Get the new FREE JFH MP3 compilation -- Vol. 14!
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    For our 10th annual Highlighting feature, we split the year into TWO pieces -- January to June and July to December. Each list contains 10 artists/releases for a total of 20 in total for 2016. So, without further ado, we give you Highlighting Second-Half 2016! -- Please keep in mind that any artists that placed in the First Half (like Skillet, Paper Route and winner House of Heroes) won't be re-listed here!



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#5. Blindside
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Release Date: Sometime 2016
Finally! While it may not be quite the same anticipation that WSHWW was, however I have been waiting so long for this album, I was starting to wonder if it was ever going to come. Thankfully we have a time frame and I couldn’t be happier to see what Blindside delivers this time around!
        - Kevin Hoskins

Blindside really needs lessons in punctuality. Granted, the rumors were that Blindside was no more after 2005's The Great Depression, but a band as good as Blindside definitely doesn't need eleven years to release two albums since then. But I'll lighten up on them if new music from Blindside proves to be worth the wait.
        - Mark Rice

Blindside is one of those bands that I really like, but tend to forget about. Part of that can be blamed on their long stretches of silence, but thankfully that silence is about to be broken yet again with a new studio album!
        - Christopher Smith

Can it really be? Is Blindside finally releasing the follow-up to 2011's With Shivering Hearts We Wait? I'm in "I'll-believe-it-when-I-see" mode, but more music is definitely promised. This is easily my most anticipated release of the second half of 2016, and maybe all year. While a return to Silence or About a Burning Fire would be welcomed, I'm up for whatever these guys have up their sleeves. This should be a good one.
        - Michael Weaver

Will Blindside take another swing for radio relevance like the albums Silence or About A Burning Fire? I hope so, because Christian and the boys can combine tuneful-yet-face-melting songs like few others. But these guys don't need to prove anything to anyone. Twenty-two hard rocking, hard touring years have cemented these Swedes as a force to be reckoned with.
        - Alex Caldwell

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    This Friday, October 17, 2025
    ALBUMS
    ANTHNY DIARY ENTRY 1 [Provident]
    AOH Music BEHOLD (Acoustic Live), Vol. 1 (independent)
    Blanca Full Bloom [Curb]
    Chris Blue Every Day Is Christmas [Gaither]
    Geoff Moore and The Distance Foundations (Re-Release) [Girder]
    Geoff Moore and The Distance A Place To Stand (Re-Release) [Girder]
    Vince Gill 50 Years From Home: I Gave You Everything I Had - EP [UMG]
    Nate Parrish Make Me A Mountain (independent)
    Psallos The New and Better Way: Hymns of Hebrews (independent)
    Anne Wilson Stars [Capitol CMG]
    Megan Woods The Truth EP [Fair Trade]

    SINGLES
    Elevation Worship Jesus Be The Name - Single [Provident]
    F'rael God's Wheel (ft. TRYBISHOP) - Single [Syntax]
    Brandon Lake When A Cowboy Prays (Amazon Music Songline) - Single [Provident]
    LEON Undefeated - Single [El Rescate Music]
    No Vain Glory UNLEADED - Single [Syntax]
    Park 7 The Hope Is On The Way - Single (independent)
    Rave Jesus & Gracie Binion Need Your Love - Single [Provident]
    REFVGE, Cyfë II & WAY? U P W A R D S ft. Bianca Silver & Josh LeCroy - Single [Syntax]
    Rhymes In Harmony & MAYIA My Sister - Single [Syntax]
    Rock City Worship Gravestone - Single [Capitol CMG]
    Anton Scholl Born To Love You - Single [Near Kingdom]
    Nathan Sheridan Don't Lose Hope - Single [WieRok]
    SNT. VINCENT Feast of the Saints - Single [Syntax]
    Vertical Kings Faith In Stereo - Single [Covenant]
    Vic Lucas, Essence Natay & Ashleey Barnes Let it Rain - Single [Syntax]
    Zane Vickery All Things New - Single (independent)
    Aaron Williams Abide (feat. CAIN) - Single [Integrity]

    DVD
    Chris Blue Every Day Is Christmas DVD [Gaither]

    Next Friday, October 24, 2025
    ALBUMS
    John Allan untitled EP [Centricity]
    Dan Bremnes The Villain - EP [Curb]
    Clear Convictions Endure [Resuscitation]
    God Behind Bars Music Live From Angola Prison Vol. 1 [Provident]
    Fepeste This World Ain't Mine to Change [Velvet Blue]
    gio. FINE BY ME [Capitol CMG]
    Brandon Lake Amazon Music Songline [Provident]
    Tyson Motsenbocker Modern Worries [Tooth & Nail]
    Smalltown Poets St. Augustine (independent)
    Zahriya Zachary Rediscovery [Bethel]

    SINGLES
    29:11 Worship, Zion Rempel You Never Fail (feat. Emily Guy) - Single [DREAM]
    Joe L Barnes Grief, Joy, Gratitude - Single [Provident]
    Chad Cory, Zacardi Cortez My First Love (Remix) - Single [DREAM]
    Leanna Crawford Beginning Of Your Grace - Single [Provident]
    darthy Juniper Tree - Single [WieRok]
    Emerson Day Midnight Hour - Single [Fair Trade]
    Good Weather Forecast lows2highs - Single [DREAM]
    Grace + Max Rich - Single [WieRok]
    Mercy Tribe Music The King is in the Room (feat. Ayiesha Woods) - Single (independent)
    Mountains in the Sea You Never Fail (feat. Emily Guy) - Single [DREAM]
    Seph Schlueter Already On The Way (feat. Benjamin William Hastings) - Single [Provident]
    Tomb Slayer The Christmas Lamb (feat. Khristian Dentley & Sarah Whittemore) - Single [Tomb Slayer]
    The Undertaking! All Smiles - Single (independent)

    VINYL
    Clear Convictions Endure [Resuscitation]


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