Whether your song selections in December will reflect the theme of Advent or not, the analysis which Bobby Gilles provides of Charles Wesley’s hymn Come Thou Long Expected Jesus is informative and instructional about what makes an effective song for corporate praise and why. What is Advent? It’s the season of preparation for Christ’s coming …
Shai Linne’s latest album, The Attributes Of God has been released. The concept behind all the tracks is the character and nature of God. Lyrically dense (of course) the album is an expansive musical exploration that always remains centered in Linne’s hip-hop roots. It is an ambitious and well executed piece of work. Here’s an …
I first sang Trevor Hodge’s You Loved Me at a Katoomba Youth Leadership Conference, back in the mid-nineties. Listening to it on Hodge’s 2009 album Bring You Praise, it seems to be standing the test of time. Melodic and reflective, the lyrics don’t have a progressive structure, instead the song collects some of the redemptive …
Leave Your Guns With The Usher is such a cool name that it almost justifies buying the album by The Classic City Collective alone. Apparently it has also been judged one of the top five independent contemporary releases for the year by Worship Leader Magazine. Sounds okay. Grouptune are featuring it as a $5 download …
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