Category: Music Reviews

Making a way in the desert and streams in the wasteland

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United We Stand – Hillsong United

God’s call on me to lead worship was driven by a burning passion for Jesus and his glory. Alongside this, gifted and passionate worship leaders like Tim Hughes, Matt Redman, and Ben Cantelon encouraged and challenged me to grow in my walk with Christ and the calling to lead others in worship.  Among the group…
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Facedown – Matt Redman

So, I was recently sat in my favourite burger establishment with my wife when we realised that it’s becoming a little uncomfortable there. Turns out that we go waaaaaay too often. You know that things are bad when you are pretty much best buds with the staff. We’re long past being on first -name turns.…
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Happy Day – Tim Hughes

So, A good friend happened to ask me the other day, “have you heard the new Tim Hughes album?” Now, to be totally honest with you, the question was a little misleading. Let me explain. A “new album” is by definition an album of new content. Tim Hughes’ last album release was April 2007 and…
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A Collision – David Crowder Band

Boss Hogg, Earl E. Hickey and Rednex have something in common. This something can be described with a single word: hillbilly. Now, if one was to take the David Crowder Band circa 2005, crush their mostly tiny bodies into a mushy pulp, filter out the teeth, hair and bones (stay with me here for a…
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Beautiful News – Matt Redman

Ba da ba da de… What, you may ask, is that melodious but slightly disquieting noise? That, my friend, is the sound of me humming a refrain from Matt Redman’s latest (but no longer new) studio album, Beautiful News. You see, Beautiful News is best described by the musical (and technical) term ‘poptastic’. This is…
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Remedy – David Crowder Band

Ok, Let’s make one thing perfectly clear from the off: There are no musical skeletons lurking in my closet. Although, perhaps I should clarify. I don’t want you to get excited by the implausible prospect that one day you may open your large, oakish closet to be greeted by a multitude of all-singing, all-dancing skeletons…
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