The Jesus Music: How Christian music became a multi-billion-dollar industry

By Tony Cummings2021-10-05T11:14:00

It might be ignorant of British Christian music history, says music journo Tony Cummings, but The Jesus Music is still a rollicking good ride through the best of Christian Contemporary Music

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