There’s a lot going on and so our posting this week will be brief. Holy Week is coming up and we continue to share the joy of the Gospel message here on the Catholic Playlist. Are you ready for the end of Lent and the passion of our Lord? Well this week we looked for music that could carry us through to the end of Lent and the promise of Easter. This week in the playlist you’ll hear music from Jackie Bissin, New Name, Connor Flanagan, Mikey Needleman, Joe Zambon, Tori Harris and more, including Danielle Rose who starts playlist #78 Sharing Calvary.
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#77 Catholic Playlist Show
New albums from Matt Maher, Chris Bray and WAL (formerly Jacob & Matthew Band) headline episode #77 of the Catholic Playlist show this week.
Matt 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.
On 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’.
Not 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’.
#76 Catholic Playlist Show
Catholic 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!
#75 Catholic Playlist Show
We have another great lineup for you this week, with music from Andrea Thomas, Sarah Hart, Tom Booth, Francis Cabildo and others, including Matt Maher who is arguably the biggest name in Catholic Christian contemporary music. I want you all to be aware that on January 23rd he used his Facebook page to announce a new studio album. In that little post, he simply wrote: “Excited to announce a new studio album “Saint and Sinners” releasing March 17th”. This will be his 8th album and is looking to extend his streak of 4 straight top 10 finishes on the Christian charts. A good song for Lent from Matt starts playlist show #75 – “Lay It Down”:
#74 Catholic Playlist Show
This week on the Catholic Playlist we have new music from Matt Faley, Jackie Bissin, and Michelle Romary, plus Dave Moore is our featured new artist in this edition of the Catholic Playlist show. As you know, we play some of the best and the newest contemporary Christian music from Catholic artists. We call it sharing the joy of the Gospel through the power of music.
We have a lot of new music this week – with a new selection from Matt Faley, an exclusive pre-release track from Jackie Bissin, a song from Chris Bray we haven’t played before, plus we’re very excited to feature Dave Moore this week – we think you’ll really like his music. And in case you missed Greg&Lizzy‘s debut of the first single ‘Cathedral’ last week from their new album Now That I Have Love
Featured New Artist: Dave Moore
The Catholic Playlist new featured artist this week is Dave Moore. Dave is a Christian Singer-Songwriter who’s passion and heart for God can be seen throughout all his life and music. In his website bio at davemooremusic.com, he says “I feel that my heart is to unite the people of God by leading them into these moments of intense and deep prayer, where the conflicts of life are forgotten and through song we can just focus on the vertical relationship, God and Man.”
Since becoming a solo artist, he says that he eventually “… realized that the greatest love song I could write wouldn’t necessarily be written for someone on earth, but rather for God. I believe that makes Him smile and that’s in a way what I strive for in my relationship with God… to do things and write things that would “make Him smile…” We hope his music makes you smile too.
For his Catholic Playlist debut, we play ‘Flood Our Hearts’ from the album “The Return”. Dave’s take on the song:
I think this song is relevant as we are dealing with so many crazy political views in this modern day and even amidst people in the church there is so much division… this song basically invokes the Spirit of God to overflow and “Flood our Hearts” bringing us new found Joy, Peace, Love and Charity. It uses phrases like “Give us a pure heart in a world of distractions” or “bind us together when opinion divides us” and “if we turn fix our eyes on you.”
Check out Dave’s music here on iTunes:
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And learn more about Dave and his music at his website at www.davemooremusic.com.
#73 Catholic Playlist Show
Greg&Lizzy release a new EP next week and we debut the first single, plus new songs from Mikey Needleman, Sam Rocha and Michael James Mette headline this edition of the Catholic Playlist show. We share the joy of the Gospel through the power of music with a playlist of some of the best and the very newest contemporary Christian music from Catholic artists. Discover new artists and songs that will inspire and encourage you each and every week. And this week we have music from Out of Darkness, Sarah Kroger, Tori Harris, Joe Zambon, Cody Roth and more, including a sneak peek of the first single from Michael James Mette’s newest album titled ‘Arts+Humanity’ and more.
By the way, Greg&Lizzy’s new album ‘Now That I Have Love’ will be available everywhere on February 23, 2015. Learn more about them at their website gregandlizzy.com
Here is the iTunes playlist for this week’s show, minus ‘Cathedrals’ from Greg&Lizzy and Mikey Needleman’s song from his latest album ‘Your Ways’:
Song of the Week – Feb 16, 2015
The Catholic Playlist Song of the Week for February 16, 2015 is “Here I Am” from Matt Faley. Matt works full-time in Catholic young adult ministry and uses this platform to share the gifts and talents he has been given to re-invigorate the Gospel for college students and young adults. He uses the art, beauty and transformative power of music and songwriting to speak to the heart of the Gospel, and his honest reflections do not just scratch the surface, but speak deeply to the heart of every person. And the song ‘Here I Am’ does just that, digging down into the core of what it means to be human, down on our knees as ‘weak and wounded’ people. It’s our Catholic Playlist Song of the Week from Matt Faley – ‘Here I Am’:
If you like this song, check out his EP “The Only Light” now on iTunes:
#72 Catholic Playlist Show
The title single from Josh Blakesley Band’s new album hightlights this edition of the Catholic Playlist show, where we share the joy of the Gospel through the power of music. This week you’ll hear from Teresa Peterson, Alverlis, PJ Anderson, Ike Ndolo, new selections from Matt Faley (“Here I Am”) and Katy Blythe (“I Thirst”), Jaime Thietten and more.
Listen to the full playlist, you just might discover a new favorite song!
#71 Catholic Playlist Show
Sharing 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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