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#90 Catholic Playlist Show

Catholic Playlist #90

Welcome everyone to another Catholic Playlist show, where we play the best and the newest contemporary Christian music – music exclusively from Catholic artists. The beauty of this show is that we might play a great song from an artist you never heard anywhere else. We love finding new music and sharing it with you, and this week is no exception. We’ve got new songs from Greg & Lizzy and Matt Faley in the playlist this week, plus music from Collin Raye, Dave Moore, Donny Todd, Josh Blakesley, and Kara Klein. Cooper Ray leads off the playlist with “Every Day I Will Sing” and Alanna Boudreau finishes the playlist with “Satie Song”.

Here’s the iTunes playlist for those interested in adding some songs or albums to their personal collection:

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Crowdfunding: Francis Cabildo

One of the more enjoyable parts of producing the Catholic Playlist is that we can help artists pursue their dreams of recording music. Francis Cabildo has launched a project on Kickstarter to record his first full length worship album and we’re pleased to help him promote it and reach his goal. We’ve played a couple of his singles on the show in the past and look forward to hearing his new music. About his music, Francis says:

I want nothing more than to sing and play music that helps people encounter Jesus, to know his love and be transformed by Him. Music has aided me in my journey towards Him and I know that it can do that for others as well.

We ask you to prayerfully consider helping Francis get his album recorded by making a donation towards his project.

For details of the his project and to pledge, go to his Kickstarter page.

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#89 Catholic Playlist Show

Catholic Playlist #89Just in time for the Independence Day holiday in the US is the newest Catholic Playlist show. As always we invite you to discover the joy of the Gospel through the power of this music each week. Many listeners tells us they enjoy listening because they get a chance to discover new music and artists they can add to their own personal playlists.

This week we invite you to check out the brand new single “Memorial” from Ike Ndolo, along with music from Matt Faley, Joe Zambon, Shaun Garrison, Cody Roth, Sarah Hart, and Marie Miller returns to the playlist as well. Dante Schmitz starts it all off with “Everything”

Just want to get your hands on the music? Here’s the iTunes playlist with links directly to the songs in this show:

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#88 Catholic Playlist Show

Catholic Playlist #88You’ve come to expect the best and some of the very newest contemporary Christian music from Catholic artists only on the Catholic Playlist. And we continue to deliver great music from Catholic artists that you won’t hear on any other radio station or podcast.

In the playlist this week we have Dee Simone, John Finch, Matt Maher, Luke Spehar and Chris Bray. We play another song from last week’s featured new artist Hope and Justin, plus we have two songs from Ike Ndolo in the playlist too, including a new single recently released in April.

And this week we welcome the listeners of Billings Catholic Radio, KJCR 1240AM and 97.5FM to the Catholic Playlist show network! We’re happy to have them on board, and we decided to start this week’s show with a song from an artist who is from the region – Jaime Thietten – It’s A Good Day.

And here’s the iTunes playlist for your music discovery:

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Catholic Playlist Worship – #23

Catholic Playlist WorshipThe latest episode of the Catholic Playlist Worship program once again plays your favorite sacred and traditional Catholic music for your listening enjoyment. The playlist this week features Jackie Evancho, Kitty Cleveland, Friar Alessandro, Andrea Bocelli, and Collin Raye. Vince Ambrosetti is the newest artist we’ve added to the playlist this week. We think you’ll like his traditional sound to all of your favorite mass hymns.

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#87 Catholic Playlist Show

Catholic Playlist #87The Catholic Playlist show is a showcase of some of the best and very newest music released today by Catholic artists. We have a new featured artist this week – Hope and Justin – and we have cool mix of new and previously unplayed music in the playlist, with songs from Katy Blythe, PJ Anderson, Dante Schmitz, Connor Flanagan, Alverlis, Greg & Lizzy and Of The Tower. We have two songs from Josh Blakesley Band in the playlist too, including the first song “Revive Us” from their latest album “Even In This”.

Hope and JustinOur featured new artist this week is Hope & Justin. Hope and Justin have been playing music together since the first night they met, which was over 10 years ago now, but they are still at it and are joined by what they say are “incredibly talented friends”. They describe their music as homegrown music with lots of soul: everything you loved about 70’s folk and bluegrass with a modern vibe. In 2013 they released their second album titled “Eastern Bound”, and they’ve been rewarded for their hard work and talent, having been selected as “New Folk Finalists” in the Texas Kerrville Folk Festival, semi-finalists in the International Songwriting Competition (chosen among 20,000 contestants), and awarded “Best Folk Song” in the West Coast Songwriter’s Competition. Hope & Justin are making their Catholic Playlist debut with “St Michael’s VW” from their latest album “Eastern Bound”.

And making a return to our blog posts here for each show, here are links in iTunes of all the songs in this week’s playlist.

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Catholic Playlist Worship – #22

Catholic Playlist Worship #22It’s been awhile since we’ve posted an episode of the Catholic Playlist Worship show! For all you fans of traditional and sacred music, this is your kind of music with selections from The Priests, Kitty Cleveland, Collin Raye, and the Benedictines of Mary, Queen of the Apostles. Plus, we have a selection from the album just released by The Monks of Norsica featuring some great Gregorian chant. Enjoy!

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#86 Catholic Playlist Show

Catholic Playlist #86Welcome to another Catholic Playlist show, the show that plays the best and the newest contemporary Christian music – music exclusively from Catholic artists. And what a great playlist we have this week. We’re excited to be able to play music from Sarah Kroger, Matt Faley, Delmore, Mike Mangione & The Union, Pasquale Talarico and a double dose of Tori Harris too. Out of Darkness takes the first position in the playlist this week with their song “The Hands and Feet of Jesus”.

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#85 Catholic Playlist Show

Catholic Playlist #85It’s great to have you along for this week’s episode, as we share the joy of the Gospel through the power of music, a catholic playlist of music. Contemporary Christian music in fact, but from Catholic artists only. It’s a showcase really of the some of the best and very newest music released today by these artists. It’s a wide variety of music too – folk, rock, pop, country, celtic, a little bit of hip hop too, which reflects the wide diversity you’ll find in the Catholic church. It’s so much fun to put these playlists together!

And this week we’ve got another great playlist to share. We have selections from Kevin Heider, Donny Todd, John Finch, Alanna Boudreau, Andrea Thomas and a double shot of Matt Maher too. Mikey Needleman takes the #1 position on our playlist this week with “Gathered In Your Name”

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#84 Catholic Playlist Show

Catholic Playlist #84The discovery and sharing of new music is both rewarding and fun. Who doesn’t like to tell their friends to listen to something that we like and are pretty sure they are going to like too? The fact that we get to discover and share new music with you through this show is nothing short of amazing.

So it’s with great anticipation that in this week’s show we’re debuting a brand new song from Fr Pontifex and his new album ‘The Invincibles’. The playlist also has music from Dee Simone, Audrey Assad, Ike Ndolo, Matt Faley, Kara Klein, Sarah Hart and a host of other great artists, including Dave Moore who gets the show started with “Swept Away”.

The second segment of the show is where you’ll find Fr Pontifex’s new song. Many of you may be asking – Who is “Fr Pontifex”? Well, Fr Pontifex is a priest in the diocese of Evansville, Indiana and he’s quite a talented Catholic hip hop artist who has now recorded 3 full length albums. You might be wondering why we’d play hip hop or ‘rap’ music on the Catholic Playlist, even if it is from a Catholic priest. The answer is that first this music is quite good, but second that this show is about discovering new music that carries the Catholic message – a message in a genre that’s attractive to our youth right now, and you need to know about it to be able to share it with others who might really enjoy it.

Pontifex-InvinciblesThe song we’ll be debuting is called “Ocean” and it’s the lead the single off of his new album “The Invincibles”. The song is about being called by God to the great adventure. One of the lines in the song – “Safer in your waters than these shores is what you promise” – encapsulates the meaning of this piece. God may call us to the deep waters, to the unknown and to place that is not comfortable but with that he promises his presence and grace. He walks with us and directs our steps.

Who are you going to discover and hear for the first time in this hour?