Posted in reseña, tagged Amy Grant, Christian music, music, reseña on November 9, 2007| Leave a Comment »
It took many listenings-through of this fine 1994 recording before it dawned on me what Amy Grant was getting up to here. She has produces a whimsical but ultimately very serious ode to enduring love between a man and a woman. I had somehow missed the thread that joins these tracks together into a coherent statement, touching upon love’s beginning, love’s apparent end, and love’s stubborn rebirth.
Now it seems obvious. (more…)
Posted in reseña, tagged Christian music, music, reseña, worship music, Yad Hashmona Singers, Zipporah Bennett on November 3, 2007| 16 Comments »
My friend Tim Laniak, who knows the sound and smell of battle, sends me Messianic music to accompany me in mine. Zipporah Bennett’s Kuma Adonai (‘Arise, O Lord’) helps Hebrew language students at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary’s Charlotte, North Carolina, campus refine their aural comprehension.
Here in Indianapolis, on a clear Autumn day, it opens an angle of sight by which a man can just about glimpse heaven. (more…)
Posted in reseña, tagged Christian music, music, Twila Paris on October 23, 2007| Leave a Comment »
Twila Paris did not develop one of the most loyal fan bases in Christian music by blowing their ears off. If smoke is found on any stage on which Paris performs, it’s evidence of a short circuit rather than choreographed dry ice.
Ms. Paris is not spectacular. She is merely very, very good, song after song, one well-considered, hope-mongering tune after another. (more…)
Posted in reseña, tagged Brian and Kim tabor, Christian music, Kim Tabor, music on October 5, 2007| Leave a Comment »
The Christian music scene is full of solid people and fine artists who live in the shadow of, say, the Sandy Pattis and Chris Tomlins of the genre. Kim Tabor and husband Brian are examples.
Kim’s voice is supple and strong. Her performance is heartfelt. Yet she remains a relative unknown at the national level. Go figure. (more…)
Posted in reseña, tagged Christian music, Jaci Velasquez, Latin music, music, reseña on September 27, 2007| Leave a Comment »
This album is for Jaci Velasquez an extraordinary achievement. In it she emerges from the status of a managed star-in-the-making to that of a young woman who really sings. Mi Corazón uses the hit ‘Como se cura una herida’ as its title track, giving Jaci an opportunity to hint at things to come. (more…)
Posted in reseña, tagged Christian music, music, Point of Grace, reseña on September 24, 2007| Leave a Comment »
This oddly named female band opened their Big Career with this eponymous 1993 release. It was of course not all that they would become, but it was an audacious start. (more…)
Canter Bridge 