I haven’t heard this group yet, probably because I’ve been so swamped with work across a number of other projects I haven’t been keeping up with news and updates in the Christian music industry. The group is called “Anthem Lights” and they’ve got a really solid, harmony together. Have you seen this video of theirs above? What are music of theirs do you like? Let me know and share it in the comments.Read More →
If you’re a fan of modern Christian artists remaking your favorite hymns, you’ll absolutely be interested in hearing the latest release from Cindy Morgan titled Hymns: Some Glad Morning. In this video Cindy shares about her thoughts and experience behind making the album. If you visit Cindy’s website you can listen to a collection of song clips from the album.Read More →
Bart Millard of MercyMe has been working on a new album and you can now order it for when it becomes available on August, 19th, 2008. The title of the album is “Hymned Again” and as you can imagine is an additional dose of Bart singing some of the favorite hymns of the church. Bart Millard, the voice of MercyMe, crafts one of the most musically innovated CDs of the year with Hymned Again. Following in the footsteps of his successful debut release, Hymned No. 1., Bart delivers bold interpretations of familiar hymns with a fun, up-tempo and spirited musical journey showcasing his signature vocals.Read More →
Someone recently asked me what my favorite “religious” song was. I didn’t really prefer that naming of a “Christian” song, but I obviously knew what they meant by the question. As I thought about it, my first thought was to not choose one of the current favorites because how can a recent song be my all time favorite? That led me to thinking about songs I enjoyed when I was much younger and growing up. Nothing really stood out to me as an all time favorite still. I then thought about the great hymns that were sung in church as I was growing up: AmazingRead More →
Avalon has released a new album in time for the holiday season called, Faith: A Hymns Collection. The collection includes: Holy Holy Holy Blessed Assurance* Joyful, Joyful We Adore Thee Great Is Thy Faithfulness* In Christ Alone It Is Well* I’ll Fly Away On Christ the Solid Rock Jesus Medley How Great Thou Art* Amazing Grace Total Praise Bonus: For Freedom Tracks marked with * are some of my favorites. I’m sure this will be a great album, but just thinking Avalon is a little late to the let’s-release-an-album-of-old-hymns game. We’ll see how they do though.Read More →