Wednesday, January 20, 2010

American Idol Season 5 finalist Alya Brown daughter of new US Senator Scott Brown

The stunning senate race between winner Republican Scott Brown and Democrat Martha Coakley has a connection to American Idol.

Senator-elect Brown's daughter Alya was a Top 16 finalist on American Idol Season 5 and her new album, Circles, hits iTunes on Tuesday.

Robbie Seay Band Nominates Family for Extreme Home Makeover

Robbie Seay Band has nominated the “Beach Family” for a complete home renovation by Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. Their episode taped last week and will air in late March.

Larry and Melissa Beach lost their home in Kemah, TX, a suburb of Houston, to Hurricane Ike more than a year ago. The couple, who have thirteen children, nine adopted and many with special needs, have resided in FEMA trailers on their property since late 2008. Amidst such circumstances, the Beach’s, who have fostered more than 85 children in their home, have continued to offer a home to children in need.

Robbie Seay, co-founder of Ecclesia Church, comments, “Larry and Melissa proved that their love was stronger than anything a storm could bring their way. Living in FEMA trailers, they continued to reach out and love these kids, no matter the circumstances. My connection to this family is deep. They served as my youth group Sunday school teachers and now I mentor their older boys who are aspiring musicians. I am beyond thrilled that this is happening for them."

Monday, January 18, 2010

Audio A's Mark Stuart Featured on MSNBC from Haiti

Today, MSNBC interviewed Mark Stuart, best known for being the lead vocalist of Audio Adrenaline and the more current touring acoustic/speaking team Audio Unplugged, about the devastation in Haiti after the country recently experienced a severe earthquake. Stuart is one of the founders of The Hands & Feet Project orphanage in Haiti and was interviewed about how the area around Hands & Feet was affected by the quake.

Visit this link to watch footage of Stuart being interviewed from on location in Haiti.

Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Carrie Underwood Touts Brandon Heath in People Magazine

This week in the Jan. 18 issue of PEOPLE Magazine, Carrie Underwood shares that she's a fan of singer/songwriter Brandon Heath saying, "I'm in love with Brandon Heath's voice...", when asked who is currently on her iPod.

Heidi Montag's New Album Doesn't Illuminate Her Faith

Heidi Montag's "Superficial" released last Tuesday. Back in July 2008 it was rumored that she was interested in recording a Christian music album.

You may have seen pics of Heidi & Spencer coming out of church holding Bibles and their appearance in June 2008 on the reality show "I'm A Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here!" where they talked about Jesus and their faith. For example, when Heidi wailed that someone had "vandalized my hair product!", Spencer went on a violent rampage, prompting Heidi to explain that he was a new Christian and working out his anger issues. A day later, Spencer was baptized by fellow reality show Christian Stephen Baldwin.

But it's pretty clear this isn't a Christian album. Not by any stretch of the imagination. The first clue being that it comes in both clean and explicit versions.
Even US Weekly calls the album "racy. Verrry racy."