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S3:E13 Catholic Playlist Show #124

Catch Two New Releases This Week

Catholic Playlist #124Two new releases highlight Episode #124 of the Catholic Playlist show this week. First, it’s one of the latest releases from The Vigil Project. Greg&Lizzy return with a new song titled “Seeking + Saving” and give us the story behind the writing of the song.

The Light - Extraordinary Mission MusicAnd we’re pleased to debut a single from a new album titled “The Light” from Rachel Ann & Cassandra Acree. The duo was formerly known as SimplyRC, but now they unite for a new EP of music featured in Extraordinary Mission events led by Dr John Wood. The single is titled “Fill Up My Darkenss” and Cassandra offers us some insight into what inspired her to write this song.

Other music in playlist comes from Taylor Tripodi, Kevin Heider, Kara Klein, Teresa Peterson, Ceili Rain, and Michael James Mette returns to the playlist with his song “The Beat Goes On”.

Here’s your playlist for this episode:

Greg&Lizzy – “Seeking + Saving”
Rachel Ann & Cassandra Acree – “Fill Up My Darkness”
Teresa Peterson – “He Makes All Things New”
Sarah Kroger – “This Is My Story”
Taylor Tripodi – “Here I Am”
Kevin Heider – “All I Want (Love Come Alive)”
Kara Klein – “Way Maker”
Alverlis – “You Give Me Peace”
Ceili Rain – “The King & I”
Of The Tower – “Follow You”
Michael James Mette – “The Beat Goes On”
Stephen Kirk – “Rising“


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S3:E11 Catholic Playlist Show #123

Catholic Playlist Show #123A great mix of music highlights this episode of the Catholic Playlist show. We have some ‘older’ selections like “My Everything” from The New Name and “The Road” by The Thirsting, as well as some newer releases like “Amplified” by Mathias Michael and “God Alone” from the FOCUS Worship Team. Other artists appearing in playlist #123 include Greg&Lizzy, Ben Walther, Tori Harris, Out of Darkness, Sarah Hart and others. Enjoy!

Looking for the full playlist? Here you go!

Tori Harris – “King of Kings”
Mathias Michael – “Amplified”
Out of Darkness – “Hallelujah Sing”
Sarah Hart – “Walk Through the Valley”
Greg&Lizzy – “Who I Am”
Ben Walther – “You Are Mine”
FOCUS Worship – “God Alone”
Delmore – “I’ll Sing to You”
Rebecca Roubion – “Martyr Heart”
Joe Zambon – “I Just Want Peace”
The Thirsting – “The Road”
The New Name – “My Everything”
NOVUM – “Made Your Way“


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S3:E11 Catholic Playlist Show #122

Another new release from the Vigil Project

Catholic Playlist #122It’s wonderful to be back after a couple of weeks off, mostly due to hosting the Holy Family Radio annual pledge drive. All the prep and on air work involved with that event makes it a little tough to put together a great show. But that’s exactly what’s in store for you in playlist #122.

A new release from the Vigil Project headlines this episode of the Catholic Playlist. “I Have Seen The Lord” by John Finch is the latest from the Vigil Project and offers a passionate take on the Easter experience as seen from Mary Magdalene’s perspective. John offers more about the inspiration to the song to lead off the second segment of the show, which you can also watch right now:

Other great artists and songs heard this week include Matt Faley (“On My Own”), Matt Maher (“Deliverer”), Jaime Thietten (“Chasing Me”) and Donny Todd (“Heart”).

Sharing the joy of the Gospel through the power of music, listen now:

Here’s playlist #122, in no particular order:

John Finch (The Vigil Project) – “I Have Seen The Lord”
Matt Faley – “On My Own”
Josh Blakesley Band – “Sing Hallelujah”
Cody Roth – “Freedom Falls Like Rain”
Jaime Thietten – “Chasing Me”
Matt Maher – “Deliverer”
Benjamin Jude – “We Fix Our Eyes On You (Live)”
Marie Miller – “6’2”
Donny Todd – “Heart”
Hope and Justin – “Faith”
Dante Schmitz – “Shine on Me”
Chris Bray – “Go“


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S3:E10 Catholic Playlist Show #121

It's time to sing Alleluia!

Catholic Playlist #121Happy Easter! It’s time to sing Alleluia again because He is risen for us today. So happy to be back and posting a new show this week (You can find old shows on our archive page.

A new single from Sarah Kroger headlines the playlist this week, her first new music in about 3 years. Titled “This Is My Story“, Sarah shares the story behind with a thoughtful post on her blog. As a bonus, she also release a video of the song too:

Also in the playlist this week is Fr Rob Galea, Taylor Tripodi, Lee Roessler, Ike Ndolo, and Aly Aleigha to name a few.

Now, if you enjoy the Catholic Playlist and discovering new artists and music, I want to let you know you can support the show financially during Holy Family Radio’s Radiothon pledge drive now until Friday April 10. Just click here to make your donation. All we’re asking for is a simple one-time gift to help offset the cost of producing the Catholic Playlist for Holy Family Radio, the producer of the show. All of your gifts will enable us to keep the show going and expanding to more stations and a bigger audience.

Thank you and enjoy the show!



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S3:E6 Catholic Playlist Show #117

Great Music for Lent

Catholic Playlist #117Sharing the joy of the Gospel through the power of music for Lent, it’s the Catholic Playlist show! A program where we search out and assemble a playlist of the some of the best and very newest contemporary Christian music out there from Catholic artists. If you’re new to the show, we promise you’ll discover music and artists you didn’t know before – and it’s great stuff!

Audrey Assad InheritanceWe continue with finding some great music for Lent, plus we have a selection from Audrey Assad’s brand new album “Inheritance” later in the show. Artists heard this week include Danielle Rose (“Sharing Calvary”), Collin Raye (“Were You There?”), Andrea Thomas (“Crying Out To You”), Tori Harris (“Less of Me”), and many more.

Enjoy!


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S3:E5 Catholic Playlist Show #116

Spotlight on Lent Themed Music

Catholic Playlist #116The season of Lent is upon us and we hope and pray its been a fruitful one for you so far. This week’s episode is the first in a series of playlists with Lent-related music sprinkled throughout to mark the Lenten season. Some examples include Josh Blakesley Band’s “Here At The Cross”, Sarah Kroger’s “Run to the Cross” and Sarah Hart with “Be With Me, Lord (Ps 91)”. “One Dark Night” by Fr Kevin McGoldrick is another good song for lent, as is Audrey Assad’s “I Shall Not Want” from her album Fortunate Fall.

We’re always looking for some of the newest music to play, and this week we’re pleased to debut a new single from Teresa Peterson titled “He Makes All Things New”, which happens to be the name of her spring tour starting in February. Check out her website for dates and concert locations.

Last, but not least, Fr Rob Galea joins the playlist this week with “No Greater Love”. We think you’ll like his sound and is a solid addition to our roster of artists.

Enjoy!

Come back next week when we’ll have new music from Audrey Assad’s newest release, “Inheritance”.

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S3:E4 Catholic Playlist Show #115

Catholic Playlist #115After 2 weeks off the Catholic Playlist show returns with great contemporary Christian music from Catholic artists. We have the debut of 2 new singles in the playlist, one from PJ Anderson, the other from Jeremy & Ryan. Also in the playlist is Teresa Peterson, who’s going to be touring the midwest in March and April, Emily Wilson, Tori Harris, Ben Walther, Steve Angrisano, and Out of Darkness.

The debut from PJ Anderson titled “Love Will Heal” leads off our playlist. It was released this in conjunction with his appearance at the March for Life Youth Rally and Mass in 2016. Enjoy!

Join us next week as we’ll have a new Lenten song from Josh Blakesley and something from Audrey Assad’s new album, “Inheritance”.

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S3:E3 – Catholic Playlist Show

New album from FOCUS Worship Team

S3:E3 Catholic Playlist #114Sharing the joy of the Gospel through the power of music is what the Catholic Playlist is here to do. Thank you for listening both on the radio and by podcast! In this episode of the playlist we have a couple of new song debuts. First we have a song from a new album titled ‘Origin’ featuring the worship team at FOCUS, the Fellowship of Catholic University Students, and then we have new music from Noelle Garcia and David McHugh to debut from their new album too. Plus music from Audrey Assad, Alverlis, Ceili Rain, John Finch and many more, including last week’s new featured artist Mathias Michael. Connor Flanagan, who is busy right now working on his next album, leads off the playlist with “Close To You”

By the way you can sample the album and buy it direct from FOCUS here: www.focus.org/origin

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S3:E2 – Catholic Playlist Show

With New Featured Artist Mathias Michael

S3:E2 Catholic Playlist ShowEpisode 2 of Season 3 brings you more great contemporary Christian music from some of your favorite artists. This week it’s Andreas Thomas, Matt Faley, Ike Ndolo, Tori Harris, Katy Blythe and more.

We play a new single from Dave Moore titled “Speak to Me” that we think you’ll like, plus PJ Anderson is headlining the Youth Rally at the Verizon Center for the March for Life this year and we have a song from him in the playlist this week.

Mathias Michael AmplifiedPlus our new featured artist is Mathias Michael, who won the first ever “Top Talent” competition at the 2011 National Catholic Youth Conference.

Enjoy!


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S3:E1 – Catholic Playlist & Worship

New Shows Kick Off 2016

The Catholic Playlist show returns in 2016 to continue the mission of playing the best and newest contemporary Christian music from Catholic artists. This marks our third season of shows, and we’ll be referring to them in Netflix fashion from now on and not by show number. So this show is Episode 1 of Season 3 or S3:E1. What do you think?

S3:E1 Catholic Playlist ShowA great playlist is in store for you in this episode as we have music from many new artists, like Jeremy & Ryan, Taylor Tripodi, Aly Aleigha, Fr Kevin McGoldrick and others such as Matt Maher, Greg&Lizzy, Josh Blakesley and more.

The biggest surprise in store for you leads off our second segment. Tom Wilson, the actor who plays Biff Tannen in the “Back to the Future” trilogy of movies, recorded a contemporary Christian music album in 2000 titled “In the Name of the Father.” Turns out that Tom is a devout Catholic and we couldn’t resist playing a track from the album. So if you want to know what Biff Tannen sounds like as a singer – singing Christian music – this show is your chance.

Catholic Playlist #42The Catholic Playlist Worship show returns in 2016 to continue playing many of the best and most loved Catholic hymns and traditional music. Episode #42 of the playlist features many of the artists you’re already familar with: Dominican Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist, Jackie Evancho, WLP Choir, Dan Schutte and others. We feature an original composition titled “Resolved” from James Rosenbloom in the playlist this week.