Three new song debuts highlight playlist #194 of the Catholic Playlist Show! Up first in the playlist is the debut of “Faithful” the newest single from Teresa Peterson. Her new EP, also titled “Faithful” is set for release on June 1, 2018 – you can pre-order here now. A couple weeks ago we debuted a new single from Taylor Tripodi (“You Heard My Name“), and now she’s released another track this week called “Awakening“. We play both of these great new songs back to back! Then at the start of the second segment of the show we debut the newest effort from The Vigil Project and Greg&Lizzy, “Fire of Your Love” is a song meant to celebrate the Feast of Pentecost. Be sure to listen to the entire playlist as you’ll find songs from Out of Darkness, Sarah Hart, Matt Faley, Steve Angrisano and more.

Song List
Teresa Peterson – “Faithful” iTunes
Taylor Tripodi – “Awakening” Amazon iTunes
Taylor Tripodi – “You Heard My Name” Amazon iTunes
The Vigil Project and Greg&Lizzy – “Fire of Your Love” Amazon iTunes
Out of Darkness – “Set a Fire” Amazon iTunes
Sarah Hart – “May You Walk” Amazon iTunes
Steve Angrisano – “More Beautiful” Amazon iTunes
Matt Faley – “Jesus, I Trust” Amazon iTunes
Shaun Garrison – “All Shall Be Well” Amazon iTunes
Josh Blakesley Band – “Even In This” Amazon iTunes
Corrie Marie – “Humble Host” Website

Oh how time runs by. It’s been over 2(!) months since I lasted posted a new show here to the website and I feel terrible about it for a couple of reasons. First, the show is first and foremost a showcase of some of the best and newest contemporary Christian music from Catholic artists and if I don’t post a show they miss out on some key exposure to their target audience. Ouch. Second, the show serves a way for Christian music lovers to discover new music and artists to listen to for encouragement and inspiration. When there’s no show, there’s no discovery. Sigh.

Some of our listeners have asked if the show is now defunct or will any new shows be coming soon. It’s amazing to me anyone would enjoy the show so much they’d miss it when it wasn’t there and I’m genuinely touched by the concern shown by so many. So let me alleviate your anxiety – the show is not defunct – I love doing the shows and they will go on and new shows are coming this week. I’m striving to continue to do new shows for as many consecutive weeks as I can, but I won’t be perfect. Many of you don’t know this, but in addition to being a permanent Deacon serving my home parish in Ohio, I also work full-time as an Instructional Designer producing e-learning courses for a post-acute healthcare company, which happens to be over an hour away from my home. I’m also the General Manager of our local Catholic radio station, where I take care of all the operations, programming, spot production, support and annual pledge drive. Which leaves 1 evening a week to produce two 60 minute music programs and another evening to do all the social media and website postings, which happens to take a LOT of time (and is one reason why I’ve never been able to get a weekly e-mail update out to 1,500+ subscribers who want to know the latest happenings in the Catholic music scene).

So I hope you’ll forgive my decision to post the last 4 shows in one group instead of 4 individual posts. While I know it’s not ideal, at least the show widgets will be posted and I’ll highlight the big new releases. To start, playlist show #190 was released during Lent and has no music debuts, but it is one of the first times we play “Liberty to Captives” from Dee Simone and “Jesus, Meek and Humble” by Ben Walther & Sarah Hart.

Playlist show #191 is the first Easter playlist of 2018 and so we made sure it was filled with lots of songs with alleluias in them, including “Sing Alleluia” by Cooper Ray, “Sing Hallelujah” by Josh Blakesley, and “Hallelujah Sing” by Out of Darkness. Notable in this playlist is the debut of a single from Taylor Tripodi, “You Heard My Name”, and we include a sound clip of her telling us the inspiration of the song.

Playlist show #192 continues an Easter theme for the season with songs like “All Things New” from Pasquale Talarico, “Deliverer” by Audrey Assed, “Arise” by Dave Moore and a classic from PJ Anderson, “Set Me Free”.

Playlist show #193 offers the debut of 4 new singles led by the much anticipated release of Dana Catherine‘s new EP “Nothing in the World“. Hear the title track plus her popular single “My Savior in Me” which can be found on the EP too. Matt Faley released a new single titled “Jesus, I Trust” and Ricky Vazquez dropped a new full length album too. We chose “Brave the Storm” to play from his “Ghost of You” album. Finally, E.P.I.C. the Band released another EP, “Creation: Wave III”, and we selected “Divine” for the playlist.

New Music Links

Dana Catherine – “Nothing in the World” Amazon iTunes
Taylor Tripodi – “You Heard my Name” Amazon iTunes
Matt Faley – “Jesus, I Trust” Amazon iTunes
E.P.I.C. the Band – “Divine” Amazon iTunes
Ricky Vazquez – “Brave the Storm” Amazon iTunes

This weekend features the feast of St Patrick on Saturday, March 17, 2018, so we thought some Irish music would be appropriate for the playlist this week. This is the only time you’ll hear this music! Scythian leads off the playlist with “Fields of St James”, followed by “Jigsaw” later on. Seasons gives us “King of the Faeries” and “Dalriada/Song of Saint Patrick”, Joe Zambon offers an “Irish Jig”, and of course playlist regular Ceili Rain is in the mix with “The King & I”.

While the Irish music dominates the first half of the playlist, you’ll enjoy selections from artists like The Mosleys, Audrey Assad, Ricky Vazquez and The Vigil Project.

Song List
Joe Zambon – “Irish Jig” Amazon iTunes
Scythian – “Jigsaw”, “Fields of St James” Amazon iTunes
Seasons – “King of the Faeries”, “Dalriada/Song of Saint Patrick” Amazon iTunes
Ceili Rain – “The King & I” Amazon iTunes
Alanna Boudreau – “Dismantled by Love” iTunes
The Mosleys – “Brighter Days” Amazon iTunes
EPIC the Band – “Free” Amazon iTunes
Audrey Assad – “Little Things With Great Love” Amazon iTunes
Ricky Vazquez – “Maybe” Amazon iTunes
The Vigil Project – “No Words (feat. Cathedral)” Amazon iTunes

We’re back this week with another new show to share the joy of the Gospel through the power of music. And for the first time in quite some time, we have a new featured artist! We found out about Corrie Marie recently as her PledgeMusic campaign was winding down for her debut album. After making a pledge towards her project we were able to sample one of her songs, “Humble Host”, and we knew we had to share this talented artist with you. Look for her debut in the second segment of the show.

The rest of the playlist features selections from Mathias Michael, Teresa Peterson, Rita West, Out of Darkness and others. We picked “Falling Down” from Lee Roessler to include, and we had to play “Were You There” by Dante Schmitz, one of our favorite songs for Lent.

Song List
Corrie Marie – “Humble Host” (Not released yet)
Dante Schmitz – “Were You There” Amazon iTunes
Lee Roessler – “Falling Down” iTunes
Kyle Sinkule – “From the Cross” Amazon iTunes
Mathias Michael – “Mystery” Available after signing up at his website
Shaun Garrison – “All Shall Be Well” Amazon iTunes
Teresa Peterson – “He Makes All Things New” Amazon iTunes
Cody Roth – “Jesus I Trust in You” Amazon iTunes
Rita West – “Chosen” Amazon iTunes
Out of Darkness – “All Thy Fullness” Amazon iTunes
FOCUS Worship – “Be with Me” Amazon iTunes
Jackie Bissin – “Touch the Sky” Amazon iTunes

So excited about the playlist this week as we share new releases from 4 artists! New albums or EPs were just released by Audrey Assad, Sarah Hart, Luke Spehar and EPIC the Band, and we have tracks from each to share with you.

First, it’s “Wounded Healer” from Audrey Assad’s new album “Evergreen”. PJ Anderson teams with Sarah Hart on the single “Beloved, Arise” from her new album “Sacrament”. Then there’s the title track from Luke Spehar’s “The Pilgrim” and “Saved by Grace” from EPIC the Band’s “Creation – Wave I” EP, which features a riff from Connor Flanagan. Enjoy!

Song List
EPIC the Band – “Saved by Grace (feat Connor Flanagan)” Amazon iTunes
Audrey Assad – “Wounded Healer” Amazon iTunes
Luke Spehar – “The Pilgrim” Amazon iTunes
Sarah Hart – “Beloved, Arise” Amazon iTunes
Abraham Gross – “Who Am I to You (feat Connor Flanagan)” Amazon iTunes
Dave Moore – “Arise” Amazon iTunes
Matt Maher – “The Cross Forever Speaks” Amazon iTunes
NOVUM – “No Longer Slaves” Amazon iTunes
Vigil Project – “Were You There” Amazon iTunes
His Own – “Nothing Can Separate Us” Amazon iTunes
Katy Blythe – “I Thirst” Amazon iTunes
South by North – “Coming Home (feat Tori Harris)” Amazon iTunes

More new music comes your way in our latest playlist! Dee Simone’s newest single “Liberty to Captives” is featured this week along with tracks from Matt Faley, Dan Francis, Aly Aleigha, Rebecca Roubion, Ben Walther and many more. Plus, we get Lent started with “Lord Have Mercy” from The Vigil Project, featuring Greg&Lizzy.

Song List
Dee Simone – “Liberty to Captives” Amazon iTunes
John Finch – “Walk by Faith” Amazon iTunes
Greg&Lizzy – “Lord Have Mercy” Amazon iTunes
Josh Blakesley – “Here At The Cross” Amazon iTunes
Danielle Noonan – “Come to the Cross” Amazon iTunes
Aly Aleigha – “Into the Night” Amazon iTunes
Dan Francis – “The Walls” Amazon iTunes
Rebecca Roubion – “Here Lies My Pulse” iTunes
Joe Zambon – “I Just Want Peace” Amazon iTunes
Matt Faley – “Here I Am” Amazon iTunes
Ben Walther – “Make Your Home In Me” Amazon iTunes
Sarah Kroger – “Run to the Cross” Amazon iTunes

Hey everybody, we’re still here! The Catholic Playlist show finally returns for the first playlist of 2018. It’s a late start to Season 5 to be sure but we’re still sharing the joy of the Gospel through the power of music! Many of your favorite artists return to playlist #185 including EPIC the Band, Alob, John Finch, Chris Bray, Dante Schmitz and others.

Plus we have a new artist to debut in the playlist – Abraham Gross. Abraham teams up with Connor Flanagan to bring you “Who Am I to You” to lead off our second segment of the show.

Song List
Abraham Gross – “Who Am I to You (feat Connor Flanagan)” iTunes Amazon
EPIC the Band – “Proclaim” iTunes Amazon
Dante Schmitz – “Our Father” iTunes Amazon
Out of Darkness – “Have It All” iTunes Amazon
Steve Angrisano – “High Above Our Way” iTunes Amazon
Alob – “No Match for Love” iTunes Amazon
Mikey Needleman – “Go in Peace” iTunes Amazon
Matt Maher – “Your Love Defends Me” iTunes Amazon
Marie Miller – “Two to One” iTunes Amazon
Ike Ndolo – “Wade In The Water” iTunes Amazon
John Finch – “Walk by Faith” iTunes Amazon
Chris Bray – “King in His Kingdom” iTunes Amazon

We’re winding up the Advent season with this week’s show, which will be the last show for 2017. We’re going to take a break for Christmas and New Years, and then we’ll be back in 2018 with Season 5 of the Catholic Playlist sharing more of the best and newest contemporary Christian music from Catholic artists. Lots of great new music coming in 2018, but until then let’s enjoy some Advent and Christmas music, including songs from Matt Maher, Josh Blakesley, Jaime Thietten, The Vigil Project, and leading off is a soon to be released single from Aly Aleigha – “Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silent”

We’ll be back again in 2018 for a brand new season of the show. We hope you can join us, but until then we wish you a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! May God bless today and every day!

Song List
Aly Aleigha – “Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silent” (To be released soon)
Jaime Thietten – “The First Noel Angels We Have Heard On High (feat Vince Gill)”, “What Child Is This” Website
Vigil Project – “In Need of a Savior (feat. Andrea Thomas)”, “Silent Night (feat. John Finch)” Website
L’Angelus – “O Little Town of Bethlehem” Amazon iTunes
Steve Angrisano – “Emmanuel” Amazon
Matt Maher – “Glory (Let There Be Peace)” Amazon iTunes
Collin Raye – “Away In A Manger” Amazon iTunes
Josh Blakesley – “We Three Kings” Amazon iTunes
Matt Maher – “Hark The Herald Angels Sing” Amazon iTunes
Greg&Lizzy – “O Come All Ye Faithful” Amazon iTunes
Abigail Winzer – “God Rest Ye Merry Gentelmen” Amazon iTunes
Alanna Boudreau – “Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas” Amazon iTunes

We’ve arrived at the 3rd week of Advent in 2017 and more amazing music for the season awaits in episode #183. Some selections in the playlist include “Little Drummer Boy” and “Waiting in Silence” from Jaime Thietten, “Let All Mortal Flesh” from Sarah Kroger, and a fun one from Landers, “The Christmas Song”. Enjoy!

Song List
Vigil Project – “In Need of a Savior (feat. Andrea Thomas)” Website
Rebecca Roubion – “What Child Is This” Amazon iTunes
Collin Raye – “Away In A Manger (Album version)” Amazon iTunes
L’Angelus – “The First Noel” Amazon iTunes
Marian Grace – “Hark the Herald Angels Sing” Amazon iTunes
PJ Anderson & Emily Hackett – “O Holy Night” Amazon iTunes
Sarah Kroger – “Let All Mortal Flesh” Amazon iTunes
Chris Cole – “Silent Night” Amazon iTunes
Jaime Thietten – “Little Drummer Boy”, “Waiting in Silence” Website
Matt Maher – “Hark The Herald Angels Sing” Amazon iTunes
Landers – “The Christmas Song” Amazon iTunes
Scott Mulvahill & Sarah Kroger – “O Little Town of Bethlehem” Amazon iTunes

Advent 2017 is now underway and like we’ve done in the past we’re featuring all Advent and Christmas music for the rest of the year. Start your Advent in the right way with some these timeless and original songs from artists like Matt Maher, Josh Blakesley, Sarah Hart, The Vigil Project, Tori Harris and many more.

#181

Song List
Matt Maher – “Come To The Water – I Will Run To You” Amazon
Chris Muglia – “Let It Be Done” Amazon
Curtis Stephan – “Ready the Way” Amazon
Marian Grace – “Come Thou Long Expected Jesus” Amazon iTunes
St Paul’s Choir School – “Still Still Still” Amazon iTunes
Sarah Hart – “Christ the Lord”
Ike Ndolo – “Awake, O Sleeper” Amazon
Benedictines of Mary, Queen of the Apostles – “Gabriel’s Message” Amazon iTunes
Josh Blakesley – “Love Has Captured the Night” Amazon
Jack Cassidy – “A Cradle in Bethlehem” Amazon iTunes
Marian Grace – “O Come O Come Emmanuel” Amazon iTunes
Matt Maher – “Silent Night” Amazon iTunes

#182

Song List
Vigil Project- “Prepare Him Room (feat. Greg&Lizzy” Website
Marian Grace – “Come Thou Long Expected Jesus” Amazon iTunes
Greg&Lizzy – “O Come All Ye Faithful” Amazon iTunes
Kara Klein – “Do You Hear What I Hear”
Collin Raye – “Angels We Have Heard On High” Amazon iTunes
Tori Harris – “Amazing Love” Amazon iTunes
Abigail Winzer – “O Come O Come Emmanuel” Amazon iTunes
L’Angelus – “O Little Town of Bethlehem” Amazon iTunes
Jaime Thietten – “O Holy Night” Website
Vigil Project – “Savior of the World (feat. John Finch)” Website
Matt Maher – “Glory (Let There Be Peace)” Amazon iTunes
Josh Blakesley – “The Kingdom Comes” Amazon iTunes
Sarah Hart – “On a Night Like This” Amazon iTunes