By: Laura BennettTruth in music is often hard-won. We Are Messengers can only write and sing such uplifting, anthemic, spiritual songs, full of declarations about sin, forgiveness, and mental health—because they’ve each wrestled with these things.In his early years as a young teen in...
By: David MaegraithChristian acts have often sung about roads and journeys.Steve Grace sang about the Crazy Road Of Life, Liberty Road, and the Long Road To Glory.Steven Curtis Chapman sang about the place where The Rubber Meets The Road.And Amy Grant suggested we’ll find what we’re...
By: Clare BruceWhen Lauren Daigle sat down to write her hit ballad Rescue, she had in mind a loved one who was struggling with life – making it one of the most personal songs she’s ever recorded.In a ‘Story Behind the Song’ video, Lauren describes a vision she had which...
By: Sheridan VoyseyCateura is a small slum in Paraguay, South America, built on a rubbish tip. Desperately poor, its villagers eke out a living by recycling and selling whatever they can find in the garbage. But from these unpromising conditions something beautiful has emerged – an...
By: Kim WilkinsonOn the eve of their sell-out Australian tour, Rend Collective’s Gareth Gilkeson opened up about being one of the last to be chosen as a Child Sponsor.Gareth Gilkeson claims he is not a sentimental guy. However he does admit to crying emotionally during a Sponsorship Choosing...
By: Laura BennettChris Llewellyn has probably done a lot of movie-watching this month; along with the rest of the Rend Collective troupe, the Northern Irish singer has recently made his first ever trip to Australia—those long-hall flights!It is the first chance Aussies have had to get a live...
By: Justin Rouillon“We grew up in a fractured society, that wasn’t something we wanted to be a part of – unity and togetherness is way more important than your opinion being right.”A tour down under has long been atop the wish list for Irish 5 piece Rend Collective, but the...
By: Justin RouillonSheppard have announced the release of ‘Phoenix’, a song dedicated to victims of the Australian bushfires, which aims to raise money for those affected by the disasters.“Like most Australians who haven’t been directly affected by the bushfires...
By: Stephen McAlpineI woke up to the news that Kobe Bryant had died.I told my daughter. “Oh my goodness!” exclaimed my indie-music loving, non sports-watching/playing 18 year old, “Did he really? How?”, before rushing off to tell her brother.My 12 year...
By: Justin RouillonJoel and Luke Smallbone of Christian pop duo For King & Country added to their Grammy collection at the 62nd Grammy Awards, held over the weekend at the Staples Centre in Los Angeles.The boys had previously picked up Grammy’s for their 2016 album Run Wild....
By: Laura BennettBarry Conrad’s love for music has been lifelong: he had a Dad who played guitar and loved to sing, and a Mum who recorded worship albums with her church choir.For a number of years he was part of New Zealand hip-hop group Jireh, who moved to Australia to ‘make it...
By: Justin RouillonEvery Christmas Australians hit peak irony: belting out songs about snow and ice, while dressed in their ‘good thongs’ at the local carols. Apart from ‘Six White Boomers’ and Bucko and Champ’s take on Jingle Bells, Aussie Christmas tunes have...