Redefining “Christian” music

Interesting article mentioned on the site of some of my favorite conservatives:

CCM (formerly Contemporary Christian Music magazine) is going to start covering music on non-religious labels. Considering that some of the best Christian artists despise Christian music labels (take Sam "Leslie" Phillips as an example), this move should have happened years ago. As Phillips' husband, T-Bone Burnett, once put it: "You can sing about the Light, or you can sing about what you see because of the Light. I prefer the latter."

Anyway, from CCM:

“We’re going to start mixing indie and general market Christians such as The Fray, Mary J. Blige and Sufjan Stevens in with artists with traditional Christian label affiliation. Rather than define ‘Christian music’ just by its label or distribution, we’re now defining it as Christian worldview music. CCM Magazine has always taken its role as a leader seriously, and we believe this is the way of the future.”

Or as David Byrne would say, "Same as it ever was." Or at least "should have been."

Source: CCM, via Christian Realism