I love worship music. If I analyse myself carefully, I can say that the one ‘style’- if you will- of music that I am always consistently pleased about and enjoy on a regular basis is music that is of a worshipful atmosphere. That’s not to say that CCM, pop and rock music aren’t great, but if I were to pick one music style to listen to from here on, I’d pick worship. With so many artists providing us with great songs for the church and songs for personal reflection and praise, from Chris Tomlin, Matt Redman, Crowder, All Sons and Daughters, and Gungor, to John Mark McMillan, Phil Wickham, Jesus Culture, Tim Hughes and Hillsong; worship, the genre of worship, and the whole atmosphere of worship music and the marketability of it towards younger generations, is always changing, forever reminding us of the wide variety of views and attitudes to worship music, and what it considered to be good, bad, unique or even terrible worship music to begin with.
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Jordan & Kristin Rippy – Seek You First
Independent
Release Date: June 3rd 2014
Reviewed by: Jonathan Andre
Jordan & Kristin Rippy– Seek You First (Amazon mp3/iTunes)
Nikki Joy – The Voyage: EP
Independent
Release Date: June 10th 2014
Reviewed by: Jonathan Andre
Nikki Joy– The Voyage – EP (Amazon mp3/iTunes)
Leeland – Christ Be All Around Me: Live
Independent
Release Date: June 10th 2014
Reviewed by: Jonathan Andre
Leeland– Christ Be All Around Me (Amazon mp3/iTunes)
LoveCollide – LoveCollide
Independent
Release Date: April 8th 2014
Reviewed by: Jonathan Andre
LoveCollide– LoveCollide (Amazon mp3/iTunes)
Sentimental Saturdays: Carman
Who was your favourite music artist growing up? The music that you’d listen to for hours and hours because you could? The songs that you would know back to front, and the lyrics you could recite in a heartbeat without any wrong words, even if you have last heard the song a while ago? Has any music artist that you listened to while growing up had an influence in who you are today?
Various Artists – All The Saints: Live from the CentricWorship Retreat No. 1
CentricWorship
Release Date: March 11th 2014
Reviewed by: Jonathan Andre
CentricWorship– All The Saints: Live from the CentricWorship Retreat- No. 1 (Amazon mp3/iTunes)
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JJ Heller – I Dream Of You
Stone Table Records
Release Date: April 29th 2014
Reviewed by: Jonathan Andre
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Carman – No Plan B
Norway Avenue Records
Release Date: May 27th 2014
Reviewed by: Jonathan Andre
Carman– No Plan B (Amazon mp3/iTunes)
Sentimental Saturdays: Video Stores
Who remembers video stores? You know, the stores that stock new release videos tapes (the ones that are clunky and take up heaps of space in your cabinet) and DVD’s? The ones where you travel to on a Friday night and hire movies for a few days (or a week) and you and a group of friends watch (or even binge-watch) movies from 6pm til the wee hours of the next morning?