Artist: Casting Crowns
Genre(s):
Gospel
Rock
Discography:
The Altar and the Door
Year: 2007
Tracks: 10
Lifesong
Year: 2005
Tracks: 11
Christian pop group Casting Crowns began as a pupil worship band in Daytona Beach, FL, in 1999. Led by isaac M. Singer, songwriter, and youth curate Mark Hall, the radical initially included guitarists Juan DeVevo and Hector Cervantes and fiddler Melodee DeVevo. The radical relocated to McDonough, GA, in 2001, adding Chris Huffman on basso, Megan Garrett on keyboards and piano accordion, and drummer Andy Williams. This augmented version of Casting Crowns released 2 independent albums on CD, both of which were well received in the Atlanta area. One of the albums found its way into the men of Mark Miller, jumper lead vocalizer for country group Sawyer Brown, wHO was smitten by Casting Crowns' driving pop/rock style and Hall's vocal delivery of his hard-hitting just god-fearing songs. Miller signed Casting Crowns to his freshman Beach Street Records, a division of Reunion Records with distribution by the Provident Label Group, and took the radical into the studio along with co-producer Steven Curtis Chapman, himself a popular artist on the CCM musical scene. The resulting record album, Casting Crowns, was released in 2003 on the Beach Street embossment. A sampler with fivesome songs, Alive from Atlanta, was released on Reunion Records in 2004, packaged with a bonus DVD containing band interviews and a music television. Lifesong, released in August 2005, was their most successful record even and became a Top Ten national strike.
