Dove Awards...

Well as you know I love all types of music (Or as I like to say " I like both kinds of music Country & Western). Amyway, I do love all music & last night was the Dove Awards so here are the winners of that award ceremony:


Song of the Year
"Who Am I"; Mark Hall; Club Zoo Music (BMI), SWECS Music (BMI)

Songwriter of the Year
Mark Hall

Male Vocalist of the Year
Jeremy Camp

Female Vocalist of the Year
Nicole C. Mullen

Group of the Year
Casting Crowns

Artist of the Year
Switchfoot

New Artist of the Year
Building 429

Producer of the Year
Ed Cash

Rap/Hip Hop Recorded Song of the Year
“Hittin’ Curves”; Dichotomy A; Grits; Teron Carter, Stacy Jones, Otto Price, S. Moss

Modern Rock Recorded Song of the Year
“Control”; Reset EP; MuteMath; Paul Meany, Darren King, Adam LeClave

Rock Recorded Song of the Year
“Stay”; Stay; Jeremy Camp; Jeremy Camp; BEC Recordings

Rock/Contemporary Recorded Song of the Year
“Dare You to Move”; The Beautiful Letdown; Switchfoot; Jonathan Foreman, Sparrow Records

Pop/Contemporary Recorded Song of the Year
“Who Am I”; Casting Crowns; Casting Crowns; Mark Hall; Beach Street Records

Inspirational Recorded Song of the Year
“Voice of Truth”; Casting Crowns; Casting Crowns; Mark Hall, Steven Curtis Chapman

Southern Gospel Recorded Song of the Year
“He Came Looking for Me”; Driven; Crabb Family; Gerald Crabb; Daywind Records

Bluegrass Recorded Song of the Year
“Heroes”; Heroes; The Isaacs; Rebecca Isaacs Bowman, Sonya Isaacs; Gaither Music

Country Recorded Song of the Year
“Forever”; Driven; The Crabb Family; Jason Crabb, Gerald Crabb; Daywind Records

Urban Recorded Song of the Year
“You Don’t Know”; I Owe You; Kierra Kiki Sheard; Rodney Jerkins, Danny Nixon, Fred Jerkins

Traditional Gospel Recorded Song of the Year
“Through the Fire”; Driven; The Crabb Family featuring Donnie McClurkin; Gerald Crabb

Contemporary Gospel Recorded Song of the Year
“Again I Say Rejoice”; Live From Another Level; Israel & New Breed; Israel Houghton

Rap/Hip Hop Album of the Year
Welcome to Diverse City; tobyMac; Toby McKeehan, Christopher Stevens, Paul Meany

Modern Rock Album of the Year
Fight the Tide; Sanctus Real; Tedd T.; Sparrow Records

Rock Album of the Year
Day of Fire; Day of Fire; Scott Humphrey; Essential Records

Rock/Contemporary Album of the Year
Wire; Third Day; Paul Ebersold; Essential Records

Pop/Contemporary Album of the Year
Undone; MercyMe; Pete Kipley; INO Records

Inspirational Album of the Year
Hiding Place; Selah; Jason Kyle, Nicol Sponberg, Allan Hall, Todd Smith; Curb Records

Southern Gospel Album of the Year
Driven; The Crabb Family; Jason Crabb, Adam Crabb, Aaron Crabb, Kelly Bowling, Jerry Yoder

Bluegrass Album of the Year
Angels Gathering Flowers; The Lewis Family; Wayne Haun; Thoroughbred Records

Country Album of the Year
Passing Through; Randy Travis; Kyle Lehning; Word Records

Urban Album of the Year
Everyday People; Nicole C. Mullen; Nicole C. Mullen, David Mullen, Tommy Sims

Traditional Gospel Album of the Year
A Tribute to Mahalia Jackson; Lynda Randle; Barry Beckett; Gaither Music

Contemporary Gospel Album of the Year
Live From Another Level; Israel & New Breed; Israel Houghton, Aaron W. Lindsey

Praise & Worship Album of the Year
Arriving; Chris Tomlin; Ed Cash; Sixsteps Records

Instrumental Album of the Year
The Passion of the Christ Original Motion Picture Soundtrack; John Debney; Mel Gibson

Children's Music Album of the Year
Angel Alert!; Various; Celeste Clydesdale, David T. Clydesdale; Word Music

Spanish Language Album of the Year
Te Amo Dios; Praise Street Worship Band; Dave Moody, James Cobble Jr., Wesley Pritchard

Special Event Album of the Year
The Passion of the Christ: Songs; Third Day, Steven Curtis Chapman, MercyMe, Scott Stapp, POD, Brad Paisley, Sara Evans, Big Dismal, Lauryn Hill, Kirk Franklin, Yolanda Adams, MxPx, Mark Hoppus, Charlotte Church, BeBe Winans, Angie Stone, Dan Lavery; Tim Cook, Mark Joseph, Gregg Wattenberg, Steven Lerner; Lost Keyword Records/ Wind-Up Records

Musical of the Year
Emmanuel - Celebrating Heaven’s Child; Joel Lindsey, Russell Mauldin; Brentwood-Benson

Youth/Children's Musical of the Year
Fear Not Factor; Dennis Allen, Nan Allen; Brentwood-Benson Music

Choral Collection of the Year
Live...This is Your House; Carol Cymbala; Brooklyn Tabernacle Music

Worship Song of the Year
“Blessed Be Your Name”; Matt Redman, Beth Redman; Thankyou Music, Worshiptogether.com

Recorded Music Packaging of the Year
Happy; Jan Cook, Tim Frank, Emily West, Clark Hook, Susan Levy; Clark Hook, Michael Lavine;

Short Form Music Video of the Year
”Dare You to Move”; Switchfoot; Nina Grossman Warner; Robert Hales; HIS Entertainment

Long Form Music Video of the Year
Switchfoot Live In San Diego; Switchfoot; Dwight Thompson; Dwight Thompson

For a guy who loves music I haven't heard of 1/2 these people. I need to turn the radio on more often & put down my Jukebox.




"Suffering is NOT the worst thing that can happen to us. Disobedience to God is the worst thing"
(Tom White 1970)