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S3:E28 Catholic Playlist Show #139

Featuring Alanna Boudreau, E.P.I.C. the Band, and Mike Mangione

We found new music for you in this week’s Catholic Playlist Show. Episode #139 brings you music from Alanna Boudreau’s new album Champion and a new group, E.P.I.C. the Band, suggested we give their music a spin, and after sampling it, we’re happy to oblige. We haven’t heard from Mike Mangione & The Union in quite a while, so we you’ll hear “Are We Going To Rise?” to fix that problem. And we picked songs we haven’t played before from the FOCUS Worship team (“Sing My Love/Like An Avalanche”), Taylor Tripodi (“Forgiven”) and Mathias Michael (“How Great Thou Art”).

Next week you can look forward to new music from Aly Aleigha’s new album “The Labyrinth” and Lee Roessler’s new album “How Sweet The Sound.”

Song List
Alanna Boudreau – “O Anxious One” iTunes
The EPIC Band – “My Eyes” Amazon iTunes
Dante Schmitz – “Alive in Me” Amazon iTunes
FOCUS Worship – “Sing My Love/Like An Avalanche” Amazon iTunes
Ben Walther – “Ablaze” Amazon iTunes
Mike Mangione & The Union – “Are We Going To Rise?” Amazon iTunes
Shaun Garrison – “Exceeding” Amazon iTunes
Mathias Michael – “How Great Thou Art” Amazon iTunes
Lee Roessler – “So Small” Amazon iTunes
Kevin Heider – “All I Want (Love Come Alive)” Amazon iTunes
Taylor Tripodi – “Forgiven” Amazon iTunes
Luke Spehar – “All Is Gift” Amazon iTunes

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S3:E24 Catholic Playlist #135

With New Featured Artist Kyle Sinkule

Who are you going to discover and hear for the first time in this hour of the best and newest contemporary Christian music from Catholic artists? What song is going to surprise you, touch your heart, inspire you, make you want to raise your hands and praise Him? Like most of you, we thought that quality contemporary Catholic Christian music was virtually non-existent – but this show has proven that there IS great music out there by talented Catholic artists and there’s a LOT more of it than we expected.

In this Catholic Playlist #135 we’ll play songs from Matt Maher, Ben Walther, Josh Blakesley, Dana Catherine, Collin Raye, Greg&Lizzy, Sarah Kroger and more.

Kyle SinkuleAnd don’t miss our new featured artist Kyle Sinkule. We share a song from his debut EP, “Walk With Me“, a journey of understanding the mercy, forgiveness, and promises of God. Don’t miss it!

Song List
Kyle Sinkule – “Saul” Amazon iTunes
Dana Catherine – “My Savior in Me” Amazon iTunes
Alverlis – “Love Changes Everything” Amazon iTunes
Army of Me – “In My Blood” Amazon iTunes
Ben Walther – “A Light to the Nations” Amazon iTunes
Ceili Rain – “Greater Things” Amazon iTunes
Collin Raye – “I Get What I Need” Amazon iTunes
Danielle Noonan – “You Call Us” Amazon iTunes
Greg & Lizzy – “Cathedral” Amazon iTunes
Jeremy and Ryan – “Unstoppable”
Josh Blakesley – “Sing Hallelujah” Amazon iTunes
Lee Roessler – “So Small” Amazon iTunes
Matt Maher – “Abide With Me” Amazon iTunes
Sarah Kroger – Love In Your Time” Amazon iTunes

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S3:E21 Catholic Playlist Show #132

It's All About Mercy

You already know this is a Jubilee Year of Mercy, so we thought it would be fun to put together a playlist of songs with ‘mercy’ in the title or with a mercy theme, so this week our playlist is all about mercy. Featured is PJ Anderson with 3 selections from his new album aptly titled “Mercy, Mercy”, as well as John Finch, Tori Harris, The Thirsting, and Pontifex with the acoustic version of “No Mercy”, which is a bonus track on his album “The Invicibles”.

Next week our show will feature music from artists performing at World Youth Day 2016 in Krakow, Poland, and Dan Francis makes his debut on the Catholic Playlist as our New Featured Artist.

Song List
Alob & Emily Wilson – “Mercy Wins” Amazon iTunes
John Finch (feat. Rita West) – “Heart of Mercy” Amazon iTunes
Greg&Lizzy – “Lord Have Mercy” Amazon iTunes
PJ Anderson – “Mercy, Mercy” Amazon iTunes
Pontifex – “No Mercy (Acoustic)” Amazon iTunes
PJ Anderson – “Your Name Is Mercy” Amazon iTunes
The Thirsting – “Ocean of Mercy” Amazon iTunes
South by North (feat. Tori Harris) – “Coming Home” Amazon iTunes
Audrey Assad – “Love Is Moving” Amazon iTunes
PJ Anderson – “You Grace Is Amazing (Live)” Amazon iTunes
Matt Maher – “Abide With Me” Amazon iTunes
Ben Walther – “Mighty To Save” Amazon iTunes

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S3:E20 Catholic Playlist Show #131

Hear New Music from Ben Walther, Alob & Emily Wilson

Discovery of new music and artists is a key part of what the Catholic Playlist show is all about. Missing a show means you’ll fall behind in discovering great new Christian music that you can share with friends and family. Sometimes all it takes is one song to help someone dig deeper in their faith, or awaken a dormant faith, or just give a little inspiration and encouragement in their day.

This week we’re pleased to have new music and a new artist in the Catholic Playlist. First, Ben Walther released his second album titled ‘Ablaze’, a 5 song collection that exhorts us to become a light in the darkness. In fact the title track, which leads off the second segment of the show, does just that with this refrain:

“Let’s set the world on fire, let’s raise his banner higher.”

alobFollowing that debut we have a new single to share from Andrew Laubacher (a.k.a ALOB) and Emily Wilson titled “Mercy Wins”. Alob is new to the Catholic Playlist but not new to the Catholic music scene as he’s collaborated and worked with many Catholic artists like Connor Flanagan, Katy Blythe, Francis Cabildo, and now Emily Wilson. “Mercy Wins” was written by Emily and Andrew and they “hope this song inspires all to love God more and accept the Mercy that is so freely given to us – His mercy that conquers all.”

Song List
Ben Walther – “Ablaze” Amazon iTunes
Alob & Emily Wilson – “Mercy Wins” Amazon iTunes
Rebecca Roubion – “Anywhere I Go” Amazon iTunes
Adam Bitter – “Rest in God Alone” Amazon iTunes
Steve Angrisano – “A Rightful Place” Amazon iTunes
Joe Zambon – “I Just Want Peace” Amazon iTunes
Aly Aleigha – “You Are” Amazon iTunes
Shaun Garrison – “Exceeding” Amazon iTunes
Kevin Heider (feat. Alanna Boudreau) – “The Great Flood” Amazon iTunes
Pasquale Talarico – “Arise” Amazon iTunes
Rachel Ann & Cassandra Acree – “Fill Up My Darkness” Amazon iTunes
Francis Cabildo – “Make Me Whole” iTunes
Matt Faley – “Here I Am” Amazon iTunes

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S3:E17 Catholic Playlist #128

Hear Debut of New Album from Sarah Hart

Catholic Playlist #128The Catholic Playlist is expanding! This week the show welcomes the listeners of Catholic Community Radio to the Catholic Playlist. The Catholic Playlist Show can now be heard Saturday afternoons on 690AM WQNO New Orleans and 1380AM WPYR Baton Rouge in Louisiana. We are so happy to have y’all on board! These 2 new stations raises the total to 25 radio stations across the US playing the show.

This week our lineup of performers include Curtis Stephan, FOCUS Worship, Fr Rob Galea, Lee Roessler, Chris Bray, Dee Simone and many others. We’re pleased to debut a single from Sarah Hart’s new studio album “Till the Song is Sung” and Aly Aleigha leads off our playlist with a newly released single, “Race Along”. Enjoy!

Song List
Aly Aleigha – “Race Along” Amazon iTunes
Army of Me – “White Flag Flies” Amazon iTunes
Ben Walther – “Christ Is Lord” Amazon iTunes
Chris Bray – “I Surrender All” Amazon iTunes
Curtis Stephan – “Miracle of Grace” Amazon iTunes
Dee Simone – “lovesick” Amazon iTunes
FOCUS Worship – “Be with Me” Amazon iTunes
Fr Rob Galea – “Alive” Amazon iTunes
WAL – “Always and Everywhere” Amazon iTunes
Lee Roessler – “So Small” Amazon iTunes
Luke Spehar – “The Problem” Amazon iTunes
Sarah Hart – “Joy In These Bones” Amazon iTunes
Rachel Ann & Cassandra Acree – “Still I Run” Amazon iTunes

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S3:E11 Catholic Playlist Show #123

Catholic Playlist Show #123A great mix of music highlights this episode of the Catholic Playlist show. We have some ‘older’ selections like “My Everything” from The New Name and “The Road” by The Thirsting, as well as some newer releases like “Amplified” by Mathias Michael and “God Alone” from the FOCUS Worship Team. Other artists appearing in playlist #123 include Greg&Lizzy, Ben Walther, Tori Harris, Out of Darkness, Sarah Hart and others. Enjoy!

Looking for the full playlist? Here you go!

Tori Harris – “King of Kings”
Mathias Michael – “Amplified”
Out of Darkness – “Hallelujah Sing”
Sarah Hart – “Walk Through the Valley”
Greg&Lizzy – “Who I Am”
Ben Walther – “You Are Mine”
FOCUS Worship – “God Alone”
Delmore – “I’ll Sing to You”
Rebecca Roubion – “Martyr Heart”
Joe Zambon – “I Just Want Peace”
The Thirsting – “The Road”
The New Name – “My Everything”
NOVUM – “Made Your Way“


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S3:E4 Catholic Playlist Show #115

Catholic Playlist #115After 2 weeks off the Catholic Playlist show returns with great contemporary Christian music from Catholic artists. We have the debut of 2 new singles in the playlist, one from PJ Anderson, the other from Jeremy & Ryan. Also in the playlist is Teresa Peterson, who’s going to be touring the midwest in March and April, Emily Wilson, Tori Harris, Ben Walther, Steve Angrisano, and Out of Darkness.

The debut from PJ Anderson titled “Love Will Heal” leads off our playlist. It was released this in conjunction with his appearance at the March for Life Youth Rally and Mass in 2016. Enjoy!

Join us next week as we’ll have a new Lenten song from Josh Blakesley and something from Audrey Assad’s new album, “Inheritance”.

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Catholic Playlist #107

Catholic Playlist #107Thanks for streaming the show and we share the joy of the Gospel through the power of contemporary Christian music. And not just any music, but some of the best and even the very newest music released today by Catholic artists. Next week the first Sunday of Advent will be upon us and we’re going to be playing only Advent and Christmas music during the season – and there is a lot of great music here too! So don’t miss our Advent music shows throughout the season coming up next week, but until then, we’ve got another great playlist put together with tracks from Kara Klein, Dave Moore, Mikey Needleman, Taylor Tripodi, Fr Kevin McGoldrick, Dante Schmitz and others.

If you’re a fan of country music this next segment of the show is for you! Starting with our new featured artist this week, Wade Talley! We first heard Wade’s music at a Facebook group called Catholic Music Insiders – its a place for Catholic singers and songwriters to share their music, events and activities to help promote their work – and we thought he deserved a spot on the Catholic Playlist.

Wade TalleyWade grew up in Corning, Kansas and where he married his high school sweetheart and now has seven children on this earth and twin girls in heaven. He’s got a great story about his inspiration for writing songs that we’ll look to tell in a future show, but he just released his second album “To Sing Your Song” earlier this month, a follow up to his debut album “A Shot In The Dark”. His songs all center on themes of faith and family and speak of being a husband and a father as well as how to get through hard times. Wade makes his Catholic Playlist debut with “You Can’t Take It With You” in playlist #107. You can learn more about him and his music at www.wadetalleymusic.com

Here’s the iTunes playlist for this week’s show:


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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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#95 Catholic Playlist Show

Catholic Playlist #95Sharing the joy of the Gospel through the power of music is what we enjoy doing most with the Catholic Playlist show! And with the growing number of radio station playing the show and podcast listeners, we consider the Catholic Playlist show to be the most listened to Catholic contemporary Christian music show in America! It’s our mission to play the best and some of the very newest contemporary Christian music from Catholic artists only.

We’re really excited about the playlist this week because we have a ton of great songs to share from artists like Marie Miller, John Finch, Tori Harris, Ben Walther and Pasquale Talarico. We’ve got the latest from Adam Bitter, plus our new featured artist this week is Taylor Tripodi!

TripodiTaylor is a student at Franciscan University of Steubenville in Ohio and has just released her debut EP titled “Be Glorified”. As for why she wrote these songs and made this album, she says “I want the whole world to know Christ and experience His unfailing love. He is so worthy of our praise, and so, may the Lord truly “Be Glorified” in this music, and may all those who listen to these songs draw closer to His Sacred Heart, all for His Glory!”

Check her debut in our second segment of the show:

For those interested in adding to their own playlists, here is this week’s playlist in iTunes: