Blog: Idolator

Perhaps as a way to provide balance to the blander-than-bland Dove Awards , the Festival of Faith and Music at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Mich., looks like it'll actually be a vibrant, interesting weekend. Presenters include Cornel West , the guy from Danielson's dad (a noted songwriter in his own right), critic/blogger/author Jessica Hopper , and Christian music's Peter Gabriel (in the best sense of that label) Charlie Peacock . On the performance end, Pedro the Lion's Dave Bazan and Over The Rhine are as close to traditional [...]