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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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#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?

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#77 Catholic Playlist Show

Catholic Playlist #77New albums from Matt Maher, Chris Bray and WAL (formerly Jacob & Matthew Band) headline episode #77 of the Catholic Playlist show this week.

mm-saintsMatt Maher released his new album titled ‘Saints and Sinners’ on March 17th and it does not disappoint. In fact, it’s hard to pick one or two favorites from the album because the music is so good. We got our hands on the deluxe edition which has a 18 tracks, for over an hour of music goodness and inspiration. We start the playlist with his first radio single ‘Because He Live (Amen)’, and then later in the playlist we picked ‘Everything Is Grace’ for an encore. We think you’ll like it.

chris-bray2On the same day Chris Bray dropped his new album called ‘The Praises of His People Live’. Chris’s latest work reflects his desire to “create a project that enables people to be able to enter into worship with God. The goal of this record was to create an experience that Christ followers could worship along with in their car on their way to work or throughout their day and feel like they are part of a larger church, together worshipping our Creator.” So he assembled a group of worshippers together and captured an evening of praise singing their favorite worship songs: songs like ‘10,000 Reasons’, ‘Our God’, ‘Lord I Need You’, ‘Your Love Never Fails’, ‘Oceans’ and more, including the one in the playlist, ‘Great Are You Lord’.

WALNot only did Jacob & Matthew Band release a new EP on Marth 12th, but they also announced a name change to WAL. According to their new website walmusic.com, after 12 years being known as Jacob and Matthew Band, they have decided through prayer and discernment to rename themselves to WAL. In going this new direction, they said that “God sees all of us, wonderfully made, and wants us to know that we are loved. This love is what propels us to share His love with other people, through music.” The new EP is titled ‘Always and Everywhere’, and in the playlist is the title track, ‘Always & Everywhere’.

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Most Popular Show So Far

Catholic Playlist MusicWe don’t have a new show for you this week, but we thought we’d let you know which past episode has proven to be the most popular. It turns out that episode #55, released on September 19, 2014, is our most popular show to date based on the number of podcast plays.

And it is by far the most played episode to date.

So let’s take a closer look at episode #55. The new featured artist that week was Emily Wilson and her song ‘Beautiful and Yours’, along with songs from Chris Bray, Katy Blythe, Out of Darkness, Sarah Hart and Steve Angrisano. But it might be the set of songs from the performers at the Abbey Faith and Music Festival at Daylesford Abbey in Pennsylvania that sets this episode apart. Up first was Kara Klein, then Greg&Lizzy, followed by Audrey Assad and then wrapping up with Matt Maher. That’s a great lineup, and it made for a great show:

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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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#7 – Catholic Playlist Worship

Catholic Playlist Worship

Welcome to another Catholic Playlist – Worship edition! This is where you can hear 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. Playlist #7 this week features music from The Priests, Marian Grace, Jon Sarta, L’Angelus Band, Friar Alessandro and many others. Included is a new original song from Jackie Evancho, titled “Open Fields of Grace”.

For those interested in picking up some of the music from this show or other songs from these artists, check out the iTunes playlist:

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#58 – Catholic Playlist Show

Catholic Playlist Show #58

Sharing the joy of the gospel through music, that’s what the Catholic Playlist show is about. As always we have a great show in store for you, with music from Luke Spehar, who we featured 2 weeks ago, Sarah Kroger, Emily Wilson, Kara Klein, Jaime Thietten, Delmore and others, like PJ Anderson who released his new album “Rise” on Oct 7. It debuted at #11 on iTunes and we congratulate PJ on his success and play “Come Alive” from “Rise” to start the show.

Here’s the playlist in iTunes to help you add some music to your collection:

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#55 – Catholic Playlist Show

Catholic Playlist Music

Thanks for checking out this latest Catholic Playlist, where we pick the best and the newest contemporary Christian music – music exclusively from Catholic artists – for your listening enjoyment.  Who will you discover in today’s show?

Our playlist lineup this week includes music from Chris Bray, Katy Blythe, Out of Darkness, Sarah Hart and Steve Angrisano. Our new featured artist this week is Emily Wilson, and we’re going to start off the show with a set of songs from the performers at this weekend’s Abbey Faith and Music Festival at Daylesford Abbey in Pennsylvania. So if you weren’t able to go or you live too far away, you’ll get a taste of the concert with the first 4 songs in a row from those performing this weekend. Up first is Kara Klein, then Greg&Lizzy, followed by Audrey Assad and then wrapping up with Matt Maher.

Check out the songs from the playlist in iTunes and add them to your collection:

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#46 – Catholic Playlist Show

Catholic Playlist Show

Welcome to another Catholic Playlist show – playing the best and newest contemporary Christian music from Catholic artists. Our playlist today has songs from Collin Raye, Chris Bray, Marie Miller, SimplyRC, Sarah Kroger, Army of Me, Alanna-Marie Boudreau and Audrey Assad.

Leading off the show this week is Tori Harris. First congratulations to Tori as her new EP Sweet Dolor rose to #2 on the iTunes Gospel & Christian chart on Tuesday, she’s doing interviews with all sorts of radio stations, and is appearing this weekend in Oshkosh, WI at Lifest with big name acts like Casting Crowns, Toby Mac, Mandisa – in fact she’s the only Catholic artist there, so kudos to her! I think she’s set to breakout and songs like ‘King of Kings’ will make it happen. Enjoy the show!

What do you think of the show? What song would you like to hear in the next show? Comment and let us know!