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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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#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:

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#93 Catholic Playlist Show

Catholic Playlist #93We’re back with episode #93 of the Catholic Playlist show, finding and playing the best and newest contemporary Christian music from Catholic artists. And if you like the music you hear, be sure to to support these great artists by buying their music – we give you the artist and title for every song in the show so you can later look them up and maybe add some music to your collection – for instance this week we have music from Dave Moore, Dante Schmitz, Connor Flanagan, Sarah Hart, Greg & Lizzy, Dee Simone, plus we haven’t played anything from L’Angelus in a while, so we start playlist #93 with “River Road”:

Find all of the songs from playlist #93 in iTunes with our widget below or check them out on Amazon for mp3 versions.

Question: What’s your favorite song from this week’s show? What song would you like to hear next week?

Answer this week’s question by commenting on this post below:

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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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#82 Catholic Playlist Show

Catholic Playlist #82Welcome aboard the show that plays the best and some of the very newest contemporary Christian music from Catholic artists only. We’ve got a great playlist this week that features Collin Raye, Connor Flanagan, Jaime Thietten, John Finch, Katy Blythe, Luke Spehar, PJ Anderson and New Name; plus we added a new track from Matt Maher’s new album ‘Saints & Sinners’ somewhere in the playlist – stay tuned for that later in the show.

Now that the show is nearing 2 years on the air, we want to know the answer to this question: Has your personal playlist changed since you discovered and listened to the Catholic Playlist show? Are you listening to new artists and music that you never knew about before? If so, tell us about it! Post a comment below, on our Facebook page or our Contact Us link above and tell us how your playlist has changed since you started listening to the show.

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#78 Catholic Playlist Show

Catholic Playlist #78There’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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#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:

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#61 Catholic Playlist Show

Catholic Playlist Show #61

Sharing the joy of the Gospel through music – here is Playlist #61!

This is another great show, with music from Ike Ndolo, Connor Flanagan, Kevin Heider, Peter Buncher Band, and others. Plus we have the brand new single just released by Matt Maher called “Because He Lives”, and our new featured artist this week is Of The Tower, who just released their debut EP titled “Sacred Heart”.

Here’s the iTunes playlist for #61:

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#57 – Catholic Playlist Show

Catholic Playlist Show #57

The Catholic Playlist show shares the joy of the gospel through music, as we sift through and find the best and some of the very newest contemporary Christian music exclusively from Catholic artists. This is original music that doesn’t get played anywhere else, so listen along with us and you might end up adding a few songs and artists to your own personal playlist!

We have a great selection of music for you this week. Our playlist lineup includes music from Andrea Thomas, Marie Miller, Ike Ndolo, Alanna Boudreau, Connor Flanagan and others, including Sam Rocha with his brand of Augustinian Soul that is unique and beautiful. L’Angelus gets the show started off with a little foot stompin’ music and the energy just builds from there. Check out this unique collection of songs and let it inspire you today.

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Song of the Week – Sept 22, 2014

Katy Blythe

Welcome to the Catholic Playlist Song of the Week! The song for the week of September 22nd 2014 is “New & Free” from Katy Blythe. Katy is a Pittsburgh, PA native who is currently studying at Franciscan University of Steubenville. Earlier this year she released her debut EP simply titled ‘N E W’. When writing the songs on this album she found inspiration in everyday circumstances. Two of the songs were written in between classes during the semester and another was written while weeding plants outside of campus at Franciscan University. And the song “New & Free”, Katy says was “written after being sick and tired of lies from the Evil One. We are rebuilt, renewed and we can stand on the truth of His love for us.” Here is Katy Blythe with our Catholic Playlist Song of the Week – “New & Free”:

If you like this song, get it now or check out her EP on iTunes: