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Rend Collective “Campfire Christmas Vol. 1” Album Review

If Momford and Sons have first cousins in contemporary Christian music they would be Rend Collective. Rend Collective brings to the Christian music genre a raw streak of rootsy Americana that borrows the expressiveness of neo-hippie rock and the rustic folk of Guy Clark & Emmylou Harris; music that is far more gritty, organic, and raw than vast swath of today's country music.
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Hillsong Worship "We Have a Savior" Album Review

As soon as we hear the moniker Hillsong two things come to mind. First, known for providing the songbooks for a large swath of churches today, many of would think of their bombastic hooky anthems such as "At the Cross," "Worthy is the Lamb" and "Hosanna." Second, they are known for their live worship recordings. However, their latest Christmas offering "We Have a Savior" certainly challenges such preconceptions
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Kristin Chenoweth “Coming Home” Album Review

No two albums of Kristin Chenoweth are alike. Though she has been matriculating within the school of Broadway, musicals and TV circuits in her earlier years, when she was offered a recording contract, she puts her creativity on first gear. Her debut album for Sony Classic is as about as cliché as you would have expected from Chenoweth.
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Tribute “The Thought of Christmas” Album Review

When Tribute sings, it's a challenge not to pay attention. Attested across their most recent triumvirate of releases, "Hit Replay Again," "Journey of Hope" and this their second release this year "The Thought of Christmas," the quartet has a way of choosing songs with melodies that are so tight that they prevent us from roving in boredom midway through the songs.
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Trisha Yearwood “PrizeFighter: Hit After Hit” Album Review

Trisha Yearwood has had taken our imagination for the ride with her unforgettable tales. Who can forget the romance of Katie and Tommy in that one horse town in Yearwood's debut #1 hit "She's in Love with the Boy." Who hasn't had our hopes up as we travel with the dreamy-eyed Elvis wanna-be to the "Wong Side of Memphis."
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Brooke Fraser “Brutal Romantic” Album Review

It's not Taylor Swift who has changed genre from country music to pop. Brooke Fraser has also evolved from her brand of quirky folk-pop to a full album of experimental electronic pop with this new effort "Brutal Romantic."
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Ginny Owens “I Know a Secret” Album Review

We all know how tragic it is when we are tyrannized by the trifles; when our moods and joys swing like a yoyo depending on what's in our currency. Thus, when a worrisome phone call comes we find our joy dissipating as quickly as the morning dew. When our progress reports arrive at work we find a new sense of crippling fear paralyzing us.
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TaRanda Greene “Stronger” Album Review

Whether we care to admit it or not, we all love stories with "happy ever after" endings. In the genre of romance, we yearn to see the knight in shining armor ride away into the sunset with the damsel in his arms. In the genre of action movies, we want the protagonist to completely blow into smithereens the powers of the evildoers.
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Whitney Houston “Whitney Houston Live: Her Greatest Performances” Album Review

When Whitney Houston sings, she pulverizes. Vocally, she's an Olympic gold medal-awarded gymnast. Especially when she sings live, she has the agility to bend her notes and stretch them until they reach the heavens. A one-syllable word like "you" in Houston's hands can be so elastic that it stretches over an entire scale of notes.
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Various Artists “Passion: The Essential Collection” Album Review

With the greatest propensity to leave the church, college-age students are the most viable victims to the subtle temptations of the world. Many have just left home for the first time; unequipped to face their new found freedom many could not resist the booze, the drugs, the casual sex and the party life of college life.
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