Penning brand new Christmas songs is an ardent challenge. With the perennial classics, which thrive on their gorgeous and eternal melodic structures, it is difficult to craft a new song to play alongside classics like "Joy to the World" or "Silent Night." The McClures thus are to be congratulate not only for attempting to write new songs for their debut Christmas EP, but also for succeeding in writing a few classics to be.
moreMack Brock is the go-to guy these days when it comes to contemporary worship music. This is why a string of who's who in the genre can be found co-writing or singing with Brock on his sophomore solo album "Space."
moreInside the petite frame of TaRanda Greene lies a Titanic voice, one that can soar to the heights of Everest and one that will do Whitney Houston, Barbra Streisand, and Celine Dion proud.
moreSelah has been around since 1997. For most of their career, they have had been recording for Curb Records. Together the trio have produced top 5 hits such as "You Raise Me Up" and "Bless the Broken Heart" as well as top 40 singles such as "I Turn to You," "You Amaze Us," "I Got Saved" and others.
moreIn lieu of their perennial new live worship albums, for 2020, Hillsong Worship has decided to release a "re-imagined" album instead. A more devotional album peddling on their softer and acoustic side, "Take Heart (Again)" features "pandemic-era" takes of songs taken from the songbooks of all three of their collectives: Hillsong Y&F, Hillsong UNITED and Hillsong Worship.
moreThe Guardians have captured the majestic and intimacy of worship judiciously on their latest release. "It's Still Good News," their third outing for StowTown Records, is like their preceding records, it is extremely well-executed.
moreAt the start of the pandemic, Kari Jobe's "The Blessing" was the song for the times. While the world went into a frenzy, Jobe pronounced God's blessings upon us. Setting Num 6:24-26 into a fresh and invigorating anthem of refuge, the song has been the theme soundtrack for countless of Christians.
moreSandra McCracken is a national treasure that is yet to be discovered. For the unacquainted, McCracken has been crafting and recording hymn-like worship tunes that mines the theological depths of the Christian faith.
moreSong titles are like advertising slogans. Some can so whet our appetites that we feel compelled to listen to them.
moreTouted as the new Chris Stapleton-meets-Matt Redman, Bethel Music's Josh Baldwin's "Evidence" promises to be different from what passes as worship music today.
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