Our appreciation quotient of Bethel Music’s latest instrumental album is directly proportional to how well we know the portfolio of the church worship team. If you have never picked up any of their last four albums, listening to this album may sound like muzak to you.
moreWith Josh Wilson, the electric guitar takes on a life of its own. Touted as the Mark Knopfler of Christian music, his knack for making the electric guitar sing in ways we never imaged it could is itself a highlight whenever we are greeted by a Josh Wilson CD.
moreHave you been enthralled by a story from a preacher’s sermon that he has you hanging on every syllable? Have you ever been mesmerized by the stories of the Bible coming alive like you were watching a 3-D movie that you find your literally glued to the screen? This is what it feels like listening to the Booth Brothers’ brand new album “Still.”
moreIsrael Houghton & New Breed are effacers of boundary markers. Whether we care to admit it or not, there is a tacit racial divide in Christian music between black Gospel music and contemporary worship music. Such segregation has unfairly caused a drift in our worship that reaffirms the old adage that 11 am on a Sunday morning is the most racially divided hour of the week. .
moreThe word "blessing" has been thrown so frivolously that it sometimes is just a synonym for our greed for more garbed under the disguise of religious verbosity. Story tries to set it right not just with the title cut of her new record but with the entire disc.
moreTim Hughes’ brand new solo worship album ”Pocketful of Faith” is a transition record. It’s for those of us who are transitioning though from one phase of life into another. Presenting to us a bag full of travelling accessories, these are songs that compass us with hope, faith, encouragements, and worship all indispensable for our journeys.
moreYou can feel the ceiling shaking when Uche Agu sings. This is not the result of the dynamics of the high voltage sounding choir backing Agu or the ferocious decibels of the music’s loudness. Rather, there’s a Holy Spirit presence when you hear Agu and his worship team sing. You can’t sing such highly God saturated songs such as “Make God Big,” “Yahweh,” and “The Glory” without feeling the gravitas of God’s glory evoked.
moreYou don’t have to be a prophet or the son of a prophet to know that Owl City’s “Mobile Orchestra” is going to be one of the most talked about album this year. It’s going to cause chatter among critics who have once slammed Owl City’s sound as being derivative, a watered-down Postal Service rip-off.
moreShinebright may have abbreviated their name from Shine Bright Baby, but they have not domesticated their music just to pander Christian radio. Rather, taking their bright and shiny synth pop up another level, “Only You” their sophomore release for BEC Recordings, finds the duo broaching into fresher EDM beats.
moreThe name Darlene Zschech is synonymous with worship music.
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