Music Monday

Welcome one and all to today's edition of Music Monday where we venture into the reason we all turn on 100.9 to begin with...the music! First off, I feel as if I owe an apology to the Carolina RAILHAWKS who I ineptly referred to as the Carolina Redhawks in the blog last week as well as in various other social network devices. In my defense, I have never heard of a Railhawk in my life...MY BAD. Secondly, Way-FM Charleston would like to thank everyone for coming out to celebrate our birthday! Special thanks to Space Walk of Charleston and the maker of some fantastic cupcakes! I will be posting a video of the event this Wednesday on our Wassup?!?! segment! As always, we want to hear from our listeners. Is there a book you are reading this summer? Wassup with y'alls youth groups and churches? Have a testimony that correlates with today's Word on the Way(Herbrews 2:18)? Or do you just want to say hey? Message/Friend us on Facebook or Myspace, follow us on Twitter, or subscribe to our youtube :)
With Way-FM logistical things out of the way, lets talk music; more specifically, let's Chat about the Charts! This week on Billboard.com's Hot Christian Songs, Phillips, Craig and Dean's "Revelation Song" has jumped up from number 6 to number 4 making it this weeks greatest gainer and knocking Chris Tomlin's "I will rise" from number 4 to number 5. Besides that, there isn't a lot of fluctuation in this week's top 5. Matthew West's "The Motions" holds on to the top spot followed by "By Your Side" from the guys of Tenth Avenue North and "In the Hands of God" from the Newsboys! Jason Crabb's self titled album debuted at number two this week while Mary Mary's The Sound took the coveted number one spot from Matt Kearney's City of Black and White which fell two spots to number 3. Once again, WOW Hits and Hillsong United round up the top five albums.
Since compilations are popular on the charts this week, it's no surprise that today's Music Monday Spotlight is on Glory Revealed II. The initial Glory Revealed gave us the hit "By His Wounds" but by no means are the artists contributing to this compilation worried about record sales. Glory Revealed is the brain child of Third Day's Mac Powell(creator of the Music Boat as well :P) and acclaimed writer David Nasser(A Call to Die). The CD acts as a supplement to the Bible with songs directly inspired by its words. The album draws inspiration from Psalm 22, Psalm 116, Hebrews 13:5-6 and many more. The compilation includes Mark Hall from Casting Crowns, Amy Grant, Brandon Heath, Natalie Grant, Jason Crabb, Mike Donehey of Tenth Avenue North, Aaron Shust, and Sara Evens. The album was recorded in a retreat like setting to create an ambiance of fellowship and reflection. Brandon Heath, who does a song with Aaron Shust and Mike Donehey, was excited to work on the album saying he "loves how you can teach people the word through song!" Glory Revealed II comes out tomorrow!


Diverting our attention to some rather frivolous yet super amazing news...We're Talk'n Tweets! The following three images were tweet pic'd by three different artist yet share a distinct similarity:




Yes my friend's, Mike Donehey, Matthew West, and Matt Kearney have decided to Tweet about...LANDMARKS!!!!!! So not a lot is going on but some publicity/home baseball games :O In other news, Barlow Girl announced via Twitter that edits are in the works on their latest video!!! On their website, they are taking questions from their fans :)
We're gonna wrap today's Music Monday with huge Jeremy Camp news...He's going on Tour. The "Speaking Louder than Before: The Tour 09" will be Jeremy Camp's first headlining tour in two years. The tour also features Dove award winner Natalie Grant and label mate Bebo Norton! So that's the good part...the bad part is that his tour, as of now, is not headed to Charleston,SC. The closest place to see him will be in Raleigh, North Carolina!