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New Featured Artist: Kyle Sinkule

Kyle Sincule

This week the Catholic Playlist is pleased to introduce you to our new featured artist this week, Kyle Sinkule. Kyle is a singer and songwriter from Texas who grew up in a musical household, which had a major impact on his life and helped to shape his career. Kyle first picked up a guitar in the 4th grade and has been obsessed ever since. During his middle school years, his life was full of defining moments:

“I was asked by one of my teachers to play my guitar at my school’s weekly Masses, which I did during my seventh and eighth grade years. However, the turning point in my life was when I was asked to play at Wednesday night Masses at church. I found my best friends at these Masses. We formed a band and played everywhere and anywhere anyone would take us. We practiced for countless hours on end. This is when God told me this is where I should be.”

At just 17 years old he was mentored by professionals in the Contemporary Christian Music (CCM) business in Nashville, and in the spring of 2015 one of his songs reached #1 on Amazon’s Singer-Songwriters chart. Inspired by this accomplishment, Kyle continued writing and selected six songs to feature on his first EP, titled Walk With Me. Released in May of 2016, the song “Brother” provided the title – one of the verses says, “Brother, will you walk with me?”, and that sets the tone for the journey Kyle wants to take you on in this album; a journey of understanding the mercy, forgiveness, and promises of God.

sinkule-kyle-walk-with-meWalk With Me showcases Kyle’s style which is a unique blend of folk, rock, and country. His song lyrics are inspired by Old Testament Bible stories and the writings of Paul as portrayed in the song we’re featuring in Catholic Playlist #135, “Saul”, a more upbeat song featuring the sweet sound of the mandolin.

You can find more about Kyle’s work and follow his ventures at the following links:

WEBSITE: kylesinkulemusic.wixsite.com/ksinkulemusic
BOOKING:      kylesinkulemusic@gmail.com
TWITTER:     twitter.com/kylesofficial
INSTAGRAM:   instagram.com/kylesofficial
FACEBOOK:     facebook.com/kylemusicofficial

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New Featured Artist: Dana Catherine

Dana Catherine

This week we welcome Dana Catherine as our new featured artist in Catholic Playlist #134. Dana is 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. For as long as she can remember, Dana always loved to sing and began to write songs around the time she was in middle school. Dana often describes the songs she writes as prayers from her to God, and now that she shares these “prayer songs” with others, she hopes to inspire listeners to place all their trust in God and completely surrender their hearts and lives to Him.

dana-catherineDana independently released her debut album, Glorious Horizons, in September 2015. After signing with a new Christian record label, Rekindle Records, Dana recently released her first single, “My Savior in Me,” which she penned after leading Praise and Worship Adoration one night. Dana wrote the song with two thoughts in mind: 1) We are all weak, sinful, and flawed, and 2) God wants to use us to spread His love and life despite those weaknesses and imperfections. The upbeat melody and energized rhythm of “My Savior in Me” certainly convey the joy and hope found in this message, and we think she’s worthy to be our new featured artist this week.

To keep updated on all things about Dana Catherine and her music, follow her on social media:

Facebook: Facebook.com/DanaCatherineMusic
Twitter: @DanaCatherine_
Instagram: DanaCatherineMusic
YouTube: Dana Catherine Music

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New Featured Artist: Dan Francis

Dan Francis

We’re pleased to introduce Dan Francis as our featured new artist in Catholic Playlist Show #133. Dan reached out to us recently to let us know about his music and after giving it a quick listen, we think you will like what you hear too. Especially if you are a Matt Maher fan, because 2 of the songs on his 5 song EP “The Wall” were co-written with Matt.

Dan Francis The WallsThe title track “The Walls” is one of the 2 songs and the other, “No Other Name”, makes the playlist this week for his debut on the show.

To learn more about Dan and his music head over to his website and follow him on Twitter @danfrancisband.

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Sarah Hart Releases “Til the Song Is Sung”

Latest Effort is her 9th Solo Album

Sarah Hart Til the Song Is SungSarah Hart has just released her ninth solo album titled “Til the Song Is Sung”, featuring 10 new songs. We’ll be chatting with Sarah next week and will have some songs from the new album in Playlist #128 coming out June 3rd. Until then, go check out her new music at iTunes or Amazon and visit her website for more details.

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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: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“


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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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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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New Featured Artist: Aly Aleigha

Aly Aleigha

We’re pleased to introduce you to Aly Aleigha, our new featured artist this week in Catholic Playlist show #104. We stumbled across her on Facebook last week and once we sampled the music from her debut EP “Jealous Love” we knew we had to share it with you!

A recent graduate of Franciscan University of Steubenville, Aly began leading worship at Mass and other Church events which then progressed into performing on stage. It wasn’t until her senior year at Franciscan things started falling into place for her to consider recording her songs. She remembers praying, “Okay, God, if you really want me to make an EP, I’ll do it–but if it ever becomes about me, take it away. And also, I need a banjo.” After a long search she discovered her answer had been living next to her for the entire year without knowing it!

Aly currently works at the University of Minnesota, Duluth Newman Center under Father Mike Schmitz, and in her free time travels to various parts of the country to lead music and give talks at different events. She’ll be very busy next summer, traveling to the Holy Land on a pilgrimage with Jeff Cavins as the worship lead, and then leading worship and teaching Theology of the Body on a month-long cruise leading up to World Youth Day.

Aly AleighaAly recorded her first EP, “Jealous Love”, at the end of her senior year at Franciscan and was released in June 2015. We’ll be playing the title track from the EP in Catholic Playlist #104, due out on Friday, October 30, 2015. Click the album image to get her EP from Amazon or click here for iTunes.

To learn more about Aly, her music, speaking and more, check out her website www.aly-aleigha.com, YouTube channel, Facebook and Instagram (all of which are under Aly Aleigha).

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New Song Featuring Tori Harris Released

Tori Harris announced earlier this week that “Coming Home”, a song she co-wrote for the band, South by North, was just released. The band was excited to have Tori sing the lead vocal, plus they produced this awesome music video to promote the song:

Inspired by the Year of Mercy,”Coming Home” is about the Prodigal Son and God’s Forgiveness. We’ll be putting this song into the next playlist show, episode #102 coming out tomorrow or Friday.

Get the song on iTunes now:

or pre-order the album on iTunes:

Or pre-order the album here at Amazon: