Integrity Music
Release Date: August 26th 2014
Reviewed by: Jonathan Andre
Bluetree– Worship & Justice (Amazon mp3/iTunes)
Integrity Music
Release Date: August 26th 2014
Reviewed by: Jonathan Andre
Bluetree– Worship & Justice (Amazon mp3/iTunes)
Throughout my childhood and into my teenage years, the music that I was exposed to was very limited. Aside from artists like Delirious?, Carman, Steven Curtis Chapman (in fact, I think Signs of Life was the first CD our family received- even before we had a CD player), Tim Hughes, Steve Grace and Planetshakers (their 2003 album Rain Down), our CCM albums/artists knowledge wasn’t to the point where you’d call us a fan of it. Nevertheless, a few WOW Hits albums purchases a few years later- WOW Hits 2005, 2006 and WOW Worship Aqua (fuelled by our enjoyment of WOW Hits 2004), we took the plunge and purchased our first CCM album by a female artist in 2006- Rebecca St. James’s 2005 album If I Had One Chance to Tell You Something.
Things must’ve been pretty weird, or maybe even simple, before the advent of facebook, twitter, or even the internet. Before any of that, there were just the people around your neighbourhood. There was the home TV instead of your personal computer, there was playing sports with friends instead of the Nintendo Wii console, there was cassette tapes, vinyl players and the like, instead of now Spotify, Youtube, mp3 files and iTunes. Before technology, life as we would think, was simpler. Maybe even boring to us, the life our parents and grandparents lived was one where friendships were much easier to form, and much harder to break.
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Bethel Music
Release Date: August 26th 2014
Reviewed by: Jonathan Andre
Steffany Gretzinger– The Undoing (Amazon mp3/iTunes)
Independent
Release Date: May 13th 2014
Reviewed by: Jonathan Andre
Josiah James– Identity EP (Amazon mp3/iTunes)
Julie Elias, who released her debut album A Wild Rose in 2012, unveils her sophomore album Love Rains Down next week, full of well known worship songs and original worship material. I had the privilege of interviewing Julie via email, as we discussed the upcoming album, what she hopes listeners will experience when hearing the familiar renditions of well known tracks and newer tracks, as well as any hopes she has of the upcoming year ahead. Check out the interview below.
Distributed by TriStar Pictures
Opening Release Date: May 9th 2014
Reviewed by Jonathan Andre
Mom’s Night Out– Starring Sarah Drew, Patricia Heaton, Sean Astin, Trace Adkins, Andrea Logan White, Abbie Cobb, Robert Amaya, Kevin Downes, Alex Kendrick
Bluetree, recently signed to Integrity Music, release their label album debut on August 26th. I had the privilege of interviewing lead singer Aaron Boyd via email, as we discussed the upcoming album, what he hopes listeners will experience when hearing the tracks, as well as any hopes the band has of the upcoming year ahead. Check out the interview below.
Word Records
Release Date: April 22nd 2014
Reviewed by: Jonathan Andre
Various Artists– New & #1 Radio Hits of 2014 (Amazon mp3/iTunes)
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Sparrow Records
Release Date: August 19th 2014
Reviewed by: Jonathan Andre
Colton Dixon– Anchor (Amazon mp3/iTunes)