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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

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S3:E36 Catholic Playlist – #147

Music for the King!

The Church ends its liturgical year by celebrating the Feast of Christ the King this coming Sunday, November 20, and we thought we’d have a little fun this week. We searched our library of music for songs with ‘king’ in the title and came up with a playlist theme for episode #147. You’ll enjoy songs like “King of Kings” from Tori Harris, “Shout Of The King” from Matt Maher and “Mighty King” from Steve Angrisano.

Plus we debut new music from Connor Flanagan and Danielle Noonan who are releasing new albums in December!

Song List
Danielle Noonan – “Road Less Traveled” Amazon iTunes
Connor Flanagan – “Strong Is Your Love”, “Waterfall” Amazon iTunes
Tori Harris – “King of Kings” Amazon iTunes
Ceili Rain – “The King & I” Amazon iTunes
The Glory Collective – “King of Love (feat Haylee Mitchell) Amazon iTunes
Ike Ndolo – “The King He Comes” Amazon iTunes
Jackie Francois – “Your Kingdom Is Glorious” Amazon iTunes
Matt Maher – “Shout Of The King” Amazon iTunes
Sarah Kroger – “The King of Love My Shepherd Is” Amazon iTunes
Steve Angrisano – “Mighty King” Amazon iTunes
Aly Aleigha – “Awestruck” Amazon iTunes

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S3:E33 Catholic Playlist Show – #144

It’s another great compilation and showcase of contemporary Christian music from Catholic artists in Catholic Playlist Show #144. Hear the joy of the Gospel through the power of music from artists like Matt Maher, Taylor Tripodi, Ike Ndolo, Mikey Needleman and others. We go way back for a “So Beautiful (feat Kateri Lang) from Connor Flanagan and a brand new one from Aly Aleigha and her just released album “The Labyrinth”.

Let us know if your playlist has new music you heard first on the Catholic Playlist Show! Send an email to catholicplaylistshow@gmail.com or comment on this episode’s post to the Catholic Playlist show Facebook page!

Song List
Taylor Tripodi – “Here I Am” Amazon iTunes
Army of Me – “In My Blood” Amazon iTunes
Benjamin Jude – “All I Am Is Yours” Amazon iTunes
Matt Maher – “Lord, I Need You” Amazon iTunes
Curtis Stephan – “Miracle of Grace (Bread of Life)” Amazon iTunes
Dante Schmitz – “Alive in Me” Amazon iTunes
Connor Flanagan – “So Beautiful (feat Kateri Lang)” Amazon iTunes
Danielle Noonan – “You Call Us” Amazon iTunes
Ceili Rain – “Greater Things” Amazon iTunes
Aly Aleigha – “Wrestling Flames” Amazon iTunes
L’Angelus – “River Road” Amazon iTunes
Ike Ndolo – “Wade In The Water” Amazon iTunes
Mikey Needleman – “Gathered in Your Name” Amazon iTunes

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S3:E29 Catholic Playlist Show #140

Every so often we like to have a little fun with our playlists. This week we lead off with a fun song simply titled “Sing Along” by David Casper. Aptly subtitled “Catholic Love Song”, if you’re a single person be prepared to sing along with the refrain as this song is for you. Lee Roessler just released a new album titled Coming Home and we debut the first single released from it titled “How Sweet the Sound”. Finally, we found a song from Sarah Hart’s new album Till the Song is Sung that we’re digging now titled “Source and Yield”. We hope you’ll like it too.

Others joining these great artists in the playlist include Chris Bray, Dave Moore, Emily Wilson, Ike Ndolo, Matt Faley and others.

Song List
Chris Bray – “Oceans” Amazon iTunes
Audrey Assad – “Even Unto Death” Amazon iTunes
Curtis Stephan – “Miracle of Grace (Bread of Life)” Amazon iTunes
Dave Moore – “Speak to Me” Amazon iTunes
David Casper – “Sing Along (Catholic Love Song)” Amazon iTunes
Emily Wilson – “Beautiful and Yours” Amazon iTunes
Fr Rob Galea – “Alive” Amazon iTunes
Greg Walton – “Blessed the People (Psalm 33)” Amazon iTunes
Ike Ndolo – “Make It Loud” Amazon iTunes
Lee Roessler – “How Sweet the Sound” Amazon iTunes
Matt Faley – “Here I Am” Amazon iTunes
NOVUM – “Welcome” Amazon iTunes
Sarah Hart – “Source and Yield” Amazon iTunes

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S3:E23 Catholic Playlist #134

Dana Catherine Makes Her Debut

We’ve got a great show in store for you with new music and a new featured artist, but first we want to welcome 2 new radio affiliates now playing the Catholic Playlist show! The Catholic Playlist can now be heard on Sacred Heart Radio KQSH 90.7 in Dodge City, Kansas, and The Station of the Cross WLOF 101.7 in Buffalo, NY.

In our playlist today we have new music from Adam Bitter and Joe Zambon who both released new albums recently, Jackie Bissin released a new single too, plus songs from Taylor Tripodi, Aly Aleigha, Ike Ndolo, Chris Bray, Dante Schmitz and last week’s new featured artist Dan Francis.

Dana CatherinePlus our new featured artist is Dana Catherine, a Catholic singer/songwriter, who serves as a youth minister in Raleigh, NC and travels throughout the U.S. to encourage and inspire others with her songs and witness. Recently signed with a new Christian record label, Rekindle Records, Dana just released her first single, “My Savior in Me” which you can hear leading off the second segment of the show.

Song List
Dana Catherine – “My Savior in Me” Amazon iTunes
Dan Francis – “The Walls” Amazon iTunes
Adam Bitter – “Flicker” Amazon iTunes
Joe Zambon – “Coming Home” Amazon iTunes
Taylor Tripodi – “Here I Am” Amazon iTunes
Aly Aleigha – “Race Along” Amazon iTunes
Chris Bray – “Beloved Child of God” Amazon iTunes
Dante Schmitz – “Uncovered” Amazon iTunes
Ike Ndolo – “Riverside” Amazon iTunes
Jackie Bissin – “Touch the Sky” Amazon iTunes
Mathias Michael – “Amplified” Amazon iTunes
Mikey Needleman – “Gathesred In Your Name” Amazon iTunes

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S3:E19 Catholic Playlist Show #130

Back with a Mix of Old and New

We’re back after an unscheduled 3 week hiatus and so happy to be picking some of the best and newest contemporary Christian music from Catholic artists for playlist #130! This week’s edition has a mix of songs that are new and old – and my ‘old’ we mean stuff that’s more than a year or two old. For example of the new, we have new singles from Sarah Kroger and Andrea Thomas and newer songs by Josh Blakesley and FOCUS Worship. And for the old we have ‘classics’ from Connor Flanagan, Ike Ndolo, Marie Miller and New Name. All together this playlist of 13 songs offers a nice variety music to please almost any listener. Enjoy!

Song List
Andrea Thomas – “He Rose Again” Amazon iTunes
Benjamin Jude – “Flicker (Live)” Amazon iTunes
Connor Flanagan – “Hello Hey” Amazon iTunes
FOCUS Worship – “God Alone” Amazon iTunes
Ike Ndolo – “Crooked Soul” Amazon iTunes
Josh Blakesley – “Even In This” Amazon iTunes
L’Angelus – “Love Don’t Care” Amazon iTunes
Marie Miller – “You’re Not Alone” Amazon iTunes
NOVUM – “Made Your Way” Amazon iTunes
Sarah Kroger – “This Is My Story” Amazon iTunes
New Name – “He Reigns” Amazon iTunes
Teresa Peterson – “He Makes All Things New” Amazon iTunes
Tori Harris – “King of Kings” Amazon iTunes

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S3:E15 Catholic Playlist #126

It's Mary's Month!

Catholic Playlist #126Like I said in last week’s post for Catholic Playlist Worship #55, the month of May is one of my favorite months. First, it means the season of spring is now getting into full swing (finally) here in Ohio, the end of the school year is now just days away, it’s my birthday month and last but certainly not least, it’s the month dedicated to the Blessed Mother! To mark this occasion, I’ve put together a special playlist this week featuring 8 songs about Mary. I couldn’t quite fill the entire playlist with Marian songs, but I think you’ll still enjoy the distinct theme of the playlist.

Our songs about Mary come from Connor Flanagan, Danielle Rose, Kevin Heider, Jesse Manibusan, Fr Kevin McGoldrick, The Thirsting and one of my new favorites is Matt Faley’s take on a real classic – “Ave Maria”.

Here’s the full playlist in random order:

Matt Faley – “Ave Maria” Amazon iTunes
Connor Flanagan – “Sweet Maria” Amazon
Danielle Rose – “Mary’s Heart” Amazon iTunes
Kevin Heider – “Sing of Mary” Amazon iTunes
Fr Kevin McGoldrick – “Lovely Lady Dressed in Blue” Amazon iTunes
Jesse Manibusan – “Maria”
The Thirsting – “Come Hold My Son” Amazon iTunes
Matt Maher – “Deliverer” Amazon iTunes
Emily Wilson – “Beautiful and Yours” Amazon iTunes
Jeremy & Ryan – “Your Love Goes On” Amazon iTunes
Francis Cabildo – “We’ve Come Alive” Amazon iTunes
Ike Ndolo – “Wade in the Water” Amazon iTunes
Mikey Needleman – “Starlight” Amazon iTunes


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S3:E10 Catholic Playlist Show #121

It's time to sing Alleluia!

Catholic Playlist #121Happy Easter! It’s time to sing Alleluia again because He is risen for us today. So happy to be back and posting a new show this week (You can find old shows on our archive page.

A new single from Sarah Kroger headlines the playlist this week, her first new music in about 3 years. Titled “This Is My Story“, Sarah shares the story behind with a thoughtful post on her blog. As a bonus, she also release a video of the song too:

Also in the playlist this week is Fr Rob Galea, Taylor Tripodi, Lee Roessler, Ike Ndolo, and Aly Aleigha to name a few.

Now, if you enjoy the Catholic Playlist and discovering new artists and music, I want to let you know you can support the show financially during Holy Family Radio’s Radiothon pledge drive now until Friday April 10. Just click here to make your donation. All we’re asking for is a simple one-time gift to help offset the cost of producing the Catholic Playlist for Holy Family Radio, the producer of the show. All of your gifts will enable us to keep the show going and expanding to more stations and a bigger audience.

Thank you and enjoy the show!



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S3:E2 – Catholic Playlist Show

With New Featured Artist Mathias Michael

S3:E2 Catholic Playlist ShowEpisode 2 of Season 3 brings you more great contemporary Christian music from some of your favorite artists. This week it’s Andreas Thomas, Matt Faley, Ike Ndolo, Tori Harris, Katy Blythe and more.

We play a new single from Dave Moore titled “Speak to Me” that we think you’ll like, plus PJ Anderson is headlining the Youth Rally at the Verizon Center for the March for Life this year and we have a song from him in the playlist this week.

Mathias Michael AmplifiedPlus our new featured artist is Mathias Michael, who won the first ever “Top Talent” competition at the 2011 National Catholic Youth Conference.

Enjoy!


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Catholic Playlist #108

Special Advent and Christmas Music Edition

Catholic Playlist #108Sharing the joy of the Gospel through music – this is the Catholic Playlist show. Normally we’d be playing the best and some of the very newest contemporary Christian music from Catholic artists only. But this Sunday marks the start of the new Liturgical year and the Advent season, so instead for the next several weeks we’ll be playing the best and yes, some of the newest Advent and Christmas music available, including some brand new releases in the coming weeks.

Our playlist this features special music from Matt Maher (“Silent Night”), Josh Blakesley (“Love Has Captured the Night”), Sarah Hart (“Christ Is Lord”), Marian Grace, Ike Ndolo, Curtis Stephan, and The Boy’s Choir of St Paul’s Choir School sings “O Come All Ye Faithful” too. Enjoy!

Get all of the songs on this playlist from iTunes using these links: