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Steven Curtis Chapman won the “best pop/contemporary gospel album” Grammy for his album Speechless at the annual ceremony held Feb. 23 in Los Angeles. Rebecca St. James won “best rock gospel album” with Pray, edging out strong competitors including Audio Adrenaline, Big Ten Revival, Gospel Gangstaz and Third Day. Yolanda Adams won “best contemporary soul gospel album” for her album Mountain High . . . Valley Low. Shirley Caesar won “best traditional soul gospel album” with Christmas With Shirley Caesar. Bill and Gloria Gaither and their Homecoming Friends won “best southern, country or bluegrass gospel album” for Kennedy Center Homecoming. The Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir, directed by Carol Cymbala, won the “best gospel album by a choir or chorus” for High & Lifted Up.

 – Evangelical Press News Service

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Rage Against the Machine, whose three CDs have sold more than 2 million copies each in the US, has a political agenda. The band supports causes all over the globe, linking itself with groups like Black Panthers, The Anarchist Cookbook and Marxism. The band has had a long-standing association with Rock for Choice, an abortion rights advocate, and Refuse and Resist, a group founded to combat “meanspirited, openly racist, misogynist, homophobic, Christian fundamentalists demands for family values”. Rage’s music advocates the use of violence and anarchy.

 – Plugged In

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