In the midst of a full and busy life, Joe Taylor aka Ojo graciously took time to ponder some questions and offer thoughtful observations/reflections. Having grown up with Undercover’s catalogue, I was stretched in healthy ways with the latter discography. Branded to Forum encouraged me to embrace my humanity in conversation with the Spirit of…
(Editor’s Note: DTL was made aware of Barnes’ criminal record after the publication of this article. He was apparently charged with conning people and churches out of significant sums of money. He also paid his time for those crimes before this article came out. This article looks at his history in the CCM world. After…
Rob Gallas fronted one of my favorite bands that came out on Michael Knott’s Blonde Vinyl record label (back in the days when Blonde Vinyl was feeding us the best up and coming bands around): Black and White World. Their first full release was packed from beginning to end with songs that had pop leanings…
More Articles That Rock I’ve written about Michael Knott for @Image_Journal here: ow.ly/cee0M, thought you might enjoy the read. 🙂 My supplemental Knott piece for that essay is here: ow.ly/cee88. My essay for @Image_Journal / @Patheos on Undercover is live. It’s definitely in your wheelhouse. 🙂 ow.ly/cgq8n I’m really glad you exist. You’re chronicling the…
Yee-Haw! If you’re a fan of Mike Stand and The Altar Boys, you will absolutely want to get this new album of Altar Boys tunes done rockabilly punk style. You’ll recognize drummer Chuck Cummings from Dakoda Motor Co. and a bunch of other Christian projects from the 1990′s as well. I could not be happier…
(Editor’s Note: I really wasn’t in favor of publishing this article, but ultimately I don’t want to censor our writers. However, I didn’t see the need for it as the conservative Christian view of homosexuality gets A LOT of airtime in articles, blog posts, sermons, etc etc, etc. No need to repeat it here. Walden…
Photos by Susan Ann Luce I’m sure all our reader’s need no introduction to Ojo Taylor. His mark on the early and formative days of Christian music is unmistakable. Not only did he play in Undercover – which was one of the earliest alternative bands in Christian music circles – but he also founded and…