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Jon Guerra “Little Songs” Album Review

Jon Guerra isn't agoraphobic. Despite the album's titular, "Little Songs," there is such depth, breath, and dimension that these songs cannot be fettered by the domesticated confines of recycled clichés, plagiarized guitar riffs, and the predictable song structures that we have come to expect from worship songs.
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Mia Fieldes “Ashes” EP Review

Mia Fieldes' pen has a life of her own. In fact, over the last decade, Fieldes has provided a huge swath of the soundtrack of contemporary Christian music. Even if you are not familiar with her name, we have either sang her song in church or have a purchase a download she has had crafted or have sung to one of her songs played on Christian radio.
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Unspoken “Unplugged” Album Review

There are often two ways to approach an acoustic album. First, some artists simply stripped their songs off their backings and imbued them with softer and warmer wooden sounds. Second, there are others who take the same original songs and re-don them with re-imagined renderings giving the same songs a brand new lease of life. Unspoken completely shatters the templates of how acoustic albums are done.
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Casey J “The Truth” Album Review

With her big, attention-drawing, booming voice, Casey J could make the reading of the phone book sing. She could have opted for a sinecure by churning out yet another Gospel album. And still be able to shift a truckload of CDs off the shelves. Rather, with her debut live album released via Marquis Boone Enterprises /Tyscot Record, Casey has taken to select worship songs that are embracing of her diverse audience.
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Lindsay Huggins “Then Jesus Came” Album Review

Prior to embarking on her solo career, Lindsay Huggins once worked with Reba McEntire. And from listening to this brand new record "Then Jesus Came," it sounds like Lindsay's time with the country music diva was not fruitless.
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Revive Worship “King of Glory (The Psalms)” Album Review

More important than style, hooks, riffs, and sound is the content of worship songs. Too often worship music gets flushed down as sanctified love songs where God is just the interchangeable "he." And our relationship with God is often portrayed as narcissistic or humanistic. Somehow transcendence is sacrificed on the altar of relevancy. This isn't the case with Revive Worship
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** Classic Christian Album ** Darlene Zschech "You Are Love" Album Review

It is not unusual for worship leaders to step aside from their usual roles and record solo studio projects. You don't have to look far but at Darlene Zschech's affiliated Hillsong Church; here the examples abound. Key worship leaders such as Brook Fraser, Marty Sampson, Miriam Webster and even Rueben Morgan have all indulged in solo endeavours.
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Karen Peck and New River “Pray Now” Album Review

Each of Karen Peck and New River (KPNR)'s album titles functions like a succinct spot-on prophetic statement. With previous titulars such as "Revival," "No Worries," "Good to Be Free" and "A Taste of Grace," they work like bite-size truth so appropriate for our daily lives and the daily ministry of the church.
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Shane and Shane “The Worship Initiative” Album Review

We have to tip our hats to Shane and Shane. Instead of building up their own oeuvre of original compositions and boosting their own recording career, Shane and Shane have chosen to take a back seat as far as personal aggrandizement is concerned. Rather, they have chosen to serve the church in assisting her in her articulation of worship.
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Matthew West “Live Forever” Album Review

Matthew West is the poster boy of Contemporary Christian Music (CCM). In many ways, West's music, particularly this new album "Live Forever," reflects the current persona of CCM today
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