For approximately thirty seconds yesterday, a very early draft of an article which was far from being accurate was accidentally published by me as I used my WordPress software. I knew instantly I’d published the notes I’d been typing, and quickly “unpublished” it again, but not fast enough, as Google [...]

There’s a fascinating history regarding Mutemath and Cornerstone which also involves a now-defunct band, Earthsuit. But rather than dive into all that…. “Control” Take control of the atmosphere Take me far away from here There is no better loss than to lose myself in you In a parachute to glide, [...]

    Cornerstone Festival may have just offered up its last official event, but the website is still there. And posting! A hefty number of various musicians’ videos are posted even now.

Christianity Today’s webzine version has published a lengthy treatment of our Cornerstone Festival, written by John Thompson. “Goodnight, Cornerstone” explores the importance of the festival as a one of a kind shaper of Christian culture, and goes pretty far (maybe giddily so) in its admiration of Jesus People USA (our [...]

Media coverage of our decision to end Cornerstone as of the just-passed Cornerstone Festival 2012 has been kind. The Galesburg Illinois Register-Mail offers a hefty and moving photo tribute to Cornerstone 2012, including of a band called “Gamblers Die Broke” (which this writer missed and is very sorry, esp. after [...]

One of Christian rock’s best kept secrets was Michael Been’s The Call. This 1980s and 90s rock group worked outside the Christian music industry and achieved critical rave reviews. What they couldn’t achieve was a breakthrough album, and the story behind that is a sad one. Michael been died in [...]

A raw-voiced but game Glenn Kaiser (Resurrection Band, Glenn Kaiser Band) offers up his Dylanesque “Long Way from Home.” Glenn, who became a believer during the early 1970s Jesus movement, portrays in this song a matured version of yearning for Christ’s Return. If it sounds like a love song, that’s [...]

For a fairly complete overview of our reluctant decision to end the festival after Cornerstone 2012, the Christian Post’s “After 29 Years, Cornerstone Festival Comes to a Close” is a good place to start.

Three nearly complete sets from Cornerstone 1984! In the 1980s, a burgeoning group of New Wave artists took Christian music from the edges to the heart of musical excellence. Mike Roe and the 77s blew the minds of the Cornerstone faithful with their outside the “safe” zone lyrics and all-out [...]