Fake Christian Artists That You Should Listen To

(Please tell us in the comments exactly what these artists sound like in your head.)

Faith*RITE

What do you get when you combine Switchfoot, NEEDTOBREATHE, Skillet, Third Day, Newsboys, and Chevelle, and add in a dash of Caedmon’s Call, before sprinkling in some MercyMe and topping it off with a hefty dose of DC Talk?

If the past year is any indication, the answer to that question is Brentwood, Tennessee’s own Faith*RITE.

“We’re all about authenticity.” says rhythm guitarist and co-lead vocalist Furler Blaze.

Bassist and co-lead vocalist London Skylar agrees: “We have to be true to ourselves, as artists. You have to forge your own path, musically.”

Faith*RITE will be in the studio later this year to record a follow-up to their debut album God Songs. In the meantime, they will be appearing on several Faith Floats: CCM Legends cruises with artists such as Susan Ashton, The Choir, and Bryan Duncan.

Burgdorf & Lin

What began as a partnership at the Franklin, TN megachurch City Life Vista House is now breaking across the Hot 100 Worship Charts. Prior to 2022, worship leaders Cronin Burgdorf and Chad Lin had never played together. That all changed when a chance outbreak of pink eye forced the church to reshuffle their worship leaders across their satellite campuses.

“Something just clicked,” Burgdorf says now. “Many people, such as both of our wives, were saying after the service that we should make music on our own. So that’s what we did.”

On the strength of their debut album Hear in the Here and Now, Burgdorf & Lin are set to co-headline the Worship Now tour with Laura Story, with special appearances by Christian illusionist Maxx Jasper.

The Renewed

Hailing from the gritty Nashville suburb of Bellevue, this quartet is already promising to be the band to finally finish what Flyleaf started. Led by 19 year old singer-songwriter Maisie Kaylee Honeycutt, The Renewed recently won the 2023 Milligan University Faith & Fellowship Talent Show, where Honeycutt was a student at the time.

“I’ve seen a lot,” said Honeycutt. “I’ve been to a lot of places, talked to a lot of people. I’m writing songs about those experiences that can hopefully transform a generation.”

Keller

For homeschooled siblings David, Dasha, D’Arcy, and Dinklage, the rise of their vocal group Keller has been a whirlwind. In 2021, their acapella performance of the Beach Boys’ “Wouldn’t it Be Nice” for a Nashville Classical Conversations conference on sexual purity was discovered on YouTube by CCM star Jason Gray. The rest, as they say, was history.

“Our parents raised us on 4Him and Avalon,” says D’Arcy. “Harmonizing comes naturally to us.”

But don’t think that Keller is just here to pay homage to the classics. According to Dinklage, “the Church is facing so many things right now, from racism to AI. Our music confronts these issues in a way that brings people together.”

Keller’s debut album Here We Sing, We Can Do No Other was nominated for three Faithies at the inaugural Faith & Family Awards. This spring, they will tour the Southeast as part of the Lifeway Roadshow, along with MxPx and a Bethany Dillon hologram.

*Weekly-ish articles are free; periodic special articles are behind the paywall. If you are a paid subscriber, even for a short while, thank you for making this whole thing work. To everyone, thank you for reading and sharing. Please understand that all offensive content is the fault of Furler Blaze.