Issue publishedApril 2010
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Kutless
Kutless are a bit of a rarity – a Christian band with a
genuine rough edge. So how do they fare when tackling
a variety of standards and new creations in their own
inimitable style?
Issue publishedApril 2010
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Cathy Burton
This is frustratingly good. Much loved for her pure voice,
Cathy Burton has never sounded better.
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Miriam Webster
Oh what a quandary Miriam Webster is. She is an established songwriter and key player in Hillsong, so she has quite a track record...
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Steven Curtis Chapman
He’s one of the most popular of all Christian singer/ songwriters, having released more than 20 successful albums in as many years...
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Rend Collective Experiment
The result of a collaboration between around 15 musicians from in and around Belfast, this is almost certainly the most original UK worship record in a decade...
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Various Artists
What last year’s Compassionart project proved was that it’s possible to assemble some of the biggest names in the Christian music scene and come out with a coherent, quality product...
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David Crowder*Band
I have to admit a deep ambiguity in my response to church music and especially the modern stuff. Too often it is the less talented younger brother of the real stuff – the music that fills the regular charts...
Issue publishedFebruary 2010
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Switchfoot
Hard on the heels of frontman Jon Foreman’s rightly acclaimed acoustic solo EPs, Switchfoot’s first release as independents arrives amid great curiosity about their new direction...
Issue publishedFebruary 2010
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Phatfish
Phatfish’s eighth album is everything you might expect from one of the UK’s best loved Christian bands. High quality songwriting, production and musicianship are the order of the day. Highlights include the rocky title track, and the anthemic ‘Come to Jesus’...
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Various
Take a major Christian event, add six worship teams led by both veterans and rising stars, bring out a double CD and what have you got? A major anti-climax.
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Roy Fields
Whatever bad taste the 2008 Florida Outpouring, led by Todd Bentley, left in the mouth, one of the good things that came out of it was being introduced to worship leader Roy Fields.
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All Star United
After 13 years together and seven releases, veteran rockers All Star United have released what they consider to be ‘The Good Album’, but just how good is it?
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Various
The New Wine juggernaut goes rolling on with this new collection of worship songs from Eoghan Heaslip, Jules Woodbridge and others. The good news is that it is very good indeed.
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Hillsong United
Hillsong has become a major worldwide music brand, with all the trapping and professionalism that comes with this...
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Ryan Delmore
Not everybody appreciates the finer qualities of country music but I think this rootsy debut album from Ryan Delmore will soon have people reaching for their cowboy hats...
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Bob Dylan
Like all great rock stars Bob Dylan has led his faithful fans a merry dance. But what are we to make of his latest effort – a CD of Christmas songs? What we can say is that all the classics are here... but not as you know them...
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Various
For many years now Spring Harvest has been a staple source of new and classic worship songs for worship leaders of all ages and experience.
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Peter Meadows & Joseph Steinberg with Gemma Hunt
The Y Course is committed to matching ‘the message to the audience’.
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Nick Battle
This album opens with an excellent song ‘Shine’ sung by Kipper; one of many guest vocalists Nick Battle has worked with over the years...
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Philippa Hanna
Philippa Hanna’s natural pop-quirkiness mixes well with appealing overtones of RnB and even traces of 60s soul, marginalising the sound of rock into limited influence.