For those of you who follow our blog we should fill you in on what's been going on in the last week. We started the Bethlehem Skyline Christmas tour 4 days ago with fellow Centricity artists Jason Gray, Jamie Jamgochian, Daniel Kirkley and Lanae Hale. It's been real great travelling together and working together with so many talented people not to mention that we're all good friends too! I really hope you'll have a chance to see this tour, if not, hopefully we can make happen again next year.

When this tour started our very own Jeremy Thiessen was road managing for all of us but just before we played our first show he got a call that his wife's water broke and she was going into labor. So Jeremy played most of the show then hopped in a car and drove back to Tennessee from St. Louis. He made it back in time and now they have a beautiful baby boy named Liam Jeremiah Thiessen. He must have been anxious to meet his parents since he arrived 22 days early!!

Thankfully we have on the road with us doing our lights an excellent drummer named Tim Twinem. Tim has stepped up and learned the songs very quickly so that the tour could continue and people could still hear these songs as we all want them to. Thanks Tim!!

So tonight we are near San Antonio and you can see the rest of the schedule on our web site at downhere.com. Hope to see you soon!

Glenn

Check this out! We made the Christianity Today Best Albums of 2008 list! Number 4 even. To see who else made the list and read the full article click here.

#4
Ending Is Beginning
Downhere
Centricity Music


This one's no surprise since Downhere has made our best-of list with every album they've released—and for good reason, as more and more fans have come to discover on their own. What's truly impressive, though, is how consistently strong Downhere has remained, continually improving with every release. The interplay between lead vocalists Marc Martel and Jason Germain is still an appealing draw, and the band as a whole gets better and better with age and experience, mixing in beautiful ballads with anthemic rockers. But what truly sets Downhere apart from other pop-inclined bands is their songwriting, and it's not just their ability to craft a tuneful melody either. Most artists are either subtle or clichéd when it comes to expressing their faith, but this band gets it just right by openly sharing God's Word with original lyrics that stimulate the mind as well as the heart. Ending Is Beginning offers fresh perspectives on rebirth through grace and the hope of life after death—old ideas expressed in new ways. Christian music needs more of what Downhere has to offer, maintaining a balance between artistry and ministry. We hope they'll continue to lead the way for years to come.
Click here for the original review.

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