Crowder MSN 2006 Artist of the Year!
Posted by: David Bunch
The David Crowder Band has been named MSN's artist of the year for 2006! They won against the likes of Christina Aguillera, Kenney Chesney and INXS.
This has tremendous implications regarding the cultural impetus that Christianity is building through continued positive exposures in the media. DCB has proven that Christians can bring a straight forward message about faith while still maintaining artistic relevance (think Chronicles of Narnia, etc.). It also demonstrates culture's increased acceptance of Christians in the mainstream. And that can only be good news for all of us.
From the press release:
Here's hoping that 2007 continues to bring such positive exposure to Christianity in the media and in the culture.
The David Crowder Band has been named MSN's artist of the year for 2006! They won against the likes of Christina Aguillera, Kenney Chesney and INXS.
This has tremendous implications regarding the cultural impetus that Christianity is building through continued positive exposures in the media. DCB has proven that Christians can bring a straight forward message about faith while still maintaining artistic relevance (think Chronicles of Narnia, etc.). It also demonstrates culture's increased acceptance of Christians in the mainstream. And that can only be good news for all of us.
From the press release:
During the voting period, MSN also lauded David Crowder Band, saying, “While Crowder is unafraid to make direct and straightforward pledges to his savior, he seems extremely restless creatively and tries his hand at any style that suits him. Even Crowder's fans in the Christian music community had to be blown away by the album A Collision or (3+4=7), a literate, pensive and complicated album about death. It won the Dove Award for Best Rock Album, and has even secular fans wondering what’s up next.”
Capturing the attention of such significant media as the New York Times, CNN, FOX News and more, David Crowder Band was the first Christian artist to foster a partnership with M-Audio/Propellerhead’s Reason software and Crowder is the namesake behind premiere guitar maker Tom Anderson Guitarworks’s Crowdster Acoustic and the DCB-inspired guitar, The Atom.
Here's hoping that 2007 continues to bring such positive exposure to Christianity in the media and in the culture.
