S4:E12 Catholic Playlist Show – #163

New Music from Matt Maher & Audrey Assad

Catholic Playlist Show #163

New music from Matt Maher & Audrey Assad leads off our playlist this week in Episode #163. “Oh Mercy” is featured on a new album released by Stu Garrard and Matt and Audrey don’t disappoint. NOVUM offers a cover of Bethel’s “No Longer Slaves” on their new EP “From the Ground” and in the playlist, plus fans of music with a hip-hop vibe will dig “Waterfall” from Connor Flanagan. So many great songs can be found in the playlist too from Kyle Sinkule, Aly Aly Aleigha, Alanna Boudreau, Danielle Noonan and others.

Song List
Matt Maher & Audrey Assad – “Oh Mercy” Amazon iTunes
NOVUM – “No Longer Slaves” Amazon iTunes
Connor Flanagan – “Waterfall” Amazon iTunes
Alanna Boudreau – “Dismantled by Love” iTunes
Ricky Vazquez – “House of Cards” Amazon iTunes
Out of Darkness – “Of the Fathers Love Begotten” Amazon iTunes
Sarah Hart – “Joy in These Bones” Amazon iTunes
Danielle Noonan – “Undone” Amazon iTunes
Kyle Sinkule – “Saul” Amazon iTunes
Aly Aleigha – “Race Along” Amazon iTunes
FOCUS Worship – “Help My Unbelief” Amazon iTunes
Greg&Lizzy – “Who I Am” Amazon iTunes

Catholic Playlist Worship #88 and #89

Playlists for Lent Continue

Catholic Playlist Worship #88 #89

Finally getting caught up with posting Catholic Playlist Worship shows, with this post containing the latest 2 episodes for Lent.

More music for lent highlights episode #88 of Catholic Playlist Worship. Notable songs include “Walk Through The Valley” from Sarah Hart and “Sharing Calvary” by Danielle Rose. The Benedictines of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist (“O Sacred Head Surrounded”) and WLP Choir (“At The Cross Her Station Keeping”) offer some long standing traditional hymns for Lent. They’re joined by Michelle Romary, Voces8, L’Angelus, Marian Grace, the Monks of Norcia, and more.

Great music for Lent can again be found in the playlist for episode #89 this week, notably “Lord Have Mercy” performed by Greg&Lizzy and released as part of Vigil Project Series 1 in 2016. To learn more about the Vigil Project, visit www.thevigilproject.com. Other music heard this week include selections from Jon Sarta, Katy Blythe, Kitty Cleveland, Andrea Bocelli and the Benedictines of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist. Be sure not to miss “The Litany of the Saints” from the Schola Cantorum of St Peter at the end!

Song List
Sarah Hart – “Walk Through the Valley” Amazon iTunes
The Priests – “Amazing Grace” Amazon iTunes
St Louis Jesuits – “Turn to Me” Amazon iTunes
Voces8 – “Miserere Mei” Amazon iTunes
Jon Sarta – “Hosea”, “Jesus, Remember Me”, “Were You There”, “What Wondrous Love Is This” Amazon iTunes
Michelle Romary – “Go in Peace” Amazon iTunes
L’Angelus – “Jesus My Lord, My God, My All” Amazon iTunes
Benedictines of Mary, Queen of the Apostles – “O Sacred Head Surrounded”, “Improperia” Amazon iTunes
WLP Choir – “At the Cross Her Station Keeping” Amazon iTunes
Marian Grace – “Lead Kindly Light” Amazon iTunes
The Monks of Norcia – “Sancta Et Immaculata” Amazon iTunes
Danielle Rose – “Sharing Calvary” Amazon iTunes
The Vigil Project (Greg&Lizzy) – “Lord Have Mercy” Amazon iTunes
Katy Blythe – “I Thirst” Amazon iTunes
Audrey Assed – “It Is Well With My Soul” Amazon iTunes
Choir of St Ignatius of Loyola – “O vox omnes: O vos omnes” Amazon iTunes
Andrea Bocelli – “The Lord’s Prayer” Amazon iTunes
Kitty Cleveland – “You Are Near” Amazon iTunes
Beth Nielsen Chapman – “Oh God of Loveliness” Amazon iTunes
The Schola Cantorum of St Peter – “The Litany of the Saints” Amazon iTunes

Catholic Playlist Worship #87

Music for Lent Continues

Catholic Playlist #87

We hope your Lent is proving to be spiritually fruitful so far this year. To help, we have more music to help you in your journey to the Lords Passion.

“Behold the Wood” by Dan Schutte leads off our next playlist for Lent in episode #87 of the Catholic Playlist Worship show. He’s joined by Greg&Lizzy with a selection from last year’s Vigil Project Series #1 album as well as FOCUS Worship with “Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence”. Other artists appearing this week include Jaime Thietten, Collin Raye, Jon Sarta, Dee Simone, Ed Bolduc and several others.

Song List
Audrey Assad – “It Is Well With My Soul” Amazon iTunes
Benedictines of Mary – “Stabat Mater” Amazon iTunes
Beth Nielsen Chapman – “Ave Verum Corpus” Amazon iTunes
Collin Raye – “Were You There?” Amazon iTunes
Dan Schutte – “Behold the Wood” Amazon iTunes
Dee Simone – “be still” Amazon iTunes
Ed Bolduc – “If Today” Amazon iTunes
FOCUS – “Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence” Amazon iTunes
Greg&Lizzy – “Lord Have Mercy” Amazon iTunes
Jaime Thietten – “In This Place” Amazon iTunes
Jon Sarta – “Hosea”, “What Wondrous Love Is This” Amazon iTunes
WLP Choir – “Crux Fidelis” Amazon iTunes

S4:E4-E7 Catholic Playlist Show – #155 thru #158

From Upbeat to Silence for Weeks...

Catholic Playlist Show

It figures. I play up a special episode featuring all ‘super upbeat’ songs, which proved really popular, and then I don’t post a new show for nearly 2 months. From upbeat to silence for weeks…how ironic.

New shows have been produced nearly every week since the upbeat show, and I’ll post some explanation as to why the posts have been delayed soon, but until then enjoy this catch up post featuring 4 shows:

#155
After releasing an “upbeat” theme show featuring all high energy songs, this week we take things a little slower, but only a little. Some of the music in the playlist includes “Coming Home” by Joe Zambon, “Even The Winter” by Audrey Assad, “Even In This” from Josh Blakesley and “Innocent” by Francis Cabildo. Other artists you’ll hear include Out of Darkness, Alob, Kara Klein, Tori Harris, Dave Moore and others.

#156
The process of selecting music for each playlist sometimes leads us to find songs on albums that we didn’t notice before. That’s the case this week as we realized that “Curls” from Katy Blythe’s debut EP ‘NEW’ was a really good song. Same goes for “All I Am Is Yours” by Benjamin Jude and “Lead Me To You” by John Trabbic. Catch these tracks plus more from NOVUM, Mikey Needleman, Taylor Tripodi, Jaime Thietten, Cooper Ray and more.

#157
Lent is underway in 2017 and while we won’t be playing songs with alleluia in the title or in the lyrics (but we might miss one here or there — please forgive!), we will keep playing the best and newest contemporary Christian music by Catholic artists. This week we have title track Undone from Danielle Noonan’s new EP, as well as songs from Alverlis, Kyle Sinkule, Dan Francis, Greg&Lizzy, Marie Miller and more.

#158
The latest release from Chris Bray highlights this episode of the Catholic Playlist show. We debut 2 songs from Chris’ album “Joy In My Heart” in the playlist – “King In His Kingdom” and “In The Name”, and surround them with great tracks from Stefania Elsmore, Dana Catherine, Ike Ndolo, Matt Maher and many more.

Song List
New songs heard in these 4 shows are found below. Otherwise, you can find links to the songs and artists in these show in previous episodes here on the website.

Cody Roth – “Colors Left Unseen” Amazon iTunes
EPIC The Band – “Agape” Amazon iTunes
Danielle Noonan – “Undone” Amazon iTunes
Chris Bray – “King in His Kingdom”, “In His Name” Amazon iTunes


S4:E2 Catholic Playlist Show – #153

Catholic Playlist #153

One of great things about a show like the Catholic Playlist is that it features a diverse variety of music genres, from pop to rock to folk to country to even a little hip hop. A distinctly country sound can be found in the second segment of this week’s Catholic Playlist Show. That’s no surprise with songs from Matt Faley and Kyle Sinkule, but Ben Walther will surprise you with “To One”. Don’t miss it and other great music from the likes of Adam Bitter, Dana Catherine, Alanna Boudreau, John Finch and last week’s new featured artist Stefania Elsmore.

Song List
Adam Bitter – “Rest In God Alone” Amazon iTunes
Rebecca Roubion – “Anywhere I Go” Amazon iTunes
Dana Catherine – “My Savior in Me” Amazon iTunes
Greg&Lizzy – “I Won’t Settle” Amazon iTunes
Stefania Elsmore – “All There Is” Amazon iTunes
Ben Walther – “To One” Amazon iTunes
Noelle Garcia – “Wonderfully Made” Amazon iTunes
Emily Wilson – “Beautiful and Yours” Amazon iTunes
Kyle Sinkule – “Saul” Amazon iTunes
Aly Aleigha – “Wrestling Flames” Amazon iTunes
Alanna Boudreau – “Dismantled by Love” iTunes
Matt Faley – “On My Own” Amazon iTunes
John Finch – “Praise To You” Amazon iTunes

The Catholic Playlist for Advent and Christmas

The Complete Collection of 2016 Advent & Christmas Shows

Catholic Playlist Advent

As we shared in the previous post, we’re crunched for time when we reach Advent and the end of the calendar year. There is so much to do and try to wrap up in time to relax once Christmas arrives. One of the things moved down the priority list are the web postings for the latest Catholic Playlist shows. We know we’re not treating you well, our faithful listeners, as you get to miss out on some of the latest music specially written and composed for this season of preparation. One of our resolutions for the next season is to be better next year.

Instead of posting each show individually, we’re packaging them up here in one place to make is easy to find and listen to these special shows. All 4 Advent and Christmas episodes of the Catholic Playlist are right here to enjoy. In addition to the many ‘classics’ from your favorite artists we’re pleased to share some of the latest music!

Vigil Project Series 2The first major release is Series #2: Advent + Christmas by the Vigil Project. The new album features seven new songs (and accompanying videos) that invite you to “Keep Watch and Pray” for the coming of our Savior, Jesus Christ. You can hear the first 2 songs they released in playlist #149. Greg&Lizzy are featured in “Prepare Him Room” and John Finch leads us in “Savior of The World”, an upbeat song about the coming of the Messiah. Then in playlist #150, Andrea Thomas leads off the show with “In Need of a Savior”, and John Finch brings us “Silent Night” in playlist #151.

Jaime Thietten Joy of ChristmasNext is Jaime Thietten and her new Christmas album titled The Joy of Christmas. This collection of 17 songs has everything you want in a Christmas season album, and we got the album just in time to play 3 songs in playlist #151. Featuring a full orchestra, the sound is warm, rich and inviting and parallels any release you’d find from the major record labels. You won’t want to miss her duet with Vince Gill in “The First Noel / Angels We Have Heard on High” at the 26:30 mark!

Abigail Winzer RejoiceAbigail Winzer is a young new artist who released her first album titled Rejoice back in October. The album includes seven classic Advent and Christmas songs, and we found listening to it to be peaceful and relaxing. The distinct sound heard throughout the album is thanks to a unique instrument called the duduk, which creates a rich, haunting sound appropriate as we wait in the dark for the coming of the light of the world. Don’t miss her performance of “O Come O Come Emmanuel” in playlist #149!

Oh, and don’t forget that Matt Maher released a new Christmas single too – Glory (Let There Be Peace)!

Hopefully your wait to hear this music of the season was worth it!

Here is the complete song list for all four shows, from #148 to #151:
The Vigil Project – “Prepare Him Room (feat. Greg&Lizzy)”, “Savior of The World (feat. John Finch)”, “In Need of a Savior(feat. Andrea Thomas)”, “Silent Night (feat. John Finch)” Website
Jaime Thietten – “What Child Is This”, “The First Noel/Angels We Have Heard on High (ft. Vince Gill)”, “O Come O Come Emmanuel” – Website
Matt Maher – “Glory (Let There Be Peace)” Amazon iTunes
Abigail Winzer – “O Come O Come Emmanuel”, “God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen” Amazon iTunes

O Come Let Us Adore: A Christmas Collective Amazon iTunes

Tom Young & Emily Hackett – “Go Tell It On the Mountain”
Greg&Lizzy – “O Come All Ye Faithful”
PJ Anderson & Emily Hackett – “O Holy Night”
Sarah Kroger – “Let All Mortal Flesh”
Chris Cole – “Silent Night”
Josh Blakesley Band – “We Three Kings”
Alanna Boudreau – “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas”

Josh Blakesley Band – “The Kingdom Comes” Amazon iTunes
Matt Maher – “Silent Night (Emmanuel)” Amazon iTunes
Matt Maher – “Hark The Herald Angels Sing” Amazon iTunes
Marian Grace – “O Come O Come Emmanuel”, “Come Thou Long Expected Jesus”, “Creator of the Stars at Night”, “Hark The Herald Angels Sing” Amazon iTunes

Songs for Advent and Christmas Amazon

Steve Angrisano – “Emmanuel”
Chris Muglia – “Let It Be Done”
Curtis Stephan – “Ready the Way”
Ike Ndolo – “Awake, O Sleeper”
Sarah Hart, Robert Feduccia – “Christ the Lord”
Josh Blakesley – “Love Has Captured the Night”
Matt Maher, John Foley S.J. – “Come to the Water – I Will Run to You”

Boys of St Paul’s Choir School – “O Come All Ye Faithful” Amazon iTunes
Sarah Hart – “On a Night Like This” Amazon iTunes
Benedictines of Mary, Queen of the Apostles – “Gabriel’s Message” Amazon iTunes
Jaime Thietten – “A Cradle in Bethlehem”, “O Holy Night” Amazon iTunes
Collin Raye – “Angels We Have Heard On High”, “Away In A Manger” Amazon iTunes
L’Angelus – “O Little Town of Bethlehem”, “The First Noel” Amazon iTunes
Rebecca Roubion – “What Child Is This” Amazon iTunes

S2:E32 Catholic Playlist Worship #74

SonLight makes their debut in Catholic Playlist Worship #74, and three new performers cross over from the Catholic Playlist Show with some great music! Check out Sarah Kroger with “The King of Love My Shepherd Is”, Chris Bray with a live recording of “Holy God We Praise Your Name”, and an original song titled “Lord Have Mercy” from Greg&Lizzy. Other performers in this episode include Angelina, WLP Choir, Audrey Assad, the Cambridge Singers and more.

Song List
Greg&Lizzy – “Lord Have Mercy” Amazon iTunes
SonLight – “Deeper” Amazon iTunes
Angelina – “Here I Am Lord” Amazon iTunes
Monks of Silos – “Mass of the Angels – Credo III Mode V” Amazon iTunes
Melinda Kirigin-Voss – “One Bread, One Body” Amazon iTunes
Sarah Kroger – “The King of Love My Shepherd Is” Amazon iTunes
WLP Choir – “For All the Saints” Amazon iTunes
Audrey Assad – “It Is Well with My Soul” Amazon iTunes
Cambridge Singers – “Be Thou My Vision” Amazon iTunes
Schola Cantorum of St Peter – “Gift of Finest Wheat” Amazon iTunes
Chris Bray – “Holy God We Praise Your Name” Amazon iTunes

S3:E30 Catholic Playlist Show #141

John Trabbic debuts as our New Featured Artist this week in Catholic Playlist Show #141. Aly Aleigha’s new album The Labyrinth is now out and we debut the single “Awestruck” following John’s debut in the second segment of the show. We wrap up the show with “Square Peg”, a great bluesy tune from Fr Kevin McGoldrick and in between you’ll hear songs from Jackie Bissin, John Finch, Dan Francis, Dee Simone, Matt Maher and many others.

Song List
Aly Aleigha – “Awestruck” Amazon iTunes
Alob & Emily Wilson – “Mercy Wins” Amazon iTunes
Jackie Bissin – “Touch the Sky” Amazon iTunes
John Finch – “Dreamer” Amazon iTunes
Sarah Kroger – “Love in Your Time” Amazon iTunes
John Trabbic – “We Are Here” Amazon iTunes
Dan Francis – “No Other Name” Amazon iTunes
Dee Simone – “lovesick” Amazon iTunes
Greg&Lizzy – “Who I Am” Amazon iTunes
Connor Flanagan – “City Lights (feat. Kathryn Blythe)” Amazon iTunes
Matt Maher – “Abide With Me” Amazon iTunes
Fr Kevin McGoldrick – “Square Peg” Amazon iTunes

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

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