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    For our 12th 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 2018. So, without further ado, to complete our list of 20, we give you Highlighting Second-Half 2018! (Click here for Part 1)



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#10. Chris Rice
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Release Date: Late 2018
After spending over a decade wondering if the last had been heard from singer/songwriter Chris Rice, the wait is finally over. Few artists have had as much crossover success as Rice, whose storytelling abilities have resonated with diverse listeners for over twenty years. His upcoming partnership with Andrew Ripp will most decidedly be an interesting experimentation, and the excitement to hear what the duo have put together runs high.
        - David Craft

Chris Rice has always had an engaging way of telling compelling stories with his songs. His re-emergence on the scene after an eleven-year absence has me eager to hear what has been going on in his life. I gave an audible “yay!” when I saw the news that he was back. After hearing it was a duo project with his friend and fellow musician Andrew Ripp, I’m next level intrigued, and impatient to hear what he’s come up with.
        - Josh Balogh

No, Chris Rice is not my distant uncle - but I wouldn’t mind if he was. I’ve only recently really begun to delve deep (enough to dream?) into his music, even though I’d been meaning to do so for many many years (at least since watching music videos of “Billy Joe McGuffery” and “The Other Side Of The Radio” on the Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie DVD when I was a kid, which is also how I was introduced to the Newsboys). It will be fun to hear what’s in store after an eleven-year absence.
        - Mark Rice

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    Music Out This Week


    This Wednesday, October 22, 2025
    SINGLES
    Phil Wickham Fear Has No Power - Single [Fair Trade]

    This Friday, October 24, 2025
    ALBUMS
    John Allan Resurrection Power - EP [Centricity]
    Dan Bremnes The Villain - EP [Curb]
    Clear Convictions Endure (2025 Remaster) [Resuscitation]
    Fepeste This World Ain't Mine to Change [Velvet Blue]
    gio. FINE BY ME [Capitol CMG]
    God Behind Bars Music Live From Angola Prison Vol. 1 [Provident]
    Hulvey HE WILL RETURN - EP [Reach]
    Brandon Lake Amazon Music Songline [Provident]
    Latter Day Exploits Within Consumed (Expanded Edition) [Charon Collective]
    VaShawn Mitchell SOUNDCHECK [Fair Trade]
    MORIAH Nice Life - EP [F2]
    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]
    The Band JAREN Poetic - Single [Hit and Run]
    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]
    EJ Swavv & Jericko Love Like This - Single [Syntax]
    Emerson Day Midnight Hour - Single [Fair Trade]
    Good Weather Forecast lows2highs - Single [DREAM]
    goodwill. REST - Single [Syntax]
    Grace + Max Rich - Single [WieRok]
    Mat Kearney Good Old Days - Single (independent)
    Kelo Car Freestyle - Single [Syntax]
    Vic Lucas I Need You (ft. IsaiahLaRoi) - Single [Syntax]
    Jamie Macdonald You Can't Take My Song - Single [Capitol CMG]
    Myles Maestro No Place - Single [Syntax]
    Mercy Tribe Music The King is in the Room (feat. Ayiesha Woods) - Single (independent)
    Mountains in the Sea Breakthrough - Single [DREAM]
    Razzie & Glenn Ray Second Chances - Single [Syntax]
    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]
    tonyxtrotter, Yung Drew, Wayne Klassik HOLY HOLY HOLY - Single [Syntax]
    The Undertaking! All Smiles - Single (independent)
    Unseen Faith Cold Resolve - Single [Rottweiler Records]
    Kim Zamolo Your Ways Are Higher - Single (independent)

    VINYL
    Clear Convictions Endure [Resuscitation]

    Next Friday, October 31, 2025
    ALBUMS
    Hope Deferred Darkness Remains [The Charon Collective]
    MORIAH Nice Life - EP [F2]
    Testimony of Apocalypse Agony in the Garden [Roxx Records]

    SINGLES
    Dreamers My Heart His Home - Single [DREAM]
    Roxanne Grace Try Again - Single [DREAM]
    Lock & Chi Do To Me - Single (independent)
    John Long Simple Pursuit - Single (independent)
    Warren Zeiders How Great Thou Art - Single [Warner]
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