We’ve reached the 4th Sunday of Advent which means that Christmas and the birth of Christ is very near. We wrap up our special Advent and Christmas music series with a great list of songs including some familiar favorites in these final episodes of Catholic Playlist and Catholic Playlist Worship for 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.
September 29 happened to be National Coffee Day. ‘Coffee’ also happens to be the first radio single from Fr Kevin McGoldrick’s new albulm ‘Square Peg, Round Hole’ (pre-order here or here). Inspired by these facts, we decided to open this week’s playlist episode with a set of songs that set the tone for a great day. So if you’ve been looking for some ‘wake up’ morning music to get you inspired to take on the day, pay close attention to our first segment of the show.
Performers in this week’s playlist include Sarah Kroger, Kevin Heider, Rebecca Roubion, Steve Angrisano, Donny Todd, and Kara Klein. Stick around to the end of the show too as the last segment of the show features an eclectic mix of music that includes tracks from ooberfuse, Delmore and Benedictio. Enjoy!
This week’s playlist in iTunes:
And for those who prefer Amazon:
It’s the 94th edition of the Catholic Playlist show and this week we have a stellar lineup of artists representing a wide variety of styles and sound. We have selections from Josh Blakesley Band, Collin Raye, Sarah Kroger, Shaun Garrison and Teresa Peterson, plus Lee Roessler who’s currently in the studio working on a new album. A request from a listener gave us our lead off track this week, which is Ike Ndolo and one of our very favorite songs “Wade In The Water”. Finally, we have a fun and playful song in the mix too – “Sing Along (Catholic Love Song)” by David Casper. Listen to the lyrics closely and see if it doesn’t have you smiling throughout!
This week we’re also pleased to announce that another radio station has added the Catholic Playlist to their schedule. Please join us in welcoming the listeners of Queen of Heaven and Earth Radio, KQHE 92.7FM in Fairbanks, Alaska to the show!
For those interested in adding some of the music you heard on this show to your personal playlists, here are the iTunes links to all of the songs:
Question: Does your local Catholic radio station broadcast the Catholic Playlist show yet? If they aren’t, let us know the station (ex WJTA 88.9FM or KJCR 1240AM) in the comments and we’ll contact them and let them know that some of their own listeners want to hear the Catholic Playlist!
Welcome everyone to another Catholic Playlist show, where we play the best and the newest contemporary Christian music – music exclusively from Catholic artists. The beauty of this show is that we might play a great song from an artist you never heard anywhere else. We love finding new music and sharing it with you, and this week is no exception. We’ve got new songs from Greg & Lizzy and Matt Faley in the playlist this week, plus music from Collin Raye, Dave Moore, Donny Todd, Josh Blakesley, and Kara Klein. Cooper Ray leads off the playlist with “Every Day I Will Sing” and Alanna Boudreau finishes the playlist with “Satie Song”.
Here’s the iTunes playlist for those interested in adding some songs or albums to their personal collection:
Welcome to another Catholic Playlist show, the show that plays the best and the newest contemporary Christian music – music exclusively from Catholic artists. And what a great playlist we have this week. We’re excited to be able to play music from Sarah Kroger, Matt Faley, Delmore, Mike Mangione & The Union, Pasquale Talarico and a double dose of Tori Harris too. Out of Darkness takes the first position in the playlist this week with their song “The Hands and Feet of Jesus”.
Once 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”.
New albums from Matt Maher, Chris Bray and WAL (formerly Jacob & Matthew Band) headline episode #77 of the Catholic Playlist show this week.
Matt Maher released his new album titled ‘Saints and Sinners’ on March 17th and it does not disappoint. In fact, it’s hard to pick one or two favorites from the album because the music is so good. We got our hands on the deluxe edition which has a 18 tracks, for over an hour of music goodness and inspiration. We start the playlist with his first radio single ‘Because He Live (Amen)’, and then later in the playlist we picked ‘Everything Is Grace’ for an encore. We think you’ll like it.
On the same day Chris Bray dropped his new album called ‘The Praises of His People Live’. Chris’s latest work reflects his desire to “create a project that enables people to be able to enter into worship with God. The goal of this record was to create an experience that Christ followers could worship along with in their car on their way to work or throughout their day and feel like they are part of a larger church, together worshipping our Creator.” So he assembled a group of worshippers together and captured an evening of praise singing their favorite worship songs: songs like ‘10,000 Reasons’, ‘Our God’, ‘Lord I Need You’, ‘Your Love Never Fails’, ‘Oceans’ and more, including the one in the playlist, ‘Great Are You Lord’.
Not only did Jacob & Matthew Band release a new EP on Marth 12th, but they also announced a name change to WAL. According to their new website walmusic.com, after 12 years being known as Jacob and Matthew Band, they have decided through prayer and discernment to rename themselves to WAL. In going this new direction, they said that “God sees all of us, wonderfully made, and wants us to know that we are loved. This love is what propels us to share His love with other people, through music.” The new EP is titled ‘Always and Everywhere’, and in the playlist is the title track, ‘Always & Everywhere’.
We have another great lineup for you this week, with music from Andrea Thomas, Sarah Hart, Tom Booth, Francis Cabildo and others, including Matt Maher who is arguably the biggest name in Catholic Christian contemporary music. I want you all to be aware that on January 23rd he used his Facebook page to announce a new studio album. In that little post, he simply wrote: “Excited to announce a new studio album “Saint and Sinners” releasing March 17th”. This will be his 8th album and is looking to extend his streak of 4 straight top 10 finishes on the Christian charts. A good song for Lent from Matt starts playlist show #75 – “Lay It Down”:
Greg&Lizzy release a new EP next week and we debut the first single, plus new songs from Mikey Needleman, Sam Rocha and Michael James Mette headline this edition of the Catholic Playlist show. We share the joy of the Gospel through the power of music with a playlist of some of the best and the very newest contemporary Christian music from Catholic artists. Discover new artists and songs that will inspire and encourage you each and every week. And this week we have music from Out of Darkness, Sarah Kroger, Tori Harris, Joe Zambon, Cody Roth and more, including a sneak peek of the first single from Michael James Mette’s newest album titled ‘Arts+Humanity’ and more.
By the way, Greg&Lizzy’s new album ‘Now That I Have Love’ will be available everywhere on February 23, 2015. Learn more about them at their website gregandlizzy.com
Here is the iTunes playlist for this week’s show, minus ‘Cathedrals’ from Greg&Lizzy and Mikey Needleman’s song from his latest album ‘Your Ways’: