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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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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 #100

Catholic Playlist #100It’s our 100th episode! It’s been a joy to produce and host the Catholic Playlist from the beginning, and this week for our 100th playlist we take a look back and celebrate some of the best and newest contemporary Christian music from Catholic artists that we’ve discovered and enjoyed along the way. We start the playlist with some of the most familiar names in the industry and then transition to some of our favorite new artists that we’ve all come to enjoy – Tori Harris, Connor Flanagan, PJ Anderson, Matt Faley, Alverlis, Katy Blythe, Dante Schmitz, and Taylor Tripodi. We also celebrate the diversity of the music to be found these days as Catholic hip hop artist Pontifex, aka Fr Claude Burns, makes an appearance in the playlist.

Kevin McGoldrickPlus we are so excited to debut a song from our new featured artist this week, Fr Kevin McGoldrick. His new album “Square Peg, Round Hole” is available for pre-order right now on iTunes and Amazon and we highly recommend it to our listeners! It’s a bluesy and joyful work of art with 10 amazing songs that bring the true, the good and the beautiful right into your ears.

You know, when first started the Catholic Playlist we didn’t know of very many contemporary Catholic artists so those we did know were featured quited often in the early playlists, starting with Matt Maher, who really needs no introduction:

Here’s our playlist with links to iTunes:

And here are your playlist links to the music in Amazon:

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#96 Catholic Playlist Show

Catholic Playlist #96Episode #96 of the Catholic Playlist is here! We like to say that we’re sharing the joy of the Gospel through the power of music, because music has an undeniable ability to move the soul of the listener. And music that glorifies God and stirs the soul, is truly an instrument to bring people to the Lord and to build unity. It’s a great and bold mission we take up each week to produce the show, and we are grateful for the opportunity to do this work. This week’s playlist features performances from Alverlis, Audrey Assad, Dave Moore, Matt Faley, Hope and Justin, Donny Todd, and last week’s new featured artist Taylor Tripodi.

Here’s the iTunes playlist with links to all the songs in show #96:

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Question: We’ll be producing our 100th episode is coming soon. What songs would you like to hear? Should it be a greatest hits themed show? Should we countdown our favorite songs or new artists? Let us know in the comments below!

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#94 Catholic Playlist Show

Catholic Playlist #94It’s the 94th edition of the Catholic Playlist show and this week we have a stellar lineup of artists representing a wide variety of styles and sound. We have selections from Josh Blakesley Band, Collin Raye, Sarah Kroger, Shaun Garrison and Teresa Peterson, plus Lee Roessler who’s currently in the studio working on a new album. A request from a listener gave us our lead off track this week, which is Ike Ndolo and one of our very favorite songs “Wade In The Water”. Finally, we have a fun and playful song in the mix too – “Sing Along (Catholic Love Song)” by David Casper. Listen to the lyrics closely and see if it doesn’t have you smiling throughout!

This week we’re also pleased to announce that another radio station has added the Catholic Playlist to their schedule. Please join us in welcoming the listeners of Queen of Heaven and Earth Radio, KQHE 92.7FM in Fairbanks, Alaska to the show!

For those interested in adding some of the music you heard on this show to your personal playlists, here are the iTunes links to all of the songs:

Question: Does your local Catholic radio station broadcast the Catholic Playlist show yet? If they aren’t, let us know the station (ex WJTA 88.9FM or KJCR 1240AM) in the comments and we’ll contact them and let them know that some of their own listeners want to hear the Catholic Playlist!

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#91 Catholic Playlist Show

Catholic Playlist #91It’s great to have you along with us again this week as we continue to share the joy of the Gospel through the power of contemporary Christian music. We see this playlist as a showcase of the some of the best and very newest music released today by Catholic artists. In fact this week Jeremy and Ryan is our new featured artist in the playlist and around them are many of your favorite artists like Matt Maher, PJ Anderson, Tori Harris, Kevin Heider, Ben Walther, Chris Bray and more.

Listen to the show using the player below or grab our mobile app to listen on your favorite mobile device or follow this link on your mobile device.

Arise EP from Jeremy and RyanAs we mentioned and posted earlier this week, our new featured artist this week is Jeremy and Ryan. We’ve received a lot of good comments not only about their music, but also about them personally. Seems like they did know “that this is exactly what God had planned for us.” Check out “Your Love Goes On” in the playlist this week and then grab their EP Arise today if you like their music as much as we do.

And finally, here is the iTunes playlist for all of the music in show #91:

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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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#83 Catholic Playlist Show

Catholic Playlist #83Welcome friends to the Catholic Playlist show! For those of you who might be new to the show, you might be asking, “What is the Catholic Playlist show?” Well, simply put, the Catholic Playlist is a show where you’ll hear the best and some of the very newest contemporary Christian music from Catholic artists. This is music you won’t hear on mainstream Christian radio stations but it deserves to be heard!

Right now the show is heard on 16 radio stations across the US, including our 2 newest affiliates – the Living Bread Radio Network in Canton and Youngstown in Ohio and Aquinas Communications on KCRD-LP in Dubuque, Iowa and soon to be another new signal reaching Galena, IL.

This week our playlist features a unique collection of music, from the likes of The Thirsting, Sam Rocha, Stephen Kirk, Joe Zambon, Greg&Lizzy, Dane Schmitz and Alverlis. And Josh Blakesley Band is featured at the very top of the playlist with ‘Sing Hallelujah’.

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#80 Catholic Playlist Show

Catholic Playlist #80We’ve got new music this week from Matt Maher, Dave Moore and Cody Roth, plus Dante Schmitz is our new featured artist this week on the Catholic Playlist show.

Welcome to the Catholic Playlist where we share the joy of the Gospel by playing the best and some of the very newest contemporary Christian music from Catholic artists. We’re so pleased to be able to share this new playlist of songs with you this week which includes a new selection from Matt Maher’s new album ‘Saints and Sinners’, a new song from Dee Simone’s debut EP ‘Lovesick’, and our new artist Dante Schmitz; plus songs from performers like Andrea Thomas, Shaun Garrison, Josh Blakesley Band, Dave Moore and Greg&Lizzy.

Dante SchmitzAs for our featured new artist this week, Dante began his music ministry in middle school and high school, when he attended Saint Joseph’s parish in Norman and sang in a band that headlined youth rallies and retreats around the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City. Dante attributes his talent and love of music as a clear sign that this is what God wants him to do. In fact, performing Christian music has become more than just a form of spiritual expression for Dante; it has become a way of sharing and growing spiritually with people from all walks of life. Something he consistently hears from listeners after performing is, “I don’t like Christian music, but I really enjoy what you’re doing.” For Dante this is the greatest affirmation of success. And with God’s grace, his music will continue to be a light for those in darkness and bridge the gap between spiritual and secular listeners. For his Catholic Playlist debut we play the title track from his latest album ‘Brighter Than The Sun.”

Finally, here is the iTunes playlist of all the songs in show #80:

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#76 Catholic Playlist Show

Catholic Playlist #76Catholic Playlist show #76 comes to you near the midpoint of Lent 2015 and let it be a little bit of encouragement and sunshine during this penitential season.

Now that we’ve been doing this show for nearly 2 years, we have built up a nice sized library of music that keeps expanding every week as new artists come along (Matt Faley, Teresa Peterson, Shaun Garrison, Dave Moore) and new albums are released (Greg & Lizzy, Mikey Needleman, and Matt Maher on 3/17). So we packed the playlist tight this week chock full of great music and a couple of new songs. Included in Playlist #76 are Alverlis, Katy Blythe, Tori Harris, Ike Ndolo, Greg & Lizzy, Matt Faley, Josh Blakesley and others. And be sure to check out the first track from Kevin Heider called St Brigid’s Fire. Even though it’s written about St Brigid, it makes for a great Irish drinking song fit of St Patrick’s day. Enjoy!