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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

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S3:E18 Catholic Playlist Show #129

Hear PJ Anderson's Latest Music

Catholic Playlist #129We’re back again with some of the best and very newest contemporary Christian music from Catholic artists only. Every week we search out new music releases, seek out new artists, and grab a complimentary selection of current and past music to produce each playlist – with the hope that you might discover music and artists that will inspire you to a deeper relationship with Jesus Christ. Or at the very least, give you music to listen to that is good, beautiful and true.

PJ Anderson Mercy, MercyOur makers of beautiful music this week include John Finch, Taylor Tripode, Dave Moore, Katy Blythe, Father Kevin McGoldrick and many others. A special treat this week is new music from PJ Anderson – we got our hands on a preview copy of his new album Mercy, Mercy and it’s pretty cool.

Song List
Alverlis – “Love Changes Everything” Amazon iTunes
Ceili Rain – “The King & I” Amazon iTunes
Cody Roth – “Become a Revelation” Amazon iTunes
Danielle Noonan – “We Adore” Amazon iTunes
Dave Moore – “Speak to Me” Amazon iTunes
Fr Kevin McGoldrick – “Oh God You Are My God” Amazon iTunes
Greg & Lizzy – “Cathedral” Amazon iTunes
Jeremy and Ryan – “Your Love Goes On” Amazon iTunes
John Finch – “Heart of Mercy (feat. Rita West)” Amazon iTunes
Katy Blythe – “New & Free (feat. Connor Flanagan) Amazon iTunes
Matt Maher – “Deliverer” Amazon iTunes
PJ Anderson – “Sons and Daughters” Amazon iTunes
Taylor Tripodi – “Here I Am” Amazon iTunes

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S3:E14 Catholic Playlist #125

Three New Songs Make Their Debut

Catholic Playlist 125At the end of nearly every show, I exhort the listeners to sign up to our email list to “get the latest news and happenings in the Catholic music scene.” I’m betting a heavy amount that prior to this show’s existence, virtually no one ever considered the “Catholic music scene” to be a real thing. After all, this phrase implies (1) there are enough people making great music, and (2) there are enough people interested in their music to form a reasonably sized fan base. Right now, this radio show & podcast is doing all it can to attract and grow a fan base for the music. Thank you to every one who listens to this show and has become a fan of this music!

Rebecca Roubion Sleepless NightsAs for the people making great music, there is certainly a lot to get excited about. New albums are coming soon from PJ Anderson, Marie Miller, Connor Flanagan and Lee Roessler. Rebecca Roubion just released her newest album “Sleepless Nights”, John Finch has a new single out with Rita West, and the Vigil Project just released the last song in their series of songs for Lent and Easter. And I’m sure there are many more projects in the works too. It’s a good time to be a fan of the Catholic Playlist!

John Finch Heart of MercyThis week’s playlist features brand new music from Rebecca Roubion, John Finch and Andrea Thomas of the Vigil Project debuting this week, along with performances from Dave Moore, Noelle Garcia, Katy Blythe, last week’s new debut from Rachel Ann & Cassandra Acree plus Josh Blakesley and more. Enjoy!

For those wishing to add music from this playlist to their personal collection:

Andrea Thomas (Vigil Project) – “He Rose Again”
Rebecca Roubion – “Anywhere I Go” Amazon iTunes
John Finch – “Heart of Mercy (feat Rita West)” Amazon iTunes
Rachel Ann & Cassandra Acree – “Fill Up My Darkness” Amazon iTunes
Connor Flanagan – “Ablaze (Spark My Heart)” Amazon iTunes
Fr Kevin McGoldrick – “Oh God You Are My God” Amazon iTunes
PJ Anderson – “Love Will Heal” Amazon iTunes
Marie Miller – “You’re Not Alone” Amazon iTunes
Josh Blakesley Band – “Hope Comes Alive” Amazon iTunes
Katy Blythe – “Hold Me” Amazon iTunes
Dave Moore – “Speak to Me” Amazon iTunes
Danielle Noonan – “We Adore” Amazon iTunes
Noelle Garcia & David McHugh – “Wonderfully Made” Amazon iTunes


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S3:E11 Catholic Playlist Show #122

Another new release from the Vigil Project

Catholic Playlist #122It’s wonderful to be back after a couple of weeks off, mostly due to hosting the Holy Family Radio annual pledge drive. All the prep and on air work involved with that event makes it a little tough to put together a great show. But that’s exactly what’s in store for you in playlist #122.

A new release from the Vigil Project headlines this episode of the Catholic Playlist. “I Have Seen The Lord” by John Finch is the latest from the Vigil Project and offers a passionate take on the Easter experience as seen from Mary Magdalene’s perspective. John offers more about the inspiration to the song to lead off the second segment of the show, which you can also watch right now:

Other great artists and songs heard this week include Matt Faley (“On My Own”), Matt Maher (“Deliverer”), Jaime Thietten (“Chasing Me”) and Donny Todd (“Heart”).

Sharing the joy of the Gospel through the power of music, listen now:

Here’s playlist #122, in no particular order:

John Finch (The Vigil Project) – “I Have Seen The Lord”
Matt Faley – “On My Own”
Josh Blakesley Band – “Sing Hallelujah”
Cody Roth – “Freedom Falls Like Rain”
Jaime Thietten – “Chasing Me”
Matt Maher – “Deliverer”
Benjamin Jude – “We Fix Our Eyes On You (Live)”
Marie Miller – “6’2”
Donny Todd – “Heart”
Hope and Justin – “Faith”
Dante Schmitz – “Shine on Me”
Chris Bray – “Go“


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S3:E6 Catholic Playlist Show #117

Great Music for Lent

Catholic Playlist #117Sharing the joy of the Gospel through the power of music for Lent, it’s the Catholic Playlist show! A program where we search out and assemble a playlist of the some of the best and very newest contemporary Christian music out there from Catholic artists. If you’re new to the show, we promise you’ll discover music and artists you didn’t know before – and it’s great stuff!

Audrey Assad InheritanceWe continue with finding some great music for Lent, plus we have a selection from Audrey Assad’s brand new album “Inheritance” later in the show. Artists heard this week include Danielle Rose (“Sharing Calvary”), Collin Raye (“Were You There?”), Andrea Thomas (“Crying Out To You”), Tori Harris (“Less of Me”), and many more.

Enjoy!


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S3:E3 – Catholic Playlist Show

New album from FOCUS Worship Team

S3:E3 Catholic Playlist #114Sharing the joy of the Gospel through the power of music is what the Catholic Playlist is here to do. Thank you for listening both on the radio and by podcast! In this episode of the playlist we have a couple of new song debuts. First we have a song from a new album titled ‘Origin’ featuring the worship team at FOCUS, the Fellowship of Catholic University Students, and then we have new music from Noelle Garcia and David McHugh to debut from their new album too. Plus music from Audrey Assad, Alverlis, Ceili Rain, John Finch and many more, including last week’s new featured artist Mathias Michael. Connor Flanagan, who is busy right now working on his next album, leads off the playlist with “Close To You”

By the way you can sample the album and buy it direct from FOCUS here: www.focus.org/origin

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Catholic Playlist #104

With new featured artist Aly Aleigha

Catholic Playlist #104Welcome to the show that plays the best and very newest contemporary Christian music from Catholic artists today – a little show we call the Catholic Playlist. This is great inspirational music that you won’t hear anywhere else, so get ready to discover new music and new artists that you never knew about until right now. In our playlist this week we have the new radio single from Matt Maher’s latest album, great selections from Taylor Tripodi, Greg & Lizzy, John Finch, Josh Blakesley, and Jeremy & Ryan. Plus we have new featured artist this week – Aly Aleigha.

Aly AleighaAly Aleigha is a recent graduate of Franciscan University of Steubenville and currently works at the University of Minnesota, Duluth Newman Center under Father Mike Schmitz. Aly’s debut EP “Jealous Love” was recorded at the end of her senior year at Franciscan and was released in June 2015. To learn more about Aly, her music, speaking and more, check out her website www.aly-aleigha.com.

Enjoy the show:

iTunes links to songs in playlist #104:


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Catholic Playlist #102

Catholic Playlist #102Discovering new music is one of our favorite things about doing the Catholic Playlist, and this week doesn’t disappoint! We are always on the look out for new music and artists for the show, and this week we found Danielle Noonan, making her debut with “There Is No One Like You” from her album ‘The Awaken Project’.

In addition to searching out new music, we keep watch over what’s happening in the Catholic music scene and there’s a lot going on right now. For example Lee Roessler, who makes an appearance in the playlist this week, is working on a new album, as is Sarah Hart, Connor Flanagan and Rebecca Roubion. And Tori Harris has co-written and is featured in a new single released this week called “Coming Home”. Inspired by the coming Year of Mercy, the song is about the prodigal son and God’s forgiveness and judging by the comments we’ve read, it’s a hit. Check out the video of the song that we posted earlier too.

The rest of the playlist features performances from Out of Darkness, John Finch, Greg & Lizzy, Chris Bray, Dave Moore, Ben Walther, Hope and Justin (who we just learned is set to release their new album “Love & War” in 2016) and Army of Me. Enjoy!

Next Week: New music from Andrea Thomas!

Don’t forget to add your favorites to your personal playlists!

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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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#92 Catholic Playlist Show

Catholic Playlist #92If you’ve never heard the show before you’re in for a real treat. This is great inspirational music that you won’t hear anywhere else, so get ready to discover new music and new artists that you never knew about until now. And it’s not only a great show, like always, but also a record breaker! We were able to somehow fit in 14 songs before our time is up, and we’ll be playing songs from Matt Faley, Ike Ndolo, Steve Angrisano, Katy Blythe, John Finch, Mikey Needleman, Matt Maher, and a brand new release from Adam Bitter. At the top of the playlist this week it’s last week’s new featured artist Jeremy and Ryan.

Here is the iTunes playlist to add them to your personal collection: