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Catholic Playlist Worship – #35

Catholic Playlist WorshipEpisode #35 of the Catholic Playlist Worship show offers some selections that we haven’t played in while, like “The Lord’s Prayer” by Jackie Evancho, “Peace Is Flowing Like A River” by Dana, and “Surely the Presence of the Lord Is in This Place” by Dawn Dinome. Plus we added Fr Stan Fortuna and his cover of “Gift of Finest Wheat”.

Other artists featured include Kathleen Fowle, The Monks of Norcia, James Rosenbloom, Collin Raye, L’Angelus and more.

Here are the links to the songs in the playlist in iTunes:


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Ablaze Radio Joins the Family!

Now on WNRE-LP 98.1FM in Duluth/Suwanee, GA

Ablaze Radio WNRE

We are very excited to announce that Ablaze Radio in Duluth/Suwanee, GA is now broadcasting the Catholic Playlist! You can hear the Catholic Playlist show every Saturday evening at 8pm ET.

We congratulate the staff at Ablaze Radio for getting WNRE-LP 98.1 FM on the air! This new low power FM station reaches an amazing population of 100,000 people. Check out their website at www.981ablazeradio.com.

Please join us in welcoming the new listeners of Ablaze Radio!

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Catholic Playlist #104

With new featured artist Aly Aleigha

Catholic Playlist #104Welcome 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 AleighaAly 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:

iTunes links to songs in playlist #104:


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Catholic Playlist Worship – #34

Catholic Playlist WorshipAnother great collection of sacred and traditional music awaits in Playlist #34 of the Catholic Playlist Worship show. You’ll hear great classic hymns such as “Come Thou Found of Every Blessing” by Collin Raye, a piano instrumental interpretation of “How Great Thou Art” from Jon Sarta, and “O Sanctissima” by Beth Nielsen Chapman. Some newer music includes “Taste and See” from Steve Angrisano, “Be Not Afraid” from Kitty Cleveland and “Sacred Silence” by Tom Booth.

Plus we have some Gregorian Chant and songs from Vince Ambrosetti, Dan Schutte, the Dominican Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist and the Benedictines of Mary, Queen of the Apostles.

Here’s the iTunes links to the songs in the playlist this week:

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New Featured Artist: Aly Aleigha

Aly Aleigha

We’re pleased to introduce you to Aly Aleigha, our new featured artist this week in Catholic Playlist show #104. We stumbled across her on Facebook last week and once we sampled the music from her debut EP “Jealous Love” we knew we had to share it with you!

A recent graduate of Franciscan University of Steubenville, Aly began leading worship at Mass and other Church events which then progressed into performing on stage. It wasn’t until her senior year at Franciscan things started falling into place for her to consider recording her songs. She remembers praying, “Okay, God, if you really want me to make an EP, I’ll do it–but if it ever becomes about me, take it away. And also, I need a banjo.” After a long search she discovered her answer had been living next to her for the entire year without knowing it!

Aly currently works at the University of Minnesota, Duluth Newman Center under Father Mike Schmitz, and in her free time travels to various parts of the country to lead music and give talks at different events. She’ll be very busy next summer, traveling to the Holy Land on a pilgrimage with Jeff Cavins as the worship lead, and then leading worship and teaching Theology of the Body on a month-long cruise leading up to World Youth Day.

Aly AleighaAly recorded her first EP, “Jealous Love”, at the end of her senior year at Franciscan and was released in June 2015. We’ll be playing the title track from the EP in Catholic Playlist #104, due out on Friday, October 30, 2015. Click the album image to get her EP from Amazon or click here for iTunes.

To learn more about Aly, her music, speaking and more, check out her website www.aly-aleigha.com, YouTube channel, Facebook and Instagram (all of which are under Aly Aleigha).

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Catholic Playlist #103

Catholic Playlist #103You 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:

And some choice picks for Amazon:

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Catholic Playlist Worship – #33

Catholic Playlist Worship #33We’re back again with more great music that will have your mind lifted up to God throughout. WLP Choir leads off the playlist with “Holy God, We Praise Thy Name”, and later Marian Grace join in with “Sweet Sacrament”.

The St Louis Jesuits bring us a classic recording of “Earthen Vessels”, which we haven’t heard in quite a while, and Jack Cassidy smoothly croons “Be Still My Soul” with a skill not often found in a 14 year old!

Other artists in the playlist include Kitty Cleveland, Jon Niven, Jackie Evancho, Edwin Fawcett, Vince Ambrosetti and more. Enjoy:

Here are the links to iTunes:

And selected songs at Amazon:

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Catholic Playlist #102

Catholic Playlist #102Discovering 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!

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Catholic Playlist Worship – #32

Catholic Playlist Worship #2October is the month of the Holy Rosary, so for this week’s edition of the Catholic Playlist Worship show we filled it with as many Marian songs and hymns that we could find.

The results include songs like “Immaculate Mary” by The Cathedral Singers, “Salve Regina” by L’Angelus, and “Sing of Mary” by The Glory Collective featuring Kevin Heider. Of course the show wouldn’t be complete with “Ave Maria To Thee Holy Virgin” by the Dominican Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist and “Hail Mary, Full of Grace” by the Benedictines of Mary, Queen of the Apostles. Oh, and “Ave Maria” by Andrea Bocelli isn’t to be missed too!

As usual, here are the iTunes links to the songs in the playlist:

And now on Amazon:

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New Song Featuring Tori Harris Released

Tori Harris announced earlier this week that “Coming Home”, a song she co-wrote for the band, South by North, was just released. The band was excited to have Tori sing the lead vocal, plus they produced this awesome music video to promote the song:

Inspired by the Year of Mercy,”Coming Home” is about the Prodigal Son and God’s Forgiveness. We’ll be putting this song into the next playlist show, episode #102 coming out tomorrow or Friday.

Get the song on iTunes now:

or pre-order the album on iTunes:

Or pre-order the album here at Amazon: