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New Featured Artist: Corrie Marie

Debut Album Coming in 2018

Corrie Marie

In Catholic Playlist Show #188 we’re pleased to introduce you to Corrie Marie, our new featured artist. We found out about Corrie Marie recently as her PledgeMusic campaign was winding down for her debut album. After making a pledge towards the project we were able to sample one of her songs, “Humble Host”, and we knew we had to share this talented artist with you.

The bio from her website www.corriemariemusic.com says Corrie “is a native of Baltimore, Maryland, where she grew up singing whenever the mood struck and began writing her own songs at 12 years old. She actively started pursuing her music career at 23 when she set aside her day job to lead worship and a couple of years later she wears a few hats as a singer/songwriter, worship leader, and personal trainer. In all these things she finds that the Lord is always teaching her about her own humanity and how to see herself in other people. When writing, elements of the human experience are broken open and it’s in the music that she is able to learn more about God and more about herself.”

“Corrie has lead worship for her parish, Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Ellicott City, Md for the past 3 years and she travels to retreats and conferences to speak and lead worship and has sung for the National ChristLife Conference for the past two years. After winning the David Initiative, a contest by Catholic Creatives, Corrie was the opening act for AbbeyFest in 2017.”

And now, she’s set to release her debut album soon, and we were lucky to get a early peek at one of those songs and it’s perfect for our playlist. Be sure to check out “Humble Host” in the second segment of Catholic Playlist Show #188!

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New Featured Artist: The Mosleys

The Mosleys

This week we’re pleased to introduce you to The Mosleys, our new featured artist this week in episode #175 of the Catholic Playlist. Hailing from Florida where they’re music ministers at their home parish, the married songwriting duo of Rachel and Stephen Mosley have managed to nurture their budding music careers while also nurturing their 5 young children.

It all started for them after winning an open mic competition at Zac Brown’s Southern Grounds in Senoia, Georgia. With their studio time prize they recorded their first EP, Beneath the Trees and Stars, in 2015 at Zac Brown’s Crow’s Nest Studio in Atlanta. Since then they’ve been busy playing festivals and stages, sharing the stage with such talent as Liz Longley, Harpeth Rising, and Air Supply, and many others.

The Mosleys Ordinary TimeTheir first full length album titled “Ordinary Time” was released in June 2017 following a successful PledgeMusic campaign. Produced by Phil Madeira and Jimmy Abegg (one of Rich Mullins’ ragamuffins by the way), the album is a slice of Americana folk that fans of the genre will enjoy right away.

And while their music isn’t expressly Catholic or religious in the sense of Christian music, it is certainly informed by their Catholic worldview and contains many themes that resonate with what it means to live the Christian life (You can say the same thing about Marie Miller’s latest album “Letterbox”).

To learn more about The Mosleys, check out their website – www.themosleysmusic.com. And don’t miss reading their blog too, which offers a poignant and sometimes hilarious look into the life of a traveling musical family.

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S4:E16 Catholic Playlist Show – #167

Rita West Makes Her Debut

Catholic Playlist Show #167

This week’s episode of the Catholic Playlist Show continues our recent run of new artists and music making their debuts in the show. Last week was Brother Isaiah in episode #166, Daniel Rolf in episode #164, and sandwiched between was the new album release of Marie Miller in episode #165. This week it’s Rita West joining the Catholic Playlist in epsiode #167 as our new featured artist.

Rita West - ChosenIf you’ve listened to the show for a while you’ve heard her singing before. In April 2016 Rita and John Finch co-wrote and recorded “Heart of Mercy”, a single we’ve played many times over the last year and now Rita has released her own album Chosen, an EP with six original songs. We’ll debut “Victor”, the first track from EP, in the playlist.

Michael James Mette released a new full length album a couple week ago titled “Between the Lines” and you’ll hear his song “Higher” later on in the playlist. Other great songs can be heard from Brother Isaiah, Marie Miller, Matt Faley, John Finch, WAL, Dana Catherine, and others.

Song List
Rita West – “Victor” Amazon iTunes
Michael James Mette – “Higher” Amazon iTunes
Matt Faley – “Here I Am” Amazon iTunes
Alob & Emily Wilson – “Mercy Wins” Amazon iTunes
Aly Aleigha – “Awestruck” Amazon iTunes
John Finch – “Heart of Mercy (feat Rita West) Amazon iTunes
Brother Isaiah – “Jacob’s Song” Amazon iTunes
Dana Catherine – “My Savior in Me” Amazon iTunes
WAL – “In the Name of the Father” Amazon iTunes
Marie Miller – “Two to One” Amazon iTunes
Matt Maher & Audrey Assad – “Oh Mercy” Amazon iTunes
Kevin Heider – “The Great Flood (feat Alanna Boudreau)” Amazon iTunes
Steve Angrisano – “A Rightful Place” Amazon iTunes

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New Featured Artist: Rita West

Rita West

We’re pleased to introduce you to Rita West, our new featured artist this week! If you’ve been listening to the Catholic Playlist for a while you’ve heard her singing before. In April 2016 Rita and John Finch co-wrote and recorded “Heart of Mercy”, a single that speaks to the longing of every human heart for safety and love. We’ve played it many times over the last year and now Rita has released her own EP album “Chosen”, a six original song EP that’s available now everywhere.

According to the bio on her website, ritawest.com, she “grew up in a family of eleven children in New Orleans, Louisiana, where most of her childhood memories were centered around music. But it wasn’t until after high school, when she served as a missionary with NET Ministries that she learned how to play guitar and realized that God had given her a gift that she couldn’t keep to herself.”

“As her love for leading worship grew, the Lord instilled a desire in her to speak and give witness to the deep, personal love that God the Father has for each human person. Since 2010, she’s led worship and spoken around the country for retreats, summer camps, nights of worship, and mission trips for people of all ages. The prayer of her ministry is that, by sharing the truth and power of God’s love through music and witness, others would be brought into a relationship with the Father, where freedom and healing await.”

Please join us in welcoming Rita West to the Catholic Playlist! Catch her debut as we play “Victor” in Catholic Playlist #167, available June 1, 2017.

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S4:E1 Catholic Playlist Show #152

New Year, New Music to Discover

Catholic Playlist #152

A new year and a new show means lots of new music in this week’s show! Our last show before Advent was clear back in mid-November, and between then and now several new releases came out and we’ve got them all in the first show of season 4 of the Catholic Playlist show.

Stefania ElsmoreFirst, there are new singles from Out of Darkness (“Of the Father’s Love Begotten”), Mathias Michael (“Mystery”), Cody Roth (“Colors Left Unseen”) and Marie Miller (“This Side of Paradise”). We have songs from new albums released by Connor Flanagan (“Mountains”) and Danielle Noonan (“Undone”), plus our new featured artist this week is Stefania Elsmore. All this plus songs from Katy Blythe, Matt Maher, Sarah Hart and Taylor Tripodi help to make this playlist a great start for 2017!

Listen to the show here:

Song List
Stefania Elsmore – “Prodigal” Amazon iTunes
Out of Darkness – “Of the Father’s Love Begotten” Amazon iTunes
Mathias Michael – “Mystery”
Cody Roth – “Colors Left Unseen” Amazon iTunes
Marie Miller – “This Side of Paradise” Amazon iTunes
Connor Flanagan – “Strong Is Your Love” Amazon iTunes
Danielle Noonan – “The Road Less Traveled” Amazon iTunes
Katy Blythe – “Curls” Amazon iTunes
Sarah Hart – “Sounce and Yield” Amazon iTunes
Jackie Bissin – “Touch the Sky” Amazon iTunes
Lee Roessler – “How Sweet The Sound” Amazon iTunes
Taylor Tripodi – “Here I Am” Amazon iTunes
Matt Maher – “Alive Again” Amazon iTunes

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S3:E30 Catholic Playlist Show #141

John Trabbic debuts as our New Featured Artist this week in Catholic Playlist Show #141. Aly Aleigha’s new album The Labyrinth is now out and we debut the single “Awestruck” following John’s debut in the second segment of the show. We wrap up the show with “Square Peg”, a great bluesy tune from Fr Kevin McGoldrick and in between you’ll hear songs from Jackie Bissin, John Finch, Dan Francis, Dee Simone, Matt Maher and many others.

Song List
Aly Aleigha – “Awestruck” Amazon iTunes
Alob & Emily Wilson – “Mercy Wins” Amazon iTunes
Jackie Bissin – “Touch the Sky” Amazon iTunes
John Finch – “Dreamer” Amazon iTunes
Sarah Kroger – “Love in Your Time” Amazon iTunes
John Trabbic – “We Are Here” Amazon iTunes
Dan Francis – “No Other Name” Amazon iTunes
Dee Simone – “lovesick” Amazon iTunes
Greg&Lizzy – “Who I Am” Amazon iTunes
Connor Flanagan – “City Lights (feat. Kathryn Blythe)” Amazon iTunes
Matt Maher – “Abide With Me” Amazon iTunes
Fr Kevin McGoldrick – “Square Peg” Amazon iTunes

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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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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!