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Momentous Mondays: Influential artists of the next 5-10 years – Week 46: Amy Shark

There’s always been a bit of a divide when it comes to CCM v mainstream, at least in the areas where I was growing up. Being from Australia (a country that is a lot less God-conscious than other places around the world), it’s often considered weird and different if you listen to nothing but CCM your whole life. Mind you, my brother and I did attend an Anglican primary school, so I guess early on in our own lives, we weren’t as ‘isolated’ as we initially thought we were. We then attended a ‘secular’ high school, which was fine, because my brother and I were able to see how the general population was like. Maybe it was because we were in our own CCM bubble for so long- and because we were both premature as twins; we were in our own proverbial bubble at home as well, a bubble that restricted our very own interaction with people generally, because of our family’s concerns- valid ones when you raise a family where twins are premature. You start to take extra care of them and wrap them in metaphorical bubble wrap so as to protect them from the ‘big bad world’. Maybe that’s an exaggeration as to how my brother and I grew up, but when it came down to it, we were indeed sheltered, much more than the average joe. And so high school was a pretty big deal for us- we weren’t in the bubble of ‘Christian’ anymore- because our primary school was of the Anglican variety, people didn’t really bat an eyelid when we said we only listened to Christian music (Carman and Delirious?, and some Steven Curtis Chapman, Steve Grace and Tim Hughes, to be precise).

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Mandy Harvey – Masterpiece – Single / Bought Myself Roses – Single

Mandy Harvey Music

Release Date: March 12th 2021 [Masterpiece] / June 25th 2021 [Bought Myself Roses]

Reviewed by: Jonathan Andre

Mandy HarveyMasterpiece – Single (Amazon mp3/iTunes) / Bought Myself Roses – Single (Amazon mp3/iTunes)

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Sara Bareilles – Amidst the Chaos: Live from the Hollywood Bowl

Epic Records / Sony Music Entertainment

Release Date: May 21st 2021

Reviewed by: Jonathan Andre

Sara BareillesAmidst the Chaos: Live from the Hollywood Bowl (Amazon mp3/iTunes)

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