| BELIEVE Songs of Faith From Today's Top Country & Christian Artists | | Posted Wednesday, September 06, 2006 10:13:24 PM by BlogJeeves Team | | 1. Jesus. Take The Wheel by Carrie Underwood 2. Who You'd Be Today by Kenny Chesney 3. God's Will by Martina McBride 4. Stained Glass Masquerade by Casting Crowns 5. Believe by Brooks & Dunn 6. I've Always Loved You by Third Day 7. Go Tell It On The Mountain by Sara Evans 8. When I Get Where I'm Going byBrad Paisley (featuring Dolly Parton) 9. Postcards by Cindy Morgan 10. This Is God by Phil Vassar 11. Perfect Day by Josh Bates... | |
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| | | All to You... Live | | Posted Saturday, September 02, 2006 10:12:41 AM by BlogJeeves Team | | Lincoln Brewster... a gifted worship leader, guitar player and songwriter, revered as one of the best musicians in Christian music today-releases his fourth worship project, Lincoln Brewster - All To You...Live. As the Worship Leader for Bayside Church in Sacramento, Lincoln forges forward with a live recording of songs that capture the heart and soul of the worship experience from the West Coast. All To You....Live includes an enhanced bonus CD featuring chord charts for 4 songs, studio versions of 3 songs, an EPK, a sample of Vertical Music Worship Tools, plus bonus video footage.... | |
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| | | The Password: Access Granted | | Posted Wednesday, August 30, 2006 10:11:55 PM by BlogJeeves Team | | Canton Jones has been a big-time force within the Holy Hip Hop movement and yet has seemingly been in the background for far too long. Having written, produced for, and collaborated with artists such as Lil' iROCC and Mr. Del, the head of Cajo Entertainment is now launching his national debut on Arrow Records. The follow-up to the underground classic 20 Yrs. 3 Mths. & 12 Days is The Password, which has has CJ picking up where the initial release left off, and then travel to a totally different musical stratosphere. Jones offers 15 tracks that range from ballads to funky R&P to a virtual crunkfest, and is guaranteed to keep your attention throughout the entire CD. Fantastic as a songwriter and with the ability to fuse slammin' beats with meaningful and prolific lyrics that relate candidly to the heart of the Christian experience, CJ is the real thing. "Stay Saved" is a bonafide smash hit that identifies numerous situations that test a believer's ability to do the right thing. From impatient people to road rage to poor customer service, Jones provides an honest account of very real situations that challenge a believer's love, and then offers encouragement to simply "stay saved". Its a classic that could quickly become the theme song for 2005.... | |
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| | | Steven Curtis Chapman: Greatest Hits | | Posted Monday, August 28, 2006 10:11:44 AM by BlogJeeves Team | | In 10 years, Steven Curtis Chapman has charted 26 No. 1 hits, three Grammy Awards, and 32 Dove Awards (Christian music's equivalent of the Grammys). This release offers some of Chapman's best work in addition to two newer singles, "Not Home Yet" and "I Am Found in You," and rerecordings of "Lord of the Dance" and "The Walk," from the brilliant Signs of Life release. The latter two, labeled "Abbey Road versions," sound live, with soulful harmonica and additional guitar work not heard on the originals. Chapman's catalog of hits traces a developing and masterful artist who gains confidence and quality with each new release. --Michael Lyttle... | |
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| | | The Beautiful Letdown | | Posted Friday, August 25, 2006 10:12:10 PM by BlogJeeves Team | | Contemporary Christian music has come a long way toward secular acceptance in recent years thanks to the likes of Switchfoot, who avoid obvious sacred references in their lyrics. It's also refreshing to hear CCM songwriters like Switchfoot's Jonathan Foreman explore love and belonging as song subjects. Unfortunately, The Beautiful Letdown hews too closely to the formula established by alternative CCM brethren Jars of Clay and Creed. Songs like the title track and "More Than Fine" come close to forging their own identity, but too often sound overproduced and designed to appeal to the widest audience. Still, Foreman's songwriting shows potential, and his progressive vision for spiritual themes indicates a willingness to color outside the lines. --Matthew Cooke... | |
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| | | I Have to Believe | | Posted Wednesday, August 23, 2006 10:12:11 AM by BlogJeeves Team | | Produced by Nathan Nockles (Watermark, Matt Redman), with additional production by Margaret Becker, and mixed by Shane Wilson (Third Day, Switchfoot) I Have To Believe is Rita's first studio project in 3 years. Rita's signature deep voice is accented by strong melodies and straight ahead worship. These songs are sure to become standards in many churches worldwide.... | |
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| | | Good Monsters | | Posted Sunday, August 20, 2006 10:12:32 PM by BlogJeeves Team | | Multi-platinum and triple Grammy winning band Jars of Clay have long held a reputation for creative excellence. With their latest record Good Monsters, the band continues to create music that stretches the imagination and offers a new perspective on who we are as a church today. Dan Haseltine explains, "I was not sure how all of the experiences of the last few years would translate into music. There have been so many things to look at and describe. This record is part confessional, part euphoric love poem, part bitter divorce, and part benediction. It was born out of many experiences and conversations between addicts, failures, lovers, loners, believers, and beggars. And so the language of recovery and the honest discourse about our attempts to live apart from God and apart from each other is a theme. Engaging people who are doing the hard work of laying their lives open to others, and avoiding isolation, has allowed me to see that there is both immeasurable evil and unfathomable good mixing under my own skin and it is grace, mercy and freedom that allow me to not simply be a monster, but to be a good monster."... | |
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| | | Purpose by Design | | Posted Friday, August 18, 2006 10:12:06 AM by BlogJeeves Team | | Fred Hammond reinforces the strength of his faith with the power of his music. His newest collection combines exuberantly devotional lyrics with a solid R&B musical underpinning. The rhythm section is girded by Hammond's own muscular electric-bass playing and supplementary horns bolster the waves of sound and emotion of Radical for Christ, his dozen-voice choir. His preceding release, Pages of Life, was a double CD with one disc of studio recordings and one disc live in a Detroit church. Purpose by Design distills that mix to a strong single disc with nine studio and four live recordings, although without the experience of a continuous service that the live disc of Pages of Life offered. Both approaches to recording have their strengths; "I Know It Was the Blood," with its vivid imagery, inexorable rhythm, inventive melodic movement, and subtle electronic manipulation of Hammond's vocal melismas, exemplifies the use of modern recording technology to create exhilarating music. The CD's opener, "I Want My Destiny," has an urgent lyric, a groove to match it, and an equally sophisticated arrangement. The live tracks, like "When You Praise," build from a pastoral beginning to an extended, climactic conclusion that really needs a church full of worshippers to help inspire it and can't be readily simulated in the studio. Among the live songs is a congregation-rousing rendition of "Jesus Be a Fence Around Me," a Sam Cooke classic from his days with the Soul Stirrers. --Bob Bannister... | |
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| | | If I Left the Zoo | | Posted Tuesday, August 15, 2006 8:12:06 PM by BlogJeeves Team | | Jars of Clay admirably stretched the boundaries of Christian pop music when their self-titled debut scaled the charts in 1995. Two releases later, the group's peculiar yet appealing brand of alt-acoustic-Christpop remains a study in irony: relatively simple on the outside, brooding and introspective on the inside. If I Left the Zoo returns to form with a renewed focus on songwriting; the disc is a stripped-down and more organic effort than the richly layered but equally rewarding Much Afraid (1997). The opening song "Goodbye, Goodnight," with its lighthearted accordion and mandolin, quickly sets the tone. While the tune itself is a sprightly sing-along, lyrically the Jars hit you with end-of-the-millennium social commentary ("Raise a glass for ignorance / drink a toast to fear / The beginning of the end has come / that's why we all are here"). The oddly attractive "Unforgetful You," the bittersweet "Famous Last Words," and the melodic rocker "Can't Erase It" are sure-fire radio hits. While the playful, digestible quality of the band's music is undeniable, they've become equally effective as songwriters for a generation. --Michael Lyttle... | |
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| | | Redeemer: The Best of Nicole C. Mullen | | Posted Tuesday, August 08, 2006 6:11:42 AM by BlogJeeves Team | | Beginning with her SONG OF THE YEAR Dove Award in 1998 for "On My Knees," Nicole C. Mullen has become one of the most loved and respected singer/songwriters in Christian music. Now this 17-song collection offers the best of Nicole C. Mullen on one album for the first time ever, at an unbeatable price! Packed with memorable hits like Dove Award winners "Redeemer" and "On My Knees," this collection features radio favorite "Call On Jesus," plus the new single "Always Love You" from the motion picture End of the Spear soundtrack. Also included are two bonus tracks, unique live versions of "Redeemer" and "Call On Jesus," previously unavailable until now.... | |
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