The Sound Doctrine

Review: Faith Child – Airborne Tour, London

The problem you usually have when you have a lot of tracks that feature guest vocalists is live performances. If the guest can’t make it, you have to pipe their voices in or even sing them yourself. Faith Child didn’t have that problem. He filled his stage with the very best of what the UK…

When a rapper isn’t just a rapper

One of the reasons we love hip hop is the way rappers can tell revealing stories. It’s an art form that allows you to be transparent and very real. But what happens when even hip hop music isn’t freeform enough to get your message across? Well if the last year is anything to go by,…

Review: S.O. Live in London – Christmas Edition

With a new album under his belt, it only seemed right for S.O. to do another headline gig in London. It was only his second ever one and the venue was packed. Even so close to Christmas, the huge crowd acknowledged S.O. as one of the best this country has to offer. The set…

UK Christian Chart makes a grand re-entrance

It’s not often we feature website launches on the Sound Doctrine, but the new home of the aStepFWD UK Christian Chart isn’t just a website. It’s an important part of the fabric of gospel music from Britain. Friday night was the launch event for the new aStepFWD site. Taking place at the London Southbank University,…

Review: V9 Collective @ Close Up

They say it’s possible to have too much of a good thing. That’s definitely the case with some things, like ice cream. You’re going to have to take our word on that one. The good news is that after seeing V9 Collective twice in a short space of time, we don’t feel like we’ve overdone…

New voice of UK gospel begins this week

There’s some exciting news to announce. Jermaine Dallas aka our very own DJ Fireman is the new host of the UK Gospel Show on Premier Gospel and the first show is this week! The show, which started earlier in the year with previous host Nage (now on maternity leave), covers the entire spectrum of music from…

Rebirth – the mixtape out now!

It’s been a long time coming but the wait is over, the brand new DJ Fireman mixtape is out now! It’s called Rebirth and you can stream it on Mixcloud. The name came from the fact that it represents a new era in DJ Fireman mixtapes and it’s also based on John 3:7. So why…

Lecrae brings vinyl to a new generation

If there’s one thing we don’t miss about DJing back in the day is carrying heavy flight cases full of 12″ vinyl records. These days it’s strictly digital for doing gigs but that’s not to say the format is completely dead. Or maybe it once was but it’s now being resurrected. Exhibit A: the new limited…

Review: Kirk Franklin @ Gospel Fest, London

It’s not every day you get to experience a member of gospel music royalty live but that’s what happened when Kirk Franklin came to the UK as part of Gospel Fest. On the day of the Queen’s honours list, someone who deserved to be knighted is Richie Dan after last night. Although the venue did…

Review: Premier Gospel Week 2015

Writing a review of an entire week’s worth of events is never easy, especially when so much took place. But it’s not an unpleasant situation to be in after what was a brilliant week of gospel music. This year’s Gospel Week is the second one to be arrange by Christian music radio station Premier Gospel….

Review: Big Church Day Out 2015

We gathered in our thousands, pitched our tents and prepared for what we expected to be an epic weekend of great music and a lot of fun. We got it by the bucket-load at this year’s Big Church Day Out. The eagled eyed readers of the Sound Doctrine will know that it has been five…

When will the barriers in Christian music come down?

Anyone who follows me on Twitter will know I’m a big fan of the Hillsong Young & Free This is Living EP. I’m particularly fond of the title track, which sees Hillsong collaborating with Lecare. But it got me thinking, why don’t we see more of this? In the world of Christian music, there are…