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Country supergroup Diamond Rio members Jimmy Olander and Marty Roe recently completed the Country Music 1/2 Marathon along with 150 members of Team Rio, the band’s 1/2 and full marathon group that ran/walked for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Middle Tennessee on Saturday, April 26. Arby's Presents Team Rio 2008 raised over $116,000.00 for Big Brothers Big Sisters, the premiere mentoring agency in Middle Tennessee and Diamond Rio's long-time charity.

Daywind Records is pleased to announce the addition of Aaron and Amanda Crabb to the Daywind family of artists. This dynamic husband and wife ministry team met with label president, Ed Leonard, recently to make it official. Aaron Crabb spoke on behalf of himself and his wife, saying, “We are very excited about locking arms with Daywind. They have caught our vision and we are ready to partner in building the Kingdom of God together.”

Integrity Music recently signed worship artist and songwriter Joel Auge and you can expect a June release of his solo debut entitled On The Blue. Auge (pronounced "Ozhay") hails from Ontario, Canada, where the 29-year-old serves as a worship leader for The Meeting House family of churches and also runs his own digital marketing company, HitGrab, Inc. Although On The Blue marks his solo debut, Auge is not new to Christian music. He has been performing and recording since 1999 with the bands Capstone, Six Days and Hewit. 

Singer/songwriter and outspoken Right to Life advocate Ginger Millermon has a new book out called Grace Thus Far, along with her new CD entitled Amazed.

GRAMMY® nominated and Dove Award winning duo Jeff & Sheri Easter have combined their talents with the Easter Brothers, Jeff’s family, and the Lewis Family, Sheri’s family, for what is said to be the richest collection of family and musical heritage, their new CD entitled We Are Family.