S4:E30 & E31 Catholic Playlist – #181 & #182

Two New Playlists for Advent - Weeks 1 & 2

Catholic Playlist #181 & #182

Advent 2017 is now underway and like we’ve done in the past we’re featuring all Advent and Christmas music for the rest of the year. Start your Advent in the right way with some these timeless and original songs from artists like Matt Maher, Josh Blakesley, Sarah Hart, The Vigil Project, Tori Harris and many more.

#181

Song List
Matt Maher – “Come To The Water – I Will Run To You” Amazon
Chris Muglia – “Let It Be Done” Amazon
Curtis Stephan – “Ready the Way” Amazon
Marian Grace – “Come Thou Long Expected Jesus” Amazon iTunes
St Paul’s Choir School – “Still Still Still” Amazon iTunes
Sarah Hart – “Christ the Lord”
Ike Ndolo – “Awake, O Sleeper” Amazon
Benedictines of Mary, Queen of the Apostles – “Gabriel’s Message” Amazon iTunes
Josh Blakesley – “Love Has Captured the Night” Amazon
Jack Cassidy – “A Cradle in Bethlehem” Amazon iTunes
Marian Grace – “O Come O Come Emmanuel” Amazon iTunes
Matt Maher – “Silent Night” Amazon iTunes

#182

Song List
Vigil Project- “Prepare Him Room (feat. Greg&Lizzy” Website
Marian Grace – “Come Thou Long Expected Jesus” Amazon iTunes
Greg&Lizzy – “O Come All Ye Faithful” Amazon iTunes
Kara Klein – “Do You Hear What I Hear”
Collin Raye – “Angels We Have Heard On High” Amazon iTunes
Tori Harris – “Amazing Love” Amazon iTunes
Abigail Winzer – “O Come O Come Emmanuel” Amazon iTunes
L’Angelus – “O Little Town of Bethlehem” Amazon iTunes
Jaime Thietten – “O Holy Night” Website
Vigil Project – “Savior of the World (feat. John Finch)” Website
Matt Maher – “Glory (Let There Be Peace)” Amazon iTunes
Josh Blakesley – “The Kingdom Comes” Amazon iTunes
Sarah Hart – “On a Night Like This” Amazon iTunes

S4:E15 Catholic Playlist Show – #166

Hear Debuts of His Own and Brother Isaiah

Catholic Playlist #166

Discovering great new music and artists has been part of our mission here the Catholic Playlist for nearly 4 years. The list of discoveries keeps growing this week as we have two performers in our playlist – His Own and Brother Isaiah.

His Own Separate Us SingleThe trio of Kara Klein, Maria Spears and Christine Simpson make up the new group called His Own. These three ladies have come together to “combine their love for Jesus, passion for music and desire to proclaim the joy of the feminine heart.” Learn more about them and what they’re doing in their ministry at their website – www.behisown.com. Their first album was just released and we play a single they put out earlier this year – “Nothing Can Separate Us”.

Brother Isaiah BroomstickBrother Isaiah is a Franciscan Friar of the Renewal who released an EP titled “Broomstick” last year. We just came across his music and we’re pleased to share “Jacob’s Song” from that EP. A portion of all the proceeds from the sale of his music go to help mothers in need of assistance – so us these links to Amazon and iTunes to buy his music to ensure they get full credit. And this page features a video of the song produced by Spirit Juice Studios, who do amazing work.

Song List
His Own – “Nothing Can Separate Us” Amazon iTunes
Brother Isaiah – “Jacob’s Song” Amazon iTunes
Adam Bitter – “Rest In God Alone” Amazon iTunes
Rebecca Rubion – “Anywhere I Go” Amazon iTunes
Katy Blythe – “Curls” Amazon iTunes
Teresa Peterson – “He Makes All Things New” Amazon iTunes
Lee Roessler – “How Sweet the Sound” Amazon iTunes
Alverlis – “Love Changes Everything” Amazon iTunes
Ike Ndolo – “Memorial” Amazon iTunes
Jackie Bissin – “Touch the Sky” Amazon iTunes
Jaime Thietten – “Chasing Me” Amazon iTunes
Connor Flanagan – “Strong Is Your Love” Amazon iTunes
Josh Blakesley Band – “Revive Us” Amazon iTunes

S4:E11 Catholic Playlist Show – #162

It's Easter Season!

Catholic Playlist #162

We let the alleluias flow this week following our Easter celebration a week ago, signaling the end of Lent and transition to the Easter season. Like we’ve done in the past, we lead off with Cooper Ray’s energetic performance of “Sing Alleluia” and then follow it up with “Sing” from Dan Francis. We’d be remiss if we didn’t include John Finch and Andrea Thomas with a couple of songs from last year’s Vigil Project Series #1 album, and Teresa Peterson reminds us that “He Makes All Things New”. Other artists appearing this week include Marie Miller (she’s got a new album coming out next week!), Fr Kevin McGoldrick, Stefania Elsmore, Emily Wilson, PJ Anderson and more.

Song List
Cooper Ray – “Sing Alleluia” Website
Dan Francis – “Sing” Amazon iTunes
Andrea Thomas – “He Rose Again” Amazon iTunes
John Finch – “I Have Seen The Lord” Amazon iTunes
Teresa Peterson – “He Makes All Things New” Amazon iTunes
Marie Miller – “This Side of Paradise” Amazon iTunes
Stefania Elsmore – “Uncommon King” Amazon iTunes
Fr Kevin McGoldrick – “Jesus You Are Beautiful” Amazon iTunes
Dave Moore – “Promise Land” Amazon iTunes
PJ Anderson – “Mercy Mercy” Amazon iTunes
Emily Wilson – “Beautiful and Yours” Amazon iTunes
Kara Klein – “Way Maker” Amazon iTunes
Ike Ndolo – “Land of the Rising Sun” 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


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

S3:E34 Catholic Playlist – #145

We’re back again this week sharing the joy of the Gospel through the power of music! The Catholic Playlist show is the most listened to Catholic contemporary Christian music show in America, and we thank all of our listeners on radio and our on demand podcast for making it happen. You can get the Catholic Playlist Show on demand right here at our website, on iTunes, our podcast page at Podbean, at acast or even at Stitcher.

Show #145 is another playlist of the best and some of the very newest contemporary Christian music from Catholic artists only. This week we have great music to share from artists like Kyle Sinkule, Matt Faley, Dan Francis and Dave Moore (who could use your help right now – check out this GoFundMe page and consider helping!). We’ve got the latest from Alanna Boudreau’s album ‘Champion’ and Joe Zambon too. Enjoy!

Song List
Chris Bray – “Beloved Child of God” Amazon iTunes
Dan Francis – “The Walls” Amazon iTunes
Shaun Garrison – “Exceeding” Amazon iTunes
Joe Zambon – “Jesus I Love You” Amazon iTunes
Dave Moore – “Knocking At Your Door” Amazon iTunes
Kara Klein – “Live” Amazon iTunes
Audrey Assad – “Love Is Moving” Amazon iTunes
Kyle Sinkule – “Saul” Amazon iTunes
Of The Tower – “Sacred Heart” iTunes
Fr Kevin McGoldrick – “Jesus You Are Beautiful” Amazon iTunes
Alanna Boudreau – “Dismantled by Love” iTunes
Matt Faley – “Here I Am” Amazon iTunes
Stephen Kirk – “Rising” Amazon iTunes

S3:E25 Catholic Playlist #136

A new single from Benjamin Jude hightlights this episode of the Catholic Playlist show. “All I Am Is Yours” was released on New Year’s Day in 2016 and we’re pleased to play it along with selections from Out of Darkness, Matt Faley, Danielle Rose, Dan Francis, Cody Roth, and Andrea Thomas. You’ll also hear “Whisper” from Rachel Ann & Cassandra Acree and Kyle Sinkule, last week’s new featured artist, returns this week with “I Am”.

Song List
Alanna-Marie Boudreau – “The Weight of Glory” Amazon iTunes
Andrea Thomas – “Music in the Night” Amazon iTunes
Benjamin Jude – “All I Am Is Yours” Amazon iTunes
Cody Roth – “The Reason For It All” Amazon iTunes
Dan Francis – “The Walls” Amazon iTunes
Danielle Rose – “Sharing Calvary” Amazon iTunes
Jackie Francois-Angel – “You Love Is Better” Amazon iTunes
Kara Klein – “Way Maker” Amazon iTunes
Kyle Sinkule – “I Am” Amazon iTunes
Matt Faley – “The Only Light” Amazon iTunes
Out of Darkness – “Hallelujah Sing” Amazon iTunes
Rebecca Roubion – “Anywhere I Go” Amazon iTunes
Rachel Ann & Cassandra Acree – “Whisper” Amazon iTunes

S3:E13 Catholic Playlist Show #124

Catch Two New Releases This Week

Catholic Playlist #124Two new releases highlight Episode #124 of the Catholic Playlist show this week. First, it’s one of the latest releases from The Vigil Project. Greg&Lizzy return with a new song titled “Seeking + Saving” and give us the story behind the writing of the song.

The Light - Extraordinary Mission MusicAnd we’re pleased to debut a single from a new album titled “The Light” from Rachel Ann & Cassandra Acree. The duo was formerly known as SimplyRC, but now they unite for a new EP of music featured in Extraordinary Mission events led by Dr John Wood. The single is titled “Fill Up My Darkenss” and Cassandra offers us some insight into what inspired her to write this song.

Other music in playlist comes from Taylor Tripodi, Kevin Heider, Kara Klein, Teresa Peterson, Ceili Rain, and Michael James Mette returns to the playlist with his song “The Beat Goes On”.

Here’s your playlist for this episode:

Greg&Lizzy – “Seeking + Saving
Rachel Ann & Cassandra Acree – “Fill Up My Darkness
Teresa Peterson – “He Makes All Things New
Sarah Kroger – “This Is My Story
Taylor Tripodi – “Here I Am
Kevin Heider – “All I Want (Love Come Alive)
Kara Klein – “Way Maker
Alverlis – “You Give Me Peace
Ceili Rain – “The King & I
Of The Tower – “Follow You
Michael James Mette – “The Beat Goes On
Stephen Kirk – “Rising


Catholic Playlist #110 & Worship #40

Music for the 3rd Week of Advent

Third Sunday of Advent 2015

We now move to the Third week of Advent and the anticipation is growing as the time winds down to the birth of our Savior. To help you get ready and into the spirit of this liturgical season, hear more sounds of the Advent and Christmas season in the latest episodes of the Catholic Playlist and Catholic Playlist Worship shows.

Catholic Playlist #107

Catholic Playlist #107Thanks for streaming the show and we share the joy of the Gospel through the power of contemporary Christian music. And not just any music, but some of the best and even the very newest music released today by Catholic artists. Next week the first Sunday of Advent will be upon us and we’re going to be playing only Advent and Christmas music during the season – and there is a lot of great music here too! So don’t miss our Advent music shows throughout the season coming up next week, but until then, we’ve got another great playlist put together with tracks from Kara Klein, Dave Moore, Mikey Needleman, Taylor Tripodi, Fr Kevin McGoldrick, Dante Schmitz and others.

If you’re a fan of country music this next segment of the show is for you! Starting with our new featured artist this week, Wade Talley! We first heard Wade’s music at a Facebook group called Catholic Music Insiders – its a place for Catholic singers and songwriters to share their music, events and activities to help promote their work – and we thought he deserved a spot on the Catholic Playlist.

Wade TalleyWade grew up in Corning, Kansas and where he married his high school sweetheart and now has seven children on this earth and twin girls in heaven. He’s got a great story about his inspiration for writing songs that we’ll look to tell in a future show, but he just released his second album “To Sing Your Song” earlier this month, a follow up to his debut album “A Shot In The Dark”. His songs all center on themes of faith and family and speak of being a husband and a father as well as how to get through hard times. Wade makes his Catholic Playlist debut with “You Can’t Take It With You” in playlist #107. You can learn more about him and his music at www.wadetalleymusic.com

Here’s the iTunes playlist for this week’s show: