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#96 Catholic Playlist Show

Catholic Playlist #96Episode #96 of the Catholic Playlist is here! We like to say that we’re sharing the joy of the Gospel through the power of music, because music has an undeniable ability to move the soul of the listener. And music that glorifies God and stirs the soul, is truly an instrument to bring people to the Lord and to build unity. It’s a great and bold mission we take up each week to produce the show, and we are grateful for the opportunity to do this work. This week’s playlist features performances from Alverlis, Audrey Assad, Dave Moore, Matt Faley, Hope and Justin, Donny Todd, and last week’s new featured artist Taylor Tripodi.

Here’s the iTunes playlist with links to all the songs in show #96:

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Question: We’ll be producing our 100th episode is coming soon. What songs would you like to hear? Should it be a greatest hits themed show? Should we countdown our favorite songs or new artists? Let us know in the comments below!

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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:

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#89 Catholic Playlist Show

Catholic Playlist #89Just in time for the Independence Day holiday in the US is the newest Catholic Playlist show. As always we invite you to discover the joy of the Gospel through the power of this music each week. Many listeners tells us they enjoy listening because they get a chance to discover new music and artists they can add to their own personal playlists.

This week we invite you to check out the brand new single “Memorial” from Ike Ndolo, along with music from Matt Faley, Joe Zambon, Shaun Garrison, Cody Roth, Sarah Hart, and Marie Miller returns to the playlist as well. Dante Schmitz starts it all off with “Everything”

Just want to get your hands on the music? Here’s the iTunes playlist with links directly to the songs in this show:

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#84 Catholic Playlist Show

Catholic Playlist #84The discovery and sharing of new music is both rewarding and fun. Who doesn’t like to tell their friends to listen to something that we like and are pretty sure they are going to like too? The fact that we get to discover and share new music with you through this show is nothing short of amazing.

So it’s with great anticipation that in this week’s show we’re debuting a brand new song from Fr Pontifex and his new album ‘The Invincibles’. The playlist also has music from Dee Simone, Audrey Assad, Ike Ndolo, Matt Faley, Kara Klein, Sarah Hart and a host of other great artists, including Dave Moore who gets the show started with “Swept Away”.

The second segment of the show is where you’ll find Fr Pontifex’s new song. Many of you may be asking – Who is “Fr Pontifex”? Well, Fr Pontifex is a priest in the diocese of Evansville, Indiana and he’s quite a talented Catholic hip hop artist who has now recorded 3 full length albums. You might be wondering why we’d play hip hop or ‘rap’ music on the Catholic Playlist, even if it is from a Catholic priest. The answer is that first this music is quite good, but second that this show is about discovering new music that carries the Catholic message – a message in a genre that’s attractive to our youth right now, and you need to know about it to be able to share it with others who might really enjoy it.

Pontifex-InvinciblesThe song we’ll be debuting is called “Ocean” and it’s the lead the single off of his new album “The Invincibles”. The song is about being called by God to the great adventure. One of the lines in the song – “Safer in your waters than these shores is what you promise” – encapsulates the meaning of this piece. God may call us to the deep waters, to the unknown and to place that is not comfortable but with that he promises his presence and grace. He walks with us and directs our steps.

Who are you going to discover and hear for the first time in this hour?

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#81 Catholic Playlist Show

Catholic Playlist #81Once again we are sharing the joy of the Gospel through the power of music by playing the best and the very newest contemporary Christian music from Catholic artists. This is music you won’t hear anywhere else on Christian radio. Today our playlist of songs features many of the names you’re hopefully familiar with by now – Tori Harris, Sarah Kroger, Matt Faley, Ike Ndolo, Steve Angrisano, and many others, including our featured new artist this week Donny Todd. Last week’s new featured artist Dante Schmitz kicks off this week’s playlist with “Uncovered”.

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#76 Catholic Playlist Show

Catholic Playlist #76Catholic Playlist show #76 comes to you near the midpoint of Lent 2015 and let it be a little bit of encouragement and sunshine during this penitential season.

Now that we’ve been doing this show for nearly 2 years, we have built up a nice sized library of music that keeps expanding every week as new artists come along (Matt Faley, Teresa Peterson, Shaun Garrison, Dave Moore) and new albums are released (Greg & Lizzy, Mikey Needleman, and Matt Maher on 3/17). So we packed the playlist tight this week chock full of great music and a couple of new songs. Included in Playlist #76 are Alverlis, Katy Blythe, Tori Harris, Ike Ndolo, Greg & Lizzy, Matt Faley, Josh Blakesley and others. And be sure to check out the first track from Kevin Heider called St Brigid’s Fire. Even though it’s written about St Brigid, it makes for a great Irish drinking song fit of St Patrick’s day. Enjoy!

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#74 Catholic Playlist Show

Catholic Playlist #74This week on the Catholic Playlist we have new music from Matt Faley, Jackie Bissin, and Michelle Romary, plus Dave Moore is our featured new artist in this edition of the Catholic Playlist show. As you know, we play some of the best and the newest contemporary Christian music from Catholic artists. We call it sharing the joy of the Gospel through the power of music.

We have a lot of new music this week – with a new selection from Matt Faley, an exclusive pre-release track from Jackie Bissin, a song from Chris Bray we haven’t played before, plus we’re very excited to feature Dave Moore this week – we think you’ll really like his music. And in case you missed Greg&Lizzy‘s debut of the first single ‘Cathedral’ last week from their new album Now That I Have Love, don’t worry because that’s where we start the playlist!

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Song of the Week – Feb 16, 2015

Matt Faley

The Catholic Playlist Song of the Week for February 16, 2015 is “Here I Am” from Matt Faley. Matt works full-time in Catholic young adult ministry and uses this platform to share the gifts and talents he has been given to re-invigorate the Gospel for college students and young adults. He uses the art, beauty and transformative power of music and songwriting to speak to the heart of the Gospel, and his honest reflections do not just scratch the surface, but speak deeply to the heart of every person. And the song ‘Here I Am’ does just that, digging down into the core of what it means to be human, down on our knees as ‘weak and wounded’ people. It’s our Catholic Playlist Song of the Week from Matt Faley – ‘Here I Am’:

If you like this song, check out his EP “The Only Light” now on iTunes:

Matt Faley - The Only Light

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#72 Catholic Playlist Show

Catholic Playlist #72The title single from Josh Blakesley Band’s new album hightlights this edition of the Catholic Playlist show, where we share the joy of the Gospel through the power of music. This week you’ll hear from Teresa Peterson, Alverlis, PJ Anderson, Ike Ndolo, new selections from Matt Faley (“Here I Am”) and Katy Blythe (“I Thirst”), Jaime Thietten and more.

Listen to the full playlist, you just might discover a new favorite song!

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#68 Catholic Playlist Show

Catholic Playlist #68Welcome to the first Catholic Playlist show of 2015! This is the first playlist of the year, featuring the best and some of the very newest contemporary Christian music out there. I pray that your New Year’s and Christmas holiday time went well. But if you’re like me, you are ready to get back into the normal routine – but hopefully with some new resolutions to improve what needs improving in your life. We have a great playlist for you featuring brand new music from Alverlis, the latest single from Matt Maher, also Greg & Lizzy, Katy Blythe, Tori Harris and more. Our new featured artist to kick off 2015 is Cody Roth – look for his debut to lead off the second segment of the show!

With the new music in this show, be sure to check out the playlist on iTunes and pick up your favorites!