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MOMENTOUS MONDAYS: INFLUENTIAL ARTISTS OF ALL TIME – WEEK 17: PHIL COLLINS

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What music do you think of automatically when you think of the 1980s and 1990s? Which artist was/is influential from that particular time period? Prince, Bon Jovi, The Police, Whitney Houston, Madonna, Rick Astley, Cindi Lauper, George Michael, Davie Bowie, Backstreet Boys, Spice Girls and Mariah Carey are all excellent choices, are all popular (and some influential!), and have all had success and impact within the confines of the 80s and 90s. But for me, I’ve always felt like there was an artist that was just as impactful, but nobody really talks about them. Not that they’re atrocious or difficult to listen to- in fact, this artist I’ve about to delve into a little bit, is for me, arguably one of the most underrated artists of the 2-decade span of the 1980s-2000s. Call them the forgotten artist, the underrated artist, whatever you decide; there’s no denying the impact, influence and cultural significance of English singer-songwriter Phil Collins and the music he brings along with him. Sure, right now, he’s not active in the music industry- his last album full of original material was in 2002, and his last album period, was in 2010 (an album full of covers of Motown songs from the 1960s and 1970s); but even now, his most famous work would have to be the music that forms the soundtrack of movies Tarzan and Brother Bear.

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For KING AND COUNTRY – God Only Knows [The Singles]

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God Only Knows (Robin G. Acoustic Mix)

God Only Knows (R3HAB Remix)

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Release Date: April 12th 2019 [Robin G. Acoustic Mix] / April 26th 2019 [R3HAB Remix] / May 31st 2019 [Gattuso Remix] / June 14th 2019 [Timbaland Remix]

Reviewed by: Jonathan Andre

For KING AND COUNTRY – God Only Knows [Robin G. Acoustic Mix] (Amazon mp3/iTunes) / God Only Knows [R3HAB Remix] (Amazon mp3/iTunes) / God Only Knows [Gattuso Remix] (Amazon mp3/iTunes) / God Only Knows [Timbaland Remix] (Amazon mp3/iTunes)

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We Are Messengers – Maybe It’s OK [The SINGLES]

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Release Date: March 15th 2019 [Maybe It’s Ok (Strings Mix)] / May 3rd 2019 [Maybe It’s Ok (Neon Feather Remix) (feat. Steven Malcolm)] / May 31st 2019 [Maybe It’s Ok (Chill Mix)]

Reviewed by: Jonathan Andre

We Are Messengers – Maybe It’s OK (Strings Mix) (Amazon mp3/iTunes) / Maybe It’s OK (Neon Feather Remix) (feat. Steven Malcolm) (Amazon mp3/iTunes) / Maybe It’s OK (Chill Mix) (Amazon mp3/iTunes)

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Momentous Mondays: Influential artists of the next 5-10 years – Week 3: Tori Kelly

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Can I ask you guys a question? Not really a question that you are forced to answer right away, but a question, nonetheless, that you can sit on and dwell for a while. When you wake up in the morning, maybe around 6am when the sun rises, or perhaps at 10am after a good sleep in; how do you feel each day on average? Are you happy, or are you sad? Is your attitude ‘oh, it’s just another day, let me roll over, and sleep some more; and hopefully it’s over by the time I wake up again!’; or is it ‘Yay, thank God I’m alive, let’s get up and do all the things I want to do today!’? Are you a glass half full or half empty? I know for my life that there are times when I feel uninspired to do anything productive and worthwhile some days- and it’s true that some days you do need those lazy ones where you just sit back and relax, watching the world go by! However if by some chance you feel scared about what each day brings; and if you feel scared by what the future holds (scared you might fail or scared you might even succeed!); let me tell you that you don’t need to be.

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MOMENTOUS MONDAYS: INFLUENTIAL ARTISTS OF ALL TIME – WEEK 15: THE MCCLYMONTS

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Influential is a funny word you see. Many people disguise it as popular, or they think that influential really means popular, when in fact the definition cannot be farther from what people perceive it is. For I’ve always been reminded that through this blog series, influential and popular aren’t always the same, in fact, most times, popular artists aren’t influential at all. They’re not influencing a generation to think about issues and topics that need to be discussed at length amongst friends and promote dialogue on real issues. Popular artists are indeed giving us popular songs that we can enjoy so that we can have a good time…but at the end of the day, much of the popular music of today can be a little vapid. Nevertheless, we tend to think that popular and influential are hand-in-hand, and thus, we attribute fame and fortune with someone impacting millions around the world. But herein lies the point- much of the people on my own influential top 100 list are relatively unknown. Sure they are known to their special field in which their genre of music is in, but outside of that specialised genre, not many people may have heard them…and that’s ok. I discussed one such artist before- Andrew Peterson, and how his knack for using his lyrical prowess to deliver poignant truths about God and mankind has led him to be placed upon my list, can seem all but absurd to the outside casual listener. But for me, Andrew himself has influenced my life a lot these last few years, as I’m sure many people who has heard his music and have testified to his life-changing lyrics that seep deep into the soul. Enter in another such artist, who I’m sure a lot of people know nothing about, myself included (until a week or so ago)- Australian country trio, The McClymonts.

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