ABC Music / Universal Music Australia
Release Date: November 6th 2020
Reviewed by: Jonathan Andre
Caitlyn Shadbolt – Stages (Amazon mp3/iTunes)
ABC Music / Universal Music Australia
Release Date: November 6th 2020
Reviewed by: Jonathan Andre
Caitlyn Shadbolt – Stages (Amazon mp3/iTunes)
Reviver Records LLC
Release Date: January 10th 2020
Reviewed by: Jonathan Andre
Tenille Arts – Love, Heartbreak, & Everything in Between (Amazon mp3/iTunes)
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Missy Higgins Productions
Release Date: November 6th 2020
Reviewed by: Jonathan Andre
Missy Higgins – When the Machine Starts (Single) (Amazon mp3/iTunes)
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RCA Records
Release Date: November 6th 2020
Reviewed by: Joshua Andre
Little Mix– Confetti (Amazon mp3/iTunes)
Provident Label Group LLC
Release Date: October 30th 2020
Reviewed by: Jonathan Andre
Tenth Avenue North – Unplugged For the People (The Acoustic Greatest Hits) (Amazon mp3/iTunes)
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Provident Label Group LLC / Story House Collective
Release Date: October 30th 2020
Reviewed by: Jonathan Andre
Matthew West – Live Before the World Shut Down (EP) (Amazon mp3/iTunes)
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Capitol Christian Music Group
Release Date: October 30th 2020
Reviewed by: Joshua Andre
Social Club Misfits– Feared By Hell (Amazon mp3/iTunes)
Independent
Release Date: October 9th 2020
Reviewed by: Joshua Andre
Mat Kearney– Until We Meet Again… (Live Unplugged) (Amazon mp3/iTunes)
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It’s been quite some time since I started this blog series- February 2019 was the month that I decided to delve into the realms of music that at that time, was relatively unknown to me. Because apart from the CCM that I have enjoyed throughout my whole high school years and well into university, it wasn’t until 2019 where I realised that the mainstream music industry wasn’t as ‘evil’ as I once fleetingly thought it was. Dunno where I thought this thing that mainstream music = bad, CCM = good; but alas, I did think these things. And it wasn’t until 2019 where I realised that God being God can speak through anything- even mainstream music, and that mainstream music, can still impact and challenge, inspire and bring healing and hope, just as much as CCM. I delved into a myriad of different artists over the last year or so– from Backstreet Boys, Tina Arena, The Corrs, Rascal Flatts, Lady A and Shania Twain, to John Mayer, Goo Goo Dolls, Hanson, Alicia Keys, Sheryl Crow, Adele, Jewel, John Farnham and Sara Bareilles, to name a few. And it was in me listening to these artists that wouldn’t necessarily wear the label ‘Christian’, that I’ve found a few things out- that artists like these, as nuanced, heartfelt, emotive and poignant as these artists and songs can be, what I’ve understood is that they themselves can also discuss and talk about things and issues prevalent and relevant to the heart of God too, even if they themselves don’t know it yet. For if God can use Balaam’s donkey to speak to Balaam in the Old Testament (Numbers 22:21 – 39), then God can surely use mainstream music to bring people closer to each other and closer to Himself in the process. And it is a reminder of how complex music really is- there’s literally genres for everyone. Pop, CCM, worship, rock, rap, hip-hop, gospel, country, musical theatre, jazz, folk, classical, blues, R&B, Soul, EDM, punk, reggae, ambient music…you get the picture right? And all these genres are valid, and all are necessary to relate to people. And in some way, all these genres are used by the Lord, to allow people to see inside themselves and make the changes necessary for them to come to terms with their own mortality, and realise their own need for God and all things eternal. But enough of my own musings…you’ve come to read my next blog, right, not some ramblings of someone realising that mainstream music is just as much needed in society as Christian music. So without further ado, my next artist I’m about to discuss for the length of this blog will be…those guys who wrote the song ‘The Reason’ a long time ago. What’s their name again…yeah, it’s those guys who wrote ‘The Reason’. No, seriously, isn’t their name, ‘The Reason’-guys? So enough of my own tongue-in-cheek introduction to the band Hoobastank, but seriously, and all gaffes aside. Let me be real for a second.
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Schoolboy / Interscope Records
Release Date: May 17th 2019 [Dedicated] / May 21st 2020 [Dedicated Side B]
Reviewed by: Joshua Andre
Carly Rae Jepsen– Dedicated / Dedicated Side B (Amazon mp3/iTunes) (Amazon mp3/iTunes)
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