Christmas Music

Here in South Florida it doesn't really feel like Christmas. The ten day forecast is highs of 80 and lows around 65. Tonight the family is going Christmas tree shopping and I'm just not feeling like Christmas could possibly be eleven days away, no matter what the calender seems to think. The weather isn't cooperating but at least there is lots of great Christmas music to set the mood and spread some cheer.

"God Rest Ye Merry Gentleman" Barenaked Ladies
Barenaked Ladies album "Stunt" was actually one of the very first cd's I ever had. I got it for Christmas the same year I got my first cd player and headphones.

"Oh Holy Night" Future of Forestry
I didn't want to take up the whole list with Future of Forestry but they have a lot of great Christmas songs to choose from.

"Rejoice" The New Divide
A great rendition by a band I really love.

"Baby its cold outside" Brian Setzer
I love the "Boogie Woogie Christmas" album and play it every year.

"silent night" Shane and Shane

"For The Sake of Our Brother" Trans Siberian Orchestra
"Lost Christmas Eve" is one of my very favorite Christmas albums.

Currently Listening To: "Do You Hear What I Hear?" Deas Vail

All Sons and Daughters

All Sons and Daughters is the worship duo of David Leonard and Leslie Jordan. Here is a look at how the band formed and began the writing process.

No need for rambling. Here is the music:

"All the Poor and Powerless"

"Come to Save Us"

"Your Glory"

"Alive"

Currently Listening To: "Like a Lion"-Daniel Bashta

Ps: I Didn't make it to The 7 Tour. :'(

Long Time No See

       I haven't posted in a long while so I thought I should probably toss out some type of update. I'm still on the hunt for new music and have a few bands picked out to feature sometime in the near future.
       I had the pleasure of taking photographs of The New Divide recently. Andy Ziesemer says the new album is completed and should be available by Spring. Here is a video that has an explanation and acoustic performance of their song "Home". While I am shamelessly promoting people please take a look at my friends Dark Harp ,who have an album releasing soon, and Blank Page Empire Records.
       I'm trying desperately to get to The 7 Tour this week so I will update everyone on how that works out after this weekend.

Currently Listening To: "Seen a Darkness"- John Mark McMillan

Sleeping At Last

I am really in love with "Sleeping at Last" not just for their amazing cinematic music style but also for the ridiculously beautiful watercolor artwork that accompanies it. I found video of incredible live performances of "All This To Say" and"Umbrellas". "Keep No Score", "Ghosts", and "Storyboards" are their full length albums and they also have a collection titled "Yearbook" which was 3 songs per month for a year. The music is haunting, beautiful, passionate, and dynamic. The cover artwork for the 3 albums and 12 EP's is nothing short of spectacular.

Currently Listening To: "Restless"- Switchfoot

The Torwalts

    
       I heard about  Bryan and Katie Torwalt in a facebook post from Jesus Culture. Their worship sounds similar to what comes from Kim Walker-Smith and Chris Quillala. Here is a great video to get to know Bryan and Katie and the music on "Here on Earth". "I'm a Lover of Your Presence" is my favorite song off the album because the simplicity of the song lets you really focus on God and just declare how much we love Him. All the songs on the album are really exceptional examples of modern corporate worship music. If your Praise and Worship team is looking for fresh relevant music these are the songs you are searching for. "Nothing Holding Me Back" and "Holy Spirit" are my runners up for favorite track.

Currently Listening To: "Compassion"-Dark Harp

My Epic

Lately I have been listening to My Epic, especially their new acoustic driven album "Broken Voice". I really love the worshipful lyric content such as 'You moved your temple inside our bones and limbs' from "Alone" and 'You let my heart die, but left Yours beating in my chest' from "Lazarus". "Doxology" was one of my favorite songs off the album.

Currently Listening To- "Old Man Blues" Ricky Kendall

Update

      
       For some unknown reason I can't seem to comment on my own blog right now so I decided this is worth a new post.
       To follow up on my "Most Anticipated" list I wanted to update that John Mark McMillan's new album "Economy" is now scheduled for release on the first of November. The sneak peek "Sheet of Night" video is pretty awesome.
       Speaking of awesome previews here is "When Death Dies" from Gungor's "Ghosts Upon the Earth". I also found this inspiring piece of cinematography that has Michael and Lisa talking about the new album.

Currently Listening To: "This is Home" Jon Foreman