HeyJaredMore Cowbell Please: CCM Stories
Grammy Winning CCM Mix Engineer Ainslie Grosser dives into Christian music with More Cowbell Please! Hear CCM stars and industry pros like Luke Smallbone, Paul Mabury, Jordan Mohilowski, John Mays share real faith-driven stories of humor, heartbreak, career highlights and…
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Dolly Parton: The Faith Behind the Icon (opens the original)
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Around 2019, Dolly Parton instructed her management to actively pursue faith-based collaborations. For King & Country. Zach Williams. Blessing Offor. These weren't random. They weren't accidents. They were chosen — by a woman in her 70s who decided the time had come to say the quiet part out loud. Her Christian faith wasn't something she discovered late in life. It was always there — rooted in a one-room cabin in Locust Ridge, Tennessee, in a Pentecostal grandfather who pastored a church called
Lauren Daigle: The Insider Stories You've Never Heard (Part 1 — The Making) (opens the original)
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She became the most successful Christian artist of her generation. A Guinness World Record. Two Grammys. The Super Bowl. But the story of how Lauren Daigle actually got there — from a sick room in Lafayette, Louisiana to the biggest stage in American sport — has never been told properly. Until now. This is Part 1: The Making. Ainslie Grosser is a Grammy-credited mix engineer with 30 years in the Contemporary Christian Music industry. In this episode he tells Lauren Daigle's origin story using pr
What Really Happened to Stacie Orrico? The Full Story (opens the original)
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For 20 years, fans have been asking what happened to Stacie Orrico. In 2003 she was on the Billboard Hot 100 twice, touring with Destiny's Child, selling 3.5 million albums worldwide. She was Christian music's biggest crossover moment since Amy Grant. And then — before her 21st birthday — she was gone. In January 2026, she filed a lawsuit and issued a statement that finally answered the question. Host Ainslie Grosser — Grammy-credited mix engineer and 30-year CCM insider — tells the full story.
Remembering Bob Farrell — A Tribute to a CCM Pioneer | Farrell & Farrell (opens the original)
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Bob Farrell — one half of the husband-and-wife duo Farrell & Farrell — passed away on July 11, 2026. He was one of Contemporary Christian Music's most gifted and innovative songwriters, leaving behind a catalog that stretches from synth-pop CCM classics like "People in a Box" and "Get Right or Get Left" to songs recorded by Eric Clapton, Amy Grant, Sandi Patty, Wynonna, Michael W. Smith, and dozens more.This is our tribute to Bob — his story, his music, and his faith.We cover:- His upbringing in
Stacey Wilbur | Song Plugger, Songs You Almost Never Heard and TIM publishing (opens the original)
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Stacey Wilbur has spent over thirty years in Nashville doing a job most music fans have never heard of — song plugging. Her role: find the right song, fight for it, and get it into the hands of the artist who will make it a hit. She helped launch Worship Together. She championed Laura Story's "Blessings" when the label wasn't sure it should make the record. She worked alongside future stars before the world knew their names. And today she heads publishing for TIM — the company founded by Chris T
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