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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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#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!

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#75 Catholic Playlist Show

Catholic Playlist Show #75We 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”:

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#74 Catholic Playlist Show

Catholic Playlist #74This 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, don’t worry because that’s where we start the playlist!

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#73 Catholic Playlist Show

Catholic Playlist #73Greg&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.

Greg & LizzyBy 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’:

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#72 Catholic Playlist Show

Catholic Playlist #72The 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!

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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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#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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#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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#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: