Dove Award Nominees Announced

MICHAEL W. SMITH AND TOBY MCKEEHAN ARE TOP DOVE AWARD NOMINEES
(Nashville, Tennessee-AP) -- Christian singers Michael W.
Smith and Toby McKeehan have a leading nine nominations apiece
for the Gospel Music Association's Dove Awards.
Smith, named the top artist in Christian music last year
and in 1999, was nominated for best artist along with Steven
Curtis Chapman, the groups MercyMe and Third Day, and tobyMac --
McKeehan's stage name.
Other multiple nominees included Kirk Franklin, Bebo
Norman, Nichole Nordeman and Third Day.
The nominations were announced by members of MercyMe and
Mary Mary.
The awards show is set for April tenth in Nashville,
Tennessee.

On the Net: www.doveawards.com

 

Quoteworthy:

On Christian singer/songwriter Nichole Nordeman: "She's like a female Rich Mullins,without the hammer dulcimer."--101QFL DJ Greg Saunders

 

That's a insult to a great musician.</font>[/QUOTE]Mike...I didn't post that quote because I agreed with it,but because it is...like most good quotes...interesting,provocative and debatable.

Comparing Nichole Nordeman to Rich Mullins is a stretch,yes. However,I wouldn't dismiss her out of hand. Nichole may be pretty and blonde,but she is actually a thoughtful and cerebral lyricist and songsmith as well as a talented musician,and she doesn't fall into the sugary bubblegum pop category.

An example of Nichole's lyrics:
To Know You Lyrics
Words by Nichole Nordeman
Music by Nichole Nordeman & Mark Hammond

It’s well past midnight
And I'm awake with questions that won’t
Wait for daylight
Separating fact from my imaginary fiction
On this shelf of my conviction
I need to find a place
Where You and I come face to face

Thomas needed
Proof that You had really risen
Undefeated
When he placed his fingers
Where the nails once broke Your skin
Did his faith finally begin?
I've lied if I've denied
The common ground I've shared with him

And I, I really want to know You
I want to make each day
A different way that I can show You how
I really want to love You
Be patient with my doubt
I'm just tryin’ to figure out Your will
And I really want to know You still

Nicodemus
Could not understand how You could
Truly free us
He struggled with the image
Of a grown man born again
We might have been good friends
Cuz sometimes I still question, too
How easily we come to You

No more campin’ on the porch of indecision
No more sleepin’ under stars of apathy
And it might be easier to dream
But dreamin’s not for me