Independent
Release Date: February 12th 2021
Reviewed by: Jonathan Andre
Jon Foreman – Departures (Amazon mp3/iTunes)
Independent
Release Date: February 12th 2021
Reviewed by: Jonathan Andre
Jon Foreman – Departures (Amazon mp3/iTunes)
RCA Records
Release Date: February 12th 2021
Reviewed by: Jonathan Andre
Pentatonix – The Lucky Ones (Amazon mp3/iTunes)
It’s been about a couple of years since blog #2 in this Top 100 Influential Artists blog series that I embarked upon. Why I signify blog #2 is of a fair amount of importance, let me remind you. It was the blog about Switchfoot, and was in fact, a blog where I highlighted many songs by this San Diego quintet that have shaped music history and the lives of people over the years- songs like ‘Meant to Live’, ‘Dare You To Move’, ‘Stars’, ‘Oh Gravity’, ‘Mess of Me’, ‘Love Alone is Worth the Fight’ and ‘Restless’ are just many, many songs by a band that have had an influence in both the Christian music industry, and the mainstream as well. It was the first blog post after the first, which was Michael W. Smith, an artist that will always be sentimental to me, because it was the artist that in fact started off this whole journey of thinking about music and the impact, influence and power of artists, songs, and their discography on not only people’s lives, but throughout history as well. And here I am 2 years later or so, ready to commence on blog #74. And what better way to speak and discuss about something and someone totally from left field, that it is, to introduce the topic of discussion in this post…Jon Foreman, lead singer of Switchfoot (see blog post #2).
Steve Jobs. Oprah Winfrey. Chris Gardner. Matthew West. Saroo Brierley. Michael Edwards. Michelle Payne. Mark Hall. Bill Gates. Steven Spielberg. Walt Disney. What do all of these people have in common? On the surface, you’d say nothing much. But then if you look a bit deeper, you’d find a common thread that binds these people together for all time. Can you figure out what it is?
Continue reading Momentous Mondays: Influential artists of the next 5-10 years – Week 36: Dua Lipa
Residence Music / Centricity Music
Release Date: February 5th 2021
Reviewed by: Jonathan Andre
Apollo LTD – Nothing is Ordinary. Everything is Beautiful (Amazon mp3/iTunes)
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Stone Table Records
Release Date: February 5th 2021
Reviewed by: Jonathan Andre
JJ Heller – I Dream of You, Vol. 3 (Amazon mp3/iTunes)
A Blessing / Legion / Human Re Sources
Release Date: January 21st 2021
Reviewed by: Jonathan Andre
Ant Clemmons; Justin Timberlake – Better Days (Live) [feat. Kirk Franklin] – Single (Amazon mp3/iTunes)
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Sometimes I wonder about all the detrimental and harmful effects that social media, the internet, youtube, smartphones, iPhones, Androids, PlayStations, Nintendo, even the home theatre system and streaming juggernauts like Disney +, Netflix, Hulu, Stan, Foxtel and Amazon Prime; have all had on the society of today. Or better still, how much we rely on all of these aforementioned technological advances, to better our lives, when in fact, its actually making us rely much more on the technical and less reliable and less connected in an overall sense, when trying to connect face to face. There I said it. Controversial thought and opinion. Yes, the advent of advancements like Youtube, streaming services, smartphones, google, Facebook, Twitter and yes, even Disney +, have all changed the landscape of society now, but with all of it, has made us realise this very one thing- that behind all of the façade of trying to enjoy what is on offer to us, we are just people trying to not admit to ourselves, that we are suffering from FOMO (fear of missing out), and even realising that what we consume on a daily basis, be it youtube, Disney +, iPhones and the like, are just masking what we feel deep down inside of our very souls, that we are lonely, and want human connection more so than anything else!
Continue reading MOMENTOUS MONDAYS: INFLUENTIAL ARTISTS OF ALL TIME – WEEK 73: SEAL
Island Records
Release Date: February 5th 2021
Reviewed by: Joshua Andre
Sam Fischer & Demi Lovato– What Other People Say (Single) (Amazon mp3/iTunes)
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Black River Christian
Release Date: February 5th 2021
Reviewed by: Joshua Andre
Josh Wilson– Undeniable (Single) (Amazon mp3/iTunes)