Pastor Charles Jenkins, with Billboard’s reigning No. 1 gospel song, will be among the headliners for Praise in the Park on the Canal in Indianapolis. The free concert and praise event, featuring 10 national gospel acts, will be from 6 am to 10 am Friday (July 20) at Buggs Temple, 11th and MLK streets. It is sponsored by radio station AM 1310, The Light. Jenkins, whose song Awesome is currently dominating gospel radio, will be joined...

Christian music’s annual Dove Awards will be handed out April 19 at the Fox Theater in Atlanta. So it’s time for Hoosierlujah to make its feeble attempt at predicting winners in some of the biggest categories. To find out the actual winners, watch the awards ceremony at 8 p.m. April 19 on GMC. Song of the Year Prediction: Laura Story’s Blessings will take the big prize. No other song in the past year has touched so many...

Ok, she’s not from Indiana. She’s from New Orleans. But LaTosha Brown’s singing so moved me, I had to share it. Seems she’s moved about a million other people, too, judging by the views this video got on YouTube. There’s no doubt she puts the gospel in the music. Share this:EmailFacebookTwitterPinterestGoogle +1

When it comes to picking Grammy winners for the gospel and contemporary Christian music categories, Hoosierlujah is batting about .400. The Christian music awards were announced Sunday afternoon in a pre-telecast ceremony We got two picks right and three wrong. How did you do? We agreed with the Grammy voters on: Best Contemporary Christian Music Song Grammy winner and Hoosierlujah pick: “Blessings,” Laura Story. Songwriter: Laura...

OK. Let’s just get this out of the way. The best Christian song to be nominated for a Grammy this year isn’t even competing in a gospel category. It’s nominated for Best Country Song. The tune is the Dave Barnes-penned “God Gave Me You.” Dave himself recorded it and it charted in 2010, rising to No. 13 on Billboard’s Christian singles chart and No. 21 on the Adult Contemporary chart. But it’s Blake...

The Super Bowl won’t be all booze-guzzling parties and football when it hits Indianapolis on Feb. 5. It will get its praise on, too. CeCe Winans and Wayne Brady will host the 13th Annual Super Bowl Gospel Celebration Feb. 3 at Butler University’s Clowes Memorial Hall. The event also will feature performances by Donnie McClurkin, Hezekiah Walker, Natalie Grant, Wess Morgan, some NFL players, the NFL Choir and some surprise...