Soulfire Revolution's internationally released debut album "Revival" was a sizzling jaw dropper. How many relatively new artists can actually get Jesus Culture's Kim Walker, TobyMac, and Martin Smith on their album?
more"Ghost Ship" is not a shameless rehash of the 2002 horror movie of the same titular. Neither is it the latest "scare-you-out-of-wits" ride at Universal Studios. Nor is it the latest video game that will get our teenagers glued to it for days.
moreOn her preceding debut studio "Grace," we met Cobbs. A Spirit-imbued worshipper brimming with a holy passion bursting at the seams, we were awed by how she belted out worship sizzlers such as "For Your Glory," "Grace," and "Break Every Chain." But somehow her energetic verve had been circumscribed on her debut studio album. Now, with "One Place Live," we find Cobbs uncaged as she delivers what is over an hour's worth of dynamic worship.
moreBroadway musical shows are the arteries of New York City. If you take a stroll across the city at night, you will find the neon lights flushing with adrenaline-like music pumping out from the copious theaters as night after night they tell stories of life, faith, and love over tunes that will automatically go on repeat in your psyche for ages and ages to come
moreOne of the greatest compliment any critic could ever pay to an artist is when he or she is lost for vocabulary to describe the artist's sound. This is the case for Rend Collective. Ever since their Integrity Music released "Homemade Worship by Handmade People," this Northern Irish worship team has carved out a patented niche as far as worship music is concerned.
more7eventh Time Down's brand new third album "God is on the Move" eschews the myopic in favour for broader (and more pressing) issues pertaining to the Christian faith. While many CCM albums hardly address issues outside the narrow confines of our personal relationship with Jesus, 7eventh Time Down takes a more panoramic approach.
moreIn this milieu of plagiarised beats and sunkissed electronica where melodies are mostly borrowed over recycled rock-based templates, Contemporary Christian Music (CCM) has unfortunately suffered from anonymity. Few are singer-songwriters who can craft melodies that are not only original, but also ones which can prevail through the passage of time. Cheri Keaggy is an exception.
moreTo say that Kendrick is a veteran in worship music is an understatement. According to his website, Kendrick already has 38 albums under his belt. In fact, way before many of us were born in 1971, this British-born worshipper had already released his debut record "Footsteps on the Sea."
moreOnly God knows that when this album was released in June this year, Lynn Anderson would die more than a month later. "Bridges" is the "Rose Garden" singer's final album, but it's also (sadly) her first Gospel album. However, Anderson never expected this to be her last; in fact, around the release of this album, she was eagerly tooting the horns of this release with interviews and even social media tweets
moreThough Amber Nelon Thompson is by no means a novice, her crystalline soprano that calls to mind Lauren Talley and Red Roots strike a chord of freshness and vitality that such a lacuna in Christian music. Just as shiny and as eye-catching as the red convertible she's sitting in on her album cover, this long awaited solo album "Just Sing" is just as effervescent, gregarious and attention-grabbing.
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