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#71 Catholic Playlist Show

Catholic Playlist #71Sharing the joy of the Gospel through the power of another great playlist of the best and some of the very newest contemporary Christian music from Catholic artists. In playlist #71 we play Matt Maher’s latest single, plus music from Shaun Garrison, Tori Harris, Marie Miller, NOVUM, Steve Angrisano, and Collin Raye. The last segment leads off with a unique song from Kevin Heider that celebrates the feast of St Brigid which is on Feb 1st, and last but not least is our new featured artist, Teresa Peterson who has a new EP coming out on Feb 10th. Catch the debut of ‘Calling Me Higher’ from Teresa, as well as an interview we did with her about the new record at the start of our second show segment. Listen now:

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Featured New Artist: Teresa Peterson

Teresa Peterson

The new featured artist this week on the Catholic Playlist show is Teresa Peterson. Based in Philadelphia, Teresa is a singer/songwriter and worship leader who is set to release a new EP titled “Freely Fully” on February 10, 2015. It’s been a journey of perseverance and discovery for Teresa to reach this point in her career. As she describes it, “I had my own idea of how my music was going to go. My career. My path. My future. When that didn’t happen in the way I planned, I thought perhaps God didn’t want to use me. That my dreams were meant to die and stay buried, deep below the ground. But thankfully, our God is a God of resurrection. Our God is a God of hope. Our God is a God of faithfulness. It was in this resurrection process where these songs came from.”

Freely Fully from Teresa PetersonWe’re pleased to debut the first single “Calling Me Higher” from her EP in Catholic Playlist Show #71 coming out on Friday, January 30, 2015. We also had the opportunity to interview Teresa to discuss her background, music and inspiration for the new EP. Catch an edited version of the interview in the show or listen to the full interview:

 

You can learn more about Teresa and her music at www.teresapetersonmusic.com, plus pre-order her music right now on iTunes or Amazon

One more thing – check out the video for Calling Me Higher too:

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Song of the Week – January 26, 2015

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Welcome to the Catholic Playlist Song of the Week! Our song for the week of January 26th 2015 is “Bridge To Your Heart” from John Finch. When John was a child in his hometown of Pearl River, Louisiana, he grew up sitting at the piano spending countless hours crafting his own music creations. All of those hours led to the September 2013 release of his first record, Broken Steeples. In 2014, he went to Nashville to begin creating a new music project and in November released a new single titled “Bridge to Your Heart,” It’s a song of forgiveness and rekindling love through our faults, and it’s our Catholic Playlist Song of the Week – Bridge to Your Heart, from John Finch:

Learn more about John Finch at his website – www.johnfinchmusic.com – or get the music now on iTunes or Amazon

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#14 – Catholic Playlist Worship

Catholic Playlist Worship #14Welcome to the 14th edition of the Catholic Playlist show – Worship edition. Once again we are playing for you the best and some of the newest sacred and traditional Catholic music available for your listening enjoyment. It’s all a part of sharing the joy of the Gospel through the power of music. In this episode we have a playlist put together that I think you’re really going to like – our playlist features The Priests, Collin Raye, Matt Maher, Twila Paris, Anna Nuzzo, Michelle Romary and more, including the Dominican Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist. The second segment of the show is focused on Eucharistic or Communion songs, starting with ‘I am the Bread of Life’ from Collin Raye, followed by ‘Be Adored’ from Benedictio. Enjoy!

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#70 Catholic Playlist Show

Catholic Playlist #70And welcome everyone to another Catholic Playlist show, where we share the joy of the Gospel through the power of music. How? By finding and playing the best and some of the very newest contemporary Christian music, but from Catholic artists only. I’m not kidding when I say that we play the very newest music, because this week we’re pleased to debut the first single from Mikey Needleman’s latest album called ‘Your Ways’. We’ll be featuring that in the second segment of the show. We will also be playing a special song from Danielle Rose called ‘Little Flower’ from her Culture of Life album as we wrap up Respect for Life week and the annual March for Life in Washington DC. The playlist also features a great lineup of other performers – like Kara Klein, Andrea Thomas, Delmore, Joe Zambon, Luke Spehar, Jackie Bissin and Audrey Assad.

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Featured Artist: Mikey Needleman

Mikey Needleman

Coming up in Catholic Playlist show #70 is the debut of Mikey Needleman’s new single “Gathered In Your Name”. Mikey hails from Kansas City and is the lead singer and front man for the The Mikey Needleman Band. He taught himself guitar first followed by the drums, bass, keys, and any other instrument he could get his hands on. Through his music he has been able to lead others into a place of worship they have never been to before, allowing the Spirit to move in the melodies and engage the hearts of those gathered. He’s no stranger to the Catholic Playlist, as we’ve played a couple of songs from his 2011 release “All For You”.

Your Ways - Mikey NeedlemanHis newest release “Your Ways” from World Library Publications is coming out on Tuesday, January 27, 2015 and we’re pleased to be able to debut a song from it in show #70 – ‘Gathered In Your Name.’ To learn more about Mikey Needleman Band check out their website at mnband.com.

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Song of the Week – January 19, 2015

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Welcome to the Catholic Playlist Song of the Week! Our song for the week of January 19th 2015 is ‘Little Flower’ from Danielle Rose. Born into a musical family in Duluth, MN, Danielle grew up playing the violin and later played in an alternative rock band. Ultimately her spiritual and vocational journey led to her current music ministry and latest album titled “Culture of Life”. A visit to a Chinese orphanage for abandoned babies with special needs resulted in an album of powerful and mostly positive songs about motherhood, chastity, contraception, adoption, post-abortive healing, the redemptive value of suffering, the universal call to holiness, the unrepeatable nature of each soul and euthanasia. The song ‘Little Flower’ is based on this quote attributed to Mother Teresa – “How can there be too many children? That is like saying there are too many flowers.” This week happens to be Respect Life Week and that makes ‘Little Flower’ from Danielle Rose a great choice for the Catholic Playlist Song of the Week!

You can purchase this song or any of Danielle’s music at www.daniellerose.com or on iTunes:

Danielle teamed up with the amazingly talented folks at Spirit Juice Studios to film a video for the song ‘Little Flower’ on location in China at an orphanage for abandoned babies with special needs. A powerful pro life message! Please watch and share!

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#69 Catholic Playlist Show

Catholic Playlist #69Sharing the joy of the Gospel through music by playing the best and some of the very newest contemporary Christian music from Catholic artists only. This is music you aren’t going to hear anywhere else – not because it’s not good enough, but because no one else is playing it! In fact, until we started this show, we had no idea how many great artists and awesome songs were out there. But if you’ve been listening to this program for some time, you know that there are a LOT of great artists out there and we’re discovering more each week. In fact, this week we’re featuring Shaun Garrison as our new artist – and we already have new artists lined up in the next few weeks and we’re really excited about that. But we are also excited about the playlist we have for you this week featuring PJ Anderson, John Finch, Steve Angrisano, Connor Flanagan, Sarah Kroger, Kevin Heider and more.

Here is the iTunes playlist for show #69:

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#13 – Catholic Playlist Worship

Catholic Playlist WorshipWelcome to 2015 and on the Catholic Playlist Worship show it’s more of the best and newest sacred and traditional Catholic music available for your listening enjoyment. It’s all a part of sharing the joy of the Gospel through the power of music. The playlist this week features Collin Raye, Kitty Cleveland, Benedictio, the WLP Choir and many others. Michelle Romary leads off the playlist with “Breath of Heaven”, followed by “O Lord I Am Not Worthy” by Collin Raye.

The iTunes playlist for this show:

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Featured New Artist: Shaun Garrison

Shaun Garrison

We’re pleased to announce that Shaun Garrison is our new featured artist this week on the Catholic Playlist show. Back in August 2014 we told you about Shaun’s Kickstarter project to record his first album, and we’re pleased to tell you that it’s here! Before we go too far, let’s get to know him a little better. Shaun is originally from Pensacola, Florida and moved to Denver, Colorado in 2001. He’s been involved with youth and music ministry at various parishes, along with campus ministry as a FOCUS missionary. Along with being a husband and father to 4 children, one of his greatest passions is music and song writing. On his Kickstarter campaign page Shaun says that “God planted this desire in me about 15 years ago, this inexplicable longing to write and record original music. I’ve been waiting a long time to see this come to fruition. This isn’t just a “fun project” – it’s the realization of a dream, a major life goal.”

shaun-garrison-2As you know his fundraising was successful and on January 1st he released his debut album, titled “Exceeding”. His sound reminds me of All Sons and Daughters, so if you like their music you’ll enjoy this album. For his Catholic Playlist debut we’ll be playing the title track “Exceeding”.

Learn more about Shaun and his music at www.shaungarrison.com or right here on iTunes: