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Posted by Kevan Breitinger Jan 12, 2007 |
After being named July 2006’s Artist of the Month, the band was nominated alongside INXS, Prince, Christina Aguliera and Kenny Chesney for Artist of the Year. After leading on Dec. 21 with 77% of the more than 270,000 votes, the final tally gave the David Crowder Band the deciding vote as MSN noted, “They've single-handedly redefined what contemporary Christian music should sound like…and earned your vote for 2006's Artist of the Year.”
“Part of the beauty of Crowder's appeal is his passion to be in conversation with all of humanity, not just the narrow band that reflects the average Christian music listener,” says Louie Giglio, sixstepsrecords’ founder and popular speaker/author. “His whole approach risks the known and norm, while seeking to give voice to everyone longing for a connection with the Creator. We are happy to partner in such a venture as we continue to make the story of Christ's redemption accessible to all people.”
“David Crowder Band has always done a great job of meeting their fans where they live – and a lot of them live online,” notes Peter York, EMI CMG Label Group president. “The band excels at conveying their message to the world through this creative and interactive environment. It continues to cultivate loyalty and deepen their relationships with their fans. This recognition by MSN.com and the show of support by their fans is just one more in a string of successes for the David Crowder Band in the world of digital media.”
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. An engaging headliner, David Crowder Band has also toured with Michael W. Smith, MercyMe and Third Day, as well as continues to be a featured band at the enormously popular collegiate Passion gatherings. The band also makes it a point to get back to the church they helped found, University Baptist Church, on most Sundays.
Crowder is further an acclaimed author, penning his second and highly personal book, Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven, But Nobody Wants to Die: Or (The Eschatology of Bluegrass), in which the groundbreaking musician explores the relationship between death, life, grief and community—a quest that was compounded by the sudden, accidental death of his friend and pastor, Kyle Lake.
For more band news, go to www.DavidCrowderBand.com.