Why is it so terrible, anyway? Haley from Carrots for Michaelmas has some thoughts: It’s a marketing issue first and foremost. What makes someone a “Christian recording artist”? It’s as simple as this: they’re being marketed to the Christian subculture. To do this, their music typically must explicitly mention God and should elicit a devotional emotional response. And from Christian More …

As a long-time believer that crappy music that’s labeled as “Christian music” is still crappy music, it delights me know end to hear this response from Switchfoot’s Jon Foreman when asked if his band is a “Christian” band: To be honest, this question grieves me because I feel that it represents a much bigger issue than simply a couple SF More …