Take heart, Indiana Christian music fans. Finally, after two years of head-to-head competition, two of the state’s biggest Christian music festivals will be on separate weekends in August. The World Pulse Festival, which this year will feature headliner Switchfoot, will be Aug. 10 — on the second weekend of the month, as it has been for the past 27 years. The newer Fandana festival at Huntington University — just 70 miles...

Indiana’s own Jeremy Camp is on a roll. The contemporary Christian singer’s album Reckless debuted at No. 1 on Billboard’s Christian album chart and reached the Top 10 on iTunes all-genre album chart. Also, his autobiography I Still Believe is getting a lot of press. The book traces him from his childhood days in Lafayette, Ind., to the meeting of his wife Melissa who died from cancer just months after they were married to...

Jeremy Camp’s first Christmas album was released this week to mixed reviews. Here’s what some critics had to say about the Hoosier’s holiday offering, Christmas: God with Us. JesusFreakHideout:  The most favorable review of the bunch gives Camp high marks for uncharacteristically rocking out on Jingle Bell Rock and for his sentimental approach to Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas.  But the reviewer isn’t all...

Sidewalk Prophets, the Dove-award winning Christian band with Indiana roots, has added a Shelbyville stop to its summer tour. The band will play at 7:30 pm Aug. 24 at the Shelbyville High School auditorium, 2003 S. Miller St. Tickets are $8 in advance and $10 at the door, according to a Facebook event page. Advance tickets may be purchased by calling Shelbyville’s First Christian Church at 317-398-4407. The band is touring in support...

Fresh off his Dove award wins as gospel music’s male vocalist and artist of the year, Jason Crabb will be in Indiana for two concerts this summer. The first will be 6 p.m. Saturday, July 14, at the Bean Blossom Southern Gospel Jubilee in the Bill Monroe Music Park and Campground about 40 miles south of Indianapolis. Also performing that night will be the Perrys and Brian Free and Assurance. Tickets are $15 for the night and are...

April will be an epic month for Christian music fans in Indiana. Needtobreathe and Switchfoot, two of the nation’s best Christian bands, will play separate concerts in the state later this month. Needtobreathe will take the stage April 12 at the Egyptian Room of the Old National Center in Indianapolis, with singer Ben Rector opening the show at 8 p.m. Tickets are $21.50, plus fees. Switchfoot will play at Ball State University’s...