE'S TOP CHRISTIAN
SONGS CHART FOR 37 WEEKS. THE THIRD SINGLE, CHRIST IS RISEN,
WAS NOMINATED FOR TWO 2011 DOVE AWARDS. ONE NOMINATION IN
THE CATEGORY OF WORSHIP SONG OF THE YEAR, AND THE SECOND
NOMINATION FOR INSPIRATIONAL RECORDED SONG OF THE YEAR. THE
SINGLE WAS ON BILLBOARD'S TOP CHRISTIAN SONGS CHART FOR 20
WEEKS. THE ALIVE AGAIN ALBUM WAS ON THE BILLBOARD MUSIC
MAGAZINE'S TOP CHRISTIAN ALBUMS CHART FOR 48 WEEKS. HE WROTE
THE SONG, YOUR GRACE IS ENOUGH. THE SONG FIRST MADE POPULAR BY
CHRIS TOMLIN, HAS BEEN RECORDED AND RELEASED AT LEAST THIRTY
TIMES, BY VARIOUS ARTISTS. MATT MAHER'S 2011 MUSIC RELEASE,
THE LOVE IN BETWEEN (ESSENTIAL RECORDS- 2011), CHARTED ON
BILLBOARD MUSIC MAGAZINE'S TOP 200 ALBUMS CHART, AS WELL AS
BILLBOARD'S TOP CHRISTIAN ALBUMS CHART. THE FIRST SINGLE FROM
THE LOVE IN BETWEEN, TURN AROUND, WAS ON BILLBOARD'S TOP
CHRISTIAN SONGS CHART FOR 29 WEEKS. THE SECOND SINGLE, RISE UP,
WAS ON BILLBOARD'S TOP CHRISTIAN SONGS CHART FOR 21 WEEKS.
MATT MAHER ALSO RECEIVED A 2012 GRAMMY NOMINATION FOR BEST
CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN SONG (I LIFT MY HANDS). MATT MAHER'S 2013
RELEASE, ALL THE PEOPLE SAID AMEN (PROVIDENT MUSIC- 2013) DEBUTED
AT #5 ON BILLBOARD MUSIC MAGAZINE'S TOP CHRISTIAN ALBUMS CHART,
AND #115 ON BILLBOARD'S TOP 200 ALBUMS CHART. THE FIRST SINGLE
FROM THE ALBUM, LORD I NEED YOU, HAS BEEN ON BILLBOARD'S TOP
CHRISTIAN SONGS CHART FOR 13 WEEKS. NOT ONLY IS MATT MAHER
ONE OF THE BEST CATHOLIC ARTISTS AROUND TODAY, HE ALSO DOES
ALL HE CAN TO LIVE OUT UNITY AND RECONCILIATION. PLEASE VISIT
MATT MAHER'S WEBSITE, AND LEARN MORE ABOUT MATT MAHER.
www.mattmahermusic.com

JOHN MICHAEL TALBOT- JOHN MICHAEL TALBOT BEGAN WRITING AND
RELEASING CHRISTIAN MUSIC AROUND 1980. BEFORE THAT, DURING
THE 1970'S, HE HAD BEEN IN A ROCK BAND CALLED MASON PROFIT.
MASON PROFIT WAS ONE OF THE FIRST ROCK BANDS TO PLAY A FUSION
OF ROCK AND COUNTRY MUSIC, AND THEY OPENED FOR BOTH JANIS
JOPLIN AND THE GRATEFUL DEAD, AMONG OTHERS. ONCE JOHN
MICHAEL TALBOT BEGAN RELEASING CHRISTIAN MUSIC, HE WOULD
BECOME THE FIRST CONTEMPORARY CATHOLIC ARTIST TO GAIN AN
AUDIENCE AND A FOLLOWING AMONG EVANGELICALS, AND AIRPLAY ON
EVANGELICAL RADIO STATIONS. OVER THE PAST THIRTY YEARS HE HAS
RELEASED OVER FORTY RECORDS AND SOLD FOUR MILLION ALBUMS. HE
HAS BEEN AWARDED THE PRESIDENT'S MERIT AWARD FROM THE
NATIONAL ACADEMY OF RECORDING ARTS AND SCIENCES. HE HAS ALSO
WON A DOVE AWARD FROM THE GOSPEL MUSIC ASSOCIATION, FOR
WORSHIP ALBUM OF THE YEAR, (LIGHT ETERNAL). HE HAS ALSO BEEN
NAMED NUMBER ONE CHRISTIAN ARTIST BY BILLBOARD MUSIC MAGAZINE.
AS FOR HIS SPIRITUAL LIFE, BY 1980 IN IMITATION OF SAINT
FRANCIS OF ASSISI, HE SOLD ALL HIS BELONGINGS AND STARTED TO
BUILD A FRANCISCAN MONASTERY. TODAY IT'S CALLED THE LITTLE
PORTION HERMITAGE, AND THE COMMUNITY HE FOUNDED IS CALLED THE
BROTHERS AND SISTERS OF CHARITY. IT IS A THIRD ORDER, SECULAR
FRANCISCAN COMMUNITY LOCATED IN EUREKA SPRINGS, ARKANSAS. IT
HAS FORTY MEMBERS LIVING AT THE FRANCISCAN MONASTERY, WITH
ANOTHER 500 PEOPLE LIVING IN THEIR OWN HOMES. IT ENCOMPASSES
CELIBATE, SINGLE, MARRIED PEOPLE, AND FAMILIES. IT DOES POSSESS
CATHOLIC CHURCH, "CANONICAL STATUS". IT IS ONE OF ONLY TEN
SUCH CATHOLIC COMMUNITIES IN THE WORLD. AS FOR HIS MUSIC
WORK TODAY, IT IS WITHIN THE BROTHERS AND SISTERS OF CHARITY
COMMUNITY THAT JOHN MICHAEL TALBOT HAS LAUNCHED THE
TROUBADOUR RECORD LABEL, AND EQUIPS PEOPLE FOR MUSIC AND
MULTIMEDIA OUTREACHES. PLEASE VISIT JOHN MICHAEL TALBOT'S
WEBSITE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS "PIONEER" OF CONTEMPORARY
CATHOLIC MUSIC, THE LITTLE PORTION HERMITAGE FRANCISCAN
MONASTERY, AND THE BROTHERS AND SISTERS OF CHARITY.
www.johnmichaeltalbot.com


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