Last month the David Crowder Band picked up its latest two Dove Awards from the Gospel Music Association for the album Church Music. The band also announced a new conference for fans and church musicians.
“Crowder’s Fantastical Church Music Conference” featuring Louie Giglio, Rob Bell, Matt Redman, Matt Maher, Jars of Clay, Leeland, Gungor, Derek Webb and more will take place on Sept. 30 — Oct. 2, 2010, in Crowder’s hometown of Waco, Texas. To purchase tickets and see an invitation from David Crowder himself, click here.
Along with the group’s seven GMA Dove Awards and 20 nominations, David Crowder*Band has toured with Michael W. Smith, Third Day and MercyMe, including a headlining tour with Mute Math.
The first Christian artist to be named MSN.com‘s Artist of the Year in 2006, as well as foster a partnership with M-Audio/Propellerhead’s Reason software, Crowder is also the namesake behind premiere guitar maker Tom Anderson Guitarworks’s Roadster Acoustic. They have received media coverage from such major news outlets as CNN, Fox and the New York Times. Despite the success, David Crowder*Band makes it a point to get back to University Baptist Church on most Sundays, a church they helped found near the campus of Baylor University in Waco, Texas. The band also is featured at the popular Passion gatherings.
Crowder himself the author of two books, including Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven, But Nobody Wants to Die: Or (The Eschatology of Bluegrass).
