This is going to seem like a shameless plug but I can’t help it 🙂
This is seriously an amazing album. I’m honored to know all of these guys. They don’t care about the album succeeding except that this album helps support the sending church, a movement that helps put missions back in the local church.
You should get it. Amazing stuff and all the chord charts are available for download!
The music of David Hodges – while not straight up “worship,” Hodges (former member of Evanescence) addresses issues of faith in a honest, authentic manner
I’m so pumped that you included Josh Garrell’s album on here, because I feel the same way when I listen to it. Especially the track “Farther Along”. Just brings tears to my heart. 🙂
Haven’t heard of any of those except for City Harmonic…
I am really loving Phil Wickham’s new Cd as well as Leeland’s!
Edsays
hey David, Sarah Reeves’ “Broken Things” album is well worth a shot – it’s blessed our church immeasurably. If you’re familiar with “soaking” this album is perfect for it. Ask the Lord to minister to you, lay back and drink in His presence. It’s available from iTunes or at http://www.sarahreeves.net
The City Harmonic is on my new shortlist. Manifesto was an awesome song. I just got their new LP, so I haven’t had much time to dig in yet. Want to listen to Spirit Break Out but it’s not on Spotify or MOG yet.
Recently, I’ve honestly been digging through my childhood bands and songs. So lots of Newsboys and DCTalk. It’s funny how different they sound when you understand more.
As for newer artists, I’ve started listening to Jeremy Riddle’s new album Furious and just got Chris Moerman’s album Sounds Like Sunset. What I’ve heard I really like.
Dude, thanks for the shameless plug. Seriously…love checking out what everyone is doing here.
darylsays
I love it that you included Josh Garrels too! He’s an amazingly creative and devoted follower of God. We use a few of his songs in our worship services at my church, especially “Childrens Song”. Josh came to Christ and sometimes led worship at our church when He lived in Muncie so that makes it extra-special. 🙂
I currently cannot get enough of Kelanie Gloeckler. I love, love, love her lyrics and her music is challenging and fun for my musicians. We just introducted Noone Like Jehovah this week…I think it seriously freaked our EV Free congregation out. 🙂
I like her old album – Brave New Worship. She is out of IHOP Jax.
Chuck Bosworthsays
hey Sarah, I’m with you on IHOP music and stretching the congregation. Love a lot of their music though. One of my favorite songs recently is “Psalm 100” by Matt Gilman off of he and Corey Asbury’s “Holy” album. We used it in a prelude slot…it’s rockin. If you can get your congregation to sing it, more power to you. 🙂
Thanks so much for your blog David. Sure appreciate all the insight!
Thanks for joining the convo, Chuck! Btw, I’m a big Matt Gilman/Cory Asbury fan.
Khamille Coelho Barbosasays
Sarah, I agree with you about Kelanie Gloeckler. I met her a couple of months ago and I have been to some of their worship nights and she is awesome. A truly gifted worship leader.
Kim Walker(Jesus Culture)- Misty Edwards(Ihop)- Rick Pino are really my favorites right now.
@Chuck – I will DEFINITELY have to check Psalm 100 out. If we can’t make it fly in main service, xtended worship is always an option – no rules there!
@Khamille – that is so cool you were able to meet her. I saw her in Loveland a couple of months ago and couldn’t get up the nerves to go talk to her. Her music and style are both so unique and empowering. I would love, love, love to go on retreat with her and just sit at her feet and listen for a while.
I also heart Misty with a great hearting. We are going to be exercising our prophetic muscles to ‘people get ready’ (again in xtended, NOT in main) in a month or so. I love how challenging that song is, lyrically and musically. Because it is just one chord you are forced to be creative and super engaged with the piece – and I just want to jump up on my desk and pound my fists on the wall when I listen to it – it seriously takes me some place else. It is so neat to see the prophetic worship movement becoming more recognized and utilized. Thank you Kim Walker – you are my hero.
I am so blessed by this community here. Thank you David!
Misty is truly a prophetic worshipper and you can really see her hearts desire is to worship Him at all cost. I love love that.
I’m always listening to her live at Ihop.org. I printed their schedule and it’s really awesome to see her free styling.
I was shocked to find out how much I love the “Songs inspired by The Story” album. I didn’t think I wanted it…someone gave it to me and it knocked me flat.
Just the song for Job- “Broken Praise” is worth the album price and more. Seriously. It breaks me open every time I listen to it. And really the whole album is strong, lyrically and musically.
Just realised I said I’d do this the other day and didn’t!
Our church has been immensely blessed over the past few weeks by hearing the worship of Sarah Reeves (twitter: @sarahreeves). Her album “Broken Things” is simply stunning – great times of spontaneous worship interspersed with some absolute barnstormers of worship songs (in particular, Mighty Wave, Crash, and Broken Things are well worth it). Check out the album on iTunes – http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/broken-things/id452036657 Enjoy!
Hey Ed: I listened to some of Sarah’s stuff. BREATHTAKING. I am so glad that you shared her because I have never heard of her. Broken things was aching beautiful…. Thank you!
These guys have come to our church on several occasions and its always so refreshing for me… check them out on iTunes, they have a worship album and a Hymns album that is amazing!
the band is called “Ascend the Hill”
also,.. you can download their albums for free on comeandlive.com ENJOY!
Dan Schuttlersays
Hey David – lots of good stuff here – I really enjoyed listening to your list. As many of your readers, I too often listen for utilitarian reasons – “What songs can I use for my church?” And for me…that involves a very diverse congregation. I would encourage you to branch out in diversity. None of your albums involve artists of non-white ethnicity. There’s lots of stuff happening out there. I’m not just talking about urban hip-hop or gospel. There is a facebook page called Multicultural Worship Leaders Network. It’s crazy what God is doing out there!!
This is going to seem like a shameless plug but I can’t help it 🙂
This is seriously an amazing album. I’m honored to know all of these guys. They don’t care about the album succeeding except that this album helps support the sending church, a movement that helps put missions back in the local church.
You should get it. Amazing stuff and all the chord charts are available for download!
http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/children-of-light/id379690999
Look forward to checking this out, Chris.
River valley Church was awesome!!!!
I can’t stop listening to tracks 1 and 2…over and over, and over and over and well…you get the pic…
Anything else you’ve been digging?
I feel like you really missed the mark leaving this one off the post, but I get it. Seriously GREAT worship:
itunes.apple.com/us/album/near/id300462560
I payed Rich to say this 😉
Surprised to not see David Santistevan’s “Near” Album on this list…
But seriously, I’ve enjoyed several of the tunes on b&r’s new album and have already done one of them at our church.
http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/the-things-of-god/id444258413
Agreed! This is a good one, people.
Thanks for the great recommendations – I am always looking for solid new music.
I would add to to your list:
Trinity Grace Church in NYC – “We Sing As One”
http://www.trinitygracemusic.com/we-sing-as-one/
The music of David Hodges – while not straight up “worship,” Hodges (former member of Evanescence) addresses issues of faith in a honest, authentic manner
http://davidhodgesmusic.com/artist.php
Stay connected…
Terry
Thanks, Terry. I haven’t heard either of these. I’ll check them out.
The new Gungor is just brilliant.
Agreed.
I’m digging the Future of Forrestry’s album. Thanks for sharing that one man.
For about a month, I’ve been hung up on Daniel Bashta’s “The Sounds of Daniel Bashta”. It’s crazy awesome stuff.
FOF is in my top 5 favorite bands. Check out all their stuff. I’m a big fan of Bashta’s album too. Hard to listen to that and remain complacent.
I’m so pumped that you included Josh Garrell’s album on here, because I feel the same way when I listen to it. Especially the track “Farther Along”. Just brings tears to my heart. 🙂
Yea, that’s my fav track too.
Haven’t heard of any of those except for City Harmonic…
I am really loving Phil Wickham’s new Cd as well as Leeland’s!
hey David, Sarah Reeves’ “Broken Things” album is well worth a shot – it’s blessed our church immeasurably. If you’re familiar with “soaking” this album is perfect for it. Ask the Lord to minister to you, lay back and drink in His presence. It’s available from iTunes or at http://www.sarahreeves.net
Brilliant.
The City Harmonic is on my new shortlist. Manifesto was an awesome song. I just got their new LP, so I haven’t had much time to dig in yet. Want to listen to Spirit Break Out but it’s not on Spotify or MOG yet.
Recently, I’ve honestly been digging through my childhood bands and songs. So lots of Newsboys and DCTalk. It’s funny how different they sound when you understand more.
As for newer artists, I’ve started listening to Jeremy Riddle’s new album Furious and just got Chris Moerman’s album Sounds Like Sunset. What I’ve heard I really like.
I’ll have to check out the rest of the list now.
I haven’t heard Riddle’s new album yet, but he’s a favorite of mine. Who is Chris Moerman? Should I know him?
Thanks for the list. I’m really loving the song “The Victory” on Phil Wickham’s new album. Also, shameless plug: http://kingdomvineyard.bandcamp.com/
Dude, thanks for the shameless plug. Seriously…love checking out what everyone is doing here.
I love it that you included Josh Garrels too! He’s an amazingly creative and devoted follower of God. We use a few of his songs in our worship services at my church, especially “Childrens Song”. Josh came to Christ and sometimes led worship at our church when He lived in Muncie so that makes it extra-special. 🙂
That’s awesome, Daryl. I’ll be honest…Josh’s album is one of the best I’ve heard all year. Totally impressed.
This is awesome! Thanks man! I’ve only listened to half of these.
You always have good recommendations, too. Let me know if there’s something I should be spinning.
I currently cannot get enough of Kelanie Gloeckler. I love, love, love her lyrics and her music is challenging and fun for my musicians. We just introducted Noone Like Jehovah this week…I think it seriously freaked our EV Free congregation out. 🙂
Haven’t heard of her, Sarah. Is there a particular album that you recommend?
I like her old album – Brave New Worship. She is out of IHOP Jax.
hey Sarah, I’m with you on IHOP music and stretching the congregation. Love a lot of their music though. One of my favorite songs recently is “Psalm 100” by Matt Gilman off of he and Corey Asbury’s “Holy” album. We used it in a prelude slot…it’s rockin. If you can get your congregation to sing it, more power to you. 🙂
Thanks so much for your blog David. Sure appreciate all the insight!
Thanks for joining the convo, Chuck! Btw, I’m a big Matt Gilman/Cory Asbury fan.
Sarah, I agree with you about Kelanie Gloeckler. I met her a couple of months ago and I have been to some of their worship nights and she is awesome. A truly gifted worship leader.
Kim Walker(Jesus Culture)- Misty Edwards(Ihop)- Rick Pino are really my favorites right now.
@Chuck – I will DEFINITELY have to check Psalm 100 out. If we can’t make it fly in main service, xtended worship is always an option – no rules there!
@Khamille – that is so cool you were able to meet her. I saw her in Loveland a couple of months ago and couldn’t get up the nerves to go talk to her. Her music and style are both so unique and empowering. I would love, love, love to go on retreat with her and just sit at her feet and listen for a while.
I also heart Misty with a great hearting. We are going to be exercising our prophetic muscles to ‘people get ready’ (again in xtended, NOT in main) in a month or so. I love how challenging that song is, lyrically and musically. Because it is just one chord you are forced to be creative and super engaged with the piece – and I just want to jump up on my desk and pound my fists on the wall when I listen to it – it seriously takes me some place else. It is so neat to see the prophetic worship movement becoming more recognized and utilized. Thank you Kim Walker – you are my hero.
I am so blessed by this community here. Thank you David!
Love the connections being made!
Misty is truly a prophetic worshipper and you can really see her hearts desire is to worship Him at all cost. I love love that.
I’m always listening to her live at Ihop.org. I printed their schedule and it’s really awesome to see her free styling.
I was shocked to find out how much I love the “Songs inspired by The Story” album. I didn’t think I wanted it…someone gave it to me and it knocked me flat.
Just the song for Job- “Broken Praise” is worth the album price and more. Seriously. It breaks me open every time I listen to it. And really the whole album is strong, lyrically and musically.
Just realised I said I’d do this the other day and didn’t!
Our church has been immensely blessed over the past few weeks by hearing the worship of Sarah Reeves (twitter: @sarahreeves). Her album “Broken Things” is simply stunning – great times of spontaneous worship interspersed with some absolute barnstormers of worship songs (in particular, Mighty Wave, Crash, and Broken Things are well worth it). Check out the album on iTunes – http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/broken-things/id452036657 Enjoy!
Hey Ed: I listened to some of Sarah’s stuff. BREATHTAKING. I am so glad that you shared her because I have never heard of her. Broken things was aching beautiful…. Thank you!
i would say this guys are also new and unknown but do a great job and already have out 2 cds and 2 dvds
http://www.worldchangersmusic.com/
These guys have come to our church on several occasions and its always so refreshing for me… check them out on iTunes, they have a worship album and a Hymns album that is amazing!
the band is called “Ascend the Hill”
also,.. you can download their albums for free on comeandlive.com ENJOY!
Hey David – lots of good stuff here – I really enjoyed listening to your list. As many of your readers, I too often listen for utilitarian reasons – “What songs can I use for my church?” And for me…that involves a very diverse congregation. I would encourage you to branch out in diversity. None of your albums involve artists of non-white ethnicity. There’s lots of stuff happening out there. I’m not just talking about urban hip-hop or gospel. There is a facebook page called Multicultural Worship Leaders Network. It’s crazy what God is doing out there!!