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Christian Music Playlist

jhoyt said:
Any Steve Taylor fans?
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This thread reminded me. Peter Furler (ex-Newsboys) released his first solo album earlier this year, which included a track credited to "Steve Taylor and Some Other Band." The lineup is Steve Taylor, John Painter (Fleming & John), Jimmy Abegg (Ragamuffin Band), with Furler on drums. According to interviews Furler has done, there's a completed "Steve Taylor and Some Other Band" album in the can, waiting for Taylor to finish up with his Blue Like Jazz film (currently in post-production). I am looking forward to some new music from Steve.
 
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HEAVEN
Red Mountain Church Hymn Project

RMC


Excellent contemporary small group-w/drums settings of 19th Century hymns.
 
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"CHRIST WAS BORN ON CHRISTMAS MORNING"
Various Pre-War Gospel and Blues Artists
Cotton Top Mountain Sanctified Singers (featuring Frankie Half-Pint Jaxon and Punch Miller)
Blind Willie Johnson
Mamie Forehand & A.C. Forehand
Laura Henton
Blind Willie McTell
Arizona Dranes
Edward W. Clayborn
Rooseveldt Graves & Brother

Historical
 
Binski99 said:
I listen to a lot of Christian music, mostly Christian rock

Some bands that might interest you are:

Skillet
RED
Hawk Nelson
MercyMe
Newsboys
Chris Tomlin
Casting Crowns
Matthew West
DC Talk
Sidewalk Prophets
Kutless
TobyMac


These are all Christian artists/bands. I listen to them all and really enjoy them. Their are many more but these are just what come to mind right now.
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Big fan of Skillet and Red.
I also listen to some heavier Christian music bands like
Becoming The Archetype
Living Sacrifice
August Burns Red
Decyfer Down
The Famine
Project 86
Thrice
Underoath
 
Hammock is a fairly prominent Ambient/Post-Rock band. One of my favorites in the genre.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOeVJ31qifY

In terms of Hardcore and Metalcore, Blessthefall, Underoath, and The Word Alive are all good.

I don't think any of these bands consider themselves "Christian bands" but are predominately made of Christian members.
 
pmsummer said:
I probably said this three years ago, but for the most part, I'm not much of a fan of Christian Music, even though there is some good stuff out there. Paraphrasing C.S. Lewis, I will say that I am very interested in works by musicians who are Christians, as opposed to Christian Music.

That includes some old folks like Bob Dylan, Jorma Kaukonen, T Bone Burnett, Julie and Buddy Miller, Rickie Lee Jones, Emmylou Harris and Bruce Cockburn.
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Why not a fan of Christian music if I may ask?
 
Most Christian music is almost painful to listen to. I do like some artists though . For example, Phil Keaggy is a heck of a guitar player and has made some really great tunes.
 
Just skimmed this thread so forgive me if this band was mentioned...

16 Horsepower

I have their genre tagged as Southern Gothic in Mediamonkey but they really defy categorization.

You will either love it or hate it. I love it. I find the music and lyrics to be powerful, intense, haunting.
 
redbeard74 said:
Just skimmed this thread so forgive me if this band was mentioned...

16 Horsepower

I have their genre tagged as Southern Gothic in Mediamonkey but they really defy categorization.

You will either love it or hate it. I love it. I find the music and lyrics to be powerful, intense, haunting.
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Love 16 Horsepower... and Wovenhand... and anything David Eugene Edwards is involved in.

I wouldn't call them a Christian band, or their music Christian music. I would instead point to 'Jack' Lewis' comments about the literary arts.
 
pmsummer said:
Love 16 Horsepower... and Wovenhand... and anything David Eugene Edwards is involved in.

I wouldn't call them a Christian band, or their music Christian music. I would instead point to 'Jack' Lewis' comments about the literary arts.
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True. DEE's lyrics are riddled with spiritual themes and influenced by his church upbringing. I think his Grandfather was a preacher.
 
Favorite Christian records;

Fraction - Moonblood
Search Party - Montgomery Chapel
RFD - Lead Me Home
Gospelfolk - Prodigal
Barnabas - Approaching Light Speed [Killer Prog/Metal w/girl singer]
Mark Farner - Wake Up
Exkursions - same
The New Creation - Troubled
Linda Worster - God Don't Make Junk
Barbara Bruer Sipple - Journey To Jesus
 
Listening to one my favorites - Crimson and Blue by Phil Keggy. Most of what I have I got burned out on a long time ago. I haven't been into most Pop since I turned 14 in 1970 and found AOR FM radio. Keggy is a legitimate player and makes good records. I've got some blues by Kaiser & Mansfield. Somebody mentioned Steve Taylor and Larry Norman which rings a bell too. Wasn't it Norman who did "Why Should the Devil Have All the Good Music" I haven't gone through this whole thread but I have stuff that I actually listened to by Jars of Clay, The 77's, and that little known Irish Christian crossover band, U2. Does Bach count?
 
No, not really. They did a lot of songs incorporating Christian themes, but they were never a Christian band per se. More along the lines of say Jethro Tull's Aqualung which contains songs about religion, but isn't a religious record.
 
I used to travel in the Christian music scene. This was many many years ago mind you. (I woke up one day and never looked back). I do however remember some bands such as Xtian metal band Guardian. I was also around Stryper, Rez band, Blue Cross...all metal and hard rock

After leaving the metal scene, the other bands I liked were Daniel Amos aka DA aka The Swirling Eddies (a style all their own), Steve Taylor, The 77s, Breakfast with Amy (punk), The Last Dance (who thankfully got out ot the xtian pigeon-hole and made something of themselves for a while, good bunch of guys too), The Alarm, The Choir, LSU, Violet Burning and T-Bone Burnett. That's all I can remember now. I still have one Steve Taylor album and some DA/Swirling Eddies. I also have 4 Alarm albums and 2 LSU and two Choir albums and all my T-Bone Burnett albums (which are excellent). I kept them because they are
1)not overtly xtian and
2)good music really
I'm not at all a fan of christain artists per se' and especially the overt ones, but I know good music when I hear it and the ones I kept are the exceptions Oh, by the by, Bruce Cockburn is christain.

Of course I have music of all kinds of persuasions in my collection. From atheist and agnostic to Zoroastrianism for all I know.
 
I'm going to say Don Chaffer again. This guy is GOOD.

"I came stumbling into church with a hot gun in my hand. I was ready to talk to Jesus, to give him my demands. But Jesus ain't no fool, he's seen this kind of thing before and he had a couple angels stop me at the front door. I said, "Come on, that ain't fair. You should be accessible to all." He said, "Everybody gets a secretary, even just to take their calls. So address me to my face if you think you've got the balls... Cause I ain't playin' around boy... at all."

Haha. The song gets much better, but that part kills me.
 
Not into Christian music per se, but I am heavily into progressive rock. The intersection of these two genres may be one of the smallest niches in all of music :D

Neal Morse (formerly of Spocks Beard and still with Transatlantic) is probably the best example of this rare breed. The great thing about Neal's music is that, musically, it's as good as anything in the "neo-prog" field these days and isn't watered down to appeal to CCM radio or a mass audience. He also attracts some great players (most notably drummer Mike Portnoy, formerly of Dream Theater).

I highly recommend Neal's solo albums to people who like prog and are open to lyrics and themes that are overtly Christian (including even a double concept album that describes his personal testimony of becoming a Christian). His earlier work with Spocks Beard is also terrific and frequently touched on Christian themes in a less direct manner that many find more palatable.

I'd like to hear of other good artists in this genre (besides Ajalon, which I already know about). Any suggestions?
 
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