Matthew West is a prolific and talented songwriter... but did you know he's also an author and a Podcaster? We catch up with Matthew West to talk about his brand new book 'The God Who Stays', his faith and musical journey, a season where he thought he may have lost his voice forever and we'll hear about his close encounter with Aussie icons Keith Urban and The Wiggles! (New supergroup anyone?)

Special guest host Laura from Hope Media gets to catch up with one of the biggest CCM artists TobyMac. Toby talks about his new album 'Life After Death', and he also touches on loosing his son and collaboration.

How many musical groups can you think of that feature siblings? How about husband and wife? There’s probably a few but a mother/son duo? That’s definitely unique! We catch up with mother/son duo Dupree (Lauren and Dylan) to hear their story, what it’s like to work together as mother and son and how Dylan’s faith reignited Lauren’s.

Ginny Owens has been releasing music since the 90s and bringing her unique vocals and style to pop music. But even more unique is her story and journey as she is a blind recording artist. We’ll get to know more about her journey, her music and how she has not let being blind get in the way of making music she loves.

Steven Curtis Chapman is a legend of Christian music. The COVID season shut down his ability to tour but he didn’t let it stop him making music and he wrote and released ‘Together’. We chat with Steven Curtis Chapman about why being ‘together’ is important and take a look back at a very difficult season for he and his family after the tragic loss of their daughter.

You’d think releasing a brand new album right as a pandemic hits would ruin the plans of a touring musician but for Aussie artist Levi McGrath it was the start of a whole new adventure. We’ll catch up with Levi to hear about his work in remote communities across Australia, bringing hope and joy through his ‘Instruments for the Outback’ organization. We’ll talk about how God used the pandemic to send him down a different path for his music and ministry and we’ll hear about the new album ‘Be...

We chat with Chris Sebastian, winner of The Voice 2020 about an incredibly difficult season he and his wife went through with the loss of a child, he'll offer some advice for supporting people going through that season and some words of encouragement as well as talking about his musical journey and his faith.

From the north west town of Takaka on NZs South Island, Evan Brent Downing moved across the ditch to Perth where he has been making a life and music. Dropping out of school at an early age, Evan has been on a journey to share God's love through his music. We'll hear the heart behind his music, his faith journey and his choice for a good coffee.

We're pulling out a favourite from the archives! Back in 2013, Aaron got to chat to one of his favourite artists Jimmy Needham. At the time he had just released his album 'Clear The Stage' (in Aaron's opinion, one of his best!) and we got to talk to him about the album, his faith, his family and how he was nearly a history teacher instead of a musical artist. Plus we'll find out what Christmas is like in the Needham household.

Hillsong United have just released their brand new album ‘Are We There Yet’ and so Aaron Brown caught up with Ben Hastings to talk about recording the album across the globe, trusting God through a difficult season and how a golfing accident inspired some of the lyrics of a worship anthem.

The world quickly came to know TAYA’s voice when she was chosen to record the Hillsong United song ‘Oceans’ for their album. Since then she’s been a regular voice on albums from Hillsong and Hillsong United, but now she’s stepping out solo with her debut album! We’ll catch up with TAYA to hear more about her journey, how she almost wasn’t going to be the lead singer on ‘Oceans’, her faith journey and how it got her through a very tough time. Plus of course we’ll hear the stories behind some...

Tauren Wells is as comfortable dancing up a storm on stage to one of his pop hits as he is leading the same audience in moments of worship. We’ll chat to Tauren about how he finds that balance musically between pop and worship artist, plus he’ll give us some insight into his new album, how it reflects his journey over the last few years and we’ll reflect on his time as lead singer of Royal Taylor.

Rebecca St James was one of the biggest pop CCM artists of the 90s. After a long hiatus of stepping away from music and starting a family she has been returning with new music focused on worship. We’ll catch up with her to talk about her new album ‘Kingdom Come’ as well as balancing family and music, collaborating with artists and working with her brothers Luke & Joel from For King & Country.

Evan Craft grew up speaking English… but then he developed a passion for Latin culture and language and a calling to reach them in their own language. After learning Spanish, Evan has released numerous albums in both English and Spanish and brings together the styles of Latin pop, worship and CCM. Join us as we find out more about his cross-cultural heart, his Aussie connections and how the first 6 months of his marriage are going!

Last week For King & Country released their highly anticipated album ‘What Are We Waiting For’. We’re catching up with Joel from the band to talk about the new album, finding unity in divisive times, why they wrote a song for their mum and which music legend they reached out to, to collaborate with on the album.

The Afters have been writing anthems and incredibly catchy songs for the last 15 years and their latest single ‘Say Goodbye (Say Hello)’ is no exception. We’ll find out the powerful story behind the song, including the long journey of believing to see a close loved one who had walked away, return to their faith again. We’ll also catch up on world travels, being a band that live in separate cities, is a new album on the horizon and which Australian city did one of the band members name their...

Brooke Ligertwood’s music has reached the world in incredible ways! As Brooke Fraser she’s had several hit songs and albums, as a worship leader with Hillsong she has written some of the biggest worship songs of the last decade! What A Beautiful Name, Hosanna, Lead Me To The Cross, King Of Kings, Who You Say I Am and more! She has now released her first solo worship album, so join us as we hear the story behind the new album ‘Seven’, what the last 2 years have been like for her and we’ll find...

Blessing Offor was born in Nigeria and moved to the US at a young age to treat blindness in one of his eyes. After a backyard accident he ended up completely blind in his good eye! But that hasn’t stopped him having an incredible outlook on life and sharing his talent with the world. He has competed on the US Voice and his current single ‘Brighter Days’ has hit Christian radio in Australia. We’ll hear more about his journey to become a professional musician, competing on The Voice and how he...

From the Disney Channel series, ‘Bunk’d’, to the Netflix Christian musical ‘A Week Away’, Kevin Quinn seems to love starring in camp themed projects! But now he’s releasing his first Christian EP! We’ll get to know Kevin, find out what it’s like to be a Disney star, how filming ‘A Week Away’ transformed his life and his faith and how he wants to impact others with his music.

DJ Maj has broken down a lot of boundaries throughout his career, helping grow Christian Hip Hop throughout the 90s. He has worked with some of the biggest names in Christian music including dcTalk, TobyMac’s ‘DiverseCity’ touring band, Grits and more. We’ll hear his musical journey, the story behind his name and his heart to see people live out lives of compassion, love and understanding.

A brief look into The Artist Spotlight Podcast with host Aaron Brown.

Aaron talks with the country director for Australia, Tim about the Watoto Choir, about their Christmas album 'What Child Is This'. (2021 Interview)

Join us as we talk to 'Zachary Ray' about his time of living in India and how he rights songs from his journal. We also talk to Zach about his collaborations with other artists. (2021 Interview)

On this episode of the Artist Spotlight we talk to one of the members of 'The Rock Music'. As he talks about their album and his time in secular music. (2021 Interview)

On this episode we get a 'part 2' to the last Planetshakers interview, where we talk more about Joshua Browns journey with Alabaster Box, For King & Country, Rebecca St James and touring with Planetshakers. (2021 Interview)