We’ve reached the 4th Sunday of Advent which means that Christmas and the birth of Christ is very near. We wrap up our special Advent and Christmas music series with a great list of songs including some familiar favorites in these final episodes of Catholic Playlist and Catholic Playlist Worship for 2015.
We now move to the Third week of Advent and the anticipation is growing as the time winds down to the birth of our Savior. To help you get ready and into the spirit of this liturgical season, hear more sounds of the Advent and Christmas season in the latest episodes of the Catholic Playlist and Catholic Playlist Worship shows.
More sounds of the Advent and Christmas season are in store for you in the latest episodes of the Catholic Playlist and Catholic Playlist Worship shows. We enter into the Second week of Advent as we continue to prepare ourselves for the coming of the Messiah and we hope this music helps get you encouraged and inspired to make straight the paths to your heart.
For our fans of contemporary music we have many great favorites to listen to in our playlist, including “Emmanuel” by Steve Angrisano, “O Holy Night” by L’Angelus, and “Love Has Come” by Matt Maher. Plus you won’t want to miss brand new songs from Tori Harris and Brian Campbell from the brand new compilation album “Vital Christmas: Dance of Joy”.
For those of you who prefer more traditional music, we think you’ll enjoy this Catholic Playlist Worship playlist containing many of your favorite songs and hymns performed by artists like The Priests, Jackie Evancho, Jon Sarta, The Boys of St Paul’s Choir School and more.
And don’t miss next week’s shows, as we have brand new releases to share from Josh Blakesley, Shawn Williams and more!
Sharing the joy of the Gospel through music – this is the Catholic Playlist show. Normally we’d be playing the best and some of the very newest contemporary Christian music from Catholic artists only. But this Sunday marks the start of the new Liturgical year and the Advent season, so instead for the next several weeks we’ll be playing the best and yes, some of the newest Advent and Christmas music available, including some brand new releases in the coming weeks.
Our playlist this features special music from Matt Maher (“Silent Night”), Josh Blakesley (“Love Has Captured the Night”), Sarah Hart (“Christ Is Lord”), Marian Grace, Ike Ndolo, Curtis Stephan, and The Boy’s Choir of St Paul’s Choir School sings “O Come All Ye Faithful” too. Enjoy!
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Thanks for streaming the show and we share the joy of the Gospel through the power of contemporary Christian music. And not just any music, but some of the best and even the very newest music released today by Catholic artists. Next week the first Sunday of Advent will be upon us and we’re going to be playing only Advent and Christmas music during the season – and there is a lot of great music here too! So don’t miss our Advent music shows throughout the season coming up next week, but until then, we’ve got another great playlist put together with tracks from Kara Klein, Dave Moore, Mikey Needleman, Taylor Tripodi, Fr Kevin McGoldrick, Dante Schmitz and others.
If you’re a fan of country music this next segment of the show is for you! Starting with our new featured artist this week, Wade Talley! We first heard Wade’s music at a Facebook group called Catholic Music Insiders – its a place for Catholic singers and songwriters to share their music, events and activities to help promote their work – and we thought he deserved a spot on the Catholic Playlist.
Wade grew up in Corning, Kansas and where he married his high school sweetheart and now has seven children on this earth and twin girls in heaven. He’s got a great story about his inspiration for writing songs that we’ll look to tell in a future show, but he just released his second album “To Sing Your Song” earlier this month, a follow up to his debut album “A Shot In The Dark”. His songs all center on themes of faith and family and speak of being a husband and a father as well as how to get through hard times. Wade makes his Catholic Playlist debut with “You Can’t Take It With You” in playlist #107. You can learn more about him and his music at www.wadetalleymusic.com
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It’s our NCYC Catholic Playlist show! NCYC 2015 is next week, November 19-21, 2015 in Indianapolis and all of the artists in the show this week will be performing! This is one of our favorite and easiest shows to produce each year because we can’t go wrong selecting songs from the best Catholic artists of contemporary Christian music. In past years we only knew of a small handful of artists so we couldn’t fill a whole show, but this year there are so many talented artists appearing at NCYC this year that we can’t include them all!
Appearing in the playlist this week are the co-hosts of NCYC 2015 Jackie Francois-Angel and Paul J Kim, along with an all star lineup of Matt Maher, Josh Blakesley, PJ Anderson, Audrey Assad, Jeremy & Ryan, Lee Roessler, Curtis Stephan, WAL, Steve Angrisano and Pasquale Talarico.
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Some of the best and very newest music released today by Catholic artists is yours again this week with show #105 of the Catholic Playlist. This week we have music from last week’s new featured artist Aly Aleigha, along with Andrea Thomas, Connor Flanagan, Joe Zambon, Katy Blythe, Shaun Garrison and Francis Cabildo who just released his new EP “Make Me Whole”. Rebecca Roubion leads off the show this week, and you have until November 15th to make a donation to support her first full length album project “Sleepless Nights” on Kickstarter.
Plus our new featured artist this week is Benjamin Jude who released his debut EP “The Light” in the last month or so. We checked it out and thought you ought to take a listen too. You can learn more about Benjamin at his brand new website – www.benjaminjude.com.
Finally, we want to welcome a new affiliate to the growing numbers of radio stations broadcasting the show. Please join us in welcoming those listening at WNRE-LP, Ablaze Radio, on 98.1FM in Duluth, GA and surrounding areas. We’re so happy to have you on board!
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Welcome to the show that plays the best and very newest contemporary Christian music from Catholic artists today – a little show we call the Catholic Playlist. This is great inspirational music that you won’t hear anywhere else, so get ready to discover new music and new artists that you never knew about until right now. In our playlist this week we have the new radio single from Matt Maher’s latest album, great selections from Taylor Tripodi, Greg & Lizzy, John Finch, Josh Blakesley, and Jeremy & Ryan. Plus we have new featured artist this week – Aly Aleigha.
Aly Aleigha is a recent graduate of Franciscan University of Steubenville and currently works at the University of Minnesota, Duluth Newman Center under Father Mike Schmitz. Aly’s debut EP “Jealous Love” was recorded at the end of her senior year at Franciscan and was released in June 2015. To learn more about Aly, her music, speaking and more, check out her website www.aly-aleigha.com.
Enjoy the show:
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You already know our tag line of “sharing the joy of the Gospel through the power of music”, which means playing the best and some of the very newest contemporary Christian music from Catholic artists only.
But this week we really demonstrate that commitment! For the newest music, we have a song from Andrea Thomas’ brand new album “Will You Go”, a new single from Audrey Assad, another song from Fr Kevin McGoldrick’s album that’s coming out soon, and we’ll play “Coming Home” featuring Tori Harris again. As for the best in music, we have Matt Maher who just won 2 Dove awards, the most prestigious awards in Christian music. One was for Songwriter of the Year and the other for Worship Song of the Year, “Because He Lives”.
Other great artists in the playlist include Dee Simone, Collin Raye, Dante Schmitz, Matt Faley and more.
Your iTunes links to the songs in the show:
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Discovering new music is one of our favorite things about doing the Catholic Playlist, and this week doesn’t disappoint! We are always on the look out for new music and artists for the show, and this week we found Danielle Noonan, making her debut with “There Is No One Like You” from her album ‘The Awaken Project’.
In addition to searching out new music, we keep watch over what’s happening in the Catholic music scene and there’s a lot going on right now. For example Lee Roessler, who makes an appearance in the playlist this week, is working on a new album, as is Sarah Hart, Connor Flanagan and Rebecca Roubion. And Tori Harris has co-written and is featured in a new single released this week called “Coming Home”. Inspired by the coming Year of Mercy, the song is about the prodigal son and God’s forgiveness and judging by the comments we’ve read, it’s a hit. Check out the video of the song that we posted earlier too.
The rest of the playlist features performances from Out of Darkness, John Finch, Greg & Lizzy, Chris Bray, Dave Moore, Ben Walther, Hope and Justin (who we just learned is set to release their new album “Love & War” in 2016) and Army of Me. Enjoy!
Next Week: New music from Andrea Thomas!
Don’t forget to add your favorites to your personal playlists!