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A Folk-Rock Caravaggio

Jennifer Knapp sings of the Incarnation's bloody realities

Todd Hertz | posted 8/05/2002 12:00AM

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"In writing the record, I kept coming back to one point," Knapp says. "I literally had to fight to not put more images of the crucifixion in."

That The Way I Am emerged from self-exploration gives the album depth. Knapp's previous albums, Kansas (1997) and Lay it Down (2000), are likewise intelligent and poetic, but the honesty and compelling theme of her third are unmatched.

In the end, The Way I Am is not only a diary of Knapp's faith journey but also becomes the journey itself as she works out her questions and struggles.

Todd Hertz is CT's online assistant editor.

Related Elsewhere

The Way I Am is available at Musicforce.com, which also offers song clips from the album.

The Christianity TodayMusic Channel's Jennifer Knapp artist page provides a biography, interviews of Knapp, and the Music Channel review of The Way I Am.

For more music articles, see the Christianity Todaymusic archives.

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