Louder Than The Music

Contemporary Christian Music’s Mary-Clair is fresh off a performance at the sold-out sixth annual Harvest of Hope Family Concert in Mattoon, IL, where she joined MercyMe, Tasha Layton and Sam Wesley for the event presented by WBGL and Rural King. The weekend also included a pre-show interview with WBGL, giving Mary-Clair another opportunity to connect with the station and the Harvest of Hope audience ahead of taking the stage.

Mary-Clair performed a set featuring “Your Love,” “Homesick,” “Heaven in the Way,” “There’s a God” and “Enough,” with the singer-songwriter later telling Louder Than The Music that audiences especially connected with “Heaven in the Way” and “There’s a God.” Following the performance, Mary-Clair sat down with the outlet for a new interview reflecting on the experience, which she called “one of my biggest shows yet.”

“It was AMAZING! It was one of my biggest shows yet, and it was beautiful. I saw so many wonderful faces, and it felt so good to worship the Lord at such a great event,” Mary-Clair goes on to say, “It was a new challenge for me, and I learned so much.”

The new Louder Than The Music interview also looks ahead to Mary-Clair’s next house show on October 3, her developing new music and a year that she says has been highlighted by the release of “Rise Up” featuring Curb | Word CCM Recording Artist Steven Malcolm, along with performances at JFEST and Harvest of Hope.

Following Harvest of Hope, Mary-Clair will continue her Nashville house series on Saturday, October 3, joined by Tyler Lamb, Tiger Run, Bothworlds, Sam Wesley and Grace Graber for another free evening of live music and community.

Mary-Clair is also currently working on new songs with leading CCM and Nashville songwriters while continuing to share the stories behind her music through a new song-by-song interview with NewReleaseToday, taking fans behind each track on Enough, and a recent feature in the Nashville Voyager exploring her musical journey.

The momentum follows the release of her current single, “Rise Up,” featuring Curb | Word CCM Recording Artist Steven Malcolm, and her acclaimed debut album, Enough. Streaming platform Pandora added “Rise Up” to its popular Christian Workout playlist immediately upon release. Promoted by Pandora to “build strength, build endurance, build faith and hope while you do it! CCM hits with the power for any fitness quest,” the playlist has 1M listeners.

Created in conjunction with Kanakuk Kamp’s annual summer kick off Memorial Day Weekend event, “Rise Up,” this year’s event theme song, is a follow-up to the singer/songwriter’s 2025 “Kanakuk Song,” featuring Tedashii.

“’Rise Up' has been the summertime jam to listen to by the pool or dancing with your friends. It glorifies God and gives a listener an anthem to turn up when they need encouragement,” reflected Mary-Clair, adding, “Featuring Steven Malcolm, this song is guaranteed to turn your day around!" Listen HEREand read Mary-Clair’s Louder Than The Music Interview inspired by the song HERE.